This is literally his first NBA game ever and he already had a bigger bag than the haters are claiming:
0:33 floats up a lob for the alley-oop dunk
0:39 pullup baseline jumper going right
0:44 beats the double and hits a baseline jumper fading left
0:52 beats his guy into the key going left, pulls up at the circle to avoid the 2nd guy, jumps over the 3rd guy and hits a double-clutch floating bank shot going right
1:14 anticipates the pass, jumps in to intercept and tomahawk dunk on the break
1:53 pump-fakes the three, drives into the lane and hits the one-handed floater from 12 feet out
2:00 jumps to the left from outside the lane, switches hands in midair and drops in a fingerroll from 8 feet out with the left hand. That shot is fukking ridiculous. He's basically a high schooler and he's hitting that shot against championship contenders in his FIRST game ever.
2:20 jumper
2:22 damn near a Eurostep on the drive leading to a fingerroll with the right
That's 18yo LeBron's first NBA game ever. 12-20 from the field, 25 points and 9 assists along with 4 steals. Jumpers, floaters, fingerrolls with both hands, dunks, driving into the lane on both sides and pulling up from any distance, great anticipation on defense (people want to forget he nearly led the NBA in steals in just his 2nd season, just 3 behind Iverson), great court vision, great passing touch...
Later that season, his first 40-point game:
Pulls up the dribble, pump fake, contested leaner from about 8-10 feet off glass
Posts up and hits the fadeaway from baseline
Spins out of the post and baseline drive with lightning first step
Catch-and-shoot three pointer from right wing
Crossover, goes right then steps back for long two
Runs P&R, weaves through three guys sneaks in for a lay-up
Steals pass and dunks
Gets his own rebound and hits left-handed layup
Seals his man in the deep post and score another layup
Drives left, weaves right, Rondo-style pass fake to split the double then lays it in with the and-1
Switches dribble from right-to-left then left-to-right while weaving through four guys then finishes with a finesse lay up
Hesitation dribbles into long pull-up two that closes the lead to 1 with 1:49 left
Floats on the fast break to lay it in gently to close to 1 with 38 seconds left
Steals the ball and hangs in the air finishing with the left to hit the game-winning layup with 16 seconds left
Takes miss and ices game with fast break dunk
No moves y'all
As a teenager who had nothing but high school experience, he already had a crossover, eurostep, spin move, could beat guys in both directions dribbling with either hand, pullup, fadeaway, and stepback jumpers, bank shots, post game, floaters with both hands, fingerrolls with both hands, and a nice layup and dunk package. And that's before we even get into his elite passing game.
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I got you. Gotta get them clicks.
