The marvel that is the basketball IQ of LeBron James

[theman93]

[RogueBorg]

3) That being the case, Lebron demonstrably had a mental blunder at the end of a Finals game. If he was certain he had a timeout he would have called it way earlier.

This is true, Lebron was pointing to the corner telling JR to pass back to George Hill BEFORE he tried calling a TO







Notice through it all Lebron's not asking for the hot potato

Lebron's face is priceless in the last photo

[TheGoatest]

Even more desperate "would have"s in an attempt to counter the actual "have", minus the "would":





In multi-alt form, too.

[RogueBorg]

https://www.yardbarker.com/nba/artic...1_127_37219318

Smith’s play was pretty boneheaded, but it was not the sole reason that the Cavaliers lost that game. LeBron James passed up an opportunity in single coverage with Steph Curry on him prior to the free throws, Hill was largely let off the hook for missing the free throw himself, and neither head coach Tyronn Lue nor any of the other Cavs players had the presence of mind to call the one timeout that they still had when Smith got the rebound. The Cavs as a whole also did not have enough mental toughness to overcome Smith’s error, either in overtime or in the three games that followed.

[TheGoatest]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9V8vhPYX_M0

[Full Court]

Incredible IQ. Check out this unworldly court awareness: