An oral Coli history of "LeBron's game won't age"

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Bron is a basketball savant. He could see teams like the Sixers and Celtics were coming on with their young cores. Did you forget rookie Jayson Tatum pushed LeBron's Cavs to 7 games? He also knew KD was done with Golden State. There were talks KD leaving for the Knicks a year earlier. Plus his agency (Klutch Sports) represented AD and he knew he was joining him soon.

You're a dumbass if you think LeBron just joined the Lakers on a whim. It was a genius move on his part. He left the East right as it was becoming strong and went West just as it was getting weak. Plus he once again stacked the deck in his favor by joining forces with AD.


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This is next level






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This is where we at now



LeBron can see all that....





Future moves 2 years in advance :dwillhuh:
 

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:mjlol:LOOK AT YOUR AVI.

YOU nikkaS REALLY
HAVE SUPER HEROS.
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A 40-year-old man with a cartoon character as his avi who posts in colored font with emojis every time is making fun of other people's style. :mjlol:

There are thousands of people on this forum with sports stars, rappers, civil right leaders, etc. in their avi. So? You really that embarassed by taking your 74th consecutive L in this forum that you're talking about avi's now?

Talk about fools throwing rocks from glass houses. :deadrose:
 

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After Kobe died I vowed to put that hater shyt behind me:hubie:
Dudes out here looking silly hating on men who are relaxing and getting money together whole time
Yall should sit back and appreciate greatness while you still can, we not gonna see another Lebron/Messi/Ronaldo for a minute
 

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A 40-year-old man with a cartoon character as his avi who posts in colored font with emojis every time is making fun of other people's style. :mjlol:

There are thousands of people on this forum with sports stars, rappers, civil right leaders, etc. in their avi. So? You really that embarassed by taking your 74th consecutive L in this forum that you're talking about avi's now?

Talk about fools throwing rocks from glass houses. :deadrose:
BAN BET THAT IM 40 YRS OLD
OR OLDER....


:mjtf:THIS AGENT SHILL
SO OUT OF THE LOOP
HE DOESNT EVEN KNOW
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CHARMANDER AVI.
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:wow:



This is next level






:picard:




This is where we at now



LeBron can see all that....





Future moves 2 years in advance :dwillhuh:

Everyone was predicting the Celtics and Sixers had next with their young cores. And all the chatter was that KD was going to the Knicks in 2018 when LeBron made his move. It wasn't about seeing the future. It was about being shrewd and making the move a year earlier than when it would be obvious.

If Bron left the East in 2019 after KD/Kyrie signed with Brooklyn, Giannis winning MVP, and the Celtics/Sixers improving, he would have looked like he was running away from the East just as it was producing tougher competition. He just made the move a year earlier before those Eastern Conference teams rose. It allowed him to look like he was going to the big bad west when in reality he was going to a conference that was about to fall off and be weaker than the East for the first time in 20 years.
 

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Everyone was predicting the Celtics and Sixers had next with their young cores. And all the chatter was that KD was going to the Knicks in 2018 when LeBron made his move. It wasn't about seeing the future. It was about being shrewd and making the move a year earlier than when it would be obvious.

If Bron left the East in 2019 after KD/Kyrie signed with Brooklyn, Giannis winning MVP, and the Celtics/Sixers improving, he would have looked like he was running away from the East just as it was producing tougher competition. He just made the move a year earlier before those Eastern Conference teams rose. It allowed him to look like he was going to the big bad west when in reality he was going to a conference that was about to fall off and be weaker than the East for the first time in 20 years.


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They were projecting a drop in athleticism, but that Miami Special Sauce extended that period :blessed:

the only problem with this is his athleticism HAS dropped off.

  • nikka needs to rev in place to get to the rim these days (believe one of the coli brehs said he looks like fred flintstone starting his car :russ:)
  • he gets blocked at the rim way more than he ever did in his athletic prime
  • we've seen the old man botched dunks that befall all the GOATs
i'm sure there are plenty of other examples.
 

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Everyone was predicting the Celtics and Sixers had next with their young cores. And all the chatter was that KD was going to the Knicks in 2018 when LeBron made his move. It wasn't about seeing the future. It was about being shrewd and making the move a year earlier than when it would be obvious.

If Bron left the East in 2019 after KD/Kyrie signed with Brooklyn, Giannis winning MVP, and the Celtics/Sixers improving, he would have looked like he was running away from the East just as it was producing tougher competition. He just made the move a year earlier before those Eastern Conference teams rose. It allowed him to look like he was going to the big bad west when in reality he was going to a conference that was about to fall off and be weaker than the East for the first time in 20 years.
But I thought the Kyrie leaving in 2017 thing was partly about “him not wanting to be stuck there when Bron left.” If the streets were saying Bron was leaving around summer 2017, that would be before the Kyrie/KD all-star game hallway meeting. And KD could have gone to Portland if he wanted to stay west. Harden, Kawhi and Westbrook also went east although Kawhi came back.
 

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the only problem with this is his athleticism HAS dropped off.

  • nikka needs to rev in place to get to the rim these days (believe one of the coli brehs said he looks like fred flintstone starting his car :russ:)
  • he gets blocked at the rim way more than he ever did in his athletic prime
  • we've seen the old man botched dunks that befall all the GOATs
i'm sure there are plenty of other examples.
It has dropped off but even at 40 he will be relatively athletic and that old man strength hit different. :manny:

He’s still 73% at the rim and has 20 dunks this season. We see his declined first step, lateral movement, decreasing foul rate, and motor but he’s still a beast.

He’s too skilled and too smart. His touch and dexterity at the basket, his passing ability, his ability to post up, his size in transition, dude is now a high volume 40% 3PT shooter with deep range, has that innate ability to control a game on both ends.
 
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the only problem with this is his athleticism HAS dropped off.

  • nikka needs to rev in place to get to the rim these days (believe one of the coli brehs said he looks like fred flintstone starting his car :russ:)
  • he gets blocked at the rim way more than he ever did in his athletic prime
  • we've seen the old man botched dunks that befall all the GOATs
i'm sure there are plenty of other examples.

Yes he's gone from Ultra Elite to Elite athletically
 

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LeBron falling off after he “loses” his athleticism has been a talking point since like 2010.

It shows the truth that he is as skilled and his I.Q. is just as high as his athleticism and his durability is special.
 
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