Despite his bad break with the team, I still remember his time in Cleveland fondly. His redemption story was so great.
Unfortunately, most casuals only think of him dribbling out the clock and use that to tip him apart. We dont win a championship without JR. Happy to see him fulfilling another lifelong goal.
Anytime someone mentions JR negatively, I tell them watch the start of the 2nd half of game 7 and leave me alone. JR was awesome here.
But George Hill (who missed the free throw in the first place, the one that would have given the Cavs the lead with four seconds to go) gets a free pass?Him wasting LeBron’s 51-8-8 against by far the best team ever assembled will always bother me. Thanks for the good memories. And that horrible one.
Let's make it easy for those people:Anytime someone mentions JR negatively, I tell them watch the start of the 2nd half of game 7 and leave me alone. JR was awesome here.
JR Swish!Let's make it easy for those people:
I'm a little startled JR gets all the blame for that loss because of his end-of-game blunder. People forget George Hill and Lebron missed free throws in the 4th quarter. The whole team did. One more free throw made and we win that game.I'm with you. I honestly forget the game 1 gaffe until I see it brought up because there was simply no way the Cavs were winning that series anyway. Their roster in 2018 was closer to 2007 than 2017 in terms of overall quality. It spoiled a great individual game from LeBron (in my opinion, probably the best game he's ever played), but that was it.
I remember how much fun it was to watch him in 2015 all the way until Kyrie went down and he was overwhelmed with responsibility and then again in 2016 far more because he was such a key part of those teams. Factor in Shumpert's disappearing act after his new contract, and JR was even more instrumental in the Cavs maintaining their title contention.
Most importantly, he embraced the city incredibly well. So many guys from that era are going to be loved forever because of it, especially JR.
It was the fucking reversal of a Lebron And 1 layup to a charge on Lebron that fucked the game.I'm a little startled JR gets all the blame for that loss because of his end-of-game blunder. People forget George Hill and Lebron missed free throws in the 4th quarter. The whole team did. One more free throw made and we win that game.
Yeah, I avoid blaming referees for any bad calls they make and focus on what's in our control--our free-throw shooting.It was the fucking reversal of a Lebron And 1 layup to a charge on Lebron that fucked the game.