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RG said:
LeBron won't own 100% of a team. I think in an ideal world, he has a rough 50/50 split with someone who's willing to spend, like Dan.
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You guys do realize that owners don't actally spend out of their own actual pockets to run a team...

...that's not how it works.

The only "spending" that Dan does on the team is determining how much profit he wants to "lose" each year to have a winning team. I doubt he's ever spent an extra penny out of his own pocket aside from the check he cut in the initial purchase.
 
czvo said:
How did he only play 33 minutes when he played the whole fourth?
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The injury noted by IBWT but Lue also deserves some credit for sitting him earlier in the game. Lebron missed a dunk and fell into a mini funk for awhile, Lue subbed him out with about 2-3 mins left in the first and actually left him out until the 6 min mark or so of the 2nd.

I think Lue is starting to gain confidence in the bench, which is a big positive as it relates to Lebrons minutes.
 
Jscc said:
This old man is shooting 58%/41% FG%/3P%.
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Let's take it another step further.

Whether it holds up or not, LeBron is currently on pace for career bests(or matching) in the following categories:

FGM/g
FG%
3PM/g
3P%
2P%
FG% on shots 0-3ft from rim*
EFG%
TS%
ORTG
FT%
BPG
*meaning, dunking less, but better finisher than ever as his at the rim game has gotten smarter and more advanced in use of angles and glass

3rd highest APG of his career
3rd lowest USG of his career

At age 33. 50,000+ combined reg season and playoff minutes. After 7 straight Finals appearances. After missing the majority of training camp.
 
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JMoneyYourHoney said:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtba...nba-high-40-million-last-season/#333264f17699
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"Loss" doesn't mean that Gilbert paid a single penny out of pocket. I was a business manager and we had "losses" many years. All that it means is that they didn't show a profit on their books. In fact, if you're a privately owned business, there's NO incentive to show a profit because it means that you have to pay more in taxes.

Profit and loss is not like a piggy bank. That's not how it works. We had years that we showed huge profits on our books, but our actual operating cash flow was low.

This is accounting 101.

Now, that said, if a team loses money year after year and cannot roll them forward or cover them through new deals and future cash flown, then Dan would eventually have to infuse the Cavs with cash. But, the key phrase in that article is that it was an "operating loss."
 
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Maybe there’s something to him playing under 35 mins after all

What a 4th quarter performance.
 
chuck0609 said:
Maybe there’s something to him playing under 35 mins after all

What a 4th quarter performance.
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Lue said he called out LeBron in the 1st half for messing around and was glad he got smacked in the mouth.

Truth is when everyone is healthy we'll have enough depth for LeBron to play 32-34 mins a night. LeBron just has to play hard during the that time span and he'll dominate even more. He won't have to rest on the floor as much.
 
When IT comes back , hell rest more. IT can handle offense more with starting unit and Dwade with 2nd unit. It will give Lebron more and more rest.

Just hope Isaiah comes back to what he was like last season.

I personally would get rid of Derrick Rose now, there's no need for him. Lebron / IT to run starting unit , then wade will run 2nd unit with the help of Lebron at times.
 
MARK MOUGHTON said:
When IT comes back , hell rest more. IT can handle offense more with starting unit and Dwade with 2nd unit. It will give Lebron more and more rest.

Just hope Isaiah comes back to what he was like last season.

I personally would get rid of Derrick Rose now, there's no need for him. Lebron / IT to run starting unit , then wade will run 2nd unit with the help of Lebron at times.
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Honestly, they can sit Rose on the bench. There’s no monetary investment in him; he’s a vet min guy.
 
LeBron James finds new way to impress Kyle Korver, other teammates during fourth-quarter scoring binge


Fourth quarter dominance has been his calling card, as James leads the league in scoring, averaging 10.0 points in the quarter.

Still, this was different. James scored 23 points in the final period, including 18 straight. According to Elias Sports, it's the most consecutive points he's scored in the fourth quarter in his career.


No, on Wednesday, it was how he shredded the Nets. Believe it or not, James found a new way to impress his teammates, including Kyle Korver.

"My man has worked his way into being a real shooter. Like, for real. He can really shoot," Korver said. "His fundamentals, he has worked on it, in this last year that I've been here. His shot is really, really good."

That's high praise coming from one the best shooters in NBA history. And Korver would know.


This season he is shooting 58.5 percent from the field, 42.7 percent from beyond the arc and 78.2 percent from the foul line -- all career-bests.

These are his advanced shooting numbers: 78.3 percent in the restricted area, 42.9 percent on mid-range jumpers, 45.2 percent on above the break 3's, 42.3 percent on fadeaways and 55.6 percent on pull-up jumpers.

It all stems from plenty of hard work -- and an important adjustment.
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LeBron James finds new way to impress Kyle Korver, other teammates during fourth-quarter scoring binge
 
TitleTown said:
You guys do realize that owners don't actally spend out of their own actual pockets to run a team...

...that's not how it works.

The only "spending" that Dan does on the team is determining how much profit he wants to "lose" each year to have a winning team. I doubt he's ever spent an extra penny out of his own pocket aside from the check he cut in the initial purchase.
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Well, I certainly "realize" that you didn't offer any proof for what you just said in that post.
 
The Human Q-Tip said:
Well, I certainly "realize" that you didn't offer any proof for what you just said in that post.
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It's just general accounting knowledge. Losses rarely mean that business owners have to pay out of pocket to cover those losses. Feel free to look it up.

For example, fiscal years are arbitrary. So if I have a business thag has a bunch of expenses to end the year, the "books" could show a big loss to end the year. But it's just a loss on paper. When, in reality, those losses could be covered by new revenue that will come into the business during the first month of the next year.
 
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