Both guys struggled against the C’s. Although Kobe shot five percentage points better than LeBron. Cleveland took the Celtics to 7 games, but that was a result of Cleveland’s defense, not LeBron’s offense. Had LeBron hit from the outside, the Cavs probably would have advanced to the Finals.

I don’t think anyone has argued that LeBron has to start hitting mid-range jumpers before they’ll be “impressed.” I’ve always been impressed by LeBron, but I want more because I know he’s capable of more. I’m more than willing to give credit where credit is due, but I still see a very big weakness in his game. A weakness that will probably be exploited come playoff time.

Cleveland is playing great basketball right now. Shoot me an email with your blog idea and we can go from there.

Kobe game 5 vs. celtics: 25 points on 21 shots
Kobe game 6 vs. celtics: 22 points on 22 shots

Who made whom a jump shooter? How did it turn out?

Hoff, LeBron’s mid-range game has vastly improved this year. He has become money from the left baseline on fadeaways – his little sweet spot, and we are actually watching him catch-and-shoot instead of always shooting off the dribble. I will say this, when he’s moving forware, there is like 5% chance he makes the shot from beyond 6 feet. He has to be going up or slightly fading or else he always bricks it long.

Look, if you guys are waiting for LeBron james to master every single facet of the game of basketball before being impressed, then you are never going to be satisfied. Look, the knock on him was “he’s not clutch” – now he’s THE MOST clutch player in the NBA – objectively. The next knock was – oh he dribbles too much. Well, he doesn’t now that the Cavs have a point guard – he played that way out of necessity, not habit. The next knock was his free throw shooting – well he’s almost at 80% this year – better than Dwade. He doesn’t play any defense – actually he has played solid D for 3 years now, but he makes so many ridiculous highlight plays on D you can not possibly ignore it any more. The Cavs are 1st in the NBA in PER differential at the SF and PF spots simply because that is where Lebron plays, and that is where LeBron, Ben, and Andy defend.

Look, I just don’t understand why we are talking about this. I am kinda frustrated – going around the net and everyone is talking about the Lakers and Celtics. Um, the Cavs are ANNIHILATING everyone they play and their starters aren’t even playing the 4th quarter. LeBron is statistically having the best season in NBA history post Wilt-era (when they didn’t keep track of many of the stats they do today). i mean he’s a freaking point higher in PER right now than Jordan was in his best statistical season. I seriously think he is the best defender in the league right now and the Cavs are beating teams by historical margins.

And no mention of this anywhere – just Peter Vecesy’s post about how we should end the season now and give the trophy to the Celtics – who squeeked out an OT win against the pacers tonight – uh yeah the cavs were through with the Pacers midway through the 2nd quarter last week.

Hoff, can if I write a piece about the cavs dominating will you put it up?