LeBron field goal percentage appreciation thread

[JT123]

Field goal percentage is the most important thing in basketball. Scoring a bunch of points on low percentages does not lead to wins, unless you are like Kobe and have an elite front court every year of your career.
Put Kobe on the Heat from 2010-2014 and he would never make it out of the first round. Who would rebound his bricks? Bosh?

[Asukal]

Dem his FG keeps on rising just like his hairline.

[Lebronxrings]

Field goal percentage is the most important thing in basketball. Scoring a bunch of points on low percentages does not lead to wins, unless you are like Kobe and have an elite front court every year of your career.
Put Kobe on the Heat from 2010-2014 and he would never make it out of the first round. Who would rebound his bricks? Bosh?

[Lebronxrings]

Charles Barkley had a higher FG% than Jordan

well barkley with the GOAT coach, top 3 SF, and HOF teammates definitely has a case.

[Marchesk]

well barkley with the GOAT coach, top 3 SF, and HOF teammates definitely has a case.

He had M. Malone and Dr. J his first two seasons, then was on a loaded Phoenix team, and finished up with Olajuwon and Clyde.

So I think Barkley had his chances.

[dreamwarrior]

He took 418 out of his 1047 2pa from inside 3ft and made 43% of his 2pa from beyond 3ft, where 35 year old Kobe shot 44% in '13 while taking 241 more shots within that distance.

[JT123]

He took 418 out of his 1047 2pa from inside 3ft and made 43% of his 2pa from beyond 3ft, where 35 year old Kobe shot 44% in '13 while taking 241 more shots within that distance.

What does it matter where they took their shots from?
All I know is that Lebron shot 57% while Kobe shot 46%. Lebron was also a more accurate 3 point shooter.

[305Baller]

Pretty good, LeBron... but Jordan's 24-29 trumps all of em.

[Droid101]

Apparently Tyson Chandler is better than LeBron James for most seasons.

ok

[dubeta]

Apparently Tyson Chandler is better than LeBron James for most seasons.

ok

If Tyson Chandler averaged more points than LeBron (Like how LeBron averages more points than Kobe) then you would be correct

[Encre92]

Goat.

[Magic 32]

More efficiency

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...702120PHO.html

[JohnFreeman]

[aj1987]

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In 21 out of the 24 years since 1991, the team leader in shot attempts (#1 option) on the Finals-winning team took more than 25.56% of the team's shots - which means that the load Lebron took on in 2014 Finals (25.56% of his team's shots) was not a large load, and the notion that he couldn't have done more, or that no one else would have done more, is wrong - 21 out of the last 24 did more.

The data shows that it's reasonable to ask Lebron to take more shots - because it WAS feasible - and since it was feasible and his team needed it, he should be blamed for not providing it.

The Heat needed it because they had the worst offense of any Spurs opponent - and even though the media ignores this fact, the Heat's offense hurt them as much as their defense.

Various plays can be easier or tougher for a team based on the level of confidence, optimism, energy, adrenaline, etc that they have at the time of the play - said another way, momentum... The Heat's bad offense and inability to answer the Spurs buckets contributed to the Spurs' momentum and the way the games progressed as much as bad defense... The Heat's defense had a harder job due to their bad offense that couldn't limit the Spurs momentum.

A more consistent effort throughout the games from Lebron would have made the difference in limiting the Spurs momentum - the only games the Heat had a chance to win were Games 1 and 2, where he was either on pace for, or actually got 35 points on 22 shots exactly - all coming when it mattered.

So people don't really know what they are talking about when they say it wouldn't have mattered if Lebron had shot more (like he did in Games 1 and 2)... They don't realize that 6 or 7 more ppg from Lebron doesn't just add to the Heat's offense, it makes their defense better too.. Dallas, OKC and Portland all had better offenses that could limit Spurs momentum to make it easier on their defense, and consequently, they all did better vs the Spurs than the Heat.

But despite it being both feasible (4th smallest load in 24 years) for Lebron to take on a larger load, and necessary (the Heat had the worst offense which hurt them as much as bad defense), Lebron opted to continue his high efficiency, low-shot-attempt style like a fat cat on Wallstreet, hoarding his FG% and low-risk load like profits during an economic meltdown - but this approach failed to disrupt the Spurs defense or attract sufficient defensive attention to free up his teammates.

So I'll ask again - since when does a guy that didn't pass (turnovers equaled his assists) or play defense (blew his assignment on the Finals MVP) or take on a large load (4th smallest in 24 years) - so he basically just GOT HIS in a blowout loss - get to walk away without any blame?.. only when it makes monetary sense to keep up the MJ comparisons.
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LeBron scoring 50 PPG on 45% wouldn't help them win shit. It was Miami's defense that went AWOL and cost them a ring. You would know that if you actually WATCHED a game, instead of watching the box-score.

[buddha]

cherry picking and playing on stacked teams. we all saw how well that efficiency helped in 2011 and 2013.

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