LeBron throwing darts at KD and other high-volume chuckers

[T.he I.nformant]

LeBron James has MVPs, NBA championships and is considered the best active player in the game, so who could possibly make King James jealous?

Kevin Durant.

"I get jealous sometimes when I look over at KD and he's like 16-for-32 and then 14-for-34 . ... Man ," James told ESPN.com's Tom Haberstroh.

While the Miami Heat star is shooting a career high 59.1 percent from the field this season, he is tied for just 18th in the league in field goal attempts (58) and averages 16.1 per game.

With that kind of efficiency, James could stand to take more shots but explained, "I'm not much of a forced-shot guy.

"But there are games where I have it going, and then at the end of the game, I'm like, damn, I shot just 12-for-16? Why don't I get up at least six or seven more? I definitely notice it."

LeBron James has the titles and the MVPs, but Kevin Durant has one thing James is jealous of -- a lion's share of shot attempts.

The difference between James and Durant's shooting totals may be in the philosophy of their respective teams. Durant, who is shooting 48.8 percent from the field this season on 19.2 field goal attempts per game, is third in the league in shot attempts (711) and is expected to carry the scoring load for the Oklahoma City Thunder. That has been especially true for the three-time scoring champ this season with Russell Westbrook being hampered by injuries.

James on the other hand shoulders both scoring and distributing responsibilities whether Dwyane Wade is in the Heat's lineup or not. However, the four-time league MVP admitted he's wondered what it'd be like to embrace the green light he has to score.

"First of all, you have to have an unbelievable mindset to get up 30 shots ," James said. "I always think about it, though. If I get up high-20s, 30 shots a game, what could I do today, with the way I'm playing?"

The way things are going though, that "what if" may never be answered.

http://m.espn.go.com/nba/story?storyId=10294674

Bron steady shytting on his peers. You can tell he does not look at these dudes as being on his level.

 

[Trip]

Lebron refuses to take half court shots to close out quarters to preserve his shooting %

he needs to back off on this

 

[The War Report]

He should be putting up more shots now that Wade doesn't play on back to backs.

 

[dunkman6]

He should be putting up more shots now that Wade doesn't play on back to backs.

yea and when Bosh is chilling on the perimeter and getting outscored by Beasley and Cole

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Oh Your Jealous He Shoots So Much? Maybe You Should Go Back To The Cavs, Plenty Of Shots For There Breh

 

[dunkman6]

Durant is only taking so many shots like this now is cause Westbrook is out. so 25-30 attempts a game makes sense. Same thing with Melo.

 

[Reggie]

He is acting like he cant take 20 shots a night if he chooses too. Instead he'd rather keep that FG percentage high and probably cost himself a few points a game in the process. I remember a few years back when it seemed like he would take every shot as the clock wound down to close a quarter and he would hit his fair share at that. But lately the past few years he has even stopped doing that.

 

[GoldenGlove]

Is Durant really "chucking" if he's shooting 48.8% from the floor though?

 

[PortCityProphet]

nikka shut up. if you wanna shoot then shoot if not don't speak on anyone else. Spo aint gon tell you no if you wanna put up 30

 

[Rice N Beans]

Pretty sure they'd have similar numbers if they had the supporting cast LBJ does.

 

[Wiirdo]

Durant is almost scoring 30 a game on near 50-40-90.

That chucking

 

[jfkennedy]

Complaining about shot attempts when the ball is always in your hands is stupid, if you want to shoot more then shoot. You think the coach is gonna get mad because Chalmers shot the ball instead of you, the current best player in the world?

 

[the cac mamba]

since when does anyone give a motherfukk about shooting percentage

that gets discussed as an afterthought

 

[954UAlreadyknow]

Lebron refuses to take half court shots to close out quarters to preserve his shooting %

he needs to back off on this

Durant said the same thing



Yall reaching with this thread though. Lebron ain't taking no shots at Durant

 

[Trip]

since when does anyone give a motherfukk about shooting percentage

that gets discussed as an afterthought

A lot of guys do....most of the big names will not take half court shots to end a quarter or half.