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Originally Posted by blackvodka
I thought about that myself. Problem is LeBron had no one in his first run with the Cavs. Maurice Williams? Delonte West? He had Carlos Boozer his rc year. He got a lot of flack too.
Personally I think LeBron only plays one more year in LA before the Lakers finally move on. They need more confidence in Luka though.
McDaniels played a major factor in Minny's win tonight.
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A couple of those years, the Cavs were among the top rated defenses in the NBA. All he had to do was carry the offense while the Cavs defense shut down their opponents. I don't think you're giving his teammates enough credit.
In the 2007 NBA Finals, the Cavs held the Spurs to 12 points below their regular season average. But it didn't matter because the Cavs could do nothing offensively. For his part, LeBron only managed to average 22 ppg on 36% from the floor, and was MIA in the the fourth quarters. He didn't even manage to lead his team to a single victory in that series, despite losing by just three points in game 3 and one point in game 4.
In the 2009 ECF, LeBron's Cavs had the home court advantage and the best record in the NBA. In game 6, LeBron got 53 combined points on 55% shooting from West, Williams, and Varejao. He's the one who blew it in that game, scoring just 25 points on 40% from the floor, and being thoroughly outplayed by Dwight Howard. Despite playing well overall in the series, LeBron played poorly in the fourth quarters of most of those games, and cheated the fans out of the LeBron vs Kobe matchup we all wanted to see.