LeBron first player to shoot 64%+ in a month since...

[coin24]

repped. a fine example of a very selective statistic

[Poetry]

a fine example of a very selective statistic

.668 FG%

[comerb]

um.. without the super stacked team, all his stats will drop. he's going to get double teamed all game long, you think he'll still be this effective? he's going to shoot around 40%, grab only around 3-4 rebounds because there are bodies on him, and he's only going to get around 3-4 assists because there is no wade or bosh or ray allen to pass to.

without his super stacked team:
25 points 4 rebounds 4 assists 40%
still great though.

You do know he played on the Cavs for 7 years, right? You know, that team where his #2 guy was Mo Williams... and that lost 26 straight and went 19-63 after Lebron left.

He averaged 29.7p 8.6a & 7.3r on .503 in his last year.

[chips93]

.668 FG%

not enough FGA, but a fantastic month nonetheless.

[#number6ix#]

That's why he's the KING!!!!

[KOBE143]

What is this first player selective stats bullshit crap?

Kobe was the first player to score 80+pts while shooting more than 60% from the field since Wilt Chamberlain weak era.. See.. I can also make my own, pretty easily..

[Fatstogey]

Seriously? With a name of 1987 I thought you would have seen more impressive. Besides the shooting percentage I am sure there have been guys who have averaged close to triple double averages for a month or who have averaged 40ppg a month with really good reb/ast numbers. MJ in 88 possibly?

Um... FG%? I could make 40ppg taking 40 shots no prob. You cant just ignore how many shots are taken. Lebron could average 50 ppg if he wanted. But he wants to win teh finals. And he gets his teammates involved.


In MJs day people had no problem riding his coattails and jus twatching him play. During this age everyone is good and wants the ball. Lebron cant just take 30 shots a game like MJ.

[OldSchoolBBall]

I've never seen a player dominate a month like LeBron dominated February.


13 Games - 29.7 PPG | 7.5 RPG | 7.8 APG | 64 FG% | 1.8 SPG | .6 BPG

Jordan 3/1/90-4/1/90: 37.1 pts/7.9 reb/6.0 ast/3.8 stl/.9 blk/56% FG/33.1 GameScore

Jordan 3/1/89-4/1/89 - 28.5 pts/8.7/11.2 ast/51% FG/26.6 GameScore

By comparison, Lebron in February has a 28.2 GameScore average. And this is if we just look at months exclusively rather than any 30-day span, in which case Jordan had month-long stretches like these:

32.7 pts/9.9 reb/10.7 ast/2.5 stl/.8 blk/51% FG/30.5 GameScore

38.1 pts/7.7 reb/5.8 ast/3.6 stl/1.0 blk/56% FG/33.7 GameScore

PLAYOFFS - 38.4 pts/7.4 reb/6.8 ast/3.2 stl/.9 blk/52% FG/30.6 GameScore

PLAYOFFS, 3 Weeks - 37.5 pts/7.8 reb/8.3 ast/2.7 stl/53% FG/31.4 GameScore


I'm sure guys like KAJ, Shaq, Bird, Magic, and Wilt have had similar/better months than Lebron too.

[Nash]

Mo Williams
Kobe
Anthony Parker
Jamison
Illgauskas

How many rings? Would Kobe have had his 5 by now?

Jesus, people act as if Lebron did bad with those Cavs..

[SilkkTheShocker]

coin24 is legit butthurt right now

[Bandito]

Um... FG%? I could make 40ppg taking 40 shots no prob. You cant just ignore how many shots are taken. Lebron could average 50 ppg if he wanted. But he wants to win teh finals. And he gets his teammates involved.


In MJs day people had no problem riding his coattails and jus twatching him play. During this age everyone is good and wants the ball. Lebron cant just take 30 shots a game like MJ.

Let's be honest, Lebron lost 2 finals playing "his" way. Hes 1-3. Don't pretend like all Lebron does is win win win. MJ and even Kobe "selfishly" shots their teams to the championship 6 and 5 times respectively thanks to their "teams". They didn't do it by themselves.

[STATUTORY]

why does the thread title say "shoot" when he scores primarily with dunks and layups?

partial out all the fastbreak dunks and layups then tell me what his fg% is.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

why does the thread title say "shoot" when he scores primarily with dunks and layups?

partial out all the fastbreak dunks and layups then tell me what his fg% is.

A layup is worth just as many points as a jumper, you know? He's shooting 42.7% on shots more than 10 ft away for the season btw.

[Sarcastic]

I love how they always put caveats with Lebron. They always adjust minimum attempts to either include him, or exclude someone else.

[Dave3]

why does the thread title say "shoot" when he scores primarily with dunks and layups?

partial out all the fastbreak dunks and layups then tell me what his fg% is.

Sure. In February (the subject of this thread), on 3s it's 43%, on shots just inside the 3 (16-23) he shot 63% (yeah, that's not a typo...), and on 3-15 feet, he shot 68%.

Was that sufficient?