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06-16-2014, 01:20 AM | #4966 | |
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Also, power is a primary aspect of hitting. It's why Jose Bautista is more way more valuable than somebody like Jose Altuve even though they're hitting for a similar average. It's also clearly not something that should be held against ARod, it's a strength he holds on most players and it's why his overall offensive performance in the playoffs using a good metric for hitting was similar to Jeter's (.838 to .833). |
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06-16-2014, 01:22 AM | #4967 | |
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I'm home! Edit* All 4 losses were blowouts. You are starting to sound like a supporter of gus cassel. |
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06-16-2014, 01:29 AM | #4968 | |
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Watch the game then and bask in the loss. LeBron doesn't lose a playoff series every day, after all.
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06-16-2014, 01:36 AM | #4969 | |
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Besides, We have a soccer game tomorrow pally. |
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06-16-2014, 01:37 AM | #4970 | |
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06-16-2014, 02:08 AM | #4973 | |
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As for why I haven't posted in this thread, I honestly just come to CP for draft/football discussion but I decided to give this thread a look and wanted to chime in. |
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06-16-2014, 02:35 AM | #4974 |
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"I'm sure everything will be fine if we win, but if we start losing I'm shooting." -Michael Jordan
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06-16-2014, 03:12 AM | #4975 | |
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And I know you don't know this (likely because you both because you don't understand how LeBron's offensive game works and what the Spurs were trying to do to defend him), but taking a bunch of contested, inefficient shots would have only played into exactly what Popovich wanted and reduced their chances of winning. Forcing bad shots against the double and even triple teams that the Spurs were throwing at him is not the answer to any question. It would amount to a lower efficiency 40+ point point game for LeBron, sure, but they wouldn't have had any chance to stay close with the Spurs doing that. Their best chance to keep up offensively was for his teammates to exploit all of the attention that he was drawing (which Bosh and especially Wade were able to do at times last year in the Finals, a crucial difference). However, this year they (and everyone else on the team) proved totally incapable of doing that, even when LeBron was creating open shots for them. In the end, this series was about the greatness of the Spurs and the massive decline of the Miami Heat's secondary players, not LeBron James. |
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06-16-2014, 03:40 AM | #4976 | |
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If his teammates struggle it's up to Lebron to create shots for them. Either that or take it upon himself to win the game. |
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06-16-2014, 03:44 AM | #4977 | |
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06-16-2014, 03:47 AM | #4978 | |
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He didn't do a good enough job. |
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06-16-2014, 03:53 AM | #4980 | |
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I only watched game 3. I stopped watching basketball when I stopped playing and what I saw was Lebron being very passive and hesitant. I definitely didn't see an offense where Lebron scores and creates for others. |
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