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When LeBron guarded MVP Derrick Rose during the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals, he held him to just 6.3% from the field. It was the single best season of Rose’s career and it looked like they didn’t even belong on the same court.

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Todd Blanche at the renovated Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C.: "It was just about one year ago today, when President Trump said that he looked around this city—the capital of the greatest country in the history of civilization—and didn’t like what he saw. He didn’t like the crime. He didn’t like the way it looked, and he instructed us to do something about it — and that’s exactly what we’ve done."

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Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah react to Joakim calling the Heat big 3 “Hollywood as hell” back in 2011 Rose: I didn’t see nothing wrong with that. It was very intense with us having that old school vibe of competing… with them having 3 hall of famers it made us want to beat them even more Noah: LeBron decided to go to Miami with Chris Bosh and I felt like we were the team America wanted that had a chance to beat them. We win game 1 by 40 and we felt like we were going to the NBA finals Rose: I felt the same way when Joe said they were “Hollywood as hell”. Our whole team felt that way. Joe was just crazy enough to say it After losing game 1, the Heat would win the next 4 games and beat the Bulls 4-1 💀
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Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah react to Joakim calling the Heat big 3 “Hollywood as hell” back in 2011 Rose: I didn’t see nothing wrong with that. It was very intense with us having that old school vibe of competing… with them having 3 hall of famers it made us want to beat them even more Noah: LeBron decided to go to Miami with Chris Bosh and I felt like we were the team America wanted that had a chance to beat them. We win game 1 by 40 and we felt like we were going to the NBA finals Rose: I felt the same way when Joe said they were “Hollywood as hell”. Our whole team felt that way. Joe was just crazy enough to say it After losing game 1, the Heat would win the next 4 games and beat the Bulls 4-1 💀

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Kobe Bryant in 2011, showing respect to Derrick Rose. Kobe comments on Rose’s similarities to himself as a young player, as well as praising his work ethic to improve on all aspects of his game. Rose would go on to win MVP later that season as the youngest player ever 🐍🌹
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Kobe Bryant in 2011, showing respect to Derrick Rose. Kobe comments on Rose’s similarities to himself as a young player, as well as praising his work ethic to improve on all aspects of his game. Rose would go on to win MVP later that season as the youngest player ever 🐍🌹

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.Acting AG Todd Blanche at the renovated Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C.: "It was just about one year ago today, when President Trump said that he looked around this city—the capital of the greatest country in the history of civilization—and didn’t like what he saw. He didn’t like the crime. He didn’t like the way it looked, and he instructed us to do something about it — and that’s exactly what we’ve done."
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.Acting AG Todd Blanche at the renovated Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C.: "It was just about one year ago today, when President Trump said that he looked around this city—the capital of the greatest country in the history of civilization—and didn’t like what he saw. He didn’t like the crime. He didn’t like the way it looked, and he instructed us to do something about it — and that’s exactly what we’ve done."

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Admitted LeBron is the GOAT Stan Van Gundy said “we wanted LeBron to score”. LeBron’s 38PPG was surely a feat against Orlando but he still was not the best player in the league. As the Magic still punished the Cavs and beat them in 6 and would have been 5 if not a great buzzer beater from LeBron. LeBron was also a -7 for the series. But when then Magic faced Kobe they were pretty much dominated because Kobe was the scoring engine and a threat all around the court. So the Magic could not just load up on the Lakers role players because Kobe’s action was putting so much pressure on them. They had to watch Kobe when he was around his spots in the mid-range and it often led to Pau Gasol having more one on ones in the post and even slashing and getting easy hand-offs from Kobe. Kobe averaged 32PPG with 7.4 assists and was a +49 for the series. It was total domination when he was on the court. He opened up everything and his action was way too much for the Magic. There was no defense for Kobe at this time in his career. He was the best player in the league which is why he went to 3 straight finals out of the gutter Western Conference and won back to back with Pau Gasol as his running mate

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69,405 views • 2 months ago