Pretend that Harden, Westbrook, CP3, Iverson, Magic, Jerry West, Pete Maravich, and Oscar Robinson don't exist brehs.
Even among his peers LeBron isn't nearly as ball-dominant as most primary ball-handlers are. So far this year LeBron is 11th in the league in minutes with the ball, and in previous years it was often even less.
2017/18: 10th.
2016/17: 18th (wasn't even first on his own team)
2015/16: 30th
2014/15: 20th
2013/14: 32nd
2011, 2012, and 2013 would be low as well...it would only be his first run in Cleveland that LeBron would have been among the league leaders in minutes with the ball, and not his rookie year either.
I just proved that's a lie. You realize the NBA has stats for this, right? LeBron ain't even top-10 right now in time with the ball in his hands, and most seasons he's been somewhere around 20th-30th.
Only because Kobe's coaches wouldn't let him shoot those first three years.
Since 2008 LeBron has only averaged 19 shots/game, and only broken 20 shots/game ONCE. It was only his 2nd-5th seasons when he was putting up a ton of shots for a Cleveland team that was total trash. Kobe on the other hand took at least 20 shots/game in 13 of his 20 seasons.
In seasons 5-16 LeBron has averaged 19 shots and 7.5 assists a game.
In seasons 5-16 Kobe averaged 22 shots and 5 assists a game.
That's a massive difference. In the prime of their careers Kobe was taking 4.5 shots for every assist while LeBron was only taking 2.5 shots for every assist.