LeBron vs Pippen

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

I love Scottie, but I don't see him being able to stop Lebron. No single player is gonna stop him or even slow him down. It's always team defense that's gonna slow him. Lebron stopped paying attention to his main defender years ago. It's always the 4 other defenders that are ready and willing to leave their man to come over and double or triple team him once he gets past his primary defender. I guess haters will say otherwise. I'm just being honest and unbiased.

You're a Lebron fan though, so it's not really about being "unbiased".

[SamuraiSWISH]

If Pippen said that then he's overrating the hell out of Lebron. Aside from his passing I think Lebron's offensive game is tailor-made for Pippen to slow down. The quicker players with explosive first steps like Grant Hill and Penny used to give Pippen trouble but Lebron has an average first step at best which is why he needs a screen and a head of steam to beat most defenders. Pippen has also defended bigger players (Barkley, Webber, Larry Johnson, etc) with post games 3x better and more refined than Lebron's mediocre post game.

This

[SamuraiSWISH]

I find it very interesting that you call LeBron s subpar performance against the Bulls as a team effort (which is true to a degree) but then give James full credit for Derrick Rose performance in 2011. Even though that was a team effort.

And this ...

[kNicKz]

One on One Lebron is just way to big/strong/fast/quick/explosive accompanied with great ballhandling he will keep blowing by or overpowering anybody standing in the way.... Not one man on this planet or this planets history could contain Lebron one on one...

Alcatraz Lock Down

38 year old point guard

[Mr Exlax]

You're a Lebron fan though, so it's not really about being "unbiased".

I'm a fan of basketball there killer. If Lebron died tomorrow I'd still tune in. I guess it's my age or something. I appreciate his talents as well as any other player.

[SamuraiSWISH]

The thing about Lebron is aside from passing to a 3 point shooter he doesn't have creativity in his game to beat great team defense...especially if that jumper isn't falling. When the Bulls elected to stop doubling and let Jimmy Butler take him one on one he clearly had trouble scoring on Butler unless they screened him to death. And for the weight advantage Lebron had on Butler he still couldn't score on him in the post because Lebron really has no moves on the low block other than a fadeaway. And just about every time Butler crowded Lebron and forced him to go left it resulted in a bad miss.

And we know pauk won't address this

[Mr Exlax]

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38 year old point guard

Don't forget about Tyson Chandler on the other side waiting lol. They shut LBJ down though. That was one of the beet defensive schemes I had ever seen. they knew his weakness and pounced on it. That's some great coaching. Really smart they only did it in the 4th quarters where Spolestra didn't have time to adjust the offense and Lebron couldn't figure it out.

[OldSchoolBBall]

I like how Pauk is trying to spin 23 ppg/44% FG as "domination."

[SamuraiSWISH]

Don't forget about Tyson Chandler on the other side waiting lol.

Had nothing to do with it ...

He couldn't get past his man defender (Kidd, Marion, Stephenson)

[chosen_wun]

I like how Pauk is trying to spin 23 ppg/44% FG as "domination."

That guy is in over his head.

We all watched the games live and saw Lebron struggle. Pauk is wasting his time. He should at least wait the obligatory 2 years before spin doctoring a sports story.

[pauk]

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38 year old point guard

Yes... im sure Jason Kidd, JJ Barea and Jason Terrys individual one on one defense contained Lebron.... and not those other 4 guys Tyson Chandlers, Shawn Marions help/traps/double-triple teams waiting right next to/behind those poor fellas trying to guard Lebron one on one....

Zoom out from that picture and this is what you usually see:

[kNicKz]

Lebron got locked up by Jason Kidd on something serious

holy shit



Edit: he's posting screenshots from games against the Orlando Magic

Fail. thread is over kids

[Ne 1]

Alcatraz Lock Down

38 year old point guard

[pegasus]

I love it when pauk knows his talking shit out of his ass but can't stop typing.

[97 bulls]

I also feel its interesting that when offense is being compared to defense, the defense is downgraded to being a "team effort". The same rule applies to offense as well. Its very rare for an offensive player to go legitimately 1 v 1 against a single defender. The problem is we acknowledge that more often than not the defender recieves help, but fail to mention the help the offensive player gets. What about the picks? Spot up shooters? Which makes a player have to think twice about leaving his man. Then you must box out in an effort to keep the offense from getting an offensive rebound.

Both sides recieve plenty if support