Still remembering Chris Webber's "What, me shoot?" deer in the headlights fourth quarter of Game 7 of those unforgettable 2002 Western Conference finals, when I read Bill Simmons' new column about LeBron James' meltdown(s) so far in this year's NBA Finals .... I thought of C-Webb.
And, while LBJ has arguably had more meltdowns .... none was as bad, IMO, as Webber's. In fact, I think that's why he called the "extra" timeout for Michigan in the NCAA title game: He absolutely, positively did not want that ball in his hands.
In hindsight, this is one of the biggest things that NBA scouts cannot find out about a player who wants to go straight from high school to the pros. The Cavs had no way of knowing how James would do under pressure.
Well, so far at least, now they do. And so do we.
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