NBA Playoffs 2012 Running thread

Loser wears a Harden beard for a week.

 

Sure. But it doesn't happen enough for a player of his skills. I don't think he understands what it means to do that every game. Maybe he does now. Maybe that was a harbinger of what's to come. But we've seen him have some games like that before, and then it's back to the shadows at crunch time.

 

I don't think he understands what it means to do that every game? I don't even know what that means.

 

Depends on what you consider outplaying?

 

I don't think he grasps that hitting that level once in a blue moon is not enough. Not with his gifts. I truly believe that he thinks he has Kobe's or Michael's or Tiger's fierce will to win. But he doesn't. Those guys would die for it. He wouldn't die for it. But he thinks he would.

 

We're getting some real hard-core long-distance pop psychology bullshit here. I wish my paper had a "desire" line in its box scores, as yours must.

 

A man is defined by his actions. I am putting forth a reasonable inference from observing his passivity.

 

You aren't defining his actions. You are defining what you imagine to be going on inside his mind.

 

And really, unless you've had to work alongside a co-worker who was banging your mom on the down-low, it's hard to put yourself in LeBron's shoes.

 

I'm inferring that from his actions.

This isn't baseball, where you patiently wait your turn. This is basketball, where you can bull your way into the lead role.

 

Seriously, what is up with NBA players wearing fake Urkel glasses and dorkwear this year? When did this become cool?

 

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