Last year, he surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with a fadeaway jumper to become the league’s all-time scoring leader. Today, in the game against the Golden Nuggets, he set an unprecedented 40,000-point milestone in NBA history. LeBron may be gifted, but continuous evolution is the key to his extraordinary achievements.
He has been a highly anticipated superstar since high school.LeBron James appeared on the cover of “Sports Illustrated” at the age of 17. The headline read: “The Chosen One.”It is predicted that he will cause a whirlwind in the league.
At that time, Michael Jordan retired, and the NBA in the post-Jordan era needed a new appearance, so LeBron was expected to take over the torch. And he lived up to expectations. Last year, he surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and became the league’s all-time scoring leader with a fadeaway jumper. Today, in the game against the Golden Nuggets, he set an unprecedented 40,000-point milestone in NBA history. LeBron may be gifted, but continuous evolution is the key to his extraordinary achievements.
Monster level physical fitness, all-round finishing ability Create an unbeatable tank cut
With a tall body of 6 feet 9 inches (approximately 206 cm), a strong body of 250 pounds (approximately 113 kg) and a wingspan of 7 feet (approximately 213 cm), coupled with extraordinary physical fitness and outstanding athletic ability, LeBron’s innate conditions can be said to be that he was born to be a basketball player.
Similar to most physical monsters with natural supernatural powers, LeBron’s offensive methods at the beginning of his career were relatively monotonous, and he mainly relied on excellent physical conditions to dominate the world. He has a strong body, speed, explosive power, and can maintain a good balance of shots after confrontation, allowing him to easily use “tank cuts” to crush the penalty area. In his rookie year, he averaged 9.5 points per game in the penalty area.Ranked 11th in the league. Except for Dwyane Wade, the others ahead of him include Shaquille O’Neal and Amar’e Stoudemire, all of whom are big men.。
Cutting is basically LeBron’s most relied upon scoring weapon in the early stages of his career. Before he announced his move to the Heat through ESPN’s nationally broadcast special program “The Decision”,In the first seven seasons of his career with the Cavaliers, he shot only 32.9% from three-point range, and his scoring in the penalty area accounted for 81.7% of his total points.. The 2007-08 season when LeBron won his first career league scoring title was even more exaggerated.Not only does the number of shots in the penalty area lead the league, but more than half of the goals are concentrated in the paint area.it is not an exaggeration to describe his scoring pattern as “partial eclipse”.
The reason why LeBron’s breakthrough is unmatched is not only because of his amazing physical condition, but also his all-round finishing ability which gives him a great advantage. Somewhat surprisingly,Although he is right-handed on the court, he is actually left-handed.In daily life, including writing and eating, he uses his left hand. He once said in an interview,Shooting with the right hand is based on worship of idol Michael Jordan. Because he is born left-handed, but he deliberately shoots with his right hand, when he gets to the basket, he can decide whether to finish with his left hand or right hand, depending on the defender’s position.
In addition to LeBron’s excellent personal abilities, the use of pick-and-rolls also makes his cutting and destructive power even higher. When he is executing a pick-and-roll, if the opponent chooses to switch defense, compared with the opponent’s long man, his height and tonnage are not at a significant disadvantage. On the contrary, in terms of mobility, LeBron has an extremely obvious advantage, especially on the wing. His excellent confrontational nature allows him to forcefully deflect the opponent’s long shot.
Even after he continued to develop new offensive weapons, attacking the penalty area was still his most reliable way to score. Including this season,In 18 of his 21 seasons in his career, his shooting percentage at the basket was above 70%.. In the penalty area scoring rankings, he ranked among the top five in the league for 13 seasons, including taking the top spot three times.Even his career total points in the penalty area are enough to put him in the top 100 in NBA history.。
Although his shooting range was limited in the early stages of his career, LeBron has averaged 20 points per game since his rookie year. One of the reasons is that he can always effectively seize the simplest scoring opportunities on the basketball court. As a rookie, LeBron ranked sixth in points per game using opponents’ turnovers and ranked second in fast break points per game. Since then, LeBron has averaged points in points per game using opponents’ turnovers for 19 consecutive years, almost all of which are among the top ten in the league. The average fast break score is always ranked in the top five.
Mid-range and low-post attacks are even more powerful. The offensive efficiency in his heyday was unmatched by anyone.
In the NBA in the early 2000s, not only was the offensive and defensive rhythm relatively slow, but mid-range shots were also more frequent. LeBron’s rookie season,All teams in the league average more than 20 mid-range shots per game.this season, nearly half of the teams averaged less than double figures in mid-range shots per game.
Perhaps due to the general environment, LeBron took 551 mid-range jumpers during his rookie season, which was actually more than the 515 shots at the basket. However, his mid-range shooting percentage that season was only 33.2%.Ranked eighth from bottom among 126 players with at least 200 mid-range attempts during the season;hisThe three-point shooting percentage was only 29.0%, ranking third from the bottom among the 74 players who made at least 200 three-pointers in the season.. From the current data point of view, his shot selection efficiency is low.
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2024-03-03 09:49:00
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