The NBA Thread.

Excuses, excuses. I'm now holding everyone to the same idiotic standards the We Hate LeBron Crowd holds him to. Jordan's ***** ass sat out a season and a half that he wasn't even injured. Burn him at the stake.

 

Turf toe sucks. My buddy had to get his toe nails drilled through in camp last season because of it. Really hurt his chances at starting.

 

More excuses. You play or you suck. Only options.

 

simma down now. Funny thing is I don't hate LeBron. I respect his talent and ability. Said before he's the best player in the game and a generational talent.
Don't know why it's a big deal that his greatness is sometimes questioned.
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I don't think people really understand cramping. If you have a cramp, your muscle is not responding to your brain's commands. There is no playing through it, at least at a high level.

 

It's really that simple.

 

He did play. He just wasn't as good with the drilled toe nails as he was without.

 

Yep. Though I agree somewhat with the people questioning his hydration. I don't know enough about his hydration habits to definitively say it was his fault he cramped though.

Had a buddy in high school who cramped up really badly all the time. He would drink so much water and Gatorade before games that he would literally fill up 3 water bottles with piss on the way to away games. Worked out well for him since he always got a seat to himself, but sometimes even that much hydration didn't stop him from cramping.

 

Sorry for the triple post but found this funny:

"I can't play the game of basketball and live my life on what other people expect me to do or what they think I should do, that doesn't make me happy," James said. "What makes me happy is being able to make plays for my teammates, to be able to represent the name on the back of my jersey. That's what makes me happy. What everybody else thinks? That doesn't really matter to me."

You'd think he would go with the name on the front of the jersey, if he was trying not to sound like a [Penis].

 

You don't hydrate the day of, by then, it's too late.

 

I love it when athletes tell us they don't care what other people think . In particular, someone as desperate for public approval as Lebron.

 

I don't think LeBron could play through cramps at all. But, the whole gimmick of him being carried off the court as if some sniper had just shot him down is what I think is the most ridicule worthy.

 

Well, you did basically say that superstars are supposed to magically play through everything.

 

Michael Jordan left an NBA Finals game due to cramps, too

 

"Asked to sit for a time"

Not exactly apples to apples

 

Why not? Did LeBron not ask to sit for a time?

 

Blasphemy. Jordan is infallible. LeBron is Satan. Listen to all the NBA experts who watch about six games a year. They will lead you to the truth. Repent.

 

I'm assuming Jordan sat for a couple of minutes

 

You have to continue hydrating the day of. It's not like he started hydrating the day of the game. He did that the entire week. It was just funny how much he ramped it up leading up to the game.

 

That wasn't anywhere near as bad as Paul Pierce. And Pierce came back in the game.