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LeBron James will pull an 'Aaron Rodgers' and publicly flirt with retirement this offseason to get people talking

My prediction for this offseason is that LeBron James, he's going to pull like an Aaron Rodgers. He's going to publicly flirt with retiring, but privately he's going to be like, I'm going to come back. But he wants people to talk about whether or not this is the end of the road for him.

LeBron did return for the next season and did not significantly flirt with retirement that specific summer; the Rodgers comparison holds more weight for LeBron's 2023 offseason.

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Jun 4, 2021
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LeBron James will never be 100% healthy again

He's old. He's 36. He's not as dominant as he used to be. He's never going to be 100% again. He said it himself.

This is largely a medical and subjective opinion, though LeBron has continued to have high-level seasons, he has consistently battled more significant injuries in his late 30s.
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Jun 4, 2021
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LeBron James' playoff losses are partly karma for how Space Jam: A New Legacy handled Lola Bunny

All I'll say is it might be karma for giving Lola Bunny a small ass. Yeah. The basketball gods caught up with [LeBron James].

The take is inherently absurd and satirical; the connection between a character's anatomy in a movie and a basketball series outcome is not a causal fact.
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Jun 4, 2021
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The Lakers would have beaten the Suns if Anthony Davis stayed healthy

I do think – I'll say one nice thing about the Lakers. I do think that if Anthony Davis stays healthy in this series, it's totally different. They were up 2-1, tie ball game, game four, and he gets hurt.

This is a hypothetical outcome that cannot be proven, though the Lakers were leading the series before the injury.

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The 4-1 loss to Belgium was the worst USMNT performance in years

That was the worst performance from the US that I've seen in years. Just completely lackluster from the start. So much blame to go around. Tim Ream, friend of the program, good guy over the hill, turned into soccer Shawn Bradley before our very eyes got dunked on twice.

Subjective opinion on the quality of the performance.
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Christian Pulisic was a 'no-show' and looked like he didn't care against Belgium

Christian Pulisic, the long anointed Captain America future face of this league for American soccer. Absolute no show of a game, I would say worse than a no show of a game. And then he checks himself out. Just looks lackluster, looks like he doesn't care at all. Had the most turnovers on the field of anybody. That played just really, really, really bad.

Subjective evaluation of Pulisic's effort and performance.
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The US will never close the skill gap compared to the rest of the world in soccer

People will never close the skill gap. USA will never close the skill gap compared to the rest of the world in soccer.

Historically, the US has struggled to produce technical talent on par with Brazil or Europe.