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World's Most Obnoxious Basketball Dad Lavar Ball To Lebron James

... unclear, started a bit of a beef with Le Bron James and he used an appearance on ESPN's "First Take" this week to escalate it to a place where he now appears to be challenging James to a fight. To fully understand this, you have to go back a few days to Ball's first comments about Le Bron. Ball was a guest on Chris Broussard's podcast and talking about the chances of NBA success for his sons (he has two younger boys who will also, in all likelihood, play at UCLA). He thinks the chances are good. But then he got into trouble by talking about the chances of success for the children of NBA legends. "You got Le Bron, it's going to be hard for his kids because they are going to look at them like, 'You got to be just like your dad.' And after a while, that pressure starts sitting on you like, 'Why do I got to be just like him? What can't I just be me?' And then they are going to be like, 'Aw, you're soft, you're not that good.' Because the expectation is very, very high.". That set off Le Bron. He wasn't upset about Ball's take on the future of his two sons. He was upset that this stranger was talking about his sons at all. "Keep my kids' name out of your mouth. Keep my family ...

Lebron James Usually Makes It To The Nba Finals Regardless Of Seeding

... a championship. “(The No. 1 seed) used to be really important,” Draymond Green said in mid-March. “At this point, it doesn’t really matter anymore.”. Le Bron’s had moments of crisis before. Expectations were sky high when James first arrived in Miami. But in his first month alongside Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh , the Heat went just 9-8. Miami went on to finish 58-24, marking its first of four straight finals appearances. Even though they lost that championship run to the Mavericks , the Heat had to prove they could jell together as a unit. They finished with the East’s No. 2 seed that season. The process just took time. Fast forward to Le Bron’s first year in Cleveland, and there was more adversity to overcome. The Cavaliers had lost nine of 10 games and found themselves 19-20 midway through January. How did James respond. He rattled off more points than any other player (27.9 PPG) for the next three weeks, leading Cleveland to a 12-game winning streak that set the tone for the rest of the season. The Cavaliers never lost more than two straight games for the rest of the regular season, and James single-handedly dragged a depleted Cleveland roster ...

Kawhi Leonard Continues To Step Up When Lining Up Against Lebron James

... for. It’s just amazing that we get paid to play this sport.”. Leonard’s head-to-head performances against James have been getting better. Leonard owns a regular-season record of 5-3 against James, including James' time with the Miami Heat. Leonard finished with 12, 11 and 12 points in the first three outings pitting the two. Since then, Leonard has scored 24, 20, 24 and, back on Jan. 27, 41 points, before rolling up the 25 on Monday night at the AT&T Center. Leonard also owns the 2014 NBA Finals MVP award, coming at the expense of James and the Heat following a 4-1 series win by the Spurs. With Kawhi Leonard leading the way, the Spurs moved to 9-1 against top-five teams for a winning percentage of.900, the second-best in a season in NBA history. Soobum Im/USA TODAY Sports. With Leonard leading the way Monday, the Spurs moved to 9-1 against top-five teams for a winning percentage of.900, the second-best in a season in NBA history, behind only last year’s Golden State Warriors (10-1), according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Four of the previous six teams to win at least 80 percent of their contests against top-five teams captured a title. The Spurs improved to 4-0 ...

Duquesne Coach Keith Dambrot Has A Long Relationship With Lebron James

... is great. You said he got a seven-year deal? [whistle] He must have got a pay raise, too. I’m definitely going to give him a call tonight. He’s got to take me to lunch when I get back home, that’s for sure.”. Paid his dues? That takes us to James’ 2009 book, “Shooting Stars” (excerpt via Vanity Fair ). Before he departed the high school ranks, Dambrot left an unmistakable impression on James, the eventual four-time NBA MVP. In the book, James gets into a lot of Dambrot’s pre-Akron biography, including his former coach’s 1993 firing from Central Michigan over a controversial comment in which he used a racial slur and how James dealt with learning that past: “I got to know Coach Dambrot as well as anybody and never ever did I see him act in any way that was racist. It just wasn’t in the man.”. Man if it wasn't for Big Frank, Bruce Kelker, ...

10 Signs You're The Drama King Of Your Friends, And Everyone Knows It But You

... type of friend advance notice. Don’t want no drama, after all. 7. Celebrate The Loudest. Look at this man during Game 7 of the World Series, right in the middle of the camera shot, going crazy for the perfect gif. Le Bron is the loudest guy at your bar, viewing party, gym or spades table at your barbecue. Hella dramatic. 8. Make You Take 10,000 Pictures, And Then Put Them On Instagram As “Candid”. You know damn well those pictures took a million tries and poses to get right. And yet, you’re still about to post on IG like it came naturally. You ain’t slick. If your friends haven’t called you out for being so dramatic about it, I am now. 9. Expose Your Friends On Social Media When They’re Just Minding Their Own Business. Look at Damon Jones: He’s just on the treadmill in the background, trying to mind his own business. Bur here comes Le Bron, yelling for Instagram. Just know you can’t be around this type of friend at a party, ...

Keep My Family Out Of It

... everything. Now I get you a trainer and hope you turn out to be OK," Ball said on the podcast. "Whereas the fact that I wasn't all that, allows me to spend all that time to make my boys all that.". La Var Ball has said he was good enough to "kill" Michael Jordan one-on-one in his prime, which would seem to punch a hole in his theory that his sons are better off because their father was not an all-time great. On Tuesday night, following James' retort, Ball said he doesn't have a problem with James while sticking by his original point. "They asked me a question about, do I think superstar players' kids are good. And just my opinion that I've never seen one that was really good," Ball said on Fox Sport Radio. "Le Bron is going to make his kids probably one of the best players ever, according to him. but I've never seen one really live up to what their dad has done, so he could be the first or the last.". Le Bron James' sons were the subject of comments made by La Var Ball that left the Cavs star telling ...

Can Boston Celtics Hold Off Lebron James, Cleveland Cavaliers In East? Ty Lue Says He May Rest Cavs Stars

... matter in the East, which Le Bron James has ruled for more than half a decade. Let's start with the first part. ESPN's BPI rating now gives the Celtics a 50.5-percent chance of winning the top seed. Five Thirty Eight's model considers Boston a stronger favorite at 67 percent as of Tuesday morning. Those projections do not take into account that the Cavaliers may rest their top players, like James, over the remainder of the regular season. After complaining his team looked slow over the last couple of losses, head coach Ty Lue told reporters  he is considering that tactic. James and Kyrie Irving have played hefty minute loads this season and could use the time off their feet. If they sit, the Celtics will have less resistance on their path to No. 1. Will that matter in the playoffs? As vulnerable as the Cavaliers have looked lately, they still have Le Bron ...