Do people still believe LeBron's defense is overrated?

[j3lademaster]

What Lebron did to Tony Parker and Derrick Rose in the playoffs is the same exact thing Phil made kobe do against westbrook and Rondo in the 2010 playoffs. He put a big guard on these smaller players and dared them to shoot having kobe only shade the painted area.. The space they were accustomed to scoring from the most. Once their easy option was taken away it messed with their games.

Do you realize you're comparing Last year's Tony Parker and MVP Rose to Rondo and 20 year old Westbrook as scorers?

[Gwin631]

Lebron's defense is great and no one is questioning it. It becomes overrated when some fans claim he is DPOY or one of the best defenders All-time, now thats an exaggeration

What concerns Parker, LBJ no doubt did a good job on him, but lets keep it in the perspective - Parker wasnt 100% healthy, and Lebron is like 6 inches taller. If LBJ wouldnt have done great job on him in these circumstances, he would be pretty crappy defender

But that's the point, LeBron is 6 inches taller yet he still is as fast as Parker, 6'8 guys shouldn't do that

[Greg Oden 50]

Shut down Tony Parker 2 straight games.

He has more impact on defense than a peak Jordan, yes I said it.

Do people still believe LeBron's defense is overrated?

YES....I'm here

DUN COMPARE LEFLOP TO JORDAN..........NOT EVEN CLOSE,MJ IS 10 TIMES BETTER HAN LEFLOP EVER BEEN,LEBROn IS SO GD BECOS HE PLAY IN A ERA WITH NO BIG MAN

[Greg Oden 50]

But that's the point, LeBron is 6 inches taller yet he still is as fast as Parker, 6'8 guys shouldn't do that

AS FAST AS AN INJIRED PARKER

[Gwin631]

No, as fast as an uninjured Parker, especially late in the series, anyways, he also have lockdown D rose in 2011 and slowed KD in 2012, so if you are not convinced go back to those playoff games and check them out...

Please Greg Oden, no need to hate, just �� LeBron, and life will get better!

[tpols]

Do you realize you're comparing Last year's Tony Parker and MVP Rose to Rondo and 20 year old Westbrook as scorers?

Look up mvp Derrick roses shooting in the rounds before Lebron saw him. His efficiency dipped like crazy in the playoffs before the Bulls even played Miami. And the difference between Parker and westbrook/Rondo isn't all that much for the respective years were talking about.

Westbrook was 20 years old... But he was still absolutely torching LA before the switch was made. Westbrook biggest strength was and still is his scoring. Similarly Rondo was shitting on the Cavs and other eastern teams with his slashing and finishing. People forget I guess.. But there was a while where nobody could stop Rondo from two stepping his way into the paint and finishing with English over and over.

2010 Rondo and 2013 Parker are very similar impact players and they're both elite finishers slashers who don't prefer to shoot the ball from range. The comparison is perfectly fine