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Hot-Take Hotep Vol. 5: The Kang James Version

5/23/2018

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I'm not sure if this is a meme or if it really came from SLAM Magazine, but I'll credit SLAM Magazine
If the title wasn’t a dead giveaway, I’m going to spend some time in this edition of HTH talking about LeBron “The Kang” James.  Let me preface this by saying I am in no way, shape, or form a LeBron fan.  I just can’t do it.  I despise the constant badgering of his super fans already and I can’t be a part of that club.  Seriously they are the most insufferable group of fans outside of the Beyhive, Cowboys fans, Saints fans, and Nintendo fans.  There’s either an abundance of over-praise or an abundance of excuses when it comes to all of the mentioned fan-bases.  With all that being said…

LeBron is cold as a muff***a.
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This man is in his 15th year in the league and he’s playing better basketball now than I’ve ever seen him play.  In the 2018 playoffs he’s averaging 33.7 pts (on a .550 FG%), 8.7 rebs, 9.0 ast, and just 3.8 turnovers.  Russell Westbrook can only DREAM about that level of efficiency.  Listen, there’s no way in hell the Cavs are going to win the championship but the way he has this awful supporting cast playing they could definitely fool you into thinking they have a shot.  LeBron James does make the players around him better.  Anything beyond that narrative has to stop.  His basketball IQ is too high for him to be a detriment to any supporting cast.  This team should be at home right now but James simply will not let this slaw ass squad lose!
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This is definitely a meme, but the original photo is from Rocky IV. With that being said, Photo Credit: MGM
As I’ve stated before, Cleveland is going to win this thing in 6 games and send Brad’s modem rebooting ass home before being sent to the Upside Down by Golden State.  At this point we’re all just along for the ride to see what kind of ridiculous game Bron is going to have next against a Celtic team that is finally missing their stars.  Kyrie and Gordon would’ve made a massive difference in this series.  I could make a case that the Cavs would’ve been swept with both of those guys on the floor.  Kyrie is a cold-blooded closer while being a game changer that would prevent James’ dominance from taking the Celtics completely out of a game.  LeBron better enjoy the East while he can because if for any reason he decides to stay in the conference and go to any team outside of Philly, it’s a wrap for him making it to the Finals. 
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The Celtics are going to be a significant problem in the East for a long time…
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Photo Credit: The Internet, Harden's Beard, and I'm assuming TNT
Team Rocket is Blasting Off Again…

I still don’t Trust James Harden, but that “f**k you” dunk on Draymond Green in Game 4 of the WCF made me want to.  This series is interesting because of how up and down it has been as far as the Warriors are concerned.  If Steph played like the REAL Steph and not Earth-2 Steph then this series would’ve been over.  The Rockets are a great team but it takes so much for them to get a win over the Dubs you start to wonder just how far ahead Golden State really is.  In both of Houston’s wins Durant and Curry had rough shooting nights.  Man how often is that s**t going to happen?
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This series is tied 2-2 and I still have the Warriors winning per The Infinity Gauntlet, but the Rockets have made the playoffs fun again.  The conflict over in the East is dope, too, but the inevitability of an NBA Street-style gamebreaker in the West gives the Rockets/Warriors match-up a more theme park-like feel.
 
Oh… The Suns are totally going to f**k up that #1 pick.
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Photo Credit: Sports Illustrated via Twitter
​Jemele is Great. Fox & Friends Still Leaves More to be Desired

Shout out to Jemele Hil for being named Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalist.  Jemele has always been dope to me.  I still hate that she and Michael Smith agreed to do the evening edition of “Sportscenter”, as their previous show, “His & Hers”, was far superior and allowed them to just kick back and speak their minds.  Of course the mass audience of “Sportscenter” caused ESPN to buckle to the pressure of white outrage due to Jemele’s comments on that-fella-that-sits-in-that-big-white-house, leading to the censoring of both Hill and Smith.  This lead to the departure of them both from ESPN television (and if Smith has popped up since then, I must’ve missed it) and it appears that they’re out here living their best life now.

And about that white, tearful outrage.  Well it lead to “Fox & Friends” incorrectly saying that Jemele was unemployed when they berated the NABJ for honoring her.  And of course, in true Fox “journalism” fashion, they cleared it up later, but not with nearly the same amount of enthusiasm.
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This is America…
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Photo Credit: The Internet in all its splendor...
J2

J2 actually came up with a concept similar to Django Unchained in 2010.  It was about a boy who was taught the ways of the ninja by a butler, who was to be played by Jet Li.  The name of this tale was “N***a Assassin”.  This is not a fabricated story.  Ask me about it.
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