If by "all the time", Ham means Lebron will be starting PG, then that could work..

[3ba11]

and DID work with Vogel in 2020

At point guard, Lebron's brand of ball isn't suboptimal

It's when he starts at forward that creates a 2-PG lineup (2 players with a PG hold-time (https://www.nba.com/stats/players/touches/?Season=2021-22&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&sort=TIME_OF_POSS&dir=hold-time)) - these 2 PG lineups give teammates less hold-time and assists than they get in traditional 1 PG lineups, so the TEAM has low assists and struggles on the championship level, or generally underacheives the initial projection (preseason favorite from 11-16', 20-22')

[1987_Lakers]

Lakers won 2 titles in the early 80's playing a 2 PG lineup with Magic & Nixon.

[3ba11]

Lakers won 2 titles in the early 80's playing a 2 PG lineup with Magic & Nixon.



Norm and Magic were sidekicks to Kareem

And Norm was often a Paxson or Fisher-like jumpshooter - it wasn't 2 guys dominating the ball, including the 1st option like Lebron/Kyrie, for example.

Everything ran through Kareem, so they weren't actually a ball-dominant team

Part of the reason it worked perfectly with AD is because Lebron played Lebron started at PG so the team had less instances of multiple ball-dominators on the floor.

Also, AD led the team in scoring and transformed the defense from worst to first - Lebron had always needed juggernaut scoring help and he wasn't all-defense in his 30's

[3ba11]

Lakers won 2 titles in the early 80's playing a 2 PG lineup with Magic & Nixon.


We don't have time of possession stats prior to 2014, but a point guard's hold-time is around 5.5 minutes or more based on available data since 2014.

Today's ball-dominant high-screen-roll yields this 5.5 minutes for many guys including Lebron/Westbrook or Lebron/Kyrie or Lebron/Wade/Chalmers... Otoh, Magic/Nixon got the ball to Kareem every play so they likely didn't have the high hold-times of today's pnr spammers...

Again, these hold-time stats are a modern statistic designed for the modern game (the perimeter game that MJ spearheaded), not the more center-oriented offenses of older eras

[Shooter]

MJ has no "hold time" because he:
•sucks at playmaking
•sucks under pressure
•sucks at courtvision
•sucks at passing
•sucks at BBALL IQ

[TheMan]

MJ has no "hold time" because he:
•sucks at playmaking
•sucks under pressure
•sucks at courtvision
•sucks at passing
•sucks at BBALL IQ

https://c.tenor.com/B0BMN_OqeSQAAAAC/never-go-full-retard-tropic-thunder.gif

[jayfan]

Lebron has never not played point guard. He's next to useless without the ball in his hands.