Why arent there any Lebron clones?

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He doesnt remind you of a more athletic Nash?....like not at all:sas1:
Maybe I need to watch Nash clips for a while and think of it. But Nash was focused on setting other guys up, Curry is focused first on getting his own shot. Nash was fluid like a soccer player in the way he moved around the court, Curry jitterbugs with a lot more jerkiness to his game. Curry moves a ton off-ball, I don't even remember what Nash was doing when he didn't have the ball.

I'm trying to think of someone in the league right now who reminds me of Nash. To be honest he doesn't have nearly the skill level that Nash did, but Jeremy Lin is something of a Nash clone I think in the way he uses penetration and dribbling to set other guys up.




Hes not great at anything that can be coppied. You can't learn court vision and that is the only thing that he is truly great at. YallY Stan's are truly upset :russ:
That's actually true. I think court vision can be learned, but only if you have a high bball IQ in the first place and it takes some serious effort and attention to learn it over a long span of playing team basketball with a lot of purpose.

Other than his GOAT court vision/bball IQ, the things that make LeBron great are his next-level athleticism and the way he's leveraged his athleticism and IQ to become good at almost everything (finishing, post, shooting, handles, man defense, help defense) to the point where his game is almost without weaknesses.

But there's nothing in there that you would exactly "copy", outside of the mentality of working towards your court vision and developing a complete all-around game. That's why I think the biggest LeBron clones are not necessarily guys who copy any particular LeBron skill, but just the movement towards players who can do everything well, be positionless and contribute in every facet of the game.
 

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Hes not great at anything that can be coppied. You can't learn court vision and that is the only thing that he is truly great at. YallY Stan's are truly upset :russ:

Stan? Bruh I'm a Hawks fan. I don't care anything about LeBron, you just posted some dumb shyt and got called out on it.
 

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How dafuq is Curry a Kobe clone when Bean was a mediocre 3 pt shooter at best and Curry is the greatest 3pt shooter ever.

Curry to me is Steve Nash/Mark Price on steroids and more athleticism
They are desperately labeling any player who liked or even one time complimented Kobe as a "Kobe clone" or "disciple". Even though a lot of today's players grew up as Kobe/Lakers fans, they have not attempted to copy his game like that.
 

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Giannis soaks up game from Kobe though :mjlol:

When Bron retires which player is gonna hit him up to workout and learn new skills/moves :jbhmm:
Giannis May want to be like Kobe a lot, but literally none of his game resembles the man and almost all of it resembles Bron. The same way Curry could want to be like Kobe but he resembles Nash or Rauf more. A spade is a spade
 

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Giannis May want to be like Kobe a lot, but literally none of his game resembles the man and almost all of it resembles Bron. The same way Curry could want to be like Kobe but he resembles Nash or Rauf more. A spade is a spade

I feel you on that :obama:
 

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Only Kobe was a mj clone..tmac had his own identity and tailored his game around penny.

Nobody will be as athletic as bron at his size that’s why
 

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How is Curry anything like AI...lol AI could never shoot like Curry...and Curry don't have the athleticism of AI...

If anything Curry plays like Super Sayian version Steve Nash or Mike Bibby or Mark Price...players with at the PG position that aren't explosive athletes but get by on craftiness, quickness, court awareness and their jumpshot
Steph is a Steve Nash and Reggie Miller hybrid
 

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That slow imploding fukk luka?

Giannis has mediocre playmaking ability bron has been a point guard his entire career
He has improved his playmaking a lot averaging 5 assists the last two seasons. Drive and kick, out the post, out double teams, Giannis is capable of making some nice reads now.

Luka isn't the fastest but he's a huge LeBron stan, he was geeked to play against him and got a signed jersey from him. Luka compares to LeBron at just being a young prodigy, LeBron in high school and Luka in Euroleague. Both came into the league with good bodies for their age. Luka is a creative passer/high I.Q. player like LeBron, both are good at operating P&R's and passing out ball screens to open shooters.
 

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Steph is a Steve Nash and Reggie Miller hybrid
Closest thing to Nash today is trae young. Steph doesn’t have the playmaking ability he came into the nba a shooting guard and was converted he can’t run a offense.
 

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Because there won't be another LeBron, the biggest advantage Bron has is his size, he really isn't truly great at anything besides getting to the rim and that's because of his size. He has great court vision but after that what does he have? He isn't a great three point shooter, when it comes to his jumper he's a streaky shooter at best and what player you know is trying to mimic his handles...dude is a beast but it's more because of his size and athleticism. Stan's can get pissed but if you deny that he succeeded to this extent because of his size then you should just log off

Say Bron isn't great at anything and in the very next sentence state what he's great at. :mjlol:

Im DYING here. :mjlol:

These basketball debates are so trash
 
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