By priceftw (cavs forum ) Lebron's 2016 defense was his best ever

[Mr Feeny]

This was written by a Cavs fan called priceftw on the Cavs forum.
He suggested and proved statistically that Lebron's 2016 playoff and especially finals run was probably his best ever run. Heck, it might have been a top 3-5 defensive performance in nba playoff history by an individual:

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I just wanted to reiterate how great LeBron was on the defensive end this last season and in the playoffs especially. This wasn't a very good defensive team that he had to hold together. Look at his numbers compared to Draymond's and Kawhi's who played on much, much better defensive teams. Also, when you look at James's Finals numbers, keep in mind that his RPM numbers went up dramatically over that. He was essentially playing like a +9 player on offense (peak regular season Jordan) and a +6 or +7 on defense (better than peak Pippen on defense). He had to play at a super human level that likely no player has ever played at for the Cavs to win the title,

ISO defense

LeBron: .59 points per possession (PPP), 93rd percentile
Draymond: .68, 85th percentile
Kawhi: .69 PPP, 83rd percentile

Pick and roll ball handler

Kawhi: .65 PPP, 90th percentile
LeBron: .66 PPP, 88th percentile
Draymond: .88, 27th percentile

Pick and roll roll man

Kawhi: .50 PPP, 98th percentile
LeBron: .70 PPP, 84th percentile
Draymond: .77 PPP, 75th percentile

Post defense

Draymond: .65 PPP, 89th percentile
LeBron: .77 PPP, 73rd percentile
Kawhi: .77 PPP, 71st percentile (numbers are rounded so James might have been at .772 and Kawhi at .768 or something)

Spot up defense

LeBron: .80 PPP, 87th percentile
Kawhi: .88 PPP, 75th percentile
Draymond: .91 PPP, 66th percentile

Off screens defense

Draymond: .45 PPP, 98th percentile
LeBron: .74PPP, 85th percentile
Kawhi: 1.05 PPP, 31st percentile

Hand offs defense

LeBron: .49 97th percentile
Kawhi: .72 PPP, 78th percentile
Draymond: .91 PPP, 43rd percentile

No data available for transition defense, defense on cuts, and defense on offensive rebound out backs. In his thirteenth season playing on a team that's otherwise not that good defensively, James quietly out together a great, great defensive season because he had to since his team really had maybe three other plus defenders. Unlike Kawhi and Draymond who were subpar in some categories, James was at worst in the 73rd percentile.

Green:

Overall: 39.4 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 45.5%, -6.1%
Threes: 29.4 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 34.6%, -5.1%
Twos: 42.9 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 49.2%, -6.3%
<6ft: 51.9 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 60.6%, -8.7%

Kawhi

Overall: 39.2 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 44.8%, -5.6%
Threes: 33.7 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 34.9, -1.2%
Twos: 41.7 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 48.8%, -7.2%
<6ft: 53.5 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 60.5%, -7.0%

LeBron:

Overall: 37.4 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 44.7%, -7.3%
Threes: 32.1 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 34.6%, -2.6%
Twos: 40.8 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 49.0%, -8.2%
<6ft: 48.6 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 59.9%, -11.3%

LeBron In the playoffs was ridiculous:

Overall: 31.9 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 45.9%, -14.0%
Threes: 24.1 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 36.7%, -12. 6%
Twos: 36.6 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 50.5%, -13.9%
<6ft: 37.9 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 61.3%, -23.5%

LeBron In the finals was utterly ridiculous:

Overall: 31.6 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 47.9%, -16.3%
Threes: 29.0 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 39.6%, -10.6%
Twos: 33.3 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 53.6%, -20.3%
<6ft: 38.5 DFG%, opponents usually shoot 63.6%, -25.1%
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Looking at these numbers, I'm almost stunned. Those are prime Hakeem numbers while putting up a 30 point triple double. It puts in context just how Godly lebron was during last year's finals. Those are staggering.

[Hoopz2332]

[Gileraracer]

(cavs forum ) -> stopped reading after that cause Lebron stans are usually retarded. If there's no stat that makes Lebron look great they usually make one up.

[J Shuttlesworth]

Holy shit

[Trollsmasher]

we have been making similar arguments with I'm Still Ballin

definitely the goat run on the D by a perimeter player and TOP 5 overall

[Nash]

leBeautiful is 2nd GOAT