When you have a cape on for Lebron maybe. You saying “well his 3pt percentage isn’t that bad” is irrelevant. The 37% stat says that if it isn’t a layup or dunk he’s only gonna put the ball in the hoop 37% of the time.
You say that means Kobe is trash too. So I’ll ask again, what is Kobe’s FG% outside of 3ft? If you’re not bringing it then
And if you don’t know, then why not just say that?
40% of Lebrons total FGs are in the paint and that’s with him also playing anywhere from 7-9 years in a small ball era where a lot of teams were playing 4 and out with only one big man in the paint. While MJ on the other hand was 16 when the NBA first got the 3pt line and didn’t have it when he was in college. He also had to meet 2 bigs at the rim whenever he drove instead of getting to play 4 and out pick and roll ball like Bron did. And then there’s him playing against more quality big men in his era and not having the 3sec in the paint violation which allowed the more quality bigs to camp in the paint and wait on him to drive.
Blindly comparing 3pt % between him and someone from the modern era is like comparing Larry Birds % and Karl Towns% and saying Towns is a better shooter because he has a better %. 3pt shooting wasn’t as important then as it is today since those players didn’t grow up with that being part of the game. MJs mid range and FT% tell a better story of his shooting ability and, of course, he has LBJ beat there.
Lebron was blessed genetically to be faster and stronger than everyone like Shaq (plus PEDs potentially/allegedly) and ain’t nothing wrong with that.But skill (offensively)? Besides passing he doesn’t show much.
Shaq was crazy skilled at his size. But once he added the weight,it obviously became easier to just back people down. Same with Bron blowing by people and using his size to get to the basket.
Its no question when you watch lebrons game before he put on the muscle. Where you wouldve projected his bag would be today,is not what his bag is. His highlight reel is not going to stand up well next to Jordan and Kobe at all. Historically that wont be good for him.
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No other sport has these type of dummies. No body asks about Calvin Johnson’s “bag” or Barry Bonds “bag” or Vinicius “Bag”.
