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[Coast to Coast Brasil | NBA @brasilcoast2]

🗣️ - Michael Porter Jr explica as diferenças entre Kevin Durant e LeBron James na sua visão:

“KD é o melhor jogador de basquete puro que eu já vi. Mas existe uma diferença entre os dois.

LeBron consegue colocar os seus em posição de serem bem sucedidos (no jogo) de uma forma que isso faz com ele seja o melhor de todos.

Vou dar o exemplo: o Rockets no ano passado. Pelo KD ser um basqueteiro puro, ele só quer jogar bola.

E nisso que eu acho que aquele time sentiu falta de um nome para ser o líder vocal, alguém como Fred VanVleet poderia ser.

LeBron é um ala mas ele organiza um time inteiro dentro da quadra como um técnico, é loucura!

KD está lá pra cumprir um papel, que é fazer o máximo de pontos do jeito mais eficiente possível.

O Q.I do LeBron é insano, e olha que eu joguei ao lado do Nikola Jokic, que é insano nisso também…”

[Aidan LaPorta @AidanLaPorta69]

The Sixers play basketball in just 41 days…..👀

[76ersMuse @76ersMuse]

LeBron James via IG:

“Aging is weird.
On paper, I'm 40.
In the gym, I feel 25.
At 9 PM, I'm 87.”

🤣🤣🤣

[Witness King James @WITNESSKJ]

Delonte West on what he would do with the ball if he was the best player on the court:

“I’m gonna give it to LeBron James, and he’s gonna do something to Paul Pierce.” 😭

(via @N3onOnYT)

[My Mixtapez @mymixtapez]

LeBron James reportedly borrowed $300M before joining the Lakers in 2018, against future Nike and business earnings, getting the cash upfront without it being taxed as income while pushing repayment to 2049 💯💰

[LeGOAT James Commentary @LBJgoat_talk]

Levels to this GOAT shit

[Larry P. 🏀 @NycVipers]

We've been saying this for years, but delusional Kobe fans refuse to hear it

[J. Medi @MediJo20]

The debate around this usually boils down to surface-level box score stats vs full context. Melo had a fantastic rookie year, but the narrative that Melo was robbed ignores several key elements of that season (if you’ll let me rant)

The Cavs went in 17-65 in ‘02-03 and had virtually no surrounding baseline talent. Denver was also 17–65 the year prior, but they overhauled their entire ecosystem the same summer Carmelo arrived.

Denver signed Andre Miller and Voshon Lenard, got a healthy Marcus Camby (who missed most of the prior season), and had Nene entering his 2nd year. Melo was their premier scoring threat, but he was joined by an established, competent core.

Cleveland had litigated a toxic situation with Ricky Davis (who was traded mid-season), leaving a young LeBron to run the point alongside Boozer and Z. LeBron was tasked with being the full-time primary playmaker, floor general and primary scorer from day one.

There’s also a clear playmaking gap even in the box score. LeBron was effectively operating as a 6'8" PG on a lot of possessions generating offense for the entire team, leading to a much higher overall offensive responsibility and usage impact beyond just scoring.

Accounting for assists, LeBron generated significantly more total points per game for his offense than Carmelo did.

LeBron led Cleveland to an 18-win improvement, nearly making the playoffs in a year where he came straight out of high school at 18/19 years old. Carmelo led Denver to 43 wins and a playoff berth, which was impressive, but Denver’s turnaround was also heavily aided by their veteran additions (LeBron had a better on/off swing, +2.4 to Melos -1.2)

LeBron was coming straight from high school under unprecedented global hype and scrutiny, whereas Carmelo had a full championship season at Syracuse to adjust to high level college competition.

Again I’m not trying to diminish melo or act like he doesn’t have a clear case. I just see people these days immediately dismiss LeBron so I think it’s important to add context and show what people were seeing in 2004. Melo had the edge in scoring efficiency and team record. Bron had a combination of scoring, elite playmaking and an instant role as Cleveland's primary engine. his ROY win was well deserved.

[RB @RBPhillyTake]

Pat Bev chimes in on the workout footage of Tyrese Maxey, LeBron James, & Jaylen Brown:

“It’s trouble man… belt. Philadelphia belt. They look so nice.”

(via @patbev21 on IG)

[Philadelphia 76ers @sixers]

see y’all tomorrow! 👀

[🎭 @MaskedInLA]

Sixers fans are falling to their knees after copping their new LeBron jerseys 😭

[Darren Rovell @darrenrovell]

This is an absolutely genius move by LeBron and his team.

He gets a huge lifetime deal from Nike, and although it’s guaranteed, it doesn’t come right away.

So he gets advanced the money to likely invest it earlier. Smart.

[NBA Shane @Shane00]

Being the best player in a series at 41 against the defending champs and MVP is still so crazy

[Witness King James @WITNESSKJ]

LeBron was the best player in this series 🤷‍♂️

[Bron’s Best @LBJsBest]

LeBron in the 4 years prior to finally winning his first MVP

[NBA Memes @NBAMemes]

Just a reminder that LeBron is 25-0 in his last 25 playoff series in the Eastern conference.

25-0!!!🤯

[KenHeLive @KenHeLive]

“Going up 3 doesn’t win you anything..You know that. Ray Allen taught you that” took Skip to a dark place. LMFAO

[BronMuse @BronMuse]

Nobody at age 38 will come close to what LeBron was doing 💀💀

[Yahoo Sports @YahooSports]

“It fits them very well in terms of [LeBron’s] style of play. … It adds more complexity to their roster.” 👑

Knicks guard @joshhart on LeBron James signing with the 76ers this offseason.

(via Yahoo Sports Daily)

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

Patrick Beverley on the Sixers:

“Bro, I just watched that video of Tyrese Maxey, LeBron James, and Jaylen Brown working out. Man, it’s trouble man. Belt. Philadelphia Belt. Everybody’s bodies look great, Bron still dunking. If we get a little bit of this version with Philly, man without a doubt…”

(via Patrick Beverley/IG)