Lebron James's 1st summer game

[jbeecham]

So everyone is making a big deal about Lebron's 1st summer game because he scored 14pts, had 7 rebs & 6 assists in 23 minutes in a 107-80 victory over the Magic. BUT when you look at the rosters of the teams it's easy to see why the Cavs won.

Cavs
PG: James
SG: Wagner
SF: Miles
PF: Boozer
C : Diop
Bench: Kapono, Kristaps Valters, Hollis Price, and more people I've never heard of.

Magic
PG: Reece Gaines
SG: Keith Bogans
SF: Britten Johnson???
PF: Alton Ford
C : Zaur Pachulia
Bench: Mario Kasun, Derrick Dial, Qusmane Cisse & more I've never heard of.

http://www.proexposure.com/stories/0709c.cfm

The Cavs basically have thier starting lineup, minus Ricky Davis, while the Magic had a 1st rd draft pick and some 2nd rd picks with Ford & Britton Johnson.

 

[fordronken]

The thing that I've heard was the most impressive wasn't his stat line, but his poise.

 

[Russ Smith]

Yep, and while James' stat line is impressive, it's not that big of a deal. Diop had 8 points in 15 minutes, Kapono had 10 and 6 boards in 15 minutes.

Bogans had 24 and reportedly destroyed LeBron head to head several times, the guy who wrote that said LeBron CLEARLY needs a lot of work on defense because he's got several inches on Bogans but couldn't stay with him at all.

He also commented that compared to Miles, James' didn't seem as explosive and should lose weight if he wants to play PG.