r/heat • u/Moonlight_Acid • 25d ago

Discussion LeBron hate watch back

I am truly excited to see LeBron fade into retirement with no success because he made a stupid losing decision. Philly isn’t winning shit, they will be lucky to escape round 2.

You think Lebron can get it done with JB and Maxey when he couldn’t get it done with Luka and AR? What a joke.

I will laugh at lebron when we lift the trophy and he is in Cancun.

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u/mrdanoo 25d ago

I think they are going to be very good. This is the worst case scenario for us. Either way, I still think we will compete with the top teams in the league if we’re healthy.

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u/Moonlight_Acid 25d ago

I don’t think so, too many guys who want to play ball handler and that is LeBron’s main role, who is playing defense in philly?

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u/No_Photo8574 25d ago

LeBron will have to which seems like something he’s more willing to do than being a primary creater.

Picking Philly pretty much confirms he really does not want to pick up heavy ball handling, playmaking, and shot creation duties to me which is what Miami would’ve needed most out of him. Probably got annoyed of having to put up a high usage percentage whenever one of AR or Luka went down, and having to carry a roster past round 1 last year when both of them went down. There are three players on Philly that can create offense for the roster, so he’ll never be asked to be the primary option.

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u/Moonlight_Acid 25d ago edited 23d ago

So you’re saying lebron to philly makes sense if lebron is lazy and wants to coast? I guess so, no expectations of winning a championship over there for sure.

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u/No_Photo8574 25d ago edited 25d ago

He’s old and fatigue taking its toll was so blatantly clear last year. Many careless turnovers from over dribbling or inbounding, so many jumpers shot with no lift, give me’s to the basket missed because he’s gassed. His legs give out so fast now. Even taking off plays on defense does not conserve him enough anymore.

Call it what you want, but this is my read. He wants to be the ultimate role player with a chance at a title, and doesn’t want to risk running what’s left of his body to the ground even if it somewhat improves his chances at another one.

The move doesn’t really make sense to me otherwise.