Nick Wright lays out the facts around LeBron's incredible season | THE HERD

Nick Wright talks LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Find out why he is so impressed with 'The King' this season.



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Nick Wright lays out the facts around LeBron's incredible season | THE HERD

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[TheHerdOnFS]

Is this the best season of LeBron's NBA career?

[idm]

it's so refreshing to see people like nick and Collin showing love for LeBrons greatness since it seems everybody else hates

[nbabram]

Funny how you if you lay out facts about Lebron James you're automatically labeled a "bronsexual". What do you want him to do? Lie about Lebron's stats?

[davinchristensen]

Forget the LeBron haters. I love this.

[kingaries]

Nick Wright ALWAYS ON THE MONEY LOVE THIS GUY

[maadbrax]

this is too fact filled for most ppl. I'm not a LBJ or Cavs fan but I respect him and his game. He's the KING.

[amelialoveharrisreed]

LeBron is the greatest player that ever played this game not MJ

[RiioTzZHD]

He spitting facts if yall dont agree you're hating

[CustomFitted]

When Lebron plays great & wins = the game means something, he's the MVP, he was actually trying, etc.


When Lebron doesn't play great & loses = He doesn't actually care about the regular season, he never tries until the playoffs, he'll be Finals MVP anyway, etc

[Qichar]

I'm not a Lebron fan, but even I have to give it up to Nick here.  Lebron SHOULD be the MVP this year.  Let's run down all the major ways we measure this kind of thing:

1) Take Lebron off the Cavs?  They're a lottery team.  This is not speculation--they were a lottery team before he returned to Cleveland.  You can't count Love because HE CAME TO CLEVELAND TO PLAY WITH LEBRON.  Kyrie wasn't enough to bring the Cavs to the playoffs.

2) Leadership?  It's Lebron hands down.  He's even picking guys to come play with him, and they are more than willing to come.

3) Wins?  Neither Westbrook nor Harden are going to be the #1 seed in their conference.  We can talk about how much the Cavs "sucked" lately, but the fact remains the Cavs will be in this year's Finals and those other 2 guys will be home watching on TV.

4) By the numbers?  This is the only area where people might have a case.  It's arguable that Westbrook and Harden are having better statistical years.  But Lebron is obviously not trying to pad his numbers like Westbrook and Harden are.  And he's not that far behind... 26 8 and 8?  Pretty amazing.  It's obvious Lebron is prioritizing winning a championship over padding his own stats.  Since every coach and GM in the league have stated that is their goal too, I can only assume that a player with Lebron's priorities is more valuable to his franchise than, well, every other player in the league.

So why are we putting 3 or 4 guys ahead of Lebron in this MVP discussion?  I don't even like Lebron, and even I have to concede that of course Lebron is the MVP this season.  And yes, averaging a triple double is amazing but is anyone really going to try to convince me Westbrook is more valuable to his team than Lebron is to his?  Just the difference in +/- alone should inform us better.  No, let's not  be silly here.

[MegaMayanking]

If LeBron James does not win a ring this year... Nick Wright is gonna cry in the car. (Chris Tucker voice)

[mirek]

This is literally two people who agree with each other to an extreme. So hard to watch

[AnthonyMcNeil]

Damn, people in the comments can't handle facts 😂😂😂

[willneverstop]

That "total wins of opponents" argument is sooo flawed. The west is indeed tougher. You have to understand that western conference teams play each other wayy more times during the regular season then they play the east. So you can't draw a correlation from the win totoals. You think the raptors were better than the thunder last year because they won more please. Stop it.

[JakobElboel]

MVP does not equal best player, ffs... People like Nick, Colin and Shannon does not get that people aren't saying that Westbrook is better than LeBron, because he is not... But MVP = Most Valuable Player during the regular season. These media people think if they say one thing they arent allowed to change their mind? Accept the greatness of what Westbrook has been doing despite of LeBron being a better player.

[samuelafewerki]

LeBron has been the best player for 10+ years. He took Eric Snow, Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Sasha Pablovic and Zydrunas Ilgauskas to the finals! At the age 22!

[alphonsobruton]

People want LeBron to be better than Jordan but he will never be because Micheal Jordan is a Mt. Rushmore athlete. Lebron took himself out of GOAT conversation when he mentally broke down in back to back playoff years. Against the celtics then against mavericks in the finals. I mean all people have to know is facts. Like people like to say Jordan didn't do good in the playoffs his first 8 years. But I never hear people say the fact that LeBron didn't make the playoffs his first two years when Jordan did. You just have to know facts.

[mstavros]

Things LeBron fans say:

"Who cares about the regular season? It's all about the playoffs."

"Westbrook's stats are empty, wins are what matter."

"LeBron is having a career year in rebounds and assists; he should be MVP. In fact, he should be MVP every year."

"The Cavs regular season record doesn't matter since it's all about the playoffs."

"The Warriors played easier competition in the playoffs the past 2 years going off regular season wins."

"I don't care about what Harden or Westbrook do in meaningless regular season games."

"How could you watch LeBron last night and not give him the MVP?"

Now, I don't necessarily disagree with all of these, but it's literally impossible to logically agree with all of them.

[jeffreyanthony]

Guy gives facts and you still hate LeBron smh

[rcrcctcrxx]

Get Nose Wright and Skip Clueless in a debate, would be hella funny!