"Dare you to shoot it" Defense.....

[9erempiree]

Besides Lebron is there any other player in history, or currently will fall under this category?

Here are the current players that I would play this kind of defense on:

Rondo
Westbrook

[ThickassGlasses]

The problem with this thread so far is that everyone you have mentioned you HAVE to play that kind of defense or they will get to the rim at will. You can act like it's an insult to LeBron, but it's more a compliment for how good he is.

[9erempiree]

The problem with this thread so far is that everyone you have mentioned you HAVE to play that kind of defense or they will get to the rim at will. You can act like it's an insult to LeBron, but it's more a compliment for how good he is.

Actually, Rondo doesn't get to the rim as good as many think. It's not really a testament of how well they get to the rim. It's that they suck so bad at shooting that defenses play them this way.

[Marchesk]

The problem with this thread so far is that everyone you have mentioned you HAVE to play that kind of defense or they will get to the rim at will. You can act like it's an insult to LeBron, but it's more a compliment for how good he is.

Then again, Kobe isn't defended like that.

[WayOfWade]

(cough)Dwyane Wade(cough)

[9erempiree]

(cough)Dwyane Wade(cough)

Wade had a mean ass mid-range game for that one year but I don't know what happened. He was also hitting a lot of his mid-range in game 6 and 7 of last year's Finals.

[TonyMontana]

Kobe Bryant

-6/24
-41% shooting in cafeer elimination games
-39% in Game 7s

Yeah I'd dare him to shoot it

[9erempiree]

Then again, Kobe isn't defended like that.

It's a little tougher for Kobe. They send two guys at him as soon as he gets the ball.

If Kobe is bringing up the ball, 2 guys immediately come at him as he crosses half court.

[9erempiree]

Kobe Bryant

-6/24
-41% shooting in cafeer elimination games
-39% in Game 7s

Yeah I'd dare him to shoot it

Too bad that's not how Boston played him. They would send two guys at him every time he touches.

Bryant is so good that he can beat you in other aspects of the game such as defense and rebounding. He had 15 rebounds, 2nd most in the game and he was on the same court as Pau, Bynum and KG, three 7 footer rebounding machines. Pretty damn amazing.

[WayOfWade]

Wade had a mean ass mid-range game for that one year but I don't know what happened. He was also hitting a lot of his mid-range in game 6 and 7 of last year's Finals.

Game 6 of the Finals was another turd game for him; you might mean game 4 and 7. Still though, he's pretty much hit or miss these days, hot or cold, no inbetween. He really needs to get it consistent if he wants to last beyond next season.

[branslowski]

Kobe Bryant

-6/24
-41% shooting in cafeer elimination games
-39% in Game 7s

Yeah I'd dare him to shoot it

But, in those games, they didn't dare him to shoot.

As oppose to them giving LeBron wideopen shots. It's no disrespect to Bron, but they'd rather him shoot jumpers than get to the rim and get foul calls. LeBron finishes better than anyone IMO. This is fact.

But if your still in trolling mode, let me know.

[9erempiree]

Reggie Evans, another player like this.

I see those games where they dare him to shoot when he's out on top of the circle.

He would still shoot them.

[TheReal Kendall]

[KyrieTheFuture]

I wouldn't exactly say it works considering he won two rings against dare you to shoot it defenses.

[leMVP]

1st, nope, but that's a 50-50 strategy, you hope he's off and misses, or you get burnt for doing that. latter happens more often than not. and in most important games he always find his jumper, game 6 against boston, game 7 against spurs, the whole series against pacers.

2nd, lebron's progress on his jumper has been very impressive, raising his FG% and 3pt% year after year, so in couple of years it's going to be virtually impossible to stop him or use any tactics like that. MJ-like.

3rd, to get to your main point of making this thread, Kobe is going to shoot jumpers till his arms fall off, and shoot his team out of games like he usually do, so if i where a coach and seeing player like kobe going to shoot until he dies, i'll be happy and let him shoot, other than fluke games where he's hot, he's going to shoot his team out of contest.