Perimeter Players that were RIM PROTECTORS?

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LeBron
Wade

Who else? Wade and LeBron both were above the hoop, rim protectors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF3DeRybsyQ

Footage of LeBron blocking centers and power forwards inside

Dwight, Hibbert, Garnett, Splitter, Duncan, Yao, Tyson Chandler, etc..

The list goes on

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Sheed!

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Kobe

640 career blocks

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Kobe

640 career blocks

Kobe guarding PFs and Cs

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http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view6/2408849/jordan-blocks-ewing-o.gif

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Kobe

640 career blocks
Nope

Kobe wasn't a rim protector

He didn't routinely stand in the middle of the court and block bigmen like this

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2788767/leduncanblock.gif

He was a roamer out on the perimeter

LeBron also does that, but he also can be a rim protector, playing the bigman position on defense

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http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2261631/lebronblock.gif

[ballinhun8]

Best weak side blockers? Yes.


Rim protectors? No.

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http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1110456/bronblock.gif

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Best weak side blockers? Yes.


Rim protectors? No.
There is nothing that emphasizes a rim protecting play more than a one on one block at the rim against a bigman

LeBron has Rim Protector ability

Wade did as well

[Marchesk]

Bird averaged the same amount of blocks as Lebron does.

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LeBron Chest2Chest Blocks = Rim Protector status confirmed

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[GrapeApe]

https://youtu.be/XPauWh740gI

Nobody did it better than that guy.

[ballinhun8]

There is nothing that emphasizes a rim protecting play more than a one on one block at the rim against a bigman

LeBron has Rim Protector ability

Wade did as well


A play is not as valuable as someone you know you can leave in the middle and know that he will be altering shots all game.

He's not a protector. He just has fancy blocks as a weakside blocker.


Gobert/Howard/Jordan/Whiteside/Davis - those are rim protectors.


Just stop with your obsessing and spamming of the boards with this stuff. You don't need to post four lebron topics a day to get your point across.

[Prime_Shaq]

Wade

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https://youtu.be/XPauWh740gI

Nobody did it better than that guy.
LeBron was a better Chest2Chest Rim protector on 7 footers

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A play is not as valuable as someone you know you can leave in the middle and know that he will be altering shots all game.

He's not a protector. He just has fancy blocks as a weakside blocker.


Gobert/Howard/Jordan/Whiteside/Davis - those are rim protectors.


Just stop with your obsessing and spamming of the boards with this stuff. You don't need to post four lebron topics a day to get your point across.
Nope

LeBron has Rim Protector ability

He even has played significant minutes at center (38% of time on the court at C last playoffs!)

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manute bol

masterful rim protector:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uN66yi1N-4


unstoppable perimeter player:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45czWPhWQOI

:lol

[ballinhun8]

Nope

LeBron has Rim Protector ability

He even has played significant minutes at center (38% of time on the court at C last playoffs!)



OK, he has ability. I have the ability to make a 3pt shot. Doesn't make me Best in the World Steph Curry.



And link to your proof. Too many times you claim all these numbers with no proof.


I say lebron played 78% of his time at PG during the playoffs last year. See how easy that was?

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i guess if you want to count him now then Ibaka.

[tpols]

leeron averages less than a block a game.. gtfo w/ rim protector lol

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OK, he has ability. I have the ability to make a 3pt shot. Doesn't make me Best in the World Steph Curry.



And link to your proof. Too many times you claim all these numbers with no proof.


I say lebron played 78% of his time at PG during the playoffs last year. See how easy that was?
Basketball reference

Look it up

LeBron blocks some of the best bigmen in the game

That's elite status rim protection

He's a two time DPOY runner up

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leeron averages less than a block a game.. gtfo w/ rim protector lol
That's because his elite rim protector ability is only one small part of his overall GOAT tier defensive game

He defends 1-5 elite

Where have you been the last decade?

[ballinhun8]

Basketball reference

Look it up

LeBron blocks some of the best bigmen in the game

That's elite status rim protection

He's a two time DPOY runner up



No. Link it up. I'm not doing YOUR "research".


You claim this, so back it up.


He blocks these guys on weakside blocks after their primary defender has gotten lost on pnr. Hell, half the gifs you posted have the big man mishandling the ball on the way up and not even jumping to their full ability.


He's a runner up. I know. He's the GOAT at that. You want to call him a rim protector, so what is Kawhi? He's an actual winner of the DPOY twice.

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LeBron James: Rim Protector ability confirmed

Blocked numerous centers CHEST2CHEST

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Sheed!

:no:

Sheed was a rim potector who could play the perimeter

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Mike Bibby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFcngRUqPaU

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Mike Bibby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFcngRUqPaU
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[ballinhun8]

Still waiting for this proof of lebron playing Center last year in the playoffs.



Come on ISB. Stop spewing numbers out to make your hero look better unless they're actually true.

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Just look at Game 3 of the Finals. He brought the ball up and ran the offense like a point guard. He nailed a catch-and-shoot 3-pointer from the corner like a shooting guard. He took his man off the dribble from the perimeter to the basket like a small forward. He lived in the paint, set screens and rolled to the rim for buckets like a power forward. And he voluntarily defended Oklahoma City's Kendrick Perkins on the block like a center.

Heading into Game 4, James is averaging 30.7 points and 9.7 rebounds in the playoffs. Here’s the list of players who have averaged at least 30.7 points and 9.7 boards in a postseason during the modern era:

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Shaquille O’Neal. Hakeem Olajuwon.

That’s it. That’s the list. Three of the all-time great centers.

As hard as it is to believe, those are James’ peers now, statistically. James entered the league as a point guard, and nine years later he’s putting up numbers of Hall of Fame centers. Throw in the fact that James also has averaged five assists per game and the list of players who have averaged 30-10-5 during the playoffs in modern times shrinks to one. Just James.

His numbers are remarkable as are, but consider that since the Indiana series, James has averaged 31.6 points and 10.8 rebounds. That’s no coincidence. Chris Bosh, Miami's power forward, went down with an abdominal injury in the opening game against Indiana.

LeCenter James

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Still waiting for this proof......


Who asked for a description from four years ago.

[Milbuck]

After the ASB, Giannis was the point guard on offense and the rim protector on defense. Pretty much point center.

Averaged 19/9/7 and Bucks had like a 110 efficiency with him as the main ballhandler. And he was 10th in the league at protecting within 6 feet of the rim (min 4 attempts and 60 games), ahead of guys like Noel, Adams, Davis, KAT, Drummond, Dwight, etc.

http://stats.nba.com/league/player/defense/#!/lt6/?CF=FGA_LT_06*GE*4%7CG*GE*60&Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&sort=PLUSMINUS&dir=-1

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After the ASB, Giannis was the point guard on offense and the rim protector on defense. Pretty much point center.

Averaged 19/9/7 and Bucks had like a 110 efficiency with him as the main ballhandler. And he was 10th in the league at protecting within 6 feet of the rim (min 4 attempts and 60 games), ahead of guys like Noel, Adams, Davis, KAT, Drummond, Dwight, etc.

http://stats.nba.com/league/player/defense/#!/lt6/?CF=FGA_LT_06*GE*4%7CG*GE*60&Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&sort=PLUSMINUS&dir=-1
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LeBronlike!

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LeBronlike!




Come on.....proof!!!

38% of the time at center....where's the link.

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Averaged 2.3 blocks per game in the finals, 3.0 blocks per game in the last 3 games

Led the Cavs in Rim Protection % (43.5%).. For reference, Bogut was 46.6%