LeBron was literally shooting bad percentages through the first 4 games or so with BORIS DIAW guarding him and being dared to shoot. Take out his garbage time stats through the first 4 and he was pretty pathetic. MJ would never let the Spurs get away with BORIS DIAW guarding him for multiple games.
I'd like to see the percentages that say LeBron is a better mid-range shooter than Jordan over the first 10 years of their careers I'll be waiting
MJ had a 104 offensive rating, 96 in 2012 standards, through the first six games of the NYK 1992 series. LeBron would never get away with that kind of chokejob. MJ's series against the Pistons were pathetic back when he was losing in his prime, and he never got as hot as James. Overall the body of individual metrics is what I look at.
1) 2013 LeBron is a better jumpshooter than Durant per attempt, maybe you should stop talking. 2) Cleveland LeBron was athletic, not a jumpshooter. LeBron will pound you back then.
The NYK, a superior defensive team that played physical as hell when you could do so. LeBron was struggling when being DARED TO SHOOT. LEFT OPEN. BORIS DIAW.
Miami LeBron is who I was referring to. Cleveland LeBron is just an athletic freak, I report news not change it.
Wow you are so uneducated. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAS/2013.html http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/1992.html No buddy, actually THIS ERA, is better defensively. The Knicks dared MJ to drive to the basket/shoot and he couldn't. The Pacers are the #1 defense in the NBA, in a better defensive era, your point is moot. The Spurs are easily better just with their normal team defense, not counting five guys in the paint.
Kevin Durant shot a better percentage from 3-10ft, 10-16ft. 3PT% they were essentially tied, although Durant was technically better. LeBron was better from at the rim and 16-3pt. How was LeBron a better jumpshooter again last year again? Because he shot a whole 1% better in the 16-3pt range, while Durant beat him in the other areas not under the basket?
IIRC, LeBron tends to be the superior long two-point jumpshooter. http://www.82games.com/1213/12MIA9.HTM http://www.82games.com/1213/12OKC10.HTM#pstats
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jamesle01/shooting/2013/ http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/duranke01/shooting/2013/
So Jordan could much more easily get to the paint, but didn't. "THAT FACT CANNOT BE IGNORED!". /callback
" 1) 2013 LeBron is a better jumpshooter than Durant per attempt, maybe you should stop talking." Obviously not
So Jordan is that unathletic? Face it either LeBron outplayed Jordan with Jumpers, or Jordan played worse the first six games in a weak era. 1) Worse overall team D 2) Zone was Illegal defense back in the 90's Means what? You've got shit and egg on your face.
Your argument is ignorant of opponent strength, it doesn't make sense because Jordan is not Dirk or Durant either. Durant MIGHT be better on jumpshots per attempt, it depends if he plays soft defenses. The fact that it is an argument is total pwnage for me.
How does that make Jordan not athletic? LeBron was left wide open and given all the space in the world to shoot and struggled. This fact cannot be ignored. The fact he struggled multiple games doing this, with Boris Diaw guarding him, is sad.
