LeBron keeps cookin defenders with this weak ass move

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People are just pointing out how telegraphed it is, and how it should be defended better. If he looks down at his hand, he's shooting 99% of the time, so get right up on him and contest it harder. That's it. It's like that time Kobe broke down one of Lebron's moves, and said he goes whatever, he's shooting, and easy to stop. Lebron tried the exact same move in the All-Star game, and Kobe blocked it.

And yet Kobe for all his beauty and skills shot 36.7% FG (69-188), 23.6% 3FG (13-55) in the 4th quarter of all the NBA finals he was in. In fact, in the 7 finals he played in total the man shot 41% and 31% from 3.
So much beauty... :scust:
 

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I know what you're talking about, and don't disagree with the notion that theoretically, it should be easier to stop since it is choreographed...

The only real answers have to be that a)his release must be quicker in real time, live action than we can conceptualize on TV, and b)we know he's lightning quick in general, so if you press him you run the risk of a different disastrous finish...

LeBron is the ultimate pick your poison player. In theory a number of things should be easy to stop but reality is its gotta be more difficult than armchair analysis says it is...

And Kobe's BBIQ is golden, but his statement about how "easy" to stop Bron comes off as bravado. Besides the exhibition scrimmages or games that people love to cite, Bean didn't exactly have a great success rate of stopping Bron so I've always taken his comment to be strictly bravado and IQ-based, not results-driven...

Exactly, It's hard to find more 1 sided head to head match-ups between stars than Lebron vs Kobe.
 

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Defenders conundrum:

A) press up closer on Bron and have him blow right by you OR push you out of the way with his body

B) is he looking to display an amazing pass with his vision? He can make a great pass across the court in a split second.

C) give him space and he can hit a deep 3( especially if he HOT)

Nothing about Bron is easy to guard.
Stop with armchair analysts.
 
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In the year 2020 if you’re going to concede anything to Lebron...

It’s still that jumpshot. Stop the Mark Price Fantasies :yeshrug:
 

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then maybe someone in the NBA should figure out a way to keep him out of the lane.....

30,000 points later.....i dont think thats happening
I think his finals record shows that people do figure out more often than not. I remember Jason Terry and JJ Barea had him figured out in 2011.
 

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I think his finals record shows that people do figure out more often than not. I remember Jason Terry and JJ Barea had him figured out in 2011.
cosign! the other Mavs had absolutely nothing to do with it
 
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