When Trash Talking Goes Too Far

ah all kind of that alguem right or wrong uh trying to say you feel like you can break LeBron at this point we broke LeBron in Game Five so get out of here with everyone understanding how you got to Cleveland I got to Miami and I bring it up? Do you think you pushed LeBron too far in game five? You push the 6th believable game too far nothing minute listen let me tell you something to take advantage of We didn't care about LeBron we didn't feel the muscle and we didn't do it I think he can beat all five of us and that's how I felt like he was trying to establish himself because he didn't want the pressure about him.

You understand we broke up earlier this month on Bill Simmons' podcast. kg had some choice words for LeBron most of the time. Which NBA fans already knew the Celtics didn't like Braun, they wanted to kick him and the Cavs out of the building every chance they got, but kg said something that made headlines and made people think that we had broken LeBron, now this is Kevin Garnett. and we're

talking

about the Celtics, so bad-mouthing is expected. Kevin Garnett is the last of a dying breed who comes from an era

when

bad-mouthing was common and players weren't as quick to make better friends with his opponents, but this statement in In particular, it was much more than just a competitive joke, we broke LeBron well.

LeBron's last game in Cleveland in his first tenure with the team ended at the hands of the Celtics and the aftermath of the series was not pretty at the time, it really seemed like the Celtics pushed LeBron to the limit and sent him to do the tricks. suitcases in search of an answer to the four-headed giant in Boston, but how much truth is there in the 2 kg statement? Did the Celtics really break LeBron or is there much more to this story? The story is written by the victor but who exactly is the victor this story and speaking of stories today's video is brought to you by audible visit audible.com cut the high roller or text the high roller to 500 500 and start listen with a 30-day audible trial today is the game In one of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Miami Heat are trailing by 15 points with less than four minutes left in the game for the fourth time in five years, the Celtics are They face LeBron James in the playoffs and as you can clearly see in this healthy interaction right now. kg would love to cut off LeBrons head.

If there's one clip that describes this intense rivalry, it's this one, but to really understand the genesis of the Celtics that LeBron saw, we have to go back to the mid-2000s, in 2007, the NBA was completely different. place Seattle had an NBA team that met Oh core was an All-Star on average the teams only made six three-pointers per game and this super team had not yet formed a superstar Kevin Garnett was wasting his prime in Minnesota putting up leading numbers in the league but finding almost no success from a team standpoint Paul Pierce in his ninth season had missed his first all-star game in six years due to injury and Boston was going nowhere fast.

Ray Allen made the jump in Seattle, but the SuperSonics were struggling as much as ever. of their respective teams were well below 500 despite how great their stars played. Now in today's NBA we have become accustomed to star players quickly distancing themselves from bad organizations to look for bigger and better things to compete in. today's league, it almost seems more of a necessity. stacking the deck in your favor than a cop out, but in 2007 this was far from the case, but how can you blame them? They saw an opportunity and took advantage of it. Three future Hall of Famers in the prime of their careers without progressing. and with each passing year getting closer to becoming a star than ever before he led his team to the promised land, meanwhile, in Cleveland, the 22-year-old LeBron, in his fourth NBA season, had turned organization of the Cavaliers from a 17-win disaster to a Finals appearance and their highest win total in 15 years, at that point he was more than a young prodigy on the path to greatness in four seasons and was already doing things that some all-time greats would take an entire career to achieve before they get there.

Until the 2007 2008 season, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen had only reached the second round of the playoffs five times in their entire combined careers and only reached the Conference Finals three times combined. They had a combined playoff winning percentage of 42% and won eight of 17 playoff series. kg had one of the toughest stretches of his era being eliminated from the first round for seven consecutive seasons, that is, three perennial stars entering their tenth, twelfth and thirteenth seasons with minimal playoff success and No chance real championship to compare in the 2007-2008 season. LeBron had a playoff winning percentage of 58% and went four of six in playoff series.

Now you could sure say that Garnett Pearson Allen didn't have the right pieces around him to take. his team to the next level, but while they were fighting to get out of the second round, LeBron, 22, was busy dragging this squad to the finals before the 2007-2008 season. This is the list of Boston's stellar teammates. The big three had played during their careers far from the best group he has ever had, but they are still players who could contribute at an all-star level and here is the list of LeBrons' all-star teammates before the 2007-2008 season if you would like to achieve it. claim that kg Pierce and Ray Allen didn't have any help, it would be hard to convince anyone that LeBron did, and even

when

you look at the head-to-head matchups between the big three and LeBron before the trade story comes up. in favor of a young LeBron in the 29 times Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen faced LeBron before the trade, they won 13 times and Braun won 16 and, on the way to those 16 wins, LeBron was putting up NVP numbers, keep this in mind.

It was from when he was 19 to 22 that he's doing this to three of the best players in the league, so it's clear that James got the best of this trio before they joined forces, but the idea of ​​this super Boston team was formed to stop LeBron is a stretch that I am not willing to do at the time when the Spurs were coming off a championship and we look like one of the most dominant dynasties in the modern NBA, the Dallas Mavericks won 67 games led by an MVP Dirk. and honestly, they knew they couldn't do it alone, sure LeBron was on the rise and looked like one of the best players in the league, but I think Boston thought Cleveland wasn't the biggest of their worries, in fact, I know because the kg had This to say on the Bill Simmons podcast that we didn't feel Braun and we didn't think he could beat all five of us and to some extent this is true after the big three were created in Boston.

LeBron went 12 for 13. against the Celtics while they were eliminated from the second round at the hands of Boston in 2008 and 2010 in that 2008 series, the Cavs took the L, but not before being pushed to seven games and James threw a 45 point bomb to the head anyway. The Celtics seemed to bring out the best in LeBron when it mattered most and so LeBron was no longer a problem they had to deal with in 2010. The Celtics broke LeBron well, at least that's what they thought and this forum will take my talents to the South . Beach and join Miami Jeans for Land James/Dear Girl in the summer of 2010 LeBron packed his bags and left Cleveland in search of a team that was built for championship runs after wasting his talents on an organization that was refused to give him the tools to succeed, he decided enough was enough.

You know, this all sounds very familiar. I can't put my finger on it, but the idea of ​​a star player leaving a team to join forces with other stars. I feel like I've seen similar events before, oh yes, that's true, in an effort to establish himself and make the most of his prime. LeBron went to Miami to team up with Bosh and Wade, a plan that was built from a blueprint three saw. years before and yet according to kg LeBron only went to Miami because the Celtics broke him up and he didn't want that kind of pressure anymore, that may be the case but by this logic does that mean the Pacers and Nets broke up ?

Paul Pierce did it. Kobe Shaq and Tim Duncan surpass Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen 33 seasons combined and no appearance in the Finals joining forces with the boys seven seasons two appearances in the Conference Finals and a trip to the finals broken, but of all the interesting points that kg did on this podcast that really made me think was his comments about the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals in this series because kg specifically mentions the Celtics beating and breaking LeBron during game five of this series. In game five, the series was tied at 2-2 and the Celtics were winning. on his way to going up 3-2 with his third straight win kg had a monster 26 and 11 LeBron was limited to 12 points and 29 percent from the field in the second half he looked tired and defeated and if you finished the series well here then, the kg's comments would make sense, but this series was far from over.

James hits Pearson and knocks him to the ground and then guard LeBron James James with the Kareem shot hard at James for three spins of James trying to draw something consistent exactly what Doc Rivers should do. I don't want him to hesitate in the double-digit game James tries again low ash against Ray Allen turns Oh the jump doesn't go James Hunt steps on Petrus now the jump shot he's been doing speed change plays drilled zone James I can forty-three points he's scoring jump shot after jump shot after game five, the game in which the Celtics broke LeBron James had one of the best playoff performances in NBA history with a 19-point blowout LeBron ends the game with 45, 15 and 5 with 73% shooting not even for a moment did Boston have LeBron contained he was doing what he wanted when he wanted Kevin Garnett finished the game with 12 and 5 Bill Simmons mentioned this asking kg if he felt that the Celtics pushed LeBron too far in game 5 letting him go crazy in the next game and I don't think kg fully understood the question because the correct answer is yes. kg's antics in game 5 brought out the Miami Heat's villain, Hall of Fame MVP 99, LeBron, and cost them game 6, followed by a 31 and 12, game 7 and I guess kg was

talking

in fact, the Celtics defeated, humiliated and broke LeBron if it weren't for those damn Celtics who know what LeBron could have accomplished time and time again, they really just handed it to him.

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