Chosen01 wrote:So basically I should just disregard stats and use the eye test. Ok.
Even then you change "LeBron James not being as effective as 09 as is he now" to "him not being as better in the clutch".You then go on to post LeBron torching the Bulls in the clutch in the last playoffs.
LeBron is more effective this season, he may not be as athletic due to gaining weight but he's still the top player.
Okay maybe I misspoke. What I'm trying to say is that the way he is playing right now is more effective up until the fourth quarter. But when the defenses tighten up, his scoring ability is diminished, while in Cleveland it was the opposite, when the defenses tightened up, he was the one guy you could look for to score. If he maintains confidence in his jumper, as he did against us and Chicago in the playoffs, he can still remain absolutely deadly, but so far this season, I haven't seen that from him in close games. He just becomes passive. The games that weren't close, Indiana, NJ, Dallas, etc. he came out aggressive, looking to shoot. But the games that got tight at the end, such as last night, against Atlanta and the first game against the Bobcats, that wasn't the case.
My argument from there is that because of this reduced effectiveness in the clutch his overall effectiveness is not what it was in Cleveland. If you read the OP, I argued that the reason he was so impactful in Cleveland in the first place was because his value was disproportionately released in crunch time. This hasn't consistently been the case in Miami.