LeBron James Rattles the Rim with the One-Handed Jam

[JohnMax]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw33W1qNTTw

[OldSchoolBBall]

lol that lane can't get any emptier. I could have finished that play. B..b..but defenses are more advanced today!

[RRR3]

Are we supposed to be impressed by that?

[Lebron23]

Flight 23 in the building. People are afraid to challenge Lebron cause they don't want to get posterize.

[Trollsmasher]

good thread, I can this one going to 15 pages

[RoundMoundOfReb]

lol that lane can't get any emptier. I could have finished that play. B..b..but defenses are more advanced today!

They are. Breakdowns happen. It's like saying modern NFL defenses aren't more advanced because sometimes a guy gets wide open.

[yarrak]

lol that lane can't get any emptier. I could have finished that play. B..b..but defenses are more advanced today!

The lane is empty because no one wants to **** with Lebron. If it was you Marc Gasol woulda stepped up and blocked the shit outta you.

[Beastmode88]

This era's defense.

[CavaliersFTW]

They are. Breakdowns happen. It's like saying modern NFL defenses aren't more advanced because sometimes a guy gets wide open.

Guys get "wide open" more often today than they used too though. Why do you think field goal percentage has gone up but number of shots taken has gone down? Players have more time and freedom to pick and choose which shots they take because there is less defensive pressure on them. When there is less pressure, players tend to take their time to look for the more accurate/open shots. The NBA actually explicitly predicted this would happen after they got rid of hand checking, it was their objective to make the game this way.

[kamil]

Meh. Pretty regular dunk for an open lane like that.

[Lebron23]

The lane is empty because no one wants to **** with Lebron. If it was you Marc Gasol woulda stepped up and blocked the shit outta you.

This

look at the big guys who challenged LeBron's dunk (Mourning, Duncan, Garnett, Ibaka, Udoh, Wallace and O'Neal)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAUQBGFwqJs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPmJM5-HSi0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLRLM5mQKHQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOuGboGrxME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjmbeR0tSpU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwlViJw4UKw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCLhfm8nw9E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtfmnJR-ddc

[jzek]

Brb. Gonna fap to that...

[Lebron23]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcIwLQD-igQ

Gortat just move of the way.

Here's a 22 yrs.old Lebron dunking on Diop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP4w1-m3sTE

[plowking]

Guys get "wide open" more often today than they used too though. Why do you think field goal percentage has gone up but number of shots taken has gone down? Players have more time and freedom to pick and choose which shots they take because there is less defensive pressure on them. When there is less pressure, players tend to take their time to look for the more accurate/open shots. The NBA actually explicitly predicted this would happen after they got rid of hand checking, it was their objective to make the game this way.

It is as if you take logic, and completely disregarded it with this post.

Teams are taking longer because it is easier to score?
If it is easier to score, and easier to find better shots, you would do it at a quicker pace.

The handchecking rule was put in because it was already getting easier to score? That isn't how it works.
When something in a system or product becomes bolstered down or is struggling, you alleviate elsewhere to return it as a whole to the original state. Hence defenses were becoming too advanced, had too many advantages, hence it was time to take away some of them due to the progress they had made on a tactical level.

Even now, with rule changes, it is harder to score, and offenses are having to slow down, take their time, and find the right shot just to put up a comparable FG%.

[Heavincent]

lol that lane can't get any emptier. I could have finished that play. B..b..but defenses are more advanced today!

So one defensive breakdown is representative of today's era I guess.

Gotta love when people use ONE play to push their agenda