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- LeBron James spoke to the scoring title in the Los Angeles Lakers exit interviews. LeBron said chasing the title is "beneath him." Nick Wright, Chris Broussard and Kevin Wildes discuss James' comments.
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I keep seeing this scored a little less nonsense, who is scoring on that team if he isn't? Russ who can't shoot, can't make layups or AD who's never there
Yaw can’t be serious.. right?
The team scored 140+ points without LeBron in the last game
Wildes did try to paint the picture that LeBron was trying to chase the scoring title to the detriment to his team. Now he's trying to weasel out of it.
He didn't try to weasel out of it... He made the point and stuck to it... He clearly said he believes LeBron could have focused more on defense than scoring and he believes that would have helped the team more... What he was talking about at the end was a direct response to Nick wright overblowing the argument and changing the narrative... Because Nick said Bron opted out of winning the title... Wilde's had to respond to that lie... It was clear he didn't opt out... He literally just couldn't play... Which is why Broussard made the point that even when they were still in playoff contention LeBron sat out against Phoenix... That point left Nick baffled and stumbling over his point because he was making the case that if the Lakers were still in contention then LeBron would have played the last two games... But if that's the case it doesn't explain why he didn't play against Phoenix... Unless he was really hurt and couldn't play and wouldn't have played regardless...
@@andrdmosley
Well put
You can tell that a lot of the people who leave comments have never played sports or basketball in real life if you think LeBron was chasing the scoring title all season you should stop watching basketball immediately he switched to scoring mode because that was pretty much their last resort it was either that or get blown out every single game if people don’t like LeBron just stop watching I don’t understand
Oh is that why he goes off with 3 minutes left down 25? I play basketball, but I don't need to for that to seem questionable lol.
Nothing but facts man
@@Sir_Robin_of_Camelot if you thought that he was solely chasing the Scoring title then why did he sir out once they were eliminated?
@@gridion109 I didn't say he was solely chasing the scoring title, but he was definitely cognizant of it. Sitting doesn't necessarily hurt his chances all that much. Scoring over 30 to increase your average is not easy to do even if you're trying to be the primary scorer. It would also make him look worse if he decided to score a ton after being eliminated obviously. Imo, he wanted the scoring title, but he realized playing meaningless games would hurt his image more.
@@Sir_Robin_of_Camelot Honestly I think media set narratives and ppl run with it. Understand that if LeBron sat out the last 5 mins because they're getting blown out, they'll say he's not a true leader because he doesn't go down with the ship/troops but if he stays in and plays til the clock hit zero then he's stat padding.
The way Lebron markets himself is amazing. I am not sure how he does it but he makes people feel very strongly about him, both positively and Negatively. Nick is right that if this were any other player, we wouldn't even be thinking about this much less talking about it. Yet people are getting passionate about a hypothetical scoring title accomplishment after the season is already over because it's Lebron.
Thats so wrong lol Everyone was saying the same thing about James Harden when he was trying to average 40. It was "but will he win a chip?" Its stat stuffing when he is taking opportunities from his teammates to not only shine (Austin Reaves for example) but to improve and get better. How could Vogel do a good job as a coach if Lebron would ignore his play calling and start doing his own thing?
@@MmaMadman85 seems like you have some strong feelings about Lebron too.
@@bboyobsessive he proved his point perfectly
You’re reading way to much into this lol dude clearly was stat padding to at another trophy or award to the goat debate being MJ has more awards in much less time.This is pathetic 😂
Nah it's just a media obsession to drive ratings up for the nba cause their ratings are plummeting cause of their bs disgusting liberal politics theyve injected into the game... real bball fans dont give a $h!t about ledefer and know he isnt the goat
The fact the lebron haters and others tried to use LeBron almost winning a scoring title in year 19 as a negative lets me know how different the expectations for this guy is. Wyldes or whatever his name is has been one of the main ones trying to spin a narrative along with Ric Bucher to make themselves feel good about LeBrons scoring.
I swear 😂😂😂😂😂
Spoken like someone who doesn't know basketball. It's not all about scoring
@@crini413 bruh are you serious lol
Nah, his bad defense and team not even making a play in game are all the negative anyone needs. Guy is a bum.
You got him so far lodged down your throat you can’t think straight lol
“Scoring a lot is actually bad for your team” - the NBA media when LeBron almost led the league in scoring
“Stat stuffing “ so what was mj doing for his 1-9 (basically his prime) years getting bounced first or second round exit or not making the playoffs ? 🤔
NOPE, they said the same thing about Jordan. It was true btw.
Jordan brought his scoring down and played more team ball, and won 6 chips. It is like the standard of team play is more important then individual statistics.
@@real_motherfuckerupper8817 You clearly don’t know Basketball. Prime Years 1-9 for MJ (year 1-3 first rd exit) (year 4- 2nd exit) (year 5-6 Eastern conference finals exit) (year 7-9 Three Championships/Three finals mvps/2 mvps) Learn the game so you don’t embarrass yourself again..
@@real_motherfuckerupper8817 he was playing defense too. try harder
@@burns281981 the bigger reason MJ won chips was because his team was better. He scored less when he had competent teammates to pass to. Just like lebron scored less in 2020 when he had a healthy AD and better shooting. Stop putting the cart before the horse.
You know the year Kobe averaged 35 ppg the Lakers got bounced in the first round? It was a bad team, so Kobe scored a bunch. Despite the team's lack of success, that is still considered to be one of the greatest scoring seasons in league history. Nobody says, "Oh, Kobe was just chasing stats on a bad team."
Because Kobe did what needed to be done and got them to 45-37. Lebron is doing what doesn’t need to be done. If he played a lick of defense maybe his teammates would get inspired and do something, instead he averaged 30 and went 33-49. Kobe was 8 games above .500 and Lebron is 16 under.
People just love to hate lebron for literally no reason at all
@@DomeKro he missed 26/82 games goof. They were 8-18 without him. AD missed 42/82 games. Nunn 15 ppg missed 82/82. This isn’t rocket science. Also Kobe was TEN YEARS younger then LeBron with like 40,000 less mins played!
@@DomeKro these dudes have daddy issues I swear 😂
They made the playoffs though my guy, that's the whole point
I love how when somebody says anything bad about Lebron Nick acts like somebody insulted his mother.
🤣🤣🤣
Because this is so dumb. If it was any other player (Steph, KD, WestBrick, Freakin D Rose) no one else would be basically Crucified for "Chasing a Scoring Title" where they are the only option on offense during most of the Season. If Bron score less, he's "Doesn't have the Killer instinct" or he "Doesn't have the Clutch Gene". but if he does Score more then he "Stat-Padding". Bron Can't do anything right in the eyes of the Bayless, the Wildes, The Whitlocks, and the Ric.
@@Spidervenom23 🎯
@@Spidervenom23 no because dude is infatuated with Lebron just like his little fanboys with daddy issues 😂
He does then he attacks Steph curry all time!! Like Curry made the playoffs last year because he was the 8th seed he got put out because of the play in. LeBron team didn't make even the play in with him having a chance to win the scoring title!! Big difference!!
bron the only player to get criticized for scoring 30+😂😂
Solomon Hill did a triple axle in Lebron’s ankle ,I love Nick ,great take Nick 💯👌🏾🇨🇦
So... these hypothetical arguments would make the Lakers a 10th seed at best with this roster? Would you rather have LeBron taking shots at 52%, or more shots from Stanley Johnson, Wenyen Gabriel, Russell Westbrook, and the rest of the band of aged 30+ teammates?
They need to be involved man
Team systems win games bro - Lebron was not engaged at all in any team defensive systems all season - and ain’t it funny how all those nobody players got two W’s at season end
@@bobbyd1632 against nobody lineups FOH
@@TREALC they are involved. They can box out and collect the rebounds! 😅
@@bobbyd1632 Those wins are not proper victories as they were against OKC without Gilchrist-Alexander and Denver without Jokic and the injured supporting cast.
If you can name all 5 players on the opposing team at any one time during a game, then it’s a proper victory - I certainly couldn’t. Those were the G league back ups.
What’s wrong with chasing that? Emmitt smith chased the rushing title!!! That was a goal. What’s wrong with that
I cannot believe you just said that.
Emmitt Smith plays a different sport. If Emmitt smith's job was to also play defense, and he sat out on defense to chase that rushing title, and his team kept losing BECAUSE of that, that'd be the same. You see it now?
Bron haters and media complains when Lebron dont try to score like MJ and now that he does a score first to help his team win games now he chasing the Scoring title.. Media gotta make up their mind
What is wrong is he is lying about it. Bron just fake
@@GoatReactz If he really wanted it he would have finished the last 4 games but he didn’t cuz they out the play in and no superstar play meaningless games
@@crini413 ohh so they losing because of bron and not because AD missed 60% of the season and for 3/4 of the season Westbrook was playing horrible. You can read right and got eyes ? You can see when he scores less than 30 they went 17-31 I think. And 16-18 when he scored 30 plus. Seems like him scoring more was helping them win correct ? They went 16-18 with him scoring more than 30. If he did that all season they would’ve been about 38-39 wins and 42-43 losses and still made the playin
if Lebron wasnt chasing the Scoring Title then why was he in games down by 20 in the 4th with less than a minute left going for dunks lol (btw who cares if he was chasing it? Embiid was clearly chasing it as well the final 10 games.)
This is false he has one of the least amt of points scored in garbage time amongst scoring leaders
@@mrsmiw stop
@@GoatReactz look it up
Talking about stop when the facts are there lmao. I love these idiots
@@mrsmiw they hate facts bruh…
Wildes sarcasm is the best 🤣 down the the faces when Nick talks. I be cracking up fr
He definitely was chasing the scoring title
No he was chasing wins. The lakers had won, I think 4 games in like a month, and all 4 of those games where games when Lebron went ballistic. He had to score 38, 36, 50 and 56 for the Lakers to barely win those games, and he was doing it all on ridiculous efficiency so he wasn’t just jacking up shots. Go look at his game log, for the last month of the season. 36 points was the least he scored in a win. If he scored under 36 they would lose. It became obvious the only way to win was if Lebron scored an absurd number of points
@@crazytrain111 facts these people are clueless in the media
If he was chasing it then why would he sit out the remaining games ? 🤔. He could’ve just played in them and stat pad to 30+ or 40+
He was afraid of the backlash he would’ve gotten
@@quo5048 Well he's getting backlash now anyway so he can't win
@@danielpinto6827 Exactly lol
He sat out because he had an ankle injury. Imagine if he came back for the final two games and injured his ACL
Risk out weighed the reward…
1. Risking further injury for nothing. They can’t advance. Why play through pain if they aren’t fighting for anything.
2. Makes chasing the scoring title too obvious. You get stats on the way to a win not for stats sake. They weren’t playing for anything so there’s no argument built in to say why he got 40+ points other than stat padding. If he did that then that shows he’s stat chasing and gives credence to everyone who argues he’s a stat padder.
4. Rest up as much as you can for next season…
If LeBron scored 18-22 a night and they kept losing… the amount of losers in the comments would be saying “if he the goat, he should be able to score 40 a night”.
This
/facts
That LeBron stat of the record is misleading as he only played 56/82 games yet those total numbers equal 82 games
So sick of crying Nick…
Wilds: "yeah he would have played, if the playoffs were on the line..."
2 seconds later.... "No, he couldn't play..."
🤯🤯
Lebron CLEARLY could have grabbed the scoring title & decided NOT to play.
= Opted out. 🤦🏾♂️
He would have needed to drop around 40 for 2 more games becuase Embid went off late. So no, not "clearly"
he realized that every news outlet was covering his decision to pick and choose the last 5 games to play the worst teams and sit for the best. that was clearly in pursuit of matching the min games required for the award while playing teams he can put up 30+ on. we could all tell and said so which led to lebron backing off and than doing the classic lie move of double down so hard that you are offended the even asked
@@youtuber_00786 you telling me Lebron can't hang 50 on the Nuggs bench players and the Thunder if he was going for the scoring title?
@@ak15567 even if he did that, Embid could have played the last game and hung 40-50 as well. Point is, you can't say Lebron would "clearly" win the scoring title. That's not an easy feat against any team.
@@youtuber_00786 No one said he clearly would've gotten it. The person wou replied you stated "clearly COULD have". Would vs Could.
this is getting ridiculous. please guys, don't be like ESPN.
Lebron has never been a me.first player, has always been a great teammate and I don't believe has stat chased however, once he realised he could catch kareem its definitely on his mind to do
And there’s nothing wrong with that
The problem is he played little to no defense and led his team by example
@@henry7765 no player is going to be the elite defender in year 19. It's not gonna happen. Also lebrons defense over erosion is greatly exaggerated. A guy like russ and others should be better defenders.
@@ubadman1 not saying be an elite defender but At least contest shots
😂😂😂😂😂
“He didn’t opt out of it, he wasn’t ready to go in those games” - Wildes
So Bron has no say on if he can play hurt but he supposedly has control over EVERY trade and free agent decision? This is crazy 🤦🏽♂️😂
Of course he wasn't chasing the scoring title, his shot for some reason just clicked and he was scoring at higher percentage. Especially his outside shot.
I think is James after the 1st 25 games said “ efff this, I’ve got to score more” we would have possibly made the playin.
Nick NEEDS to STOP interrupting EVERYONE on this show!
Wildes is secretly a Lebron hater😂 his lebron takes have been near skip bayless level this season
Nick Nurse or Mark Jackson as Coach!, Keep LeBron, Ad, Melo, Reeves, Monk, Nunn, Johnson, Dwight, and Gabriel. Delusional Westbrick Must be History! ✌️🏆✌️
The media should've been writing how phenomenal it was that LeBron at age 37 was averaging 30+ points in year 19 because it's never been done before. He proved that he's still got it & it should be celebrated.
Not one player who played 19yrs in the NBA could do what lebron has done this season. It's crazy that's isn't being celebrated.
@@breezyphontain9686 So true!
Steph won the scoring title last year and didnt make the playoffs. If you had said he was selfish and hurting his team you would have been laughed off TV.
LeBron is held to a different standard.
He made the play in and his scoring actually was working to help them win , lebrons scoring was clearly not helping the lakers win
Lebron was playing little to no defense to score more points for the title and to chase Kareem
@@henry7765 and steph was prime gary payton? You all decided that steph’s scoring helps the team and Lebron’s doesnt. It has nothing to do with what happens on thr court.
There was a 10 game stretch where the only Laker wins where were lebron scored 50. Did his scoring not matter then?
@@jessieurena7583 made the play in? They both played 0 playoff games. Idk how the play in the difference between being 2nd in MVP and being a selfish bum. Yall decided that if lebron does something its bad. If he averaged 13 assists yall would say he needs to score more like kobe and mj.
@@SuperAgentWashington he score over 50 like one time . Steph was scoring around the same points last year to get his team to the 8th seed
Why do y’all act like it’s impossible for LeBron to do something with ulterior motives? It’s not unfathomable…
-He started the season in winning mode (spread the ball, shoot less to get AD involved) also chasing the all time record ,
- saw they were losing, AD gets injured, started scoring to pick up the slack (whilst getting closer to the all time record as much as possible to make it easy for the future),
- Sees and admits publicly they have no shot of wining it all (but he’s a competitor so he can always have a chance if there’s a chance) now sees the scoring title was an option and spends the rest of the season shooting more, also they wins more games when he scores more (If he gets it…great. Helps him with the goat case. If not it helps him in getting closer to the all time record.)
- Injures his ankle but doesn’t rush back to play once they have been eliminated out of the playoffs. He could play for the scoring title but then that would reveal his motives and it’s petty stat to chase. without the chase for the play-in’s what was there to cover up that motivation? It would seem desperate. Scoring title in year 19 would have been nice but not a must…competitively why play through injury when there is no chance of playoffs…practically, he can rest up as much as possible and get himself ready for the next season. (A well rested LeBron is a good LeBron. The bubble showed that.)
It’s not unrealistic. Why does someone have to be a hater because they acknowledge this is a possibility.
So LeBron should shoot less if he wants to win the game? 😂 man, you haters have your head on backwards
@@josh_7569
1. No where in that comment did I say anything about what he should do.
2. you missed the whole point…
I’m more impressed that Lebron went averaging the leuge in ast and then points 😂 the lakers waisted year 19 that’s the only selfishness I see here
He had 5 hall of famers
30+ teams in the NBA and ALL they talk about is the Lakers 😞😒this has to stop
Lakers are full of drama … welcome to la … shaq kibe era was the same but they won titles not a bubble title
You just have them the click tho, justifying them talking only about the Lakers
@@str8Jonesing what?
@@eazedrop8140 he meant gave* them the click
James was chasing the scoring title. And Broussard and Wright are delusional if they think he wasn't.
It's obvious Lebron and his team heard/read it wasn't a good look so he didn't play. Lebron is always on social media campaigning so he isn't the same as others.
I would've played the last 2 games and secured the scoring title. People gonna talk either way.
Facts… just rack up that hardware
I believe he absolutely would've if he didn't slap his ankle on the floor.
He would’ve had to score close to 50 and he was scared to fail like usual lol dude wasn’t hurt 😂
@@Ninjersey1 see I don't get comments like this. The whole world saw his ankle touch the floor but he wasn't hurt? And he was leading the scoring race when he went out. They had to catch him not the other way around. I don't get the hate
Why do you have 4 hosts? Two are more than enough
He stopped playing when the criticism gets too loud and he couldn't hide it anymore
Shut up
What makes it worse is that he is extremely efficient as well. It's not like he's jacking up a bunch of shots with a 30% fg%. This narrative is ludicrous.
So if one of the key players injured, and LeBron has to score more points to try to help his team win. Yet, fanboys are saying he needs to play better defense vs scoring more points. I don't get it. Commentators know more about winning games than a championship athlete like LeBron James? 😆
Your argument might have substance if he wasn’t losing to bad teams and during his last 20 games while scoring more he averaged 33% more Tov than Russ did - oh and not playing any role in team defense Come on man don’t be so naive
@@bobbyd1632 Interesting concept, LeBron has literally been remembered for his championship block, but he doesn't play defense. Guess what LeBron is on a bad team, but we pretend that LeBron is immune to his teammates not knocking down open shots, poor lineups, and turnovers by LBJ & Russell Westbrook. Ignore the comedic turnovers and unbelievable misses by Russell. You sound like a person who watch highlights, instead of watching the game. I don't need Sportcenter, because I watch all of the games these season. Have you? Or do you rely on shows like this to tell you what to think.
@@bobbyd1632 How many points did his bench provide? Did they rebound more than the other teams? How many minutes did he play at the 5? In his 19th season, did he play better than AD or Russell Westbrook? How many players were available for those games?
@@bobbyd1632 Lack of content leaves me to believe you are a fanboy who really don't understand the game, it just social activity you are attractive 2.
The lakers where top 13 in offense, so how did they need lebron to score more. The clippers where below them in scoring and they made the play in. Scoring wasn’t the issue. It was defense.
So if we swap Paul George for Lebron. Do they win more games
@@ugo49396 is that gonna happen or is that something your making up. The clippers play better d then the lakers.
@@Sc19869 you just answered ur own question...the CLIPPERS played better defense not just one guy..
Nick Wright blazes Wilds again...😄!
If AD only stayed healthy and tried as hard as Giannis...🤦🏾♂️
Nick and Skip should be banned from LeBron conversations....
The playoffs were alive and the Phoenix game and he didn't play, Nick really gotta stop gobbling that Bron 🐓 on live TV 🤣
Difference is the injury just happened he had to sit that game, about time the other games happened his knee was more likely better to where he could've played if he needed too, im pretty sure, a few more days of icing and treatment he could've been good to go
@@jaamal6369 they don’t care bout that. They here
To do they job
Hate hate hate… let them do they job
If Joel didn't raise the bar LeBron would have played those two games and gone for the scoring title. It's easy to say this bs after the fact.
Nick interrupts so much that this is almost unwatchable.
Nicki here trying to defend LeShame and yet failed like the lakers did all year long lol
Nick Is 100% Right On This. Chris Tried To Save Wildes A Little Bit But Even He Agrees With Nick. Wildes Accused Lebron Of Stat Padding Which Is A Irresponsible Take. Cause There’s Plenty Of People Who Look Up To These Guys And Believe These Guys Whole
heartily. Now He/She Thinks Lebrons A Stat Padder When We Know That’s False Information. Analysts Should Be More Responsible With Accusing Athletes Of Things Without Valid Evidence Or Good Context To Support Their Claim.
“Suburban basketball star” 🤣🤣🤣
Lebron gotta be the greatest. Held to the same standards in year 19. Even Jordan wasn’t held to this high of standards
Did any one see the amount of shots the king took this year? One thing on his mind wasn't scoring crown but Kareem
Wow wildes MJ bias shines through on this one hahaha
It was outrageous wildes
Of course nick got a problem with ppl talking about Lebron…😂🤦🏾♂️
He really is mad..like Bron is his dad
Is he comparing this team to last year's warriors team?... lol him bringing up curry Stat chasing for the scoring title but he fails to mention he almost did get them into the playoffs.. that play in game was close and they only got there because of his crazy scoring run he had late in the season. Smh
oi nick made a sick point about opting out he got kevin confused
Nick wears brons Jock Strap to work
Nick why didn't he play the Phoenix game if he was not injured? the game matters in regards to the playoff just as much as your example for the last two games.
Nick gotta chill. He talks to Wilde's crazy now.
Playing hard D as a leader & team's best player is contagious to your teammates, whereas being a gunslinger has the negative effect. Even more so when you're one of the best facilitators in the game
Remember when KD played hard D as the team's best player? Or was that Curry playing hard as the team leader? Asking for 2 years.
@@ak15567 🤣🤣🤣
" LeBron Hater"is Actually a thing. Like literally some people spend negative energy to just trash this dude no matter what he does. Pure evil hate!
Why is this even a topic? Who cares? The team was terrible he is in year 19 if he can still score like that go ahead and do it
Nick you said it doesn’t matter how many minutes he plays .. that if he plays 40 minutes it won’t effect him the next games
Nick is saying if LeBron plays 40 minutes a game or 35 he's still going to play about 60 games a season due to age.
Imagine if LeBron James wasn’t a pass first basketball player like Jordan🤔Hmmmm…math…10,600 - 4000 assists + 8000 points = +46,000 points🤯
Imagine if MJ never retired all those times and cared about his stats lol he’d have 9-10 rings with 15 scoring titles 😂
@@Ninjersey1 Yeah imagine quitting like Mike
@@bloodcathedral lol Lebron quits in actual games on his teams big difference,pathetic Whiney cry baby diva
Nick "This Idea" Wright defending Lebron again what a surprise.. lol
What's incredible is that Bron is a Great player who thinks too highly of himself.
🤔.. dont all great players think highly of themselves?...I guess because it's him that makes it a problem
He was chasing the scoring until Kareem said on national TV exactly what lebron repeated in the title that its beneath him after that he shutdown.
LeBron missed many games for the Lakers these last 4 seasons because of injuries, which if he didn't, he would of passed Kareem by now. It's just a matter of time. He will pass him next season.
funny cause I predicted that LeBron would chase the scoring title before the season started. I figured he would let Westbrook have PG role and put him back into his original position (Point Forward).. he was chasing the scoring title but fell flat, now he gotta catch himself.. it’s really simple.
Im a big laker fan, and I love lebron, but the way nick d-rides lebron is hilarious!
If LeBron focused on defense over offense, they would have lost by 50 points every night. LeBron is known for being whatever the team needs. They desperately needed offense.
False. The Lakers averaged more points per game than the Clippers (who didn't have Kawhi all year and PG for almost 40 games) but the Clippers finished 3 seeds higher.
Yes, they had LeBron putting in work. Take away his 30-50 points per game. They have nothing. Your crazy if you think they would have won more games if LeBron backed off scoring and went for defensive player of the year without AD
@@tyronepoole3591 scoring wasn't their issue as evident by teams with lower ppg averages secured playoff berths. Scoring was a narrative pushed by special interest groups in the media to try justify LeBron's lack of success with the Lakers this season
The issue with Lebron's defense is not that he isn't giving 100%, but that on many plays a game he is giving 0% leaving his team to play 4 on 5. I don't expect Lebron to be a lockdown defensive player but I also don't expect him to be a complete liability.
Idk why its so hard to understand he noticed the commentary around chasing the scoring title and adjusted his approach.
this comment 100% . Say it louder for the idiots in the back.
Just for the record if you stop the other team from scoring. They will not score. You can argue lebron chose scoring over playing good defense.
Wasn't nick stating just a few days ago that LeBron was a lock for the scoring title?
He would’ve been if he played the games he needed to
Before the ankle injury
@@crazytrain111 stop this fool quit on his team again. He could have played.
@@the_hispawaiian8156 All you guys have just got done saying that if he would have played these last games it would proven he was chasing the scoring title.. but now you’re saying by not playing he quit? So which is it? If he plays you guys say he’s chasing stats and if he sits you say he’s quitting
I like this format not the analysts, I wish they had more athletes.
Nicky LeBron James wanted the scored title for us the fan to forget what type of the Lakers had. Please Nicky stop with the excuses
Based off what y’all seen this year what showed you or who showed you that if lebron chose to play defense more and less scoring who making up for the scoring??? No one! The team was horrible without lebron scoring there was no scoring. So if he had played defense they would of lost more games and for those haters y’all would of said lebron the best player he needs to score more. Like no matter what that man does y’all will pick at him for something.
Did you see the last 3 Lakers game this year when all the stars set out? They played pretty good. Does that count or they got lucky?
LBJ should've achieved scoring title if the play in hopes ended. Who cares what Haters say. They'll always counter. Other stars would've been encouraged by fans and Franchise.
LeBron was not chasing a scoring title! LeBron was just trying to do the best, that he thought could help the team win. The only way you can help the team win is by scoring points, and lots of them. When towards the end there, he saw that not even his major contribution was going to cut it, so to speak, he decided to chill out, and start the rebuilding process. He was not chasing anything but a NBA Title Championship and Trophy.
Wildes did what he always does, he made a stupid argument, and because this time it was about Lebron, Nick took it personal. But this is typical Wildes.
Wildes one of those kinda LeBron guys. So much drama around one player. That’s how you know you got it. Haha
were not saying lebron score points and his team kept losing, were saying he didnt play an ounce of defense, never even tried to, and it cost his team heavily, you know that but your being dishonest.
Wildes nailed it. That staying in the game hitting a 3 to keep his 10 point streak alive is just insane and ridiculous. He is so aware of his stats it's hard to not think that he might be tempted to chase a scoring title. It's alright to chase that though, nothing wrong with it
Every player is aware of their stats, what is this nonsense?
@@ak15567 How is it nonsense? If LeBron is aware enough to keep a streak alive, a streak that technically was broken when he score 7 points in a playoff game, then why are people acting like him chasing the scoring title is out the realm of possibility?
Lebron padded his stats this entire season… he played so many games in garbage times down by 30plus pts. When other teams bench their starters lebron is supposedly injury is still playing in a game when down… Go back and watch and he picked and chose when to play against bad teams and sit against great teams.
Sure which games was this that he was down 30 in the final minutes and still stuck around? I'd like to look.
@@ak15567 2/27 against the Pels... Lakers were down 30 going into the 4th quarter... All other starters on his team played 2 minutes in the 4th quarter... LeBron played 7 minutes of the 4th with his team down by 20+ the entire time... He scored 11 of his 32 points in that pointless quarter...
3/3 vs the clippers... They were down 25 going into the 4th... LeBron plays 8 minutes of that blowout game in the 4th quarter...
@@andrdmosley You got me on the pelicans one. I'll give you that one game out of the entire season. But the Clippers one...he had two shot attempts in the 4th quarter in 8 minutes. That's stat padding to you? Attempting 2 shots in a blowout game?
Bron being a MAN,
DENY DENY Till Deny do us part
Let's concede Bron is no basketball
savant
Once again NW defense of lebron has to be way to many hypotheticals
Fourth option: We think Lebron is fallible and made a mistake, likely due to ego (of the "I can fix Russ" variety)
Nick crushed wilds with basic commen sense and wildes just had no real response...he was flopping all over the place by the end of the vid.
I hope the media look back someday and reflect on how badly the got the LeBron commentary. He is 37 and almost won the scoring that is impossibly great. Celebrate that.
Almost, if Bron wanted it. He would've played those two last games and pulled a Kobe and took all the shots 😂
Bron should have chased it then...his comment said he didn't care so why do everyone else
LeBron is overly criticized by many, nothing he does is ever good enough
He brings that to himself....self-proclaiming in the open is a big no no to most people.....
@@wza32 regardless, point still stands
52% is insane. He should have shot more if anything. Not like Russ THT deandre jordan were gonna make any jumpers
The Lakers averaged more points per game than the Clippers but the Clippers finished 3 seeds higher. Why didn't LeBron's supposed infinite IQ inform him that scoring wasn't the issue? Why didn't he choose to sacrifice energy on offence for defensive tenacity for a change? Sounds to me like the actions of someone who was absolutely concerned more with scoring.
If you think that LeBron playing better defense was the reason they missed the playoffs ur a fool
@@Costelloworld not what I said at all. What I said is that teams that scored less than the Lakers made the play-in, so scoring wasn't their issue, but his actions are proof that he was focused on scoring and not on winning
Those 2 are delusional...every great chase records..Bron wanted that record..I'm a fan of Bron and not in denial
I agree he wanted it for sure, he just wasn’t gonna tarnish his legacy sitting out vs phx and denver then coming back to get the scoring title. Ppl would’ve killed him, they clearly already are lol and he didn’t even do it lmAo
@@jacobmontgomery1954 Exactly..I agree 100 percent..because people were talking about it he knew that would've looked bad ...
No one is saying anything other than the truth: had Lebron played defense and cut back on his offensive push... its likely the Lakers would've fared better this season. When LBJ didn't play, someone else picked up those points. But what none of them (including Lebron) ever did all season (save for A.D. half the time - when he was available) was play defense and embed that into their approach.
And Lebron (having a huge fan club - that includes N. Wright & S. Sharpe) was able to have a built-in media counter to spin it as "he had to score so much for them have a chance to win."
Half the time idk if the "haters" are just super fans and think that LeBron can do it all or they are just delusional and like to here themselves talk just to talk
@@Costelloworld he can't "do it all," and never has. But he can do more than just care about offense. Since he didn't, then he teammates followed suit.
He was going for the scoring title
He quit on the Lakers just like he
Quit on the Cavs TWICE and Wade once
This whole thing is stupid. All of LeBron's career was that he should be more MJ and Kobe with a scoring mentality and less Magic. Then he does and ppl say he's selfish. Haha Give me a break.
Wilds is to soft I would have stood on it