LeBron's body language is killing the Lakers

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Re: LeBron's body language is killing the Lakers 

Post#141 » by AmIWrongDude » Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:26 am

FrobeBryant wrote:
islanders11040 wrote:lebron screaming at his bench and letting Denver get a quick 2 reminded me of this thread


That was a wild sequence. Darvin Ham with his hands in his pockets as Lebron is screaming for him to challenge the oob call was the most exciting part of the game.

Ham hordes challenges like they don’t reset each game. Oh wait he used it when the game was already decided.

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Re: LeBron's body language is killing the Lakers 

Post#142 » by Laimbeer » Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:21 pm

So Wizards Mike would be winning this series?

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Re: LeBron's body language is killing the Lakers 

Post#143 » by druggas » Sun Apr 28, 2024 6:19 pm

Laimbeer wrote:So Wizards Mike would be winning this series?

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Probably not, but he wouldn't quit.
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Re: LeBron's body language is killing the Lakers 

Post#144 » by LaLover11 » Sun Apr 28, 2024 6:41 pm

druggas wrote:
Laimbeer wrote:So Wizards Mike would be winning this series?

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Probably not, but he wouldn't quit.


He quit after a 3 peat lol

And again In 98 smh
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Re: LeBron's body language is killing the Lakers 

Post#145 » by druggas » Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:24 pm

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druggas wrote:
Laimbeer wrote:So Wizards Mike would be winning this series?

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Probably not, but he wouldn't quit.


He quit after a 3 peat lol

And again In 98 smh

He retired. Get your facts straight. And unlike LeBorn, he didn't quit on his team.
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Re: LeBron's body language is killing the Lakers 

Post#146 » by AmIWrongDude » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:55 am

madskillz8 wrote:
FrobeBryant wrote:
islanders11040 wrote:lebron screaming at his bench and letting Denver get a quick 2 reminded me of this thread


That was a wild sequence. Darvin Ham with his hands in his pockets as Lebron is screaming for him to challenge the oob call was the most exciting part of the game.


Here's the video:


Yeah, it was wild but what's wilder is how he frequently travels with the ball. It almost became his go-to move thus even the refs stopped caring about. Just look at 00:25 mark.

If you want that called a travel, there’s gonna be 50 turnovers per game by each team. Not 1 person in the arena thought it was a travel. Think maybe you’re trying a little too hard to find something to support your dislike for the guy.
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Re: LeBron's body language is killing the Lakers 

Post#147 » by AmIWrongDude » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:58 am

druggas wrote:
LaLover11 wrote:
druggas wrote:Probably not, but he wouldn't quit.


He quit after a 3 peat lol

And again In 98 smh

He retired. Get your facts straight. And unlike LeBorn, he didn't quit on his team.

Pretty sure leaving your team to play baseball is the epitome of quitting. That’s factual there’s really no debate.

If I work for one company and decide to “leave” my job for another one, what is that called?
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Re: LeBron's body language is killing the Lakers 

Post#148 » by LaLover11 » Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:57 am

AmIWrongDude wrote:
druggas wrote:
LaLover11 wrote:
He quit after a 3 peat lol

And again In 98 smh

He retired. Get your facts straight. And unlike LeBorn, he didn't quit on his team.

Pretty sure leaving your team to play baseball is the epitome of quitting. That’s factual there’s really no debate.

If I work for one company and decide to “leave” my job for another one, what is that called?


Exactly it's quitting 100 %
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Re: LeBron's body language is killing the Lakers 

Post#149 » by madskillz8 » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:16 am

AmIWrongDude wrote:
madskillz8 wrote:
FrobeBryant wrote:
That was a wild sequence. Darvin Ham with his hands in his pockets as Lebron is screaming for him to challenge the oob call was the most exciting part of the game.


Here's the video:


Yeah, it was wild but what's wilder is how he frequently travels with the ball. It almost became his go-to move thus even the refs stopped caring about. Just look at 00:25 mark.

If you want that called a travel, there’s gonna be 50 turnovers per game by each team. Not 1 person in the arena thought it was a travel. Think maybe you’re trying a little too hard to find something to support your dislike for the guy.


Stop it. He's clearly changing his pivot foot. It is not happening 50 times per game because it is basketball 101, it is not like palming a ball a bit. Very fundamental mistake that you have to see elementary school games to catch one them.

This year, Sabonis is "rightfully" called travel for slightly moving for his pivot foot 24 times, sometimes twice in the same game. So you can't claim is NBA stopped caring about travels completely...

And I don't agree with showing fans reaction (or lack thereof) as an evidence of anything. The thing is, as of 2024, NBA fans lost the track of what is called travel and what is not. I will give you an example:

Let's go to back in time, alllll the way to ....... April 12, 2024 Memphis - Lakers game.

With the L2M report, NBA admitted that the refs missing two travel calls caused Memphis to lose the game, one of the most important games in western conference standings.

Now watch one of these travels, and tell us if such an obvious and fundamental violation of changing pivot foot is happening at every game once, let alone 50 times. Look, I am not talking about moving or sliding pivot foot which happens a lot and harder to notice during the action (for which Sabonis is often called), I am talking about "changing" pivot foot.

https://official.nba.com/last-two-minute-report/?gameNo=0022301177&eventNum=2102 (1:47-1:40 mark)

Second question: How many people in the area thought it was a travel? I count 0. For such an obvious travel... Does that mean it is a legit play?

The thing is Lebron is obviously traveling and getting away with it more than anybody in the league. If I dislike him, that is why, npt the other way around.
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Re: LeBron's body language is killing the Lakers 

Post#150 » by Gusto1903 » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:25 am

madskillz8 wrote:
FrobeBryant wrote:
islanders11040 wrote:lebron screaming at his bench and letting Denver get a quick 2 reminded me of this thread


That was a wild sequence. Darvin Ham with his hands in his pockets as Lebron is screaming for him to challenge the oob call was the most exciting part of the game.


Here's the video:


Yeah, it was wild but what's wilder is how he frequently travels with the ball. It almost became his go-to move thus even the refs stopped caring about. Just look at 00:25 mark.



He's been doing the travels since the 2000s. There were bare LeCrab, LeTravel memes everywhere.
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Re: LeBron's body language is killing the Lakers 

Post#151 » by druggas » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:43 am

LaLover11 wrote:
AmIWrongDude wrote:
druggas wrote:He retired. Get your facts straight. And unlike LeBorn, he didn't quit on his team.

Pretty sure leaving your team to play baseball is the epitome of quitting. That’s factual there’s really no debate.

If I work for one company and decide to “leave” my job for another one, what is that called?


Exactly it's quitting 100 %

I left my company and retired. It's called "retirement".
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Re: LeBron's body language is killing the Lakers 

Post#152 » by prophet_of_rage » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:45 am

AmIWrongDude wrote:
druggas wrote:
LaLover11 wrote:
He quit after a 3 peat lol

And again In 98 smh

He retired. Get your facts straight. And unlike LeBorn, he didn't quit on his team.

Pretty sure leaving your team to play baseball is the epitome of quitting. That’s factual there’s really no debate.

If I work for one company and decide to “leave” my job for another one, what is that called?
Is your last name Jordan or James?

Jordan = conquering new ventures
James = quitting like a loser

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Re: LeBron's body language is killing the Lakers 

Post#153 » by LaLover11 » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:49 am

druggas wrote:
LaLover11 wrote:
AmIWrongDude wrote:Pretty sure leaving your team to play baseball is the epitome of quitting. That’s factual there’s really no debate.

If I work for one company and decide to “leave” my job for another one, what is that called?


Exactly it's quitting 100 %

I left my company and retired. It's called "retirement".


Did you come back and work there again and then quit again and then came back to work again and ultimately quit again
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Re: LeBron's body language is killing the Lakers 

Post#154 » by art_tatum » Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:38 pm

LaLover11 wrote:
AmIWrongDude wrote:
druggas wrote:He retired. Get your facts straight. And unlike LeBorn, he didn't quit on his team.

Pretty sure leaving your team to play baseball is the epitome of quitting. That’s factual there’s really no debate.

If I work for one company and decide to “leave” my job for another one, what is that called?


Exactly it's quitting 100 %


Y'all taking it it too literal. Jordan quit basketball / took a break bc of his fathers murder or maybe gambling, or both.
but he didn't quit on his team / city to go to another one for a better chance at winning. That's the analogy one of you is trying to make.

Lebron quit his small company and joined a more successful rival that crushes you.
Jordan quit his corporate company to paint or work in a unrelated field.
That's the analogy.

Lebron quit on his teammates and team to jump to greener pastures multiple times. He has every right to, but there's a difference and people may judge you for it if you're being held up to be the goat of the league.

Imo lebrons career trajectory isn't what I would like to have as the goat that represents the nba. Jordan's isn't ideal either but his quitting is different. 2nd time was just retirement until his ego got to him with the wizard thing.
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Re: LeBron's body language is killing the Lakers 

Post#155 » by Gregoire » Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:51 pm

At least in game 5 Bron gave great pass to potentialgame winner 4 sec left :roll: :D
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These no calls on LeBron are crazy. A lot of stars got foul calls to protect them.
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Come playoffs 18 lebron beats any version of jordan
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