Adam
@4t0myn3
NBA stats hobbyist. Trust the process and the data.
In the final minute of a playoff game, unassisted shots to tie or take the lead (since 1996): LeBron: 18/45 (40%) Jordan: 3/11 (27%) Why do we continue to perpetuate this narrative?
When you think about the most important possession of a players whole career, for LeBron its the final minute of G7 against GSW, tie game for Jordan its the final few seconds of G6 against UTA, down 1 -MJ hits a unassisted game winner🐐 -Kyrie hits a unassisted game winner💯
Per 75, peak: Kobe 06-08: 32.7 IA PTS 6.0 IA REB 5.2 IA AST 2.3 IA STOCKS +3.2 rTS 26.3 Net Creation 62/43/35% ATR/MR/3P splits LeBron 12-14: 30.7 IA PTS 8.6 IA REB 7.5 IA AST 2.7 IA STOCKS +9.8 rTS 32.3 NC 78/41/39% splits You should be asking “What WASN’T LeBron better at?”
Aside from chase down blocks, what was LeBron better than Kobe at? Let's put Kobe's 5 rings vs. Bron's 4 to the side. What skills on the court was LeBron better at? Foot work, post game, fade away, mid range, scoring off-ball, on ball defense, scoring, defending, what was LeBron…
LeBron’s FG% at the rim with Ben Wallace on the floor, 2005-06: 71% on 9 attempts per 100. Percentage at the rim that year: 69%. That’s two percentage points better against Wallace. Does lying help you?
When LBJ fans bring up the “ 48 pts & the 25 straight” — most of them in the paint — remind them it wasn’t Big Ben Wallace, the four-time DPOY demon, guarding the rim. It was Jason Maxiell & a worn-down Chris Webber. OPEN THE VAULT
This kind of lying is so funny to me. LeBron hasn’t been poor from >16 ft since ‘10. At his peak he was +40% on 2s >16ft and 39% on 3s, and as a Laker he’s maintained. He’d be unguardable in ‘90 against illegal D farming ASTs and crushing lack of zones on drives to the rim.
No one said he couldn’t play. Just that he wouldn’t be as effective. Lebron has struggled when not surrounded by shooters because he can’t use his footwork to create space. He needs space created for him. He can’t shoot outside 16 feet too and with clogged lanes you have to.