<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">In addition to the frustrations of a three-game losing streak, James is concerned about how the games are being called. "I feel like I've been more aggressive in the last three games than I have been in my whole career and I'm still not getting the respect that I think I deserve," James told the Akron Beacon Journal. "It has been going on for so long, it's frustrating." Despite ranking seventh in the league in scoring at 25.3 points per game, James ranks only 15th in free throws attempted at 7.3 per game. Players such as Dwyane Wade and Corey Maggette have been going to the line more often. One explanation for the discrepancy: James' strength and effortless play. "When he creates the contact, they're going to give him the foul," coach Paul Silas told the paper. "When he tries to avoid contact he might get clipped, but they're not going to give him that. He's learning."</div> Source
He's playing exceptionally well and he may be the next big thing, but he's has not yet reached Kobe and Iverson elite status in which the refs will give him those calls. Maybe a couple more years LeBron you may get those calls, but for now you have to recieve the same treatment as all the other sophmores no matter how good you are.
Lebron already gets his many calls, and why would he use Wade as an example, Wade is in his second year too, the refs won't give him more respect than LJ, especially since he doesn't have as much hype as LJ does. Wade drives a lot more than Lebron, so does Maggette, and Kobe knows how to draw fouls, he doesn't just draw fouls from driving, he draws fouls using pumpfakes etc, and on post up iso's, so I don't think he should compare hismelf to Kobe in that area. Lebron doesn't know how to initiate contact as well as the rest of the guys. They drive, and they know how to get their body into people, and control their body so they can draw fouls. Also with no calls, everyone get's that, Kobe and Iverson won't as much, but I've seen Maggette, Wade etc get many no calls, and get knocked to the ground and not get calls. I don't see a need for complaint.
cuz because he is ussually bigger or stronger than the guys gaurding him he wont get too many calls...
