dude has a rep as a good defender, of course he too gets calls, whats soworthy about this?
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So LeBron Has Not Committed A Foul In 4 Straight Games
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LeBron James says he could lead league in scoring, 'but that's not my job' with Miami Heat - ESPNMIAMI -- So, what's more impressive to LeBron James?
He has scored at least 20 points in each of his first 23 games this season. He's the first player to do that since Karl Malone in 1989. Not bad. But then there's this: James hasn't been whistled for a foul in five straight games.
He was called for an offensive foul in the first quarter against New Orleans two weeks ago, but not a whistle since. That's a span of 212 minutes and change.
So which streak is James more proud of?
"The foul thing is more impressive to me," James said at Saturday's shootaround ahead of the Heat's matchup against the Utah Jazz. "I don't care about scoring as much."
James is averaging a career-low 18.2 field goal attempts per game this season and he admitted that he sometimes wonders what it'd be like to have 20 or 25 shots per game like some other superstars ()have taken over the years.
Currently, James ranks fifth in scoring with 25.2 points per game behind Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant and James Harden. But Bryant and Anthony have a greater license to shoot this season, averaging over 20 field goal attempts per game.
He won the scoring title in 2007-08, the season after he reached the NBA Finals. He averaged 30.0 points per game that season and the Cavs lost in the Eastern Conference semifinals to the Boston Celtics.
If James could shoot the ball that much, the scoring title would be his, James believes.
"If I wanted to, I could league the league in scoring, but that's not my job here," James said.
"Unlike some other stars in the league, my job is to do a lot of everything -- rebounding, passing and defending so that takes away from my scoring. I've done (the scoring title) before. I'm capable of doing it, but my game sometimes doesn't allow me to have those big nights."
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra says James' scoring streak has been more impressive to him because James isn't solely focused on scoring. James has also managed to rank in the top 10 in assists and Spoelstra made it a point to note that James was the only non-point-guard in the top 10.
If James wasn't so concerned about passing, how much could James average in the scoring column?
"He could average 37 points a game, realistically I think," said Spoelstra.
Back in 2005-06, James scored a career-high 31.4 points per game while averaging 23.1 field goal attempts per game, but he wasn't nearly as efficient as he is now. James is shooting 54.2 percent from the floor and 43.4 percent from downtown here in his 10th season in the NBA.
As if James hasn't been impressive with his physical play already, James ran through the numbers in his head in front reporters.
"I'm shooting 54 percent from the field right now so if I shoot 54 percent at 25 shots a game? Pff, that's like & doing my math ... that's 27 points right there. That's without shooting free throws and shooting 42 percent from the 3-point line."
If he maintained those percentage, the scoring title would likely be his.
"I could do it if I wanted to," James reiterated.
When a reporter brought up the fact that Bryant took 46 shots when he scored 81 points, James laughed and said he wouldn't be able to do that on this Heat team with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh also needing the ball.
"There's only a couple guys in the league that can do that, shoot 46 shoots and Kobe is one of them," James said with a smile. "Melo. KD, maybe when he's feeling it. Monta [Ellis]. Wow, 46 shots. I don't know."
The five games without fouling is James' longest streak since 2009 when the streak evolved into another impressive feat: just three fouls over the course of nine games. The longest foul-less streak over the past 15 seasons belongs to Steve Nash, who registered a goose egg in the "PF" column for 11 consecutive games last season in Phoenix.
James can extend both scoring and foul-less streaks on Saturday against the Jazz, but he joked that the reporters jinxed him.
"I'm about to have two fouls in the first three minutes (on Saturday)," James joked to the circle of reporters. "And going to the bench, you watch me, I'm going to look at you guys over there. I know where you all sit."
So as it turns out Steve Nash went 11 straight games without a foul called. Time for heelturn? I mean there is NO POSSIBLE WAY to have no fouls in 11 straight games right? Isn't that what you said?
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Its not that deep breh....
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79 points in 1 quarter
But to be fair, Nash literally plays NO defense.
Notice how a ring changes everything..if this article was written in 2010/11..cats woulda been called him a mentally weak person..is scared to carry a team etc..
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But then you make unfair and definitely fact free comments breh.breh its like saying do I need to step outside my house to know the sun came out, nobody that puts effort into defense which Bron clearly does can go four games without a foul. But member how KD who puts no effort into defense got 5 fouls two games in a row in the finals?
Effort was put into him
he ran away from guarding Bron but the nikkas he was guarding had carreer days making 3's 
when he was on Bron he got killed, period breh.
bu but...there's no possible way
All I know is Jordan played most of his career in an era where you could do this:
and only get called for a personal foul. No 10 game suspensions, $100K fine, ejections. Hand-checking was legal and you could play very physical defense. At the height of this, Jordan was averaging around 3 fouls a game (2.6 for his career). The lowest he averaged was 1.8 and 1.9; the last two years of his second three-peat.
Pippen averaged 2.8 for his career. The lowest he was at was 2.3 when he was playing at least 30 minutes. At the height of hand-checking, he was getting around 3 a game too.
To put that in perspective, the current era has the officials calling every bit of contact as a foul and LeBron averages 1.9 for his career. He did 1.9 as a 19 year old rookie and 1.8 his second year. The highest average he's ever had is 2.3 when he was playing over 42 minutes a night.
There's no explanation for that considering the way the games are called now.
and only get called for a personal foul. No 10 game suspensions, $100K fine, ejections. Hand-checking was legal and you could play very physical defense. At the height of this, Jordan was averaging around 3 fouls a game (2.6 for his career). The lowest he averaged was 1.8 and 1.9; the last two years of his second three-peat.
Pippen averaged 2.8 for his career. The lowest he was at was 2.3 when he was playing at least 30 minutes. At the height of hand-checking, he was getting around 3 a game too.
To put that in perspective, the current era has the officials calling every bit of contact as a foul and LeBron averages 1.9 for his career. He did 1.9 as a 19 year old rookie and 1.8 his second year. The highest average he's ever had is 2.3 when he was playing over 42 minutes a night.
There's no explanation for that considering the way the games are called now.
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lebron dont got a better offensive skillset than melo, durant, kobe :ugh:
