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Lebron James this year, before we all forget
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:41 pm
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:41 pm
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We could marvel at his consistency. You probably don't remember a bad game from James this season and that's because he was pretty much a human metronome of dominance this season. At his worst, he was Blake Griffin. No, seriously. Take James' worst 10 games of the season by Game Score (a PER-like metric developed by John Hollinger to evaluate single-game performances) and you'll find that he averaged 19.3 points, 8.7 rebounds and 5.2 assists in those duds. Griffin this season? 18.2 points, 8.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists.
In other words, statistically on his worst days, James was an All-Star big man. Maybe even a little bit better.
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We could also mention that we've never witnessed 26.9 points, 8.1 rebounds and 7.2 assists on 56.2 percent shooting in NBA history. Not Jordan. Not Oscar. Not Bird. Not Magic.
But it's the 56.2 percent shooting that stands out. Let's try to wrap our heads around that. In order to catch James in field goal percentage, Durant -- he of an amazing 50.6 shooting percentage of his own -- would have to make his next 176 shots without missing once. And that's just to catch James. What about Kobe? Making 300 straight wouldn't even do it for Kobe; he'd need 49 more.
And Carmelo? He could make his next 350 shots and he'd still trail James in field goal percentage. That's the equivalent of Carmelo shooting a perfect 14-for-14 for 25 straight games, and James would still look down on him in the field goal percentage column.
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Looking at recent history, Shaquille O'Neal and Amar'e Stoudemire are the only players who have shot better than James from the floor on at least 15 attempts per game since 1996-97 (when the StatsCube database began tracking shot distance data). When Shaq shot 57.4 percent in his 1999-00 MVP campaign, his average shot distance was 4.4 feet, or less than half the average distance of James' attempts (11.2 feet to be exact). When Stoudemire shot 59 percent in 2007-08, his average shot distance was 7.0 feet. So, if you lay Stoudemire and Shaq's average shot distance end-to-end, that's roughly the distance you're getting with James.
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:41 pm to SlowFlowPro
11:41 brah, ain't reading all that
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:42 pm to SlowFlowPro
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hes the best player in the NBA.
But for the life of me, I don't understand what the frick he does sometimes in late game situations.
Hes the best player in the NBA.
But for the life of me, I don't understand what the frick he does sometimes in late game situations.
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:43 pm to SlowFlowPro
It's cool to hate on him didn't you hear? Disregard everything he did.
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:44 pm to SlowFlowPro
The bron haters had full on erections when the Heat were down 5 with 30 seconds left.
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:45 pm to SlowFlowPro
So good it's absurd
Just on the shooting pct numbers
Never mind the fact that he is a beast on the boards, one of the best defenders in the game and racks up assists like he is a PG no matter what position he is asked to play.
Just on the shooting pct numbers
Never mind the fact that he is a beast on the boards, one of the best defenders in the game and racks up assists like he is a PG no matter what position he is asked to play.
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:46 pm to Palm Beach Tiger
quote:They were so giddy they couldn't contain themselves
The bron haters had full on erections when the Heat were down 5 with 30 seconds left.
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:46 pm to Palm Beach Tiger
and while he was baffling at the very end of the game, this is kind of a good time to bring up the peception bias. people developed supreme amnesia about everything he did over 10 minutes in the 4th due to a few things in the last 2 minutes
say what you will, but they wouldn't have been in that position to even try to win but-for lebron going superman
say what you will, but they wouldn't have been in that position to even try to win but-for lebron going superman
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:48 pm to Powerman
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Just on the shooting pct numbers
this article was released right after melo got 1 MVP vote, so that point about FG% becomes a much bigger middle finger in context
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:49 pm to SlowFlowPro
I already forgot...because Ray Allen just saved his career
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:50 pm to boXerrumble
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But for the life of me, I don't understand what the frick he does sometimes in late game situations.
The bigger issue tonight was him missing some gimmies during the game.
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:51 pm to Ford Frenzy
ray allen and leonard just showed why wins are a team stat
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:51 pm to Ford Frenzy
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I already forgot...because Ray Allen just saved his career
I'll say this about Ray. He may be getting old, but if I could have hand picked one guy to take that shot, probably in the history of Basketball, it would have been Ray Allen taking it. lol
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:53 pm to GatorsGators
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cliff notes?
in lebron's worst 10 games this year, he was blake griffin
lebron's FG% was out of this world
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:53 pm to SlowFlowPro
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ray allen and leonard just showed why wins are a team stat
this is beyond stupid
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:54 pm to GatorsGators
If ray missed that shot...LeBron is awful in the clutch and the heat probably dismantle..now, not so much
Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:55 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:Ouch. Thought LeBron was better than that. All Griffin does is dunk. He's no star.
in lebron's worst 10 games this year, he was blake griffin
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