Lebron

[GIF REACTION]

:bowdown:

[TrueBlue89]

GOAT gonna GOAT. This is only 20% of his true power too. Coasting for the postseason.

[inclinerator]

letakeover

[LoneyROY7]

Pretty good player.

[sportjames23]

It's vs Philly. C'mon, son.

[MP.Trey]

18 points for the quarter. It's against the Sixers but it's still pretty impressive. Nice to see his shot falling and him in attack mode. God damn he takes some silly shots when he's in heat check mode though. One footed three pointer and 35 feet shots, who does he think, Steph Curry?

[RRR3]

I really hope his jumper is back. He's was shooting like Rondo in the 2015 playoffs and that seemed to carry over to this year until today. If LeBron is back to being a solid 3PT shooter, that will make him a lot more dangerous. Now he has to get his FT% back to his normal 75%

[ArbitraryWater]

https://i.gyazo.com/c62c22ec806fa2fb0022a85cf1eccdc6.png

yes he did indeed :pimp:

[Monta Ellis MVP]

Even though I am a Pacers fan first I am also a Cavaliers fan. It was nice for us to see LeBron come out of his shell even though it was vs a garbage team. He is still going to need to take his game up another level if he wants to match Steph Curry however.

[FKAri]

GOAT gonna GOAT. This is only 20% of his true power too. Coasting for the postseason.

is dis nigguh frieza or someshit? lol @ 20% power

[AcquiringSteak]

is dis nigguh frieza or someshit? lol @ 20% power

he really is

[TrueBlue89]

is dis nigguh frieza or someshit? lol @ 20% power
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/7f/0c/90/7f0c9031a462e73d970369ad19d0c287.jpg

:lol

[dubeta]

And people thought little boy curry was better :roll: :roll:

[FKAri]

he really is

Well then he better watch out for this:

http://media.giphy.com/media/l41lVCaNfN7zjhFsc/giphy.gif

[ArbitraryWater]

Well then he better watch out for this:

http://media.giphy.com/media/l41lVCaNfN7zjhFsc/giphy.gif

He just met that guy and shredded him for 6 straight games, nothing to watch out for

[Lebronxrings]

this guy is way too good. Takeover mode.

[Gileraracer]

I liked the three consecutive flops in Q4 and the travel after

[Paul George 24]

:bowdown:
GOAT FLOPPER :bowdown:

[Paul George 24]

this guy is way too good. Takeover mode.
AGAISNT A LOTTERY :roll:

[3ball]

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I don't respect players who can't shoot outside of 5 feet and can't shoot well when they take a lot of shots.

The 2015 playoffs were Lebron's first high volume playoffs and we saw what happened when the high volume (27 fga) forced him to stray from his normal diet of 3-pointers and layups - he shot an abysmal 41%.. Unfortunately, Lebron has poor efficiency at the additional midrange and isolations required of high volume shooting, so he can't shoot well at high volume or require a double-team to PREVENT high volume.

In the Finals, he only shot 39% - it benefited the Warriors every time he shot, so they encouraged his high volume by not double-teaming.. They only double-teamed him 18 times in the entire Finals.. Compare that to MJ, where his high efficiency at high volume caused teams to double-team him 10+ times in a single quarter, as standard (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=386210) - teams couldn't afford high volume from Jordan, since it was accompanied by high efficiency too..

But the real holy grail of basketball skill is far greater than controlling pace with high volume like Lebron, or adding good efficiency to the high volume like MJ.. The real holy grail of basketball skill is good efficiency at high volume while winning championships because the high volume must be achieved within the team concept - the high volume must be achieved without diminishing teammates' statistics so the team can reach it's ceiling and be a championship team..

MJ (1992, 1993, 1997, and 1998) and Hakeem (1995) are the only players that reached the holy grail of basketball skill by achieving high efficiency at high volume while winning a championship (25+ shot attempts on 45%+ during the playoffs).. Ultimately, their elite midrange efficiency allowed them to shoot well at high volume.. As you can see, midrange is the key to goat-level skill.. In MJ's case, he averaged an amazing 25.1 shot attempts in the playoffs on 49%.. When you compare his per 100 stats to other wings (playoffs stats shown below), it's clear that he did exactly what the other wings did, but just MORE OF IT.. His efficiency was the same as other wings, but he simply produced far more at that efficiency:

JORDAN:. 43.3 pts.. 2.2 oreb.. 6.1 dreb.. 7.4 ast.. 4.0 tov.. 2.7 stl.. 1.1 blk.. 32.5 fga.. 118 ORtg.. 56.8 ts
LEBRON:. 36.5 pts.. 2.0 oreb.. 9.3 dreb.. 8.6 ast.. 4.5 tov.. 2.2 stl.. 1.2 blk.. 26.8 fga.. 114 ORtg.. 56.5 ts
DURANT:. 35.8 pts.. 1.2 oreb.. 9.1 dreb.. 4.8 ast.. 4.1 tov.. 1.4 stl.. 1.5 blk.. 25.8 fga.. 114 ORtg.. 58.3 ts
KOBE:..... 34.7 pts.. 1.4 oreb.. 5.5 dreb.. 6.4 ast.. 4.0 tov.. 1.9 stl.. 0.9 blk.. 27.7 fga.. 110 ORtg.. 54.1 ts
WADE:.... 32.2 pts.. 2.0 oreb.. 5.4 dreb.. 7.1 ast.. 4.8 tov.. 2.3 stl.. 1.4 blk.. 24.5 fga.. 108 ORtg.. 55.4 ts

[CTbasketball92]

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I don't respect players who can't shoot outside of 5 feet and can't shoot well when they take a lot of shots.

The 2015 playoffs were Lebron's first high volume playoffs and we saw what happened when the high volume (27 fga) forced him to stray from his normal diet of 3-pointers and layups - he shot an abysmal 41%.. Unfortunately, Lebron has poor efficiency at the additional midrange and isolations required of high volume shooting, so he can't shoot well at high volume or require a double-team to PREVENT high volume.

In the Finals, he only shot 39% - it benefited the Warriors every time he shot, so they encouraged his high volume by not double-teaming.. They only double-teamed him 18 times in the entire Finals.. Compare that to MJ, where his high efficiency at high volume caused teams to double-team him 10+ times in a single quarter, as standard (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=386210) - teams couldn't afford high volume from Jordan, since it was accompanied by high efficiency too..

But the real holy grail of basketball skill is far greater than controlling pace with high volume like Lebron, or adding good efficiency to the high volume like MJ.. The real holy grail of basketball skill is good efficiency at high volume while winning championships because the high volume must be achieved within the team concept - the high volume must be achieved without diminishing teammates' statistics so the team can reach it's ceiling and be a championship team..

MJ (1992, 1993, 1997, and 1998) and Hakeem (1995) are the only players that reached the holy grail of basketball skill by achieving high efficiency at high volume while winning a championship (25+ shot attempts on 45%+ during the playoffs).. Ultimately, their elite midrange efficiency allowed them to shoot well at high volume.. As you can see, midrange is the key to goat-level skill.. In MJ's case, he averaged an amazing 25.1 shot attempts in the playoffs on 49%.. When you compare his per 100 stats to other wings (playoffs stats shown below), it's clear that he did exactly what the other wings did, but just MORE OF IT.. His efficiency was the same as other wings, but he simply produced far more at that efficiency:

JORDAN:. 43.3 pts.. 2.2 oreb.. 6.1 dreb.. 7.4 ast.. 4.0 tov.. 2.7 stl.. 1.1 blk.. 32.5 fga.. 118 ORtg.. 56.8 ts
LEBRON:. 36.5 pts.. 2.0 oreb.. 9.3 dreb.. 8.6 ast.. 4.5 tov.. 2.2 stl.. 1.2 blk.. 26.8 fga.. 114 ORtg.. 56.5 ts
DURANT:. 35.8 pts.. 1.2 oreb.. 9.1 dreb.. 4.8 ast.. 4.1 tov.. 1.4 stl.. 1.5 blk.. 25.8 fga.. 114 ORtg.. 58.3 ts
KOBE:..... 34.7 pts.. 1.4 oreb.. 5.5 dreb.. 6.4 ast.. 4.0 tov.. 1.9 stl.. 0.9 blk.. 27.7 fga.. 110 ORtg.. 54.1 ts
WADE:.... 32.2 pts.. 2.0 oreb.. 5.4 dreb.. 7.1 ast.. 4.8 tov.. 2.3 stl.. 1.4 blk.. 24.5 fga.. 108 ORtg.. 55.4 ts


LeBron's poor shooting led them to the finals though, and won him two games in the finals. His teammates shot like 20% when he was off the floor. His usage rate was incredibly high, and yet, his turnovers were pretty low, which I don't think any other guard besides CP3 could manage. If you acknowledge this one postseason (which is all you ever do) you also have to acknowledge that LeBron singlehandedly defeated a championship caliber Pistons team by himself, and you have to acknowledge his sky-high shooting percentages with the heat.

Kyrie Irving plays just fine with LeBron. Watching DWade and Bosh now and during the heat playoff runs (especially 2014) lets you know that the heat weren't actually that good and that Bron' was carrying them. LeBron isn't a Goat 1on1 player, but he could still break the scoring record. He's a great passer, incredible floor game and an elite scorer and defender, and in my opinion, inarguably a top five player ever.

[KembaWalker]

Since this thread is titled LeBron, I'm gonna bring it up here rather then a whole new thread

BUT, I was checking some stats and what's the go with his FT% so far? I know it's a ridiculously small sample size but what's with the dip in percentage

[FultzNationRISE]

We in here boyz

[FultzNationRISE]

:bowdown:


Cant argue that :confusedshrug: