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The Rage Monster wrote:I'd say no leadership is better bad leadership. All he needed to say was he had a bad night and if he makes 1 more shot we win the game. Then privately talk to the guys about maintaining focus and supporting the team while on the bench. It shouldn't be that difficult to take responsibility for his play, he is the "superstar" so the majority of the time losses are and should be on him because he is held to that higher level. As much as I hate Lebron he is great at this, how often does he make excuses or blame his teammates?
AbeVigodaLive wrote:The Rage Monster wrote:I'd say no leadership is better than bad leadership. All he needed to say was he had a bad night and if he makes 1 more shot we win the game. Then privately talk to the guys about maintaining focus and supporting the team while on the bench. It shouldn't be that difficult to take responsibility for his play, he is the "superstar" so the majority of the time losses are and should be on him because he is held to that higher level. As much as I hate Lebron he is great at this, how often does he make excuses or blame his teammates?
The other weird thing about his comment is, how focused was he on the game? Clearly a decent portion of his attention was on things happening off the court (just by looking at the bench repeatedly to see who was cheering him on). But based on his comment it would appear he was thinking about this "problem" and what to say post game while the game was still being played.
Wasn't it about them not joining the huddle(s) during timeouts? That's a big difference than looking over at the bench and losing a guy on a pick and roll or something during the game.
The Rage Monster wrote:I'd say no leadership is better bad leadership. All he needed to say was he had a bad night and if he makes 1 more shot we win the game. Then privately talk to the guys about maintaining focus and supporting the team while on the bench. It shouldn't be that difficult to take responsibility for his play, he is the "superstar" so the majority of the time losses are and should be on him because he is held to that higher level. As much as I hate Lebron he is great at this, how often does he make excuses or blame his teammates?
This season actually
http://nba.si.com/2013/12/18/lebron-james-mario-chalmers-huddle-heat-pacers/
lipoli390 wrote:Alex -- thanks for the reality check. Fact is, there is nothing new in a team's best player calling out his teammates. We can debate whether Love is as worthy as the likes of Kobe and Bird, but I see nothing wrong with a player of Love's caliber ( our only allstar caliber player) calling out players for pouting and not joining in timeout team huddles in a big close game like last night's. He's understandably frustrated by the fact that this organization has failed to assemble and adequate supporting cast around him. At the end of the day, this team's horrible record in close games is on our front office. Thanks to McHale we have Love and Pek. But Kahn and Flip have failed to adequately build around those two pieces.
PorkChop wrote:lipoli390 wrote:Alex -- thanks for the reality check. Fact is, there is nothing new in a team's best player calling out his teammates. We can debate whether Love is as worthy as the likes of Kobe and Bird, but I see nothing wrong with a player of Love's caliber ( our only allstar caliber player) calling out players for pouting and not joining in timeout team huddles in a big close game like last night's. He's understandably frustrated by the fact that this organization has failed to assemble and adequate supporting cast around him. At the end of the day, this team's horrible record in close games is on our front office. Thanks to McHale we have Love and Pek. But Kahn and Flip have failed to adequately build around those two pieces.
Is that a thinly veiled diss on Rubio Lip?