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Good god.

lol that is a good answer...even if I can count the number
 of times I've hit a pump reverse on one hand :/

Did chest and triceps in the morning yesterday and ran 2 hours of full.court in the evening. Scared the shit out of myself...went for a block and cut bumped and landed with my left foot up against the wall (a la PG13). Luckily my right foot was already on the ground so I could transfer weight to it immediately when i felt the wall. My ankle, right side of my achilles is sore this morning but no major pain or anything. Will be monitoring it closely.

Overall played pretty well, jumper was a little long all night (typical after chest/tri lol) but got to the bucket easily and had a ton of assists off drives. Had one putback dunk that was ok and backironed a pump reverse on a fast break....not sure why I tried that lol!

Acole covered offensive stats pretty well so I'll hit on some key defensive stats on LBJ.

LBJ keeps his man in front of him only 40% of the time in dribble drive scenarios....almost 12% lower than the league average.

His defensive win shares and defensive rating are both below the league median as well. The defensive rating is a pretty well encompassing view of a players overall defense...which says a bit.

His real +/- is .21 points below the league average.

His overall block percentage is abysmal which counters ESPNs hour long segment on each chase down block...

Hes giving up 85.5 points per 100 possessions where hes the primary defender. Thats 55th percentile. On spot up jumpers where he'd be the close out defender its even worse, 100.4 points per 100. That points to laziness.

Basically....I cant call him the best player in the planet when he literally takes plays off on D (and O for that matter) or is a league average defender at best. (Granted if he tried he'd probably be better but...cmon...if you dont want it enough to try then...)


As for his mentality...it just sucks. He throws teammates and coaches under the bus, claims he's the greatest (ive never seen any video where Kobe, Jordan, Bird, etc claimed that during their career), and generally is salty as fuck. Remember him losing the scoring title to KD one year?  How he daid he'd average 60ppg if he took 30 shots a game like 'they' did? Guess what...he just shot over 30 attempts per game and averaged 36ppg. Don't get mad that KD is offensively more efficient LBJ...do something about it! Wait, that would require him to add facets of the game to his that are lacking  (which means he'd need to work on his game but we'll get to that in a min). LBJs offensive issues are the se as when he came in the league, shaky handle, streaky jumper, no go to move (a dunk isnt a go to move lol). All these are fixable butnhis work ethic is shit compared to Jordan and Kobe. They came back each summer and worked to be better...James just coasts on pure freak athleticism and hasnt legitimately grown his game.


First half...factual. Second half...things Ive seen as a guy who grew up watching this game and has a pretty firm grasp of the nuances that define winners vs average players or role players. So...just my thoughts.

^Agreed! LeBrons box score numbers look great, 30-10-8 or more basically all series. But, watching the games shows how inefficient he was overall and is backed up by lots of metrics.

Personally, I think giving Andre the MVP is pretty symbolic of this GSW team...its a team effort. Yes, the team goes as Steph goes but on any night they always have someone step up and play a larger role.

Lifted back and biceps today...little bit of core work.

Played some half court afterward and dunked with a buddy. I definitely haven't been jumping enough lately. My timing is off on a lot of dunks and Im not getting up with consistency. :/ When I do tho Im definitely getting closer to my goals. Need to jump more!

Squat day!!!! Also finally got my BF% tested.

BW: 181lbs.

Squat: 135x5, 225x3, 315x1, 365x1, 405x1, 365x3, 315x3. Lil different but it was nice.

quarter squats: 405 (+120bands) x5, 475 (+120) x4 and x5. Was supposed to be a 3x5 buuuuut....back/knee didnt like rep 4 lol! Dn near failed it. Got stuck in the reversal and thought it was over. Anger+adrenaline ftw.

Step ups: 120lbs 3x6 each.

Calf raises on leg press: 650lbs x12, x10, x10.

36" box jumps supersetted after each calf raise set x3.

Buncha core work. Great workout overall.

Got BF tested by one of the trainers before lifting, 8.42%. Way lower than I was expecting but i have noticedy lower abdominals a lot more lately. One easily visible vein and one kinda there and shoulders/chestare more striated and showing some vascularity now too. Sweet.