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Friday morning were going to tie the series 3-3 in order to play game 7.
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You're not an idiot if you think the NBA is rigged. You could be a doctor or a lawyer with a Ph.D. Though, if you truly believe in your heart of hearts there's some hierarchy based out of the league's offices in Secaucus, N.J., masterminding some high-handed scheme to fix games, you're certainly being idiotic.
In the aftermath of Draymond Green's suspension after striking a man, in this case LeBron James, in the nuts for the umpteenth time the Cavs' road win against the Warriors in to stave off elimination in the NBA Finals, the conspiracy theorists are out thick. They're claiming the outcome was predetermined. It's a common refrain that sounds increasingly ridiculous as its repeated ad nauseam.
Allow us to indulge you, here's a handful of reasons why you're out of your rabid mind in this regard.
MORE: Must-see LeBron vs. Curry photos
1. Too many folks would have to be in on the fix.
The NBA is an international league, filled with players of various races and religions. Initiating and indoctrinating enough of them all into an organized crime ring would be far too risky a proposition for an end game that is murky at best.
The NBA has been ranked as the most diverse male sports league in America. Now, that's not to say the league definitely doesn't have its issues concerning this matters, especially at the front-office level. However, its sufficient enough evidence to say it'd be hard to get Stephen Curry and Kyrie Irving and LeBron James and Andre Iguodala and Tristan Thompson and Andrew Bogut and Anderson Varejao and Kevin Love to all come to the mutual agreement and throw a game.
GENTILLE: It was time for Draymond Green to be suspended
2. No hustle could last this long.
If you're of the persuasion the NBA has been fixing games for years, you're giving the league's front office, team owners, elite players and officials far too much credit.
How can you run an airtight hustle for decades on end? As soon as one person didn't get exactly what they wanted out of the deal, the jig would be up and the whole operation would be exposed. We would have long read a tell-all book from someone far more credible than a rogue dirty ref such as Tim Donaghy, who only coached 20 playoff games his entire career.
Criminal empires often fall when they get too big, and the NBA does business in more than 200 countries. Even it if it had the government on its side, some hot-shot investigator or gate-keeping journalist would have uncovered the corruption years ago.
The NBA and those with a stake in its success couldn't possibly fool this many people for all this time.
MORE: Donaghy needs to be ignored
3. There's too much to gain and not enough to lose for the key players
None of you NBA truthers ever identify a clear-cut motive for all the parties involved.
A caper of this magnitude, would likely land the perpetrators in prison, making it that much more difficult to pursue their passion—getting paper. It'd forever stain their character and do irreparable damage to their reputations.
So, you have to ask yourself why?
Why would a ban of mostly billionaires (owners) and millionaires (players) risk their freedom to predetermine the outcome of a game? How does it ultimately benefit Warriors majority owners Joe Lacob, who has a net worth of $325 million, and Peter Guber ($400 million) to take an order from the NBA and convince his company to take a backseat to a firm headed by Cavs owned by Dan Gilbert, who, by the way, is worth $3.9 billion?
If the best answer, you've got is the prospect of two more nationally-televised, one at home for each, is your answer, you clearly don't understand enough about how money works. You've got to do better.
DEVENEY: Harrison Barnes is about to cash in
4. History doesn't support your theory.
The beset opinions are those founded on facts.
The NBA is big business. So, it'd make the best business sense for the league's big markets to thrive. Yet, the Spurs have one five championships in the last two decades under coach Greg Popovich. San Antonio is routinely rated among the NBA's smallest media markets by population.
The Lakers, Bulls, and Knicks who've been trashed, for the past 20 years have all failed to reach the playoffs this season. If the NBA has no-problem sacrificing its long term credibility for the sake of maximizing its profits, wouldn't it behoove it to do whatever's necessary for its big-market teams to thrive year after year?
LeBron James and Kyrie Irving made history Monday night, becoming the first teammates to go for 40 or more points in a Finals game. It's a make or miss league and beat the best shooting team in the history of the game at their own game for one night. There's no way to choreograph that.
MORE: LeBron's free ride is over
5. You're not that smart.
If the average, or even the avid, fan snuff out the high-level collusion and conspiracy, it's likely not going on.
Point shaving is one thing, but even, that at the NBA level and where everyone is well-compensated is a bit far fetched. That's why it's more likely to occur at the college level (Remember Varez Ward?) where players don't receive a red dime of the billions in revenue they generate.
The players, who would have to be the pawns in this scheme, have agents who must be registered with a union, which also has its own legal representation, designed to pursue their best interests often times in conflict with that of the league's owners and brass.
There's no honor among thieves. Trust me you won't see criminals, knowingly and willingly, signing a legally-binding collective bargaining agreement that any Tom, Dick or Harry can easily view online. If these guys were really up to no good, they'd be dumb to leave this kind of paper trail. That would be the equivalent of Shamrock taking notes at the New Day Co-Op meeting in "The Wire."
That's a terrible way to run a racket.
Stop tripping and enjoy Game 6 Thursday night.
In the aftermath of Draymond Green's suspension after striking a man, in this case LeBron James, in the nuts for the umpteenth time the Cavs' road win against the Warriors in to stave off elimination in the NBA Finals, the conspiracy theorists are out thick. They're claiming the outcome was predetermined. It's a common refrain that sounds increasingly ridiculous as its repeated ad nauseam.
Allow us to indulge you, here's a handful of reasons why you're out of your rabid mind in this regard.
MORE: Must-see LeBron vs. Curry photos
1. Too many folks would have to be in on the fix.
The NBA is an international league, filled with players of various races and religions. Initiating and indoctrinating enough of them all into an organized crime ring would be far too risky a proposition for an end game that is murky at best.
The NBA has been ranked as the most diverse male sports league in America. Now, that's not to say the league definitely doesn't have its issues concerning this matters, especially at the front-office level. However, its sufficient enough evidence to say it'd be hard to get Stephen Curry and Kyrie Irving and LeBron James and Andre Iguodala and Tristan Thompson and Andrew Bogut and Anderson Varejao and Kevin Love to all come to the mutual agreement and throw a game.
GENTILLE: It was time for Draymond Green to be suspended
2. No hustle could last this long.
If you're of the persuasion the NBA has been fixing games for years, you're giving the league's front office, team owners, elite players and officials far too much credit.
How can you run an airtight hustle for decades on end? As soon as one person didn't get exactly what they wanted out of the deal, the jig would be up and the whole operation would be exposed. We would have long read a tell-all book from someone far more credible than a rogue dirty ref such as Tim Donaghy, who only coached 20 playoff games his entire career.
Criminal empires often fall when they get too big, and the NBA does business in more than 200 countries. Even it if it had the government on its side, some hot-shot investigator or gate-keeping journalist would have uncovered the corruption years ago.
The NBA and those with a stake in its success couldn't possibly fool this many people for all this time.
MORE: Donaghy needs to be ignored
3. There's too much to gain and not enough to lose for the key players
None of you NBA truthers ever identify a clear-cut motive for all the parties involved.
A caper of this magnitude, would likely land the perpetrators in prison, making it that much more difficult to pursue their passion—getting paper. It'd forever stain their character and do irreparable damage to their reputations.
So, you have to ask yourself why?
Why would a ban of mostly billionaires (owners) and millionaires (players) risk their freedom to predetermine the outcome of a game? How does it ultimately benefit Warriors majority owners Joe Lacob, who has a net worth of $325 million, and Peter Guber ($400 million) to take an order from the NBA and convince his company to take a backseat to a firm headed by Cavs owned by Dan Gilbert, who, by the way, is worth $3.9 billion?
If the best answer, you've got is the prospect of two more nationally-televised, one at home for each, is your answer, you clearly don't understand enough about how money works. You've got to do better.
DEVENEY: Harrison Barnes is about to cash in
4. History doesn't support your theory.
The beset opinions are those founded on facts.
The NBA is big business. So, it'd make the best business sense for the league's big markets to thrive. Yet, the Spurs have one five championships in the last two decades under coach Greg Popovich. San Antonio is routinely rated among the NBA's smallest media markets by population.
The Lakers, Bulls, and Knicks who've been trashed, for the past 20 years have all failed to reach the playoffs this season. If the NBA has no-problem sacrificing its long term credibility for the sake of maximizing its profits, wouldn't it behoove it to do whatever's necessary for its big-market teams to thrive year after year?
LeBron James and Kyrie Irving made history Monday night, becoming the first teammates to go for 40 or more points in a Finals game. It's a make or miss league and beat the best shooting team in the history of the game at their own game for one night. There's no way to choreograph that.
MORE: LeBron's free ride is over
5. You're not that smart.
If the average, or even the avid, fan snuff out the high-level collusion and conspiracy, it's likely not going on.
Point shaving is one thing, but even, that at the NBA level and where everyone is well-compensated is a bit far fetched. That's why it's more likely to occur at the college level (Remember Varez Ward?) where players don't receive a red dime of the billions in revenue they generate.
The players, who would have to be the pawns in this scheme, have agents who must be registered with a union, which also has its own legal representation, designed to pursue their best interests often times in conflict with that of the league's owners and brass.
There's no honor among thieves. Trust me you won't see criminals, knowingly and willingly, signing a legally-binding collective bargaining agreement that any Tom, Dick or Harry can easily view online. If these guys were really up to no good, they'd be dumb to leave this kind of paper trail. That would be the equivalent of Shamrock taking notes at the New Day Co-Op meeting in "The Wire."
That's a terrible way to run a racket.
Stop tripping and enjoy Game 6 Thursday night.
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Mimi siwezi kulala mbele aiseee....nipo vijijini huku, sina network na wala sijaangalia games toka game ya 3....nimekuja Kilwa mara moja na kucheki highlights za games 4 na 5....jambo moja ambalo nimefurahi ni jinsi maneno yangu yanavyojidhiirisha, kwamba Green ndiye MVP halisi wa GSW; bila yeye GSW si kitu. Chicken Curry media hype inambeba tu; ndiyo maana amekuwa inconsitent na wala hachezi kama unanimous MVP, lakini husikii media ikim-toast kama ambavyo Bron na Kobe (real great players) wanavyofanyagwa...katika games ambazo Green amekosa msimu huu, zote GSW wamefungwa...
Jambo jingine ni KI kucheza vizuri zaidi ya Curry, tukiwaangalia kama individual players...KI ame-average 30+ points kwa games 3 mfululizo...huku Curry aki-choke tu, na watu kuanza kutazama u-MVP wake kwa jicho la wasiwasi...
All in all, kama alivyosema Bron, jambo la muhimu sasa ni kwa Cavs kupata opportunity nyingine ya ku-enjoy and try to win the series...
#ALLin2016
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Uwa unanifurahisha sana unavyokuwaga unajifanya kujiamini...halafu mwishowe unakimbia kama ulivyofanya baada ya kichapo kutoka kwa OKC...
Sasa nimesoma uliandika haya, kisha mbele ukasema GSW bila Green si kitu...ulisahau ulichokiandika kabla ama niaje braza?
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Hivi ile blowout ya 30 points kwenye game 3, Green hakuwepo nini? KI na Bron wakiwa kwenye hiyo mode hakuna wakuwazuia braza...
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Mazee emb nipeni "authenticity" ya hii picha.
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Acha urongo wewe... Uko kijijini wapi umejificha kwa vichapo tu..
Jamaa huijui Warriors wewe hahahahaha... Green msimu huu kakosa game moja tu dhidi ya Nuggets.. Curry alikosa game dhidi ya Mavs na tulipigwa na Mavericks.. Warriors tumestruggle dhidi ya Blazers mpaka ikabidi Curry arudi akiwa na majeruhi game 4 na 5 tukamaliza series.. Unataka Curry acheze hero ball wakati he believe in his teammates. Ndio maana he don't stress himself sababu anajua the second best shooter yuko kwenye timu yake. Curry si mchezaji wa kupalilia stats zake binafsi, he is a team player. Game 6 against OKC wakiwa wakaingia Quarter ya 4 alimwambia Klay go have fun na yeye alichofanya ni kumlisha Klay tu huku Klay akitupia tatu tatu zilizowaua OKC.. Curry utamwona kama timu inahitaji ushindi kwenye quarter 4 na wenzake wako off wakashindwa kudeliver.. Na ndio maana walipiga 17 buckets kwenye OT pekee ake.. Kwenye hizi series zote kuanzia ya OKC na hii Curry ni mgonjwa na ndio maana hata Brazil amesema hataenda kupumzisha goti lake.. Sasa kwa hivyo huwezi kumwona anakaza ila game ambazo wanahitaji kweli ushindi ana step up kama ile game 4 alivyowafanya pale kwenu..
Unajua ukimwamini Yesu wewe huofii chochote teh teh... Huwezi kumkuta Curry analaumu wenzake hata siku moja. Yule King fake juzi anapewa high five na KL anaanza kumshambulia kwa maneno.. Ni ujinga huo, kila kichapo cha game 4 akataka kupigana na kila mtu sababu ya hasira za kichapo. Teh teh the king anacheza finals 7 anashinda 2 tu.. Na kati ya hizo Finals 4 amecheza akiwa na Wade na Bosh at their prime akashinda 2.. Finals 3 alizocheza mwenyewe bila ya Wade na Bosh (hii ikiwemo) ataambulia kichapo tu na aibu teh teh teh..
Kukukumbusha tu Curry will be 2-0 on Finals after this one.. Le King will be 2-5, Kobe is 5-2, MJ is 6-0... Sasa unafananishaje kikaragosi na wanaume wa shoka.. teh teh teh
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Ni wapi nimesema Warriors bila Green si kitu?? Siku zote nimesema hapa na wala usitake nifufue post zangu.. Green anategemewa na Warriors kwenye defense.. Offense ni Klay na Curry na hiyo ndio maana ya timu. Kila mtu uwanjani ana majukumu yake..
Hapo nilisema kama shabiki kwamba hata bila ya Green Warriors ingeweza kuifunga Cleveland. Na kwa taarifa yake mpaka Half ya kwanza inaisha ngoma ilikuwa 61-61.. It was anybody's game na kama unavyojua Warriors game zote wanaipiga Cleveland Half ya pili.. Half ya Pili majeruhi ya Bogut ndio yaliua kabisa hiyo game.. Hakuna tena mchezaji mzuri tuliyekuwa nae to protect the rim, unajua Warriors wanategemea Bogut and Green to protect the rim.. Ezeli, Mo Buckets, Varejao hiyo kazi hawaiwezi..
Na hiyo kauli yangu ni kama ninyi tu mlivyokuwa mnasema Healthy Cavs haiwezi kufungwa na Warriors lakini bahati mbaya tu mmekoswa koswa kupigwa ndani ya game 5..
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Usome na kuelewa ujumbe basi braza....all that Bron usually misses ni partners in crime...sasa akiwa na partner aliye hot kama alivyokuwa KI, basi winning chances ni kubwa...siyo Warriors wala timu nyingine inaweza kuwazuia Bron and partners wakiwa that fired up..
Unamkejeli LBJ kwa kusema yupo 2-5, unasahau hao MJ na KB hawakushinda championships on their own. Walikuwa na supporting cast, ambayo LBJ ameshindwa kuwa nayo kwenye several NBA Finals ambazo alibeba timu on his own..
MJ had Pippen, Rodman, Kerr, Kukoc; Kobe alikuwa na Shaq, na inasemwa na wachambuzi kwamba kwa miaka (3?) ambayo Shaq na KB walicheza pamoja, Shaq was a better player than KB. Na hii inasemwa kumchukiza KB ambaye anapenda kuwa lone silverback kwenye timu.
Ukiacha supporting cast ya Wade na Bosh kwa miaka LBJ aliyoshinda NBA rings, LBJ hajawahi kuwa na supporting cast imara (of course tukitoa ule mwaka ambao Heat wali-choke mbele ya Dallas)....nasema humu mara nyingi, LBJ ubeba timu mgongoni mwake peke yake...akiwa na supporting cast imara he is unstoppable...
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Haya ndiyo uliyoyasema braza...huku mwanzoni ukisema:
awepo Green asiwepo, GSW watashinda!!
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Tatizo lako ni moja tu, utoto mwingi na huwezi kufanya mjadala bila maneno ya shombo...
Ni ajabu kwa mtu aliyekimbia jukwaa baada ya kichapo cha OKC...sasa unatamba, wakati uwa ni wa kwanza kuiponda timu yako pale inapochemsha..
Tatizo jingine ni kujifanya unajua watu unaongea nao humu, mimi nimekwambia nipo kijijini, wewe unabisha! Mimi siwezi kukimbia hata timu yangu ishuke daraja...kwa sababu nafahamu matokeo ya mchezo wowote ni win or lose...
Kama unataka majadiliano ya staha, nitashiriki, ila ya kishomboshombo, hutoniona braza..
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Sasa kwani MVP akikosekana kwenye timu ndio lazima ifungwe??
I gave credit to Dray for what he has been doing in all this series, defensive wise..
And I gave it to Klay too for how he has been performing on offensive end..
Hiyo haiondoi umuhimu wa Curry kwenye timu... Na ndio uzuri wa kuwa na deep team ambayo hata wewe unalalamika kwamba Lebron hashindi sababu hana msaada. Jamaa walimu wako nadhani walikuwa wanapata shida sana kukuelewesha darasani. Yaani hapa hapa una complain Lebron hana msaada ndio maana hashindi, lakini on the same note unaponda msaada anaopata Steph unayemwita kuku..
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Kobe na Shaq walishinda 3 kwa pamoja, lakini pia Kobe pekee yake bila Shaq alishinda 2 zingine, Je hizo mbili pia alibebwa na Shaq kama mnavyosema??
Lebron had Wade, Bosh, Ray Allen... Umesahau ring 1 alipewa na Ray Allen baada ya clutch three pointer ya Ray Allen kuforce game 7.. The same as Lebron now has Kevin Love and Kyrie bado pia ana excellent three pointer JR Smith bado ana a good big man Thompson mnataka nini tena ili yeye ashinde?? Team ambayo in three all stars bado mnasema Lebron hana msaada?? Lebron hawaamini teammates wake na yeye huhisi wakishindwa na teammates wamemuangusha na si yeye. Ndio maana unakuta mara nyingi anawagombeza na kuwalaumu akina KL na Kay.. Pia Lebron hawaamini wenzake when his game is off on clutch minutes.. Atalazimisha kila mpira apewe yeye aingie kwenye D wenzake wote wakiwa nje ya three point line. Hiyo ni tofauti ya wenzake kama MJ alikuwa anawaamini wenzake.. Championship ya 1997, Utah na Bulls MJ on clutch minutes alimwamini Kerr na alimwambia wakiwa kwente TO atampasia yeye ndiye a shoot.. Curry mara nyingi anawaachia wenzake nafasi za kucheza ni kama ile game 6 alivyomwamini Klay... Lebron yeye anataka timu ndio iwe inamwangalia yeye na si yeye kuangalia timu, na kwa hivyo hatakaa ashinde ring nyingine kamwe...
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Kama unaelewa fika maana ya MVP, basi huwezi kuuliza swali kama hili. Kwa maana nyingine, kama kweli huyo mchezaji ni MVP wa timu, basi swali lako ni illogical.
Kuweka kumbukumbu sahihi, mimi si-complain braza. Labda kama tuna uelewa tofauti juu ya neno 'complain'. Kuelezea na kulalamika ni mambo mawili tofauti; mimi nilikuwa naelezea hali halisi aliyokumbana Lebron kwenye career yake, tofauti na mtu kama MJ mwenye rekodi nzuri ya NBA Finals.
Nikirudi kwenye post yako: Curry ana umuhimu ndiyo, lakini Green ana umuhimu zaidi, hili ndilo nimekuwa nikilisema siku zote. Green ndiye real MVP wa GSW, stats zinaonyesha hivyo na katika hizo games mbili ambazo hajakuwepo kwenye timu, GSW ilifungwa. Na hakuna mahala nimeponda msaada anaoupata Steph; kwa sababu ukisoma na kuelewa maelezo yangu, logically, ninamaanisha Curry ndiye anayempa msaada Green i.e. Green ndiye real MVP huku Curry, Klay and co. wakiwa supporting casts.
Ukiliangalia jambo hili bila ya hype over Curry ndiyo utanielewa. Ndiyo maana siku zote Curry ana-choke kwenye the biggest stage i.e. NBA Finals. Na inavyoelekea hata msimu huu Finals' MVP award ataisikia kwenye bomba. Kama alivyosema RW na KD, hakuna jipya kwa Curry; sema ni kipenzi cha media. Sikatai kuwa Curry ni mchezaji mzuri sana; shida moja ambayo ninayo juu yake ni media 'kumlinda' tofauti na vile media ambavyo uwa zinawa-blast akina Lebron, RW, KD n.k. Nakumbuka Curry alivyosemaga juu ya kuwa ati anatarajia locker room pale Quicken Loans Arena itakuwa bado inanukia champagne, lakini licha kuwa ni maneno ya mtu egoist, media ikampa a pass. Angekuwa Lebron, Westbrook ama Durant kasema hivyo, media zingewa-toast. Curry hajacheza vizuri (consistently) kwenye hizi Finals, ana shooting stats za kiwango cha chini sana (najua mmeshaanza kusema hayupo 100% fit), lakini media powerhouses zinajifanya kama hazioni hilo. Bron ka-hustle kufikia hapo alipo leo; Curry kakuta mteremko (baba yake ni NBA veteran). Bron anawakilisha hustles za vijana wengi Marekani na duniani kiujumla; Curry anawakilisha the establishment. Obviously, media zitampamba Curry kwani anawakilisha life path ambayo inatengenezwa kuwa ndiyo vijana wengi wanapaswa kuifuata. Na siyo life path ya Bron ya ku-flaunt, life ya kupata 90$ million shoe deal ukiwa high school, na kuendesha big cars kabla hata ya kuwa legal age ya kupata professional contract. Life path hii imetengenezwa kuwa ni shortcut ambayo vijana hawapaswi kuifuata.
Na pili, unapoongelea depth ya timu, unachanganya mambo dhidi ya kile ninachokisema juu ya Green kuwa mchezaji muhimu zaidi kwenye timu. Yeye kuwa muhimu zaidi haimaanishi kwamba peke yake anaweza kushinda titles. Kwa hiyo ukielewa hivi, utaona kuna hype juu ya Curry wakati mchezaji muhimu zaidi kwenye timu ni Green. Kama ilivyokuwa kwa Kobe na Shaq; kwa hype kuwa juu ya Kobe wakati Shaq was a better baller kuliko Kobe kwa miaka ile waliyocheza pamoja. Ndiyo maana egoist Kobe akafanya jungu na kupelekea Shaq kuuzwa; hakutaka kuwa under the shadow ya Shaq.
Hivyo, hoja yangu ya kuwa na deep team kama unataka kuwa na higher chances za kushinda titles, bado ipo palepale. Na hii haipingani na hoja yangu ya kusema Green ni muhimu kuliko Curry kwenye timu. Hii ndiyo hoja yangu, kupinga kile ulichokisema kwamba awepo ama asiwepo Green GSW watashinda. Stats hadi sasa zimeku-prove wrong kwa asilimia 100.
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Kobe alishinda peke yake? Unaelewa ulichokiandika?
Unasahau pia Kobe huyo huyo alishindwa na Pistons akiwa na K. Malone, G. Payton na Shaq kwenye squad moja!!
Aliposhinda 2009/10 Kobe's supporting casts were: L. Odom, P. Gasol, D. Fisher, A. Bynum na R. Artest. Na msimu wa 2008/09 ni R. Artest ndiye hakuwepo. Sasa, sijui unasemaje Kobe alishinda peke yake?
Nilipotoa mfano wa Shaq, sikumaanisha bila Shaq Kobe hawezi ama hajawahi kushinda. Nilimaanisha kuna supporting casts ambazo zilimsaidia; hakuna mchezaji yeyote yule ambaye amewahi kushinda NBA titles bila supporting casts ambayo ina show up pale inapohitajika. Lebron kama alivyo Jerry West wana sifa za kubeba timu on their own shoulders bila ya kuwa na supporting casts inayo-perform pale inapohitajika.
Sasa hiyo clutch shot ingekuwa na manufaa gani bila ya Bron (32 points and 11 assists) and co kufunga points zilizofanya game iwe close up kama ilivyokuwa? Naona umesahau pia kuwa Bron alifunga 3-pointer ambayo ilifanya Heat wawe points 2 nyuma zikiwa zimebaki sekunde chache. Na pia bila Bron kucheza vizuri kwenye game 7 (37 points and 12 rebounds) hiyo clutch shot ingekuwa na maana? Unasahau pia kuwa Bron alikuwa na triple doubles kwenye games 2 za hiyo Finals. Ndiyo maana Bron akawa Finals' MVP. Hiyo ring Allen alimpaje sasa hapo? Na actually, Ray's shot haikuforce game 7, bali ilipelekea game kwenye OT.
Nimesema supporting cast ambao wana-show up when needed. Na ndiyo maana baada ya ushindi wa game 5 dhidi ya GSW, nilisema humu kwamba kama Bron akiendelea kupata supporting cast inayo-perform kama vile KI alivyo-perform, hakuna timu ya kumzuia. Kwa sababu Bron is know for single-handedly carrying teams, akiwa na supporting cast inayo step-up when needed, he is unstoppable.
Siku JR, KI na KL wakiwa fired up, Bron ana kazi ndogo sana ya kupata ushindi. Tatizo la hawa casts wake ni kutokuwa consistent pale wanapohitajika, tofauti na vile MJ alivyokuwa akipata msaada consistently kutoka kwa casts wake.
Kwa MJ na KB walikuwa hawagombezi wenzake? Kama huyo bwana mdogo Green anaweza kugombeza wenzake pamoja na u-rookie wake, sembuse Bron! Kaka unajua maana ya kuwa kiongozi wa timu? Na sidhani kugombeza wenzako ni ishara ya kutowaamini. Ni ishara ya kumwambia mtu kwamba 'you can do more than that' kwa kuwa unaamini wana uwezo zaidi ya walivyocheza. Hayo ya kusema "yeye huhisi wakishindwa na teammmates wamemuangusha na si yeye" ni maneno yako ya hisia tu. Bron mara zote sijawahi kumsikia kupitia mdomo wake akilaumu wenzake, zaidi upenda kusema "we have to do better". Ila la msingi, kiongozi yeyote anayefahamu majukumu yake hawezi kukwepa kugombeza watu walio chini yake. Labda kama una uelewa tofauti juu ya kiongozi.
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Pia Lebron hawaamini wenzake when his game is off on clutch minutes.. Atalazimisha kila mpira apewe yeye aingie kwenye D wenzake wote wakiwa nje ya three point line. Hiyo ni tofauti ya wenzake kama MJ alikuwa anawaamini wenzake.. Championship ya 1997, Utah na Bulls MJ on clutch minutes alimwamini Kerr na alimwambia wakiwa kwente TO atampasia yeye ndiye a shoot..[/QUOTE]
Kuhusu Bron kutowaamini wenzake kwenye clutch minutes, hivi unaweza kuprove hilo statistically bro? Hata kama ni kweli kwamba 'hawaamini' wenzake, mimi sioni shida kwa sababu kiongozi anapaswa ku-take leadership when mostly needed. Hao unaowataja akina MJ, mimi naona kama ni uoga wa kuepuka lawama; Lebron anajiamini ndiyo maana haogopi kufanya hayo.
Ebu angalia hizi stats:
LeBron James is now measurably as clutch as Michael Jordan
Zinaonyesha Bron is more clutchy kuliko MJ na Kobe pia. Bron ana 8-of-19, Kobe ana 7-of-28 na MJ ana 5-of-11. Na kama tukienda kwa mtazamo wako wa kutowaamini wenzake kwa sababu anapenda kupiga clutch shots, basi Kobe ndiye anaongoza kwa kutowaamini wenzake (matter of fact, kwa egoistic nature ya Kobe, ni rahisi kuamini hivyo).
Ilo la Bron kupenda kuingia kwenye D nafikiri, linanifanya nianze kuona pengine humfahamu Bron vizuri. Yaani unashangaa Bron kupenda kuingia kwenye D?
Ebu kuwa rational na objective saa zingine, sasa nikikwambia u-prove statistically namna ambavyo Curry amewaachia wenzake utaweza? Na kwanza, unavyosema kuwaachia wenzake una maana gani? Nafasi gani unayoiongelea hapa? Yaani kuwacheza wenzake kwa kuwapa assists ama? Maana kama tukijadili kwa assists, Lebron ana assists nyingi kuliko Curry. Sasa hapa utasemaje Curry anawaachia nafasi wenzake kuliko Bron? Pili, can you prove statistically unachokisema kwamba "Lebron yeye anataka timu ndio iwe inamwangalia yeye na si yeye kuangalia timu.."? Hata kama ni sawa, kama team's MVP na best player, kuna ubaya gani wa timu kumwangalia yeye?!
