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bruno sundov wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
You have gone from being lazy at work to thinking about other men naked!!LOL. Just kidding. The guys is a machine. I don't know how else to put it.
He isn't D howard all chest and arms. LBJ would have been or was a nasty football player. Maybe a QB or running back.
MyInsatiableOne wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Umm, no!
And also, if God made LeBron to be perfect, wouldn't be be a MUCH better defender??
GuyClinch wrote:Lebron is a bit too stocky - I think the perfect baller has a body like Jordan or Kobe. Those guys have better quickness.
GuyClinch wrote:Where the leaner looking player has the advantage is on defense. They can change direction better then a stocky player as they have less mass to move in another direction.
That's why MJ was so dominant on defense.. Long, lanky and super quick.. Much like a taller version of Rondo or a smaller version of Garnett.
Pete
However, you are once again only looking at one aspect of D and failing to consider everything. If you are an offensive player who may not have quickness advantage, but have a size advantage, you can just post the defender up and back him down all day, all night. When Jordan tried to guard Magic, Magic posted him up and torched him. It wasn't until Pippen, who is bigger and stronger than Jordan, checked Magic, Jordan was able to take over and win their first championship.
canman1971 wrote:Until he can hit his FTs at a higher rate, he won't be the best. No reason for a guy with his talent to not hit at least 80% from the stripe.
ermocrate wrote:Please! LeBron is NOT quick as a 6'4/6'5 guard, stop telling jokes... Plus he has a questionable ballhandling, nothing bad in that, at 23 is the second/third/forth best player in the NBA, he's going to dominate and define an era if he can develop 2-3 holes he has in his game.
tombattor wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Do you have a brain? Where did you read 6'4/6'5 guard from "any player 6'6" and taller?" And he is faster than all SFs and most big SGs. Yes, Iverson and Parker are faster, if you wanna go there, but then I seriously would have to question your intelligence.
Do you have any idea what makes Lebron so good? #1 reason is his ball handling. At his size no other player has the handle to be able to get to places they want, the way Lebron can. Have you ever heard of analysts say about Paul how he can get anywhere on the court? That's ballhandling.
For me the better qualities he got are court vision, speed, enormous mass of muscle, height and intangibles. Ballhandling, post game and shoot are his flaws. If he wouldn't have been allowed to use is body to pass trough defenders he wouldn't have been effective at all, the reality is that you don't need to put a 6'6" or taller defender to defend him, you need a quick player that can put his body between him and the basket so the only thing he can do is charge, shoot over his head or take him in the low post, things he's not so good at.tombattor wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Do you have a brain? Where did you read 6'4/6'5 guard from "any player 6'6" and taller?" And he is faster than all SFs and most big SGs. Yes, Iverson and Parker are faster, if you wanna go there, but then I seriously would have to question your intelligence.
Do you have any idea what makes Lebron so good? #1 reason is his ball handling. At his size no other player has the handle to be able to get to places they want, the way Lebron can. Have you ever heard of analysts say about Paul how he can get anywhere on the court? That's ballhandling.
