LeBron James: Four reasons why he must choose the Houston Rockets
By Neal Sharma
Reason #2: LeBron James would save the NBA
Like Klay Thompson had said about the NBA being that close to changing the name NBA Finals to Warriors vs Cavs, “I think the rest of the NBA has to get better.”
Well, oh hell, we can throw our cap in the drain; let’s do something about it.
The King needs to save the NBA and bring some reality into Golden State. He is the missing piece of consistency the Rockets I have been begging for hours in front of my altar to see, with him he brings leadership and tenacity that the Rockets could use, despite that coming from Chris Paul.
The Rockets love to play run and gun, and despite the fact it’s a system LeBron James has never played in, I still believe he will greatly help this team. He can help make small-ball lineups look big and small at the same time that way they can still spread the floor and run fast. With LeBron’s body that can outmatch any position, along with taking pressure and I mean A LOT of pressure, from offensive superstar James Harden and two-way player Chris Paul.
Yet at the same time, Rockets can go into slow-mo with isolation between Chris Paul, James Harden, and hopefully LeBron James to close out a game along with tough defense.
And I can’t emphasize this enough no matter how many times I say it — LeBron James is made for those moments. We have seen it time and again and we could have seen it in the NBA Finals maybe had J.R. Smith not bat an eye at some crack before walking in.
Mike D’Antoni loves to play only seven guys in the playoffs, and while I’m sure I’m going to cry if it happens again, I’m going to assume it’s going to happen again and I’m going to cry. While we’re at it, D’Antoni might as well have LeBron James as one of those seven guys. I’m pretty dang sure it’s a good idea since he plays like a team of seven guys himself.
Overall, for the sake of beating the Warriors, LeBron James needs to join the Rockets considering how close they were, for the sake of his legacy, to fix the dragging inconsistency from this Rockets squad. He would finally beat the feat of making it to the West and to save the NBA before the Warriors become a team that can make any other team seem like a nuisance.
And that’s just the basketball side of it.