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Two Second Round Picks: The LeBron James Story

Author: Nels, Cleveland Cavaliers, Diatribes, DroppingDimes 06, Fantasy Basketball, GMTR Leagues January 30th, 2007

or: How I got the number one pick in the draft this year and now I’m going to complain about it

Fantasy Basketblog points out that LeBron James has been sucking it up – at least as far as LeBron James “The Consensus #1 Pick” goes.

G.D. O’Shea at NBA.com said this:

Despite James’ big point totals and modest boards and assists, I’m starting to worry about his other stats. LBJ had 9 turnovers and shot 40% from the FT line. In January, he is averaging near 4 turnovers a game and is barely above 70% from the charity stripe. While most elite players generate a few turnovers, 4 per game is a lot, and 70% from the line is brutal considering that he shoots 8-10 freethrows per game.

Even Fantapedia is taking shots at LeBron with their comparison to Dwyane Wade:

After watching both play last season, I would have sworn that Lebron James would always be the better fantasy option. However, as good as Bron has been this year, his numbers are down from last season and Wade’s numbers are up.

I’m just lucky Dwight Howard is really living up to my expectations for a number 24 pick. I guess if I’d gone with Josh Howard at number 24, I’d be okay. Luckily my 4th round pick, Andre Iguodala, got rid of that pesky ball hog Allen Iverson and was able to get himself up to #20 on the GMTR Player Rater. And Baron Davis, who I chose 1 pick after Iguodala, is 2 places behind him at #22. Of course, my biggest score was probably JR Smith, taken with the 144th pick, and now residing at #65. We won’t mention Tyrus Thomas until next year. Or maybe when it’s Playoffs Time.

The injured state of my team in the Hoops Addict League combined with the Divine Luck of my Dropping Dimes team (the one I just talked about) is, unfortunately, starting to make me thing that maybe fantasy basketball is really just as much about luck as fantasy football seems to be to some people. I mean, I knew JR Smith was a sleeper, and that Andre I. would probably step it up this year. But did anyone – seriously??? – think that it was possible that Baron “67 games in a good year” would have played more games than Michael Redd and Jason Richardson?

But, back to the lecture at hand…

In a mabeufesque move, I’m going to declare LeBron James to be the Jessica Biel of Fantasy Basketball. As in, she grew up quick and was ready to become a superstar right away. Yeah, and I’m at least creating a metaphor here… Unlike some people who are just name dropping.

Jessica Biel

You can definitely see the “potential” but when it comes to the performance, it’s good, but it’s just not as good as you’d hoped. Her HSX value was like a Tech Stock in 2000. Like one of those startups that didn’t recover. Blade: Trinity might have been cool… but her performance in Elizabeth town was like watching LeBron shoot free throws. And to make another metaphor out of a comparison, LeBron in 2006-07 : D-Wade in 2006-07 :: Biel in The Illusionist : ____________ ?

If you said: Scarlett J in The Prestige, you are Absolut Ly Correct.

Scarlett in The Prestige

What that analogy above means is: it’s a perfectly acceptable performance by LeBron. But you’d just rather have someone else in the role.

You can try to blame his supporting cast, but really, it’s the same team he’s had before. And that certainly doesn’t account for him making 4% less free throws. YaySports and everyone’s who’s emailing The Cavalier reports on the Cavs knows that LeBron just isn’t trying as hard as he has before. I want LeBron to try, and not just because he’s on my team. I want him to try every year, because he could be the best basketball player ever. But everyone has been handing him that title for the past 3 years, and I don’t know if he realizes that it’s something you have to actually earn anymore. I just don’t want him to end up posing for pictures in nothing but a thong, y’know…

Jessica Biel in the mirror

Jessica Biel in red high heels

Lebron: Put your clothes back on, and then puff out your chest. Otherwise you look like a crack whore instead of a sultry lady.

Scarlett Johansson in a pink dress

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  • Min
    i wish Biel would turn around with those shorts on in that first pic
  • Biel owns that arm over the breasts shot. I thought she was actually prett decent in the Illusionist (although the English accent was an interesting choice considering they were in Vienna).

    And this quick
    Google search     shows that Nels isn't alone in his admiration of Lebron James. I remember when he was still in high school, everybody and their mother was talking about Lebron possibily being the best there ever was.
  • I just deleted radar's comment when I was getting rid of a bunch of spam comments. Sorry about that.

    I've turned the WP-Hashcash back on. IE users won't be able to post comments, but I'll try to find a better comment spam plug-in. I was okay with just deleting it all, but when it leads me to erase legitimate comments, then it's a problem.

    If you're using IE, I'm pretty sure you can still post in the forums!
  • Here's radar's comment that I deleted: (found it in my RSS Reader!)

    Jessica was 17 at the time of those photos, by the way!

    I planned on doing an entire post on LeBron. Yes, he is a great disappointment to fantasy owners and to the Cavs for that matter.

    I gotta say, though, you thought he could be the best ever, better than MJ? LeBron doesn't have what it takes between the ears to be MJ, let alone whether he has the talent... not in this lifetime!
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