He said he was keeping his decision private....but if you read between the lines it seems like he is anti.So is LeBron an anti-vaxxer?
He said he was keeping his decision private....but if you read between the lines it seems like he is anti.So is LeBron an anti-vaxxer?
At least for himself, don’t have to read between any lines. Schroder said Lebron isn’t vaccinated.He said he was keeping his decision private....but if you read between the lines it seems like he is anti.
Beyond a shame. As a minority, it's fn disgraceful and shameful.LeBron, like Tom Brady, is probably extremely conscious of everything he is putting into his body, so it wouldn't surprise me if he is hesitant to take vaccine. It's a shame that he isn't proactive in it given his status and platform, but hopefully he will come around on it soon.
Agreed, what a whiff by Bron. Thought he did a nice job on the get-out the vote.There is no doubt if Lebron had the exact opposite approach (publicly getting vaccinated and encouraging others to as well) he would save a lot of lives.
Not shocked he's got some weird belief system here. But it is a shame, no doubt about it.
Is it, or was it really that much of a stretch to call him the 2nd best player in the NBA? He had an incredible year last year and one could easily think that another year with Lebron would bring out even more in himESPN announcers now ballwashing AD when he makes even a half-decent play, as if he's some freaking bench scrub charity case. This is the same player whom your hoops scribes in their infinite wisdom called **the #2 player in the NBA** at the start of the season.
Someone should tell Lebron his venn diagram of bizarre thinking has him overlapping with racist uneducated white republican male Trumpers. A strange place for him to be.Agreed, what a whiff by Bron. Thought he did a nice job on the get-out the vote.
Kyrie is the one that I expect with all the silly vax conspiracy theories.
a week ago, 70% of NBA players had received at least 1 dose
https://nba.nbcsports.com/2021/04/27/adam-silver-more-than-70-of-nba-players-have-received-coronavirus-vaccine/
I think his point was that AD is good enough to not need to be hyped up for doing routine things.Is it, or was it really that much of a stretch to call him the 2nd best player in the NBA? He had an incredible year last year and one could easily think that another year with Lebron would bring out even more in him
That, plus I don’t think he has ever realistically been the #2 player in the league, great as he is. No advanced metrics (that I’ve seen) rank him anywhere near that high; and MVP voters seem to agree (he has one season in his career at #3, one at #5, and no others in the top five).I think his point was that AD is good enough to not need to be hyped up for doing routine things.
Preseason folks may have glossed right over Steph and discounted KD due to injury. It looks much dumber now than it did then.That, plus I don’t think he has ever realistically been the #2 player in the league, great as he is. No advanced metrics (that I’ve seen) rank him anywhere near that high; and MVP voters seem to agree (he has one season in his career at #3, one at #5, and no others in the top five).
He’s awesome, of course, but I don’t see a real case for him over LeBron, Steph, KD, Kawhi, Harden, Giannis, Jokic, Doncic, or Embiid. Those last three may have passed him this season while he was injured (again); the others have pretty much always been ahead of him, imo. CP3 probably needs to round out that top 10. Then I’d think about AD in the #11-15 range with PG, Lillard, Tatum, Butler.
In any case, not #2. And as you say, truly great players shouldn’t need to get ball-washed for playing reasonably well.
Doncic has taken Dorian Finney-Smith, Josh Richardson and Tim Hardaway Jr. to the #5 seed. Davis gets a massive edge on defense, no doubt, but a guy that can score and create for others consistently is by far the most valuable skill-set to have in the NBA and Luka is arguably the best in the NBA at doing that.Preseason folks may have glossed right over Steph and discounted KD due to injury. It looks much dumber now than it did then.
Whether one thinks that AD is #2 or #5, he sure as hell doesn't need ball-washing.
He's better than a bunch of the guys on your list. I'd take him over Harden and Doncic immediately. CP3? Defense matters.
Luka's inherent skillset is more rare and therefore valuable. That doesn't make him a better player than Davis.Doncic has taken Dorian Finney-Smith, Josh Richardson and Tim Hardaway Jr. to the #5 seed. Davis gets a massive edge on defense, no doubt, but a guy that can score and create for others consistently is by far the most valuable skill-set to have in the NBA and Luka is arguably the best in the NBA at doing that.
Can you name 10 guys better at basketball than Dame? AD is in the top 10 but Dame might be too, or at least he's very close.Luka's inherent skillset is more rare and therefore valuable. That doesn't make him a better player than Davis.
Reasonable people can disagree with the rankings, but I'd be hard pressed to find 10 guys that are better basketball players than AD.
"In the Lillard tier" is laughable.
Dame and AD have finished very close in the MVP voting for most of the past five years. They are probably in the same tier.Can you name 10 guys better at basketball than Dame? AD is in the top 10 but Dame might be too, or at least he's very close.
AD is probably at the tail end of the 1st tier and Dame is at the top of the 2nd.
Availability matters for rankings like this. Lillard is almost never hurt; AD is almost always hurt.Luka's inherent skillset is more rare and therefore valuable. That doesn't make him a better player than Davis.
Reasonable people can disagree with the rankings, but I'd be hard pressed to find 10 guys that are better basketball players than AD.
"In the Lillard tier" is laughable.
I know that everyone loves their scorers. But when I read about how Doncic is dragging a bad roster to the 5 seed above, I think about the playoff resumes of these guys.I don't know what I find more surprising, that Jimbo would take AD over Harden "immediately" or that he thinks it's laughable to put him in the same tier as Dame. And I say this as a fellow "defense matters!" stan. Because it does! Just not as much as offense. And James Harden is one of the best offensive players of all time. Dude's at .611 TS% for his career average while being a walking 30/10. For comparison, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen each only had two seasons in their careers with better efficiency than Harden's average. Dame's pretty damn close to peak Harden these past couple of years. Both guys have led teams to deep playoff runs in the loaded West, while AD had one series win in his career and missed the playoffs completely more often than not prior to joining the Lebrons.
I get the argument, but not the certainty.
Man, look at what Julius Randall's dragging to a .570 winning percentage, he must be Wiltesque... And can we stop with the "loaded west" nonsense. There's exactly one more good team out west than in the east, followed by a bunch of teams playing sub-.600 basketball, just like the east. The LeBroners, due to injuries, are one of those teams scuffling around at a sub-48 win pace. But they're still scuffling and hardly a juggernaut.Doncic has taken Dorian Finney-Smith, Josh Richardson and Tim Hardaway Jr. to the #5 seed. Davis gets a massive edge on defense, no doubt, but a guy that can score and create for others consistently is by far the most valuable skill-set to have in the NBA and Luka is arguably the best in the NBA at doing that.
Yeah AD was great last year, no doubt. Almost as good as his teammate, who happens to be the best player in basketball history, and who has won a bunch of titles for his efforts. Maybe that guy had something to do with it.I know that everyone loves their scorers. But when I read about how Doncic is dragging a bad roster to the 5 seed above, I think about the playoff resumes of these guys.
SRN actually wrote (and I paraphrase), "yeah AD was a beast in the playoffs, but what about his regular season?". Also "and he gets injured a lot".
Beast in the playoffs is right. At both ends. Won a title for his efforts. Will be beasting in these playoffs against Brooklyn most likely (yay Harden finally) as Dame goes valiantly into that good night again in a second round exit, putting up 45 in the series and giving back half that at the other end.
Of course it does.Yeah AD was great last year, no doubt. Almost as good as his teammate, who happens to be the best player in basketball history, and who has won a bunch of titles for his efforts. Maybe that guy had something to do with it.
To varying degrees, yes. And I know your mileage varies with them, but there are metrics that measure overall impact and those pretty consistently favor Harden by a decent margin.Of course it does.
I'm just judging the man based on how he played, which was immense at both ends. And both ends matter.
I'm sure anybody who bought the #23 jersey will be able to exchange it for the #6, free of charge.But Lebron had the top selling jersey on NBA Store this season.
I know this is in jest, but are there really people that will be upset that they only have the #23 jersey and not the #6?I'm sure anybody who bought the #23 jersey will be able to exchange it for the #6, free of charge.
People concerned with staying on trend? In this day and age?I know this is in jest, but are there really people that will be upset that they only have the #23 jersey and not the #6?
And reinsult Bill RussellHe wants to re-honor Michael Jordan by retiring the 23 again.