Which NBA Player Has the fewest flaws in their game?

[ISO]

Anyone saying LeBron wasn’t a lockdown defender is hating.

By 2008, LeBron was one of the best defenders in basketball.

LeBron working hard on defense

Granger came into The Q last Friday averaging more than 24 points per game. He scored four against James. In fact, in his past three games, James has held the opponents' starting small forward (New York's Wilson Chandler, Granger and Charlotte's Gerald Wallace) to a total of 17 points and 25.9 percent shooting (7 of 27). Granger and Wallace recorded their season lows.

 

[Big Boss]

KD has weaknesses people just disregard them because he’s a “hooper” and is an aesthetic scorer.

High dribble, loose handle, slender frame, mediocre passer not bad out doubles and reactive situations but not instinctual too many blind spots and weak limp-wrist passes and overambitious fast balls that lead to TO’s as well as late reads, not a great game manager or on-floor leader, gets jump shot happy at times instead of applying slashing rim pressure with his length. All these things are reasons why in the past he’s struggled against traps and double teams in the playoffs. He has a 4:3 career assists to turnover ratio which is mediocre for a high usage wing player. TO’s was an issue for him this season was averaging over 4 per 36 minutes for a good chunk of the season. Nets adding Harden put KD off-ball more and limited his TO’s a bit.

For many years in his career he was also a mediocre defender he has transformed himself into a very good individual perimeter defender and a solid shot blocker still has tendencies to get screened or backdoored ball watching not a strong team defender and that limits his defensive impact.

KD has weaknesses yeah he’s a beast and a lab creation but yes dude has flaws.

For least weaknesses you have to go with MJ that’s why he’s the G.O.A.T., his only weaknesses are three point shooting (elite jump shooter otherwise), not trusting teammates (good playmaker despite it, drew too much attention to not open things up), and on defense he struggled in the post and reached in a lot and then later on quick guards could get the best of him but dude was a defensive playmaker his gambles often paid off.

 

[cobra]

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Upping this thread not gonna resend those 2 finals mvps buddy

Upping this thread will continue to expose your agenda though.

 

[BucciMane]

How is OP so consistently wrong, and not only wrong, but eggergiously wrong?

 

[ISO]

Pippen ain’t have shyt for the shifty side to side crossover…

 

[jerzboy]

Ask all-star Paul Pierce who was guarding him when he averaged 13ppg on 34% shooting in the 2010 ECSF, miles worse than the rest of his playoff series that year.

Ask MVP-level Rose who was locking him down in the 4th quarters of the 2011 ECSF.

Ask prime 2012 Carmelo who his toughest defender was in the playoffs.

Ask Tony Parker who locked him down in the 2013 Finals.

LeBron has as many examples of locking down all-star caliber players in the playoffs as anyone else in this conversation.





Here are the top perimeter players Kobe faced in the 2000 postseason:

2000 WCSF: Penny Hardaway 21ppg on 49/29/74 splits (averaged 17ppg regular season)
2000 WCF: Steve Smith 18ppg on 47/60/90 splits (averaged 15ppg regular season)
2000 Finals: Miller 24ppg on 41/38/98 splits and Rose 23ppg on 47/50/83 splits (both averaged 18ppg regular season)

If Kobe in 2000 was the greatest lockdown defender you've seen, then who the fukk was he locking down?





Could also be framed as "And the Heat, Cavs, and Lakers all won NBA Finals on LeBron's shooting." Bron has a better history of clutch shooting games in pressure playoffs (facing elimination) than Kobe does. Hell, his overall shooting in the playoffs and in the Finals is better than Kobe's too.





Trash since when? Bron's defense was elite in 2016 and 2020 while taking them to a title both times.

I laugh when people say Bron can’t and doesn’t play Defense... I just assume they don’t watch games.... he’s done it on every position from 1-4... can’t remember if he guarded a center

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Jordan or Kobe.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I laugh when people say Bron can’t and doesn’t play Defense... I just assume they don’t watch games.... he’s done it on every position from 1-4... can’t remember if he guarded a center

Bron guarded centers a lot this year after AD was out but didn't do it at an elite level, his legs are too old and injured and he's too wasted having to carry the offense.

Back in the day he didn't guard centers often but was able to do it at an elite level when he did:

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Derozen

 

[jerzboy]

Derozen

he’s actually very underrated when look really look at all attributes/ skills in basketball. Mid-range is his strength, but he’s damn near a jack of all trades, master of none (minus mid-range, his calling card)

 

[Dwight Howard]

Upping this thread will continue to expose your agenda though.

What's my agenda?