So much for my OKC
prediction huh? Wow. LeBron dominates and wins a ring.
Ya know he's still younger than Jordan was when Jordan
won his first title. People forget that. Some of the
random thoughts I had while shooting hoops
today...
I'm not writing
this to jump back on the LeBron bandwagon. If
anything, the last few weeks has been a justification
of why we all followed him so closely at the
beginning. Why our imaginations were limitless because
it was like the Basketball Gods combined Magic &
Michael together and created an absolute beast
of a human being with talent never-before-seen in one
person. He's on his hometown team to boot? He seems to
enjoy passing and getting his teammates involved more
than scoring... yet can still drop 50 on you in the
blink of an eye? Just, wow...
...and then he
folded. One night he would take over a game, the next
night it was as if he decided not to take over
the game. He seemed averse to leading. 4th
quarter meltdown after 4th quarter meltdown. What the
hell? Wait, he's a Pippen not a Jordan? Huh? Could he
possibly be this mature physically and THAT
immature mentally?
And then of course
the PR nightmare of a TV show to announce you're
shitting on your hometown (I was fine with him leaving
Cleveland, just not like that) - but even worse? He
chooses to join up with someone who is already
a champion to get his ring. Uhm. What the hell is
this? Every 80s & 90s NBA legend was
floored. You BEAT your adversaries.
Jordan beat Thomas, he beat Magic, he
beat Drexler, he beat Barkley, he
beat Malone. Duh.
So it brings you
to last year and yet another horrible performance by
LeBron in the finals, with even Wade yelling at him in
games: WHO ARE YOU? Where is the LeBron who
was here the first 3 quarters? You're a BULL - go
drive the lane and get fouled and win this already. He
didn't get it. Imaginations still soar at the
possibilities if he ever did figure it all out, but
alas - he's still a head-case.
He figured it
out.
And to the rest of
the NBA? As I said in the video, you'd better
hope he wants to retire and play football or some shit
in a couple years because if he really has figured out
what he's capable of? Oh my fuck. That "not one, not
two, not three..." speech is gonna look awfully
prophetic. The man gets "Wilt" numbers in 2012. He
gets "Russel" stat-lines 50 years later. That's
how head & shoulders dominant he is over the rest
of the league. It's why we have all been ripping our
hair out watching him the past 10 years!
GET ANGRY LEBRON. GET that Kobe stare.
GET that Jordan "RIP YOUR THROAT OUT
BEFORE I EVER LOSE TO YOU"
mentality and you will rule for a decade. If you don't
think he's going to 10 championships (he's been to 3
now) before he's said and done, you're out of your
mind. Now that he put it together? Now that he
realizes where he belongs? Now that he tasted the ring
BECAUSE he overpowered everything in his way? I
think the sleeping giant got a bullhorn to the noggin'
and we're about to see another mega-dynasty. He's 27.
So what changed?
Game 6, Eastern
Conference Finals against Boston... in Boston.
Elimination game and that man had the Kobe/Jordan
stare. The whole game. He looked like he would Darth
Vader choke you if you came near him. 45/15/5 -
numbers not seen in the playoffs in 50 years. They
were not losing that game. Not a chance in hell. He
simply figured it out. He's #1, Wade is #2 and Wade
accepted that. Here we are. Every single year for the
next TEN YEARS, it will be a race to knock off
the King. It sucks he couldn't do it in his hometown
(I don't think he's played his last game for
Cleveland though - call me crazy stranger things have
happened in sports), but he's there now. Everyone had
9 years to grab their rings before he put all the
pieces together. Hope you got yours...
...or he could be
one and done like Dirk. LMFAO. What the hell do
I know? I'd love a Durant/LeBron tit-for-tat ala
Bird/Magic. I just have this feeling though... time
will tell.
