Ex-Celtics champion criticises LeBron James’ weak finals performance

Former Boston Celtics champion Eddie House had some robust words for his ex-teammate LeBron James. House, who played with James on the Miami Heat during the 2010-11 season, singled out the Los Angeles Lakers star for failing to deliver during the 2011 NBA Finals.

LeBron James says the Heat didn’t have enough complementary guys to make their 2011 Heat team work…

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LeBron James says the Heat didn’t have sufficient complementary guys to make their 2011 Heat team work…

“If we gonna point the finger, we’ll factor the finger at the fourth-quarter fall down every sport that we had,” House stated on the April sixteen episode of “The Carton Show.” “It was 1-1 Game 2, we have been up, we collapsed in the fourth quarter. They tied it up. We win Game 3 We go up 2-1 [and] we didn’t win another game. If we’re gonna play the blame game, I wasn’t out on the court.”

House is referencing how James was once at fault for the Heat’s failure to beat the Dallas Mavericks. Despite James’ individual dominance, that unique sequence has been regarded as one of his very worst performances.

In six games, James averaged 17.8 points to go with 4 turnovers a game. He also shot 47.8% from the discipline and 32.1% from three. James and the Heat would go on to win back-to-back titles in 2012 and 2013.

House received a title with the Celtics in 2008. After they traded him midseason in 2010, he signed with the Heat the equal offseason James did. That used to be additionally House’s remaining NBA season.

Eddie House Responded to LeBron James’ Comments

House’s phrases were in response to James claiming that the 2010-11 Heat did no longer have a sturdy aiding cast. James said as a whole lot on the April 5 episode of “Mind the Game Pod.”

“We had to build our team around all (veteran’s) minimal guys, which was nevertheless okay, however we didn’t fill out the complementary guys enough. Yeah, we had (Mario Chalmers), we had Udonis (Haslem), however we didn’t have adequate as far as enough complementary guys to absolutely make it all work, and we nevertheless made it to the finals.”

House was once among the new gamers who joined the Heat that season, along with James, Chris Bosh, Mike Miller, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, and Erick Dampier.

As James said, no matter what he perceives as a vulnerable assisting cast, the Heat still nearly received a title that season.

Eddie House Believes Knicks are Celtics’ Biggest Threat

On the April 15 episode of “The Carton Show,” House believes that the New York Knicks are the Celtics’ biggest challenger in the Eastern Conference.

“The Knicks are better off without Julius Randle.” 😳

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“They’re the largest threat,” House said. “I had a conversation with Brian Scalabrine… He stated the Knicks were the largest chance to the Celtics, and I was once like, ‘I don’t see it.’ And then, when they went out there and put their massive foot up their (expletive)… The way they’ve been playing. The way (Tom Thibodeau) has them playing. They consider Jalen Brunson has went to a whole different level. A excellent baller.”

The Knicks are the No. 2 seed behind the Celtics. Despite missing Julius Randle since January, they managed to stay the course as one of the conference’s top seeds. The solely way the Celtics would face them would be if they met up in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Knicks have no longer made it that some distance in view that 1999.