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1. I know a lot about basketball. I just so happen to think that if a star player is getting recognition for being the best player in the world, he/she has to prove it. So yes, in order to make a judgement on the player...i walk in with the negatives first in order to see if he/she doesn't have glaring flaws.
I don't have a problem with Lebron or the fact that he's a talented player. The problem I have is that it just seems like people either ignore this flaw or just aren't educated about it. Speed, Athleticism =/= first step or your ability to beat your man. How can one side of the spectrum say yes his first step and explosiveness is a weakness and then others say it's not. I'm pretty sure there's no one on this planet that will say MJ or Grant Hill have below average first steps. No One! IMHO - those two have had the greatest of any perimeter player ever.
And yes - I uploaded a video from earlier in the season, but there isn't much difference from then to now in the way Lebron choses to score. If you'd like...post a recent video of his individual scoring ability in the halfcourt and I'm confident I can sit here and hold the same type of argument. All I'm asking is for people to just pay attention to the way he scores. I honestly don't think Lebron has that pure of an offensive ability to score. His weaknesses come to my attention when the defense tightens up and focuses on not allowing him to score (that's why though you may think it's overrated...critical basketball possessions show a lot about a player in individual talent - offensively and defensively - because it's a lot of "island" basketball).
This discussion is about a particular part of a player's game. If you have to throw up all-around stats and just make comments like "he doesn't have to be that great to dominate" or whatnot...then that's just ignoring what I'm actually proclaiming.
I don't have a problem with Lebron or the fact that he's a talented player. The problem I have is that it just seems like people either ignore this flaw or just aren't educated about it. Speed, Athleticism =/= first step or your ability to beat your man. How can one side of the spectrum say yes his first step and explosiveness is a weakness and then others say it's not. I'm pretty sure there's no one on this planet that will say MJ or Grant Hill have below average first steps. No One! IMHO - those two have had the greatest of any perimeter player ever.
And yes - I uploaded a video from earlier in the season, but there isn't much difference from then to now in the way Lebron choses to score. If you'd like...post a recent video of his individual scoring ability in the halfcourt and I'm confident I can sit here and hold the same type of argument. All I'm asking is for people to just pay attention to the way he scores. I honestly don't think Lebron has that pure of an offensive ability to score. His weaknesses come to my attention when the defense tightens up and focuses on not allowing him to score (that's why though you may think it's overrated...critical basketball possessions show a lot about a player in individual talent - offensively and defensively - because it's a lot of "island" basketball).
This discussion is about a particular part of a player's game. If you have to throw up all-around stats and just make comments like "he doesn't have to be that great to dominate" or whatnot...then that's just ignoring what I'm actually proclaiming.
