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[QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 205501, member: 767"]
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[COLOR=#000000]Is that true about the 07 series?  It wasn't much of a series anyway, they got swept with a greatly undermanned team.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000]I will agree and disagree.  First, as I have said, last year's finals was very puzzling, and he has to take a hit for it.  To me, it isn't just because he didn't shoot a lot, its because he didn't facilitate either.  Magic and Russell are (rightfully) considered 2 of the best players ever; Magic was probably the ultimate facilitator and Russell wasn't a guy making lots of buckets down the stretch.  If Lebron had been controlling the game down the stretch of the finals last year, shooting some but also setting up his teammates for open looks, I would say there is nothing wrong with that. (In fact, that's how you're supposed to play basketball.  Hit the open man,s hoot when you're open, etc.  Jordan hit Paxson to win the 93 finals and Kerr to win the 97 finals).  But Lebron was absolutely playing hot potato with the ball in the finals last year.  He doesn't need to shoot every time (and he shouldn't; the guy is an incredible passer, he's selling his team short if he doesn't take advantage of that) but he should be the guy making all the big plays down the stretch of games for his team.  Which he did in the series before, which makes it all the more puzzling.[/COLOR]
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