Quick timeline of the takes surrounding Lakers-Rockets, with a prediction on tomorrow’s.
April 17th: “The Lakers have NO chance. They’ll be lucky not to be swept.”
April 20th: “If LeBron pulls this off I’ll call him the GOAT.”
April 22nd: “The Rockets are frauds!”
April 25th: “The Rockets are the dumbest team I’ve ever seen! Anyone would beat them!”
April 30th: “The Lakers are cooked & LeBron is exhausted. Rockets in 7.”
May 1st: “LeBron is going to blow a 3-0 lead & his GOAT case is over!”
May 2nd: “Yeah, the Lakers won, but it’s actually not that impressive, the Rockets were pretenders.”
41 year old LeBron vs. 31 year old Jokic this postseason:
25.3 PPG 25 PPG
9.7 RPG 14.5 RPG
8.7 APG 7.8 APG
47.4% FG 39.1 FG%
43.8 3PT% 18.5 3PT%
Never a debate 😂
Can we all agree that “Jacob” made a very compelling case for Lebron as the GOAT?
Because I don’t remember “old Wizards Mike” winning 6 straight with a +77, being in the playoffs, or being up 3-0 as an underdog.
Checking in on the NBA’s old timers…
Durant’s flirting with 10 turnovers in his first playoff game as a Rocket.
Steph’s at Coachella.
Kawhi’s planting trees.
LeBron is averaging 39 MPG & 24-8-10 to go up 2-0 without his team’s 2 leading scorers.
🐐🐐🐐
“1st PH team to make the #EASL playoffs”
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m quite sure I remember San Miguel Beermen making it to the Semis in 2019 EASL led by Dez Wells and Lester Prosper. (Junemar and Lassiter didn’t play too)
They lost to Lance Stephenson, Liaoning Leopards)
Brownlee's final game with Meralco has some serious implications 🔥
Lead the Bolts to a win by six or more points, then JB would be a big part in making history as the first PH team to make the #EASL playoffs
https://t.co/QNwBkqTUxf
Golden State's Jonathan Kuminga has demanded a trade away from the Warriors as he becomes eligible to be moved Thursday, sources tell ESPN.
Full story with @anthonyVslater: https://t.co/70ByLkfbIN
LeBron James on Dwyane Wade: “I think me personally, I would have been very successful in this league without D-Wade. But to accomplish what I really wanted to accomplish in this league, and that’s winning at the highest level, I needed him. ”
What’s most impressive about Bron & his accomplishments imo is he didn’t inherit discipline or structure, and still became who he became.
If you look at most all time great athletes, nearly all of them had strong male influence and father figures. From Jordan, Magic, Serena, Tiger, Brady, Manning, Mahomes, Mayweather, Bolt, Phelps, Messi, Ronaldo, Gretzky, Federer, Kobe, Shaq, Curry, Duncan, Pele, Ali, all of them had present fathers or male figures that gave them structure, guidance, coaching & discipline.
Bron is the only modern all time great who didn’t inherit any of that, yet still generated his own, and sustained it for 20+ years. Most athletes with fatherlessness, poverty & fame collapse. He didn’t. People don’t realize how crazy that is.
He isn’t just a basketball outlier, he’s a sociological and psychological outlier.