Thursday, May 13, 2010

Lebron: "Hi Guys I Almost Got a Quad Double!!!!"

For the second time in three years the Boston Celtics sent Lebron James and his Cavaliers home. I kind of feel sorry for Lebron. Look at him he looks so sad! So anyways I was watching the Cavs little by little just give up any hope they might have had to win this game to take back to the Q and try to win what seemed like an impossible series. (after Game 5) Then as the Celtics went on a little run near the end of the 3rd quarter, I saw Kevin Garnett punch himself in the head. And this brought me back to the 2008 Boston Celtics who had the drive to win the championship by playing lockdown, nasty defense and executing on the offensive end. It brought me back to the 2008 Celtics who never panicked in tough situations. It brought me back to the 2008 Celtics whose individuals never tried to to too much or not enough, they stayed home and did their jobs. It brought me back to a 2008 Celtics team that won as a team. Near the end of this game I realized all the things that I saw in the Celtics were the exact things I did not see in the Cavaliers. This is now the second straight year that the Cavs have been regular season champs but have not proven to be the champions that the media likes to crown them beforehand. I bet ESPN will talk about his triple double but wont talk about his 9 turnovers! I watched the Cavaliers the at times throughout the whole season and I saw Lebron and his teammates dancing and smiling and having fun. Thats all good but the problem I have with this is once the heat is turned up a little bit the Cavaliers just panic and they just don't really have poise. Whose fault is this? I think its half on Lebron and half on Cleveland's coach Mike Brown. As a leader of the team Lebron needs to learn how to not only take over on the court but in the huddle. Don't even get me started on Brown and his bullshit coach of the year award last year.. I think Lebron has yet to learn the focus, determination, and the hard on and off the court to win a championship. It took Kobe a few years to learn this on his own. Lets be honest, Kobe had a few "quitting on his team" moments himself. I enjoy watching Lebron, so I just hope next year wherever he happens to be, he learns, matures, and grows into Lebron the champion instead of Lebron the stat stuffer AKA Lebron the choke artist.

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