Tuesday, February 13, 2007

What's Wrong With Lebron?

There are two main problems with LBJ, right now, in Cleveland:

1. Mike Brown's coaching;
2. Not having played (at least) 1 or 2 years of college ball for a solid teacher of "how" the game is supposed to be played (i.e. all out on each and every possession, on all three sides of the ball) ... as MJ had with Dean Smith, Magic had with Jud Heathcote, Bird had with Bill Foster, Duncan had with Dave Odom, etc., etc., etc.

The first he may still be able to overcome.

The second he may not.

Each day that passes, non-corrected, it becomes painfully more apparent that a special talent is being wasted (as he chews his fingernails to the bone).

Lebron's problem has to do with character, attitude, motivation and understanding. Make fundamental progress in these areas and the associated on-court skillz will follow naturally. Don't ... and, a select few others (see D-Wade) will continue to pass him by, on the way to the (hoops) Hall of Fame.

All isn't lost, just yet ... but the clock is ticking.

(Hopefully, with a solid second 'talent' now on-board in Cleveland - i.e. Sasha Pavlovic is finally getting air time - it will assist LBJ's maturation process.)

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