E-Balla wrote:Forbes wrote:Eh I disagree with the premise.
Either
Lebron shoots a wide open 3 as a 41% shooter after already hitting a couple 3s already
Or
Drive into the crowded paint with 3 nuggets players literally right there after a long game of trying to keep Denver from catching up
The choice is obvious
Lebron is 44% on wide open 3s this year and it's his career high. At best he's under 50% on that look, no way in hell is that an obvious choice with nobody in position to rebound you're more likely to miss (which he did) than to not miss.
And there were 3 players in the paint, two would've had to come off of an Anthony Davis screen to contest (AD gets an easy chance at a putback) not to mention those two players were Nikola Jokic and Aaron Gordon, and the third player was Jamal Murray, a player with 1 charge drawn all year at the bottom of the key. That drive is either a contested layup (a shot more likely to go in or get rebounded) or a foul.
This is what I mean, before Curry nobody would contest the idea that Lebron made a poor decision there.
This has nothing to do with Curry.
Lebron is best known for making the “right decision” in these situations. I normally torch him for driving and kicking and leaving the win in the hands of others.
Your answer is based on a bunch of what ifs. A contested lay up or a foul. Lebron watched DLO get slap in face and the call get overturned.
No guarantees the refs call a foul.
Even with 1 charge all year there’s no guarantee that Murray doesn’t draw a charge
Theres no guarantee that Gordon doesn’t make a great defensive stop
No guarantee a teammate gets the rebound if he misses a layup, especially AD who was invisible all quarter.
It becomes a game of percentages. You have these 4 variables that are totally out of Lebrons control.
The one thing Lebron knows FOR SURE… he shoots 40+% from 3 and his WIDE open. Thats the only option Lebron had slight control with no interference.
So yes a wide open 3 is the very obvious option. Anything else is just chatter.