Kenyon Martin says lebron was never considered a lockdown defender at any point of his career

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Since Jordan how many championship caliber superstar wings can you consider a lockdown defender? I’m not talking about the Paul Georges of the world I mean guys who can lead a team to a ring. I’ll wait. Some faq is gonna say Kawhi because he has an FMVP but imo the Spurs are a special and complicated case, it’s yet to be seen if Kawhi can lead a team to a ring himself he just happened to step up at the right time in that Finals.

And during the 13 game win streak earlier this year I saw Bron with my own two eyes lock up red hot Porzingis, Schroeder, Blake, in the 4th quarter.
I believe the spurs have the lowest opponent PPG in the L...and you can plainly see how much talent they have WITHOUT Kawhi. It’s a crazy good system
 

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He's arguably the greatest perimeter defender of all time.





give me 3 examples of pippen locking down an opponent( holding them below their averages and making it a struggle)instead of posting edited YouTube videos
 

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Bron fans love saying that bull. That shyt was more a team defensive scheme and other factors than just "cause Bron


Rose was our only offense weapon. It was easy for Heat to plan a defensive plan to stop us, as Rose was the offense

Plus Boozer was trash

And Bosh was killing us



The same can be said for Kawhi and the Spurs against LeBron.
 

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And you've been trying to cape and spin in different ways ever since.

Now it's "b-b-b-b-but no one is a lockdown defender :sadbron:"

There's a major facet of the game LeBron is average or downright horrible at. Sometimes so bad at it, it causes his team to lose championships.

Kenyon Martin is 100% right in his assessment, and no amount of spin or deflection on y'alls behalf changes that.
You're an idiot and so is tourettes syndrome k Mart. LeBron when dialed in is an absolutely lock down defender and one of the few SF in history that can lock down speedy point guards
 

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You're an idiot and so is tourettes syndrome k Mart. LeBron when dialed in is an absolutely lock down defender and one of the few SF in history that can lock down speedy point guards
Durant must have hung up on his ass :heh:

But my bad, a November game against the New York Knicks and a playoff series 7 years ago against a guard is really the true example of LeBron James, Lockdown Defender :jbhmm:
 

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lies..

from about 2008-2013, lebron was universally considered a lockdown defensive player.From2013

In fact, he's won virtually every individual award for which he has been eligible except Defensive Player of the Year. The impressive physical tools and keen basketball understanding that made him one of the game's best offensive players help him equally on the other side of the court. With a commitment to defense, which began four or five years ago, constant film study and irreplaceable effort, James has become of one the game's best defensive players.

James is the only player averaging 1.7 steals and 0.9 blocks per game and the first to do it in four years. Of the eight defensive play types tracked by Synergy Sports, which include defending the pick-and-roll, post-ups and isolations, James rates as excellent or very good in half of them. Of the three players who finished ahead of him last year in the Defensive Player of the Year voting, none rate excellent or very good in more than three categories. James anchors a defense that most believe will help Miami capture its second straight title.

Palmer: LeBron James for DPOY

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Only two players -- Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon -- have won MVP and DPOY in the same season, MJ in '88 and The Dream in '94. So it's a very rare occurrence, even though you'd expect most MVPs to be quite good on both sides of the ball. (We're ignoring Steve Nash's back-to-back trophies here.) Honestly, LeBron should have been in serious consideration in each of the last five years, including 2012-13; he'll mark his fifth straight first team All-Defense selection when that team is announced.

LeBron finished No. 2 behind Dwight Howard in 2009, and has two fourth place finishes since, as well as an odd No. 9 finish in 2011. So he's floated around consideration, but never been a favorite to win it. The question is if he scored 15 points per game and wasn't a serial Player of the Month, would his defense get more attention? I certainly think so: very rarely is LeBron's defense discussed specifically and removed from his overall incredible play. We acknowledge that he's a great, versatile defender, and then we move on.

LeBron is mad he didn't win DPOY
 

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Durant must have hung up the phone :heh:

But my bad, a November game against the New York Knicks and a playoff series 7 years ago against a guard is really the true example of LeBron James', Lockdown Defender :jbhmm:
Ain't nobody in the history of the game locking up KD you dumb mutherfukker. :mjlol: stick to soccer.
 

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How about someone bring up an instance other than that? A lockdown defender to me is a kawhi, draymond, pat beverly etc

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I've had you mad since jump



And you've been trying to cape and spin in different ways ever since.

Now it's "b-b-b-b-but no one is a lockdown defender :sadbron:"

There's a major facet of the game LeBron is average or downright horrible at. Sometimes so bad at it, it causes his team to lose championships.

Kenyon Martin is 100% right in his assessment, and no amount of spin or deflection on y'alls behalf changes that.
Again, where did I explicitly state LeBron is a lockdown defender. Find the quote.

You’re a simpleton and you can’t use contextual clues to figure out a message. My initial statement is “Bron locked up D Rose in 2011.” I follow that up by saying “No tier 1 wings (including LeBron) in recent memory play lockup D besides Jordan (and even that’s up for debate.) And that during the Cavs 13 game W streak LeBron clamped a couple of all star caliber players in 4th quarters.”

If you had a brain, you’d then be able to figure out that I’m stating the obvious—while most tier 1 wings can defend in spurts (like Bron on Rose), none are lockdown defenders. Whether it’s because they lack the ability or have too many other responsibilities to carry is irrelevant, none of them lock down.

You’re here shaking with fury and tossing around insults and cuss words like a fukking 2 year old over your own lack of ability to comprehend and it’s hilarious. But let’s just be honest here you’re just another grown ass weirdo on the internet who has a burning hatred for a fukking athlete :laff:
 
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