What does it take to get a "killer instinct" rep?

[Professor Emeritus]

Someone posted a video claiming Lebron don't have "killer instinct".


Then I saw that Cleveland just set the record for most consecutive closeout wins. They just won their 13th straight game with the chance to close out the other team.

Cavs Going for Record 13th Straight Closeout Win


And Lebron puts up just about the best elimination game numbers in history. These are the numbers I posted in another thread earlier this postseason.

Superstars in elimination games

• Professor Emeritus
• Apr 15, 2017

And Lebron hasn't lost a Game 7 in almost a decade, since back in 2008 when he scored 45 in Game 7 against Boston's Big 3 but it wasn't enough.


So he is dominant when he has his throat on their necks, he is dominant when his team is facing going home, and he's dominant when it's Game 7 and everything is on the line for both teams.

But he doesn't have the killer instinct rep with some people because....?


I thought about the guys who do have killer instinct rep with them, and I realized it comes done to one thing.

Taking shots.

You take a lot of shots, especially forced shots, and you have a "killer instinct". If you search for quality shots and pass to the open guy more when you don't have one, then you don't have a "killer instinct".

Is that pretty much it, or is there something else I'm missing?

 

[360Waves]

LeBron been had a killer instinct most of the narratives fakkits run with on here got stomped out years ago. The truth is, some people are truly so stupid that they can never be reasoned with, and if they have an opinion they're keeping it regardless of how shyt it is.

 

[Donald Trumps Twitter]

Take the shots yourself instead of passing it off to your all-star team-mates




You remember when he dropped 25 straight to close out a game that ONE time, thats a killer instinct.

 

[polokuo]

"Killer Instinct" - when a player you like demands the ball in the clutch and takes the final shot instead of passing.

"Selfish/Low BB IQ" - when a player you don't like does the exact same thing.

 

[Marco Andretti]

Lol ..


LeBron has a killer instinct . .

He just doesn't have killer skills in the 4th like kyrie


Jordan kobe both were the man with the ball in their hands at the end of games . .

Kyrie is that man at Cleveland..

But you're right .. CLEVELAND does have the best close out record .

But LeBron still bytches up in the last couple mins of 4th ..


That's kyrie team under 5 mins b

 

[The Fire]

Be an inefficient chucker

 

[onelastdeath]

That's an ESPN talking point that smart dumb nikkas decided to run with to sound smarter than they are.

Lebron dunks on Draymond in game 7 last year and all that bullshyt is over. Not because it ever held weight but because the media would have ran with it, thus the sheep would have ran with it too.

 

[Donald Trumps Twitter]

Two things you cant do is FLOP like a magikarp and cry like a level 5 clefairy when you dont get phantom calls called your way

 

[Donald Trumps Twitter]

Be 6'8 and 260 pounds and flop off derek fisher brehs


Be 6'8 260 pounds of solid muscle and whine everytime you barrel your way down the lane and miss a shot


Dude defines this soft ass new generation of p*ssys

"Were all winners, we all get trophys"

 

[Donald Trumps Twitter]

How you the "Greatest of all time" and youre the best flopper in the NBA

"GOAT" but you traveled on 40% of all your highlight plays (all non-calls)


"GOAT" but shoot 37% when youre not within 3 feet of the basket

"GOAT" but you lost 4 times in the Finals

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Lol ..


LeBron has a killer instinct . .

He just doesn't have killer skills in the 4th like kyrie


Jordan kobe both were the man with the ball in their hands at the end of games . .

Kyrie is that man at Cleveland..

But you're right .. CLEVELAND does have the best close out record .

But LeBron still bytches up in the last couple mins of 4th ..


That's kyrie team under 5 mins b

a false narrative that's easily squashed


This year (2016-2017)

kyrie

lebron

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LeBron May Be The Most Clutch Playoff Shooter Of His Generation

Relative to the league-wide average, James generated 4.8 more total points than expected on his go-ahead shots, which translates to about one entire playoff win beyond what an average shooter would have contributed from the same field-goal distances. And those numbers become magnified when you consider that James’s average go-ahead shot came in a playoff game with championship implications 34 percent greater than the typical postseason contest. After we weight by the leverage of his specific game-winning shot attempts, James generated the equivalent3 of 8.5 more points than expected, or roughly two playoff wins above average, with his clutch end-of-game shooting alone.

(By contrast, Bryant generated 3.2 fewer points than expected and did it in games that were about 64 percent more important than the average playoff game, compounding the damage of his 1-for-10 performance.)

LeBron May Be The Most Clutch Playoff Shooter Of His Generation

take note of shot attempts and field goal% along with the all around game


4th quarter or overtime, less than 5 minutes left, neither team ahead by more than 5 points"

2010-11


2009-10


2008-09


2007-08

 

[Donald Trumps Twitter]

Play against the weakest conference AND division in all of NbA history and brag about empty stats that didnt even translate to a .500 Finals record.

 

[Donald Trumps Twitter]

Lebron shoots 60% FG
Averages 35ppg 15rpg and 15apg


And bytch ass still has more losses in the Finals than he does wins.

 

[El Coupeacabra]

Killer Instinct...

Imo...means that the more important the games/moments become, the better you play.

Is it a 100% or nothing type deal? No.

Bron has moments on both sides.

He has Game 6 vs Boston in 2012...Game 1 vs Indiana that same year.
Going on that crazy run to put the Pistons away...When he hit that shot vs Orlando. And of course the block + clutch free throws in Game 7 last year.

But he has his moments too.

Quitting vs Boston in 2010.

Scoring 8 points in the Finals in 2011

Being passive in the 2014 Finals

So does Bron have killer instinct? He DOES...sometimes. Other times he looks passive and disengaged and tired in the biggest most important moments. That's the knock against him.

 

[CarltonJunior]

Game winners.