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LeBron has to endure a few more growing pains before he reaches the apex, but he is almost there. I dare not compare him to Jordan yet, but he has certainly come the closest of those touted as "the next Jordan". He's everything whining, spoiled brat Kobe thinks himself to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by tlongII
those member of the media who did not vote for Lebron in the NBA 1st team must be having second thoughts right now:p: Win or not in this series he has proven he can deliver. 25 pts in the 4th? wow:wow
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Originally Posted by BeerIsGood!
I watch this knowing that every team we've beaten this postseason could beat the cavs and pistons....i feel confident.
:reading Pistons in 7. :reading
I am surprised that timvp and Marcus would be so wary of the Cavs.
The Pistons obviously are the tougher team.
Those veterans sing Bowen's praises.
Why worry now?
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ducks is waiting for ghost and mb to go at it
SI Ian Thompson: Lebron's great, but Pistons are not the Spurs
OK, when am I going to learn to stop comparing LeBron James to Michael Jordan? In the big picture he's the new Jordan, as demonstrated by the final 25 points he posted for the Cavaliers in the biggest game of his young life Thursday.
But the Jordan timetable no longer applies. I figured it was naïve and almost blasphemous to think that James could reach the NBA Finals in what should be his senior year of college when it took Jordan seven troubled years to go that far. Wrong. It's a different league with different rules, and the East is adrift without hierarchy. While the Pistons were the class of the conference this year, they were never dominant. In fact, they were as inconsistent all year as they have been throughout these playoffs.
I'm going to be careful about prematurely rubbing out the Pistons, because for all of their inattentiveness and LeBron's extraordinariness, Detroit still had a chance to win Game 5.
As obvious as it is that James is the new be-all/end-all, it's just as obvious what the Pistons aren't. They are not San Antonio. While the Spurs have a killer instinct and seek the highest level of play in the biggest games, the Pistons are more likely to do whatever they need to do to get by and leave it at that. The excuse that the Pistons are bored after contending for so long loses its steam when you realize that Tim Duncan has been at this longer than anyone from Detroit.
Would Gregg Popovich ever allow his Spurs to yield 29 of Cleveland's last 30 points to James in the swing game of the playoffs? The Spurs were scorched by Amaré Stoudemire two years ago and by Deron Williams in the last round, but neither scorer was permitted to single-handedly win the crucial game as James did Thursday.
Here's the other thing free-agent-to-be Chauncey Billups and his teammates know full well: Team president Joe Dumars isn't going to stick blindly with this roster if he doesn't think it can win championships. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. See how it plays out this weekend before writing off the Pistons, who have recovered from these predicaments before.
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