Draymond Green and Baron Davis break down LeBron James' shooting slump, noting he scored 10 points against Minnesota and missed his last 19 threes. They blame fatigue from no off-season rest after the playoffs and Olympics, not permanent decline, and expect him to bounce back once the Lakers get going again.
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There has been a lot, a lot of talk about Bron, the shooting slump that he's been in as of late. He scored just 10 points against the Timberwolves, but he did have 27 and 14 against the Jazz. However, the 27 and 14, he still had a rough shooting night, not hitting any threes. People have been on him not hitting threes as of late, I think. The last I seen, he was 0 for his last 19.
Mm-hmm.
And so of course, all the Father Time conversations have started up. Not yet, not yet. Everybody wants to know, is Father Time catching up with Bron? The answer's yes.
Absolutely.
And the reason the answer's yes is because every year we get older in this league, like every year you get older, there's a point where you come in this league and every year you get older, you get better because you get more experience.
Yeah.
You're coming more into your prime, you're getting stronger. And then every, it gets to a point to where every year you get older, you have to address and adjust. And because now you're kind of over the hill of the more experience you get, the better it is for you. You're kind of over that hill now. And so, Is Father Time catching up to him? Absolutely. Because Father Time catches up to everyone. To everyone. However, what— where I disagree is people are saying, oh, we just saw it. He's done now. We've been waiting on it. Now he's done. No, no, no. I disagree with that. Quite frankly, what it looks like to me right now is he's a little tired. Uh, but But you also have to remember, and I know all y'all have forgot because you forget things so fast, but what you have to remember is, you know, they played into the playoffs last year. They fought an uphill battle to actually make it there and get to the playoffs. And then he comes in and he does the Olympics.
Yep.
And that is a 2-month, a 2-month requirement.
No time off.
9 weeks.
FYI.
No time off. And so what I think right now is I think Bron has just hit a little bit of a wall right now.
Mm-hmm.
When you hit walls, you eventually get through the wall.
Bingo.
But right now I think he's a little tired, has hit a wall. Does that mean Father Time is catching up to him?
Oh yeah.
The way y'all are saying it?
No. No.
So still the same Bron. Obviously not the same. Of course, again, he is getting older, but the way people are trying to throw it out there, like Father Time has caught him and it's here in our face and we're just about to watch this decline happen.
No shit.
But what's your thoughts, BD?
Bro, there is no decline. Usually when you get older, right, you do a lot what? Less.
Absolutely.
Right? As you get older, you become a much better shooter. You usually, are getting shots created for you by someone else who's young, talented, got, you know, the most talent and used to be you. Look at Ray Allen. People only remember Ray Allen from Miami, but before that, Ray Allen used to do everything. You know what I mean? Mm-hmm.
Jesus, Jesus.
LeBron James, bro, is still playing the same way. Still getting triple doubles. He is creating the opportunities still for his teammates. Ain't nobody getting LeBron no open looks. Ain't nobody getting LeBron no easy buckets. Like he's still creating all of the, like he has to create all the energy and the chaos and take it on his shoulders. You know what I mean? Because there, like there hasn't been, the young dude that has come along that compliment and say, you know what, OG, man, fall back. Let me get this triple-double. You go give me some threes and do what you gotta do. He don't have that luxury. And he's on a team with the Lakers where he's still, you know, the best all-around player.
100%.
The most, you know what I mean? Outside of AD, he is the most needed, person because they gotta glue up around him. And so slump, yes. Tired, yes. Father time, yes. All of those things play into everybody's career every year in the season, whether you're a rookie, second year, like everybody hits a little snag where it's just like, hey man, it's cold. You know what I mean? It's cold in these arenas. I ain't getting the shots.
You know what I mean?
I ain't getting my rhythm. But you best believe when the Lakers play again, he gonna get over that slump. I'm not even worried about it. You know what I mean?
Draymond Green.
And so, you know, I remember playing against Mike, bro, when he played for the Wizards. And, you know, he came into Charlotte and it was like, that was the craziest shit I'd ever seen. There was no camera phones, but it was all kind of camera flashing and felt like everybody was recording with a camera phone. That's how many cameras was flashing when he went to the free throw line. And I was sitting there like, damn, man. You know, I had 32 that night. And in my mind I was like, damn, bro. Like, I'm Michael Jordan tonight. You know what I mean? I am your captain now. And I was just looking at him like, yeah, okay. Just, you know, sizing him up. Like, man, you brought all this attention for me. I'm out here. I'm Michael Jordan tonight. You feel me? I was the one.
I bet you didn't say that to MJ. No, I didn't say nothing.
No way. No way, I would never. I would never say nothing. I was just giving him that look like, like, bro, you brought all this for me? Cool, okay. Over here too. Yeah, yeah. They gonna be worried about me tonight. And then we go on the road and we're playing the Washington Wizards. And we got, you know, we got Washington. They wasn't that good either. We like, man, we about to go in here, we about to pop them again. I'm about to give me another, you know, I'm about to give me another 25, 12. I'm gonna do it different on the road. And I watched this dude in the first quarter score 17 points.
Oh, he went off.
Draymond, I watched, I was not participating, bro. I was so mesmerized. I was guarding T-Lou. Hey, if you watch the clips, you'll see me. Never help. Never help. And the Cubs call a timeout. He like, "Yo, what the hell y'all doing? Y'all just gonna let this man get cooked?" It was Lee Nagle. And I said, "Damn, bro, my bad. I was just watching." Oh, shit. I was just watching. I got your help. I was like, "Man, I got your help. Let me get him." So I guard him the first time. I know he going to the fade. So Boo Boo, he go to the fade and I'm on top of the fade. He go to fade, I'm like, man, get that shit. And he leaned back, Draymond, like another inch and shoot the ball. Wham. Okay. All right. Man, I got this fool. He go to the post again. Boo Boo, I know this shit coming. You about to turn to the middle. Boo Boo, turn to the middle. Oh, up and under, layup. Hey, somebody else get this. I'm going back over here with T-Lou. I'm about to watch. I'm cool. This is not cool. Hey dude, that's what, and you know, you see somebody like Mike like that and LeBron, like it's the same thing. It's like, be careful.
Yeah.
'Cause they gonna remember. But that Mike story was like, damn dude. Like I'm just watching him. I'm like, damn dude, what kind of cologne you got? Like what kind of cologne? This nigga smell good as shit out here. You know what I'm like? Like you, bro, you caught off—
He had that weak-ass Michael Jordan cologne.
All that bullshit Michael Jordan cologne.
Tracy Penny went out there too.
Yeah, but whatever it was, whatever it was, Michael Jordan was so, he was like an enigma, dude. He was like a, it was just like, oh shit.
MJ.
You fucked. Soon as you do that, you fucked. You can't, like, but you gonna do that. Oh damn, this is Michael Jordan. You're like, hi Michael Jordan. Like, fuck you. You know, Mike talk shit to everybody.
Asshole.
But dog, imagine like your favorite player, the dude you idolize, like, you know what I mean? Dude you watch on TV and you like, yo, I'm in the league. Like, what's up Michael Jordan? He like, shut the fuck up.
I feel that. That's what happened to me with Kobe.
Kobe did you like that?
Same thing happened to me with Kobe, bro. I'll never forget it. I got subbed in. Number one, I watched this whole workout and missed everything that I was supposed to do. I was like, damn. I got subbed in, I needed to get the stop. And I got the stop on the game-winning shot. I got the stop, he missed the fadeaway. I was like, "Hell yeah!" "That ain't had nothing to do with you, young fella. I just missed." I said, "Man, man, yeah, that had something to do with me. You just missed.
I just missed." Oh man, that's sick.
Trust me, I get it. So I know exactly how that feel.
