Without Ray Allen, LeBron is 1/5?

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Loses/chokes in the finals 80% of the time and Sportscenter considers him one of the best athletes on the planet?

[SouBeachTalents]

What do you mean, what did Ray Allen do? And WTF is 1/5?

[riseagainst]

well to be fair, being the best athlete is all about his athleticism and body of work. He's arguably the best athlete on the planet due to his genetics, but basketball player is a completely different topic.

[navy]

Tell us more Nostradmus. Ground breaking stuff here.

[3ball]

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In 21 out of the 24 years since 1991, the team leader in shot attempts (#1 option) on the Finals-winning team took more than 25.56% of the team's shots - which means that the load Lebron took on in 2014 Finals (25.56% of his team's shots) was not a large load, and the notion that he couldn't have done more, or that no one else would have done more, is wrong - 21 out of the last 24 did more.


The data shows that it's reasonable to ask Lebron to take more shots - because it WAS feasible - and since it was feasible and his team needed it, he should be blamed for not providing it.


The Heat needed it because they had the worst offense of any Spurs opponent - and even though the media ignores this fact, the Heat's offense hurt them as much as their defense.


The strengths of each team's offense affects the game's momentum (confidence, optimism, energy, adrenaline, etc.)... The Heat's bad offense and inability to answer the Spurs buckets contributed to the Spurs' momentum and the way the games progressed as much as bad defense... The Heat's defense had a harder job due to their bad offense that couldn't limit the Spurs momentum.


A more consistent effort throughout the games from Lebron would have made the difference in limiting the Spurs momentum - the only games the Heat had a chance to win were Games 1 and 2, where he was either on pace for, or actually got 35 points on 22 shots exactly - all coming when it mattered.


So people don't really know what they are talking about when they say it wouldn't have mattered if Lebron had shot more (like he did in Games 1 and 2)... Dallas, OKC and Portland all had better offenses that could limit Spurs momentum to make it easier on their defense, and consequently, they all did better vs the Spurs than the Heat.


But despite it being both feasible (4th smallest load in 24 years) and necessary (the Heat had the worst offense which hurt them as much as bad defense)), Lebron opted to continue his high efficiency, low-shot-attempt style like a fat cat on Wallstreet, hoarding his FG% and low-risk load like profits during an economic meltdown - but this approach failed to disrupt the Spurs defense or attract sufficient defensive attention to free up his teammates.


So I'll ask again - since when does a guy that didn't pass (turnovers equaled his assists) or play defense (blew his assignment on the Finals MVP) or take on a large load (4th smallest in 24 years) - so he basically just GOT HIS in a blowout loss - get to walk away without any blame?.. only when it makes monetary sense to keep up the MJ comparisons.
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[riseagainst]

ray allen's shot was much more crucial and tougher, i mean like 2/5 times tougher.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Sup Dragic

[Nuff Said]

Got damn the game ended in a ****in tie meaning every single point scored in that game in including free throws counted. When every single point counts you then can measure the players by who scored the most. But like I said, all points mattered in that game not just three.

[lilteapot]

Will there ever be a day where this forum isn't full of troll threads?

[Lebronxrings]

[Lebronxrings]

Will there ever be a day where this forum isn't full of troll threads?

this. Hopefully when the season starts, most of these kids will go back to school and jeff hands out bans. Miss intellectual discussion.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3kKxtSQa-4

[mehyaM24]

lebron had the best stats, bigger 4th quarters yet we're talking about role players?

does that mean jordan is 0/6 without steve kerr as john paxon?

[dh144498]

ray allen's shot was much more crucial and tougher, i mean like 2/5 times tougher.