Is Lebron an elite 3pt shooter?

[Im Still Ballin]

I haven't watched many games, but by looking at his stats, he seems to be shooting from the arc very well despite shooting poorly in other areas compared to his usual standards.

So tell me ISH, is Lebron an elite 3pt shooter? Are his 3's spot ups mainly? Off the dribble like Curry? In transition? From the corner?

He is shooting 4.5 attempts with 1.9 makes. 42.2%

[riseagainst]

he may be affected by the "lebron effect" himself, turning into a spot up 3 point shooter.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Since his tenure on the Heat he's turned into one, yes.

[dannywpt]

He has a very good percentage from deep since:

1. he is now a decent shooter
2. he's mostly left wide open (because his drive to the basket is terrifying)
3. he cherrypicks his spots and never heaves shots at the buzzer - protects his percentages hard
4. he always passes it to someone else if he's not wide open, so they can take the contested shot instead

[r15mohd]

I haven't watched many games, but by looking at his stats, he seems to be shooting from the arc very well despite shooting poorly in other areas compared to his usual standards.

So tell me ISH, is Lebron an elite 3pt shooter? Are his 3's spot ups mainly? Off the dribble like Curry? In transition? From the corner?


Kyle Korver is mainly a spot-up 3pt shooter, and is considered an elite 3pt-er. why mention the rhetoric around Lebron? if he's shooting well from beyond the arc, whatever method he's doing it is irrelevant.

stay off the agenda :rolleyes: :facepalm

[Genaro]

He has a very good percentage from deep since:

1. he is now a decent shooter
2. he's mostly left wide open (because his drive to the basket is terrifying)
3. he cherrypicks his spots and never heaves shots at the buzzer - protects his percentages hard
4. he always passes it to someone else if he's not wide open, so they can take the contested shot instead
This.

[ArbitraryWater]

He has a very good percentage from deep since:

1. he is now a decent shooter
2. he's mostly left wide open (because his drive to the basket is terrifying)
3. he cherrypicks his spots and never heaves shots at the buzzer - protects his percentages hard
4. he always passes it to someone else if he's not wide open, so they can take the contested shot instead

Have you actually seen the 3's he's taken since 2013?

PLENTY of contested shots...

And I love how all your points are to downplay the man... lmao good shit.

Didn't we expose that "never shoots at the buzzer" aswell?

Same old, same old..

[pegasus]

He has a very good percentage from deep since:

1. he is now a decent shooter (unless the game is on the line)
2. he's mostly left wide open (because his teammates are terrifying)
3. he cherrypicks his spots and never heaves shots at the buzzer - protects his percentages hard
4. he always passes it to someone else if he's not wide open, so they can take the contested shot instead

Fixed.

[aj1987]

He has a very good percentage from deep since:

1. he is now a decent shooter
2. he's mostly left wide open (because his drive to the basket is terrifying)
3. he cherrypicks his spots and never heaves shots at the buzzer - protects his percentages hard
4. he always passes it to someone else if he's not wide open, so they can take the contested shot instead
Didn't someone post stats showing that LeBron takes more last second shots than Kobe? Also, how is taking high percentage shots ("cherry picked") a bad thing? Why play hero-ball when you can get a better shot or set your teammate(s) up for a better shot? Isn't that the smart way of playing basketball?

@#4, Since when is passing to an open teammate a negative? Why take a shot over 2-3-4 defenders (a shot which you have >35% probablity of making) when you can pass it to an open player for a higher percentage shot?

Back to topic, LeBron has become an elite 3pt shooter, but his midrange game is still inconsistent. He should either shoot 3's or go to work in the post. Two of the things he has become elite at.

[tpols]

Didn't someone post stats showing that LeBron takes more last second shots than Kobe? Also, how is taking high percentage shots ("cherry picked") a bad thing? Why play hero-ball when you can get a better shot or set your teammate(s) up for a better shot? Isn't that the smart way of playing basketball?
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nah that was for the end of the shotclock.. lebron never takes the halfcourt shots at the end of quarters. Hell literally just hold the ball and let time run out, or chuck it a second after the buzzer goes off.

[20Four]

I haven't watched many games, but by looking at his stats, he seems to be shooting from the arc very well despite shooting poorly in other areas compared to his usual standards.

So tell me ISH, is Lebron an elite 3pt shooter? Are his 3's spot ups mainly? Off the dribble like Curry? In transition? From the corner?

He is shooting 4.5 attempts with 1.9 makes. 42.2%
STFU bitch, every CAVS game you are in the thread saying LeBRONZE this LeBRONZE that.....calm yo tittle sprinkles bitch...and you wonder why after 40 years working at McDonald's you never made manager....keep this up you will soon be wrapping burritos at taco bell :roll: :roll:

[bizil]

I think Bron has turned into a good three point shooter no doubt. He's so smart that he knows when to take those shots. But he's not like Durant or Curry. Those guys can literally DOMINATE a game shooting threes night in and night out. Plus those guys can pull up WAY BEHIND the three point stripe as well. And can cross u up from deep distances CONSISTENLY and get the job done. Another thing to point out is TEAMS PLAY THEM FOR THEIR THREE BALL and great shooting! Their three ball OPENS UP their great slashing ability.

On the other hand, teams play Bron for his slashing ability FIRST. Which opens up his three point shooting. Even in the case of Bird, teams played him for his great shooting first. Which then opened him up for his underrated slashing ability. The reason why Kyle Korver NEVER averaged at least 20 a night is the fact teams played him for his shooting first. From there if he's having an off night, he doesn't have the scoring skillset to get points via slashing, postups, etc. For me, THE TRUE ELITE SHOOTERS get played for their great shooting first. And they are guys who are threats to win 3 point shooting contests and get close to that 40-50-90 mark of shooting. Which is very rare, but u have guys that get close to that level.

[aj1987]

nah that was for the end of the shotclock.. lebron never takes the halfcourt shots at the end of quarters. Hell literally just hold the ball and let time run out, or chuck it a second after the buzzer goes off.
Can someone post those stats as well? I remember calculating that a while ago and posting them on here. Even with the most liberal Kobe fan numbers, the worst I could come up with was a 3% drop in his FG%. Still places him at 54% for the season.

[stalkerforlife]

Easy to be elite when no one is guarding you because they know they're not allowed to defend you.

[J Shuttlesworth]

LeBron shoots a lot of contested 3s and makes a lot of em. He also is elite as a catch and shoot player

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWvTypNPWpc

[buddha]

He has a very good percentage from deep since:

1. he is now a decent shooter
2. he's mostly left wide open (because his drive to the basket is terrifying)
3. he cherrypicks his spots and never heaves shots at the buzzer - protects his percentages hard
4. he always passes it to someone else if he's not wide open, so they can take the contested shot instead

this

he will still miss wide open threes pretty badly. it seems like all he threes that he takes he has about 3 full seconds to shoot.

[Inferno]

If Bran's elite, what does that make Steph?

[J Shuttlesworth]

If Bran's elite, what does that make Steph?
Steph = GOAT shooter

[MastaKilla]

I haven't watched many games

said every lebron fan ever

[Inactive]

I wouldn't call him elite. He hesitates to shoot them at times, and a lot of players are better at it than he is. He has become a pretty good 3 point shooter though.

[tpols]

If elites like top 10 shooter? No... You could easily pick 10-20 better shooters even if a lot are just role players. Danny green is a better 3pt shooter than Bron but Bron can make a three in more than one way.. And he's good at timing his spots.

[MP.Trey]

He is not elite, but he is above average. And his three pointer has went from one of his glaring weaknesses to one of his best strengths through years of work.

[Nuff Said]

nah that was for the end of the shotclock.. lebron never takes the halfcourt shots at the end of quarters. Hell literally just hold the ball and let time run out, or chuck it a second after the buzzer goes off.
Seriously? You're mad he won't take the end-of-quarter shots even tho you admit he takes the more available end-of-shot clock shots?

[Lebronxrings]

If Bran's elite, what does that make Steph?
championship or bust

[Lebronxrings]

To the OP: Yes he is an elite 3 point shooter. Alot of his shots are contested, and his shot is terrifying for defenders where they would have to respect it.

[riseagainst]

To the OP: Yes he is an elite 3 point shooter. Alot of his shots are contested, and his shot is terrifying for defenders where they would have to respect it.

:roll:

[Inferno]

championship or bust

WCF or bust for now, I'll evaluate or Finals chances later :rockon: