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    Default Re: What did I miss? Looks like Jordan fam slayed Lebron Fam?

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    [COLOR="Blue"]Top 5 indictments on Lebron's game and reasons he isn't Top 15 all-time[/COLOR]


    [COLOR="Blue"]1) Lebron isn't capable of good efficiency at high shot volume[/COLOR]

    The 27 shots per game that Lebron took in 2015 playoffs can't be achieved on all 3-and-D.. But unfortunately, Lebron is poor at the additional midrange and 1-on-1 required of high volume shooting - this is statistical fact - since he can't shoot well at high volume, he doesn't require/command a double team.. No other top 15 player has these horrible indictments on their game.


    [color="blue"]2) Lebron's poor midrange and 1-on-1 ability means he wouldn't be as good in the 80's[/color]

    Lebron's poor 1-on-1 and midrange efficiency also prevents him from being as good in the 80's, when these were the primary options remaining in the absence of the 3-pointers necessary to make screen-roll/drive-and-kick mathematically worthwhile (driving and kicking for 2-pointers isn't worthwhile by comparison).. Without teammates spreading the floor with threes to make drive-and-kick the force it is today, Lebron would have to score a much higher proportion via 1-on-1 and mid-range like everyone else in the 80's - since his efficiency in very poor in these areas, we know for a fact he would be a lesser player back then.


    [color="blue"]3) Lebron's low-assisted play reduces teammates' assist opportunities and doesn't positively impact his team's assist frequency[/color]

    Starting fives normally have only 1 ball-dominant, low-assisted player that teammates rarely throw assists to - the point guard - but Lebron's point guard style from the forward position adds a 2nd low-assisted player that teammates can't throw assists to, which lowers the assist capacity of the team - not surprisingly, Lebron's presence didn't improve the assist frequency of his Heat and Cavs teams.. Otoh, MJ was a highly-assisted, off-ball player, so his presence significantly increased the assist frequency of the Bulls' teams, as the data linked above shows.


    [color="blue"]4) Lebron's presence as an extra point guard results in a concentration of playmaking responsibilities among the 2 point guards, which reduces the APG of the remaining teammates and prevents more optimal, equal-opportunity offenses[/color]

    The APG and assist % of teammates crater alongside Lebron, while their assisted rate increases - this proves Lebron's presence as an extra point guard turns teammates from playmakers into play-finishers, thus preventing the kind of equal-opportunity offenses that the Mavs, Spurs, Warriors, and 90's Bulls used, where all 5 guys share the playmaking duties - since Lebron prevents an equitable, optimal brand of basketball, his teams are susceptible to equal or less-talented opponents pulling upsets by playing a more equitable/better brand of basketball (2009, 2011, 2014).


    [color="blue"]5) Lebron achieves his stats at the expense of teammates and by employing a stat-friendly, losing style[/color]

    The fact that Lebron usually leads a top 5 offense is not noteworthy.. Nash, Kevin Johnson, Karl Malone and many other players have led top 5 offenses as well.. It means nothing.. Otoh, Lebron's stats lack integrity because he achieves them at the expense of teammates - as previously shown, it's a statistical fact that Lebron significantly lowers the PPG and APG of teammates... With Lebron's production preventing teammates from playing to capacity (lower ppg, apg), the TEAM can't play to capacity and underperforms (2009, 2011, 2014).. His stat accumulation is also helped by employing a stat-friendly, easily-solvable, playground style, rather than getting his stats within a more equal-opportunity offense that can win.
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    Default Re: What did I miss? Looks like Jordan fam slayed Lebron Fam?

    Seriously keep everything regarding Lebron stans and Kobe stans in this kind of thread stop creating different threads on the same subject otherwise they will be closed

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