Sir'Dom Pointer
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Until they need wins and then it will revert back to LeIso. This might be Lebron's retirement plan but he's not just there to only build up his production company. He'll start taking over the team when games start to count. It's how he's played his entire career. We've seen multiple coaches, teammates and front offices tell us they need to get LBJ to do this or that and it never happens. It was close in Miami for about half a season and then when they needed wins they put LBJ out front and center.
LBJ has a gift and they're not going to waste that by making sure Rondo, Ball, Hart and McGee are happy. They're not going to put LBJ in the post so Brandon Ingram can be free on the wing when games start counting after the all-star break.
Kuzma will be talked about like Bosh and Love were. "Team guys who had to learn how to play with Lebron" "Sacraficed their own star so the team could shine".
God help Rondo when he pounds the ball for 12 seconds only to take a shot with his busted jumper. He might never get unburied from under the bench.
I don't expect this to be smooth sailing. Lebron's body language is pretty weird watching the pre-season games. I wouldn't be surprised if he traded some of the young guys this season or the season after.
They are playing quite differently than how the Cavs played with Lebron right now, but ofcourse that doesn't guarantee that it will last, and that doesn't mean it's a more efficient offense. I don't think what they are running is all that good, it's just that I have never seen him stand behind the 3pt line that much without the ball in his hands. Still, can't get my head around why the heck is Lebron such an unwilling screener. Even when he screens as the roll man he just doesn't roll.
I don't think it's about making them happy. I have this feeling that Lebron just doesn't quite have the confidence to be a 1 man army quite yet(like bad shot selection and LeIso) as a Laker and I also think that he doesn’t have the confidence to slack on D quite yet. Why? because it's an uncharted territory on a team that has a spoiled and demanding fanbase and media. They are demandful and they will criticize things that the media and the fans here never did.
Though, I really really do expect to see Lebron look unstoppable with the freedom of movement rule. I expect him to have less isolation attempts just because his efficiency on isolation will be so much higher, so he wouldn't have to touch the ball as much as he did. Also, his ability to create for his teammates and himself will increase aswell imho because he will get to his spots easier.
I do expect some drama. It has always surrounded Lebron right?
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