Really glad to hear people say this changed their mind a bit, since that's exactly what happened to me as I went back through more and more games to make this video. Thanks for being openminded.

@Van_ax

5 жыл бұрын

Thinking Basketball I noticed that as soon as he said He’ll be going into playoff Mode his help defense and Rotations got better. what killed their playoff push was lack of a rim protector

@TheNamesDitto

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for enlightening people on what PROPER defense looks like. Too many people think they're defensive coaches.

@wswann34

5 жыл бұрын

Hating on LeBron gets you more clout on KZread, that's why every basketball KZreadr trash him

@Goldenboy48

5 жыл бұрын

Oh god this caping for lebron is pathetic.. Multiple ppl have exposed this guys bad defense an hes been doing it for years.. You think this few min video is gonna change that 😂.. Nice try

@Mektek19

5 жыл бұрын

You sound like the last Bron apologist left lol. Didn't you just cherry pick situations in which Bron played good defense and his teammates played bad defense lmao.

imagine if the clowns at ESPN could analyze plays on the this dude's level

@somethinggood7764

5 жыл бұрын

CaneCarder that will never happen, they’ve literally hired people that honestly don’t know sports

@xordus

5 жыл бұрын

dude, that's a really good point. why the fuck doesn't ESPN do videos like this? They have Kobe's Detail series and consider it a revelation, but it really shouldn't be. This should be the exact kind of content that they produce at least once a day.

@Simon-bx9py

5 жыл бұрын

The sad thing is that they could. But it’s easier and brings more attention if they just show a clip out of context and give a strong and shocking headline.

@briant4266

5 жыл бұрын

They hire bimbos in sexy outfits

@xordus

5 жыл бұрын

@Tripp’le H what does that have to do with anything? I didn't say they should plaster this content all over their channel, I said they should produce content like this.

Wow. That clip truly was taken out of context then

@7Roxer

5 жыл бұрын

Its pretty obvious that it was taken out of context

@samuelsmithmed214

5 жыл бұрын

Was that the viral clip you were thinking of though? I honestly never even saw this one before and thought he was going to talk about when Kuzma pushed Lebron to play defense on 43% 3-Pt shooter, Danilo Gallinari. Which clip was taken out of context again?

@mucktheduk

5 жыл бұрын

Yep and I didn't even know it till now. You'd want that guy attempting a clutch three every single time, daring him to shoot it is the correct defensive play

@freddyfontan476

5 жыл бұрын

ik right, i feel bad for ragging on him so hard. The media made it seem he played worse defense than 2015 Harden smh

@shiunhorngsaw3124

5 жыл бұрын

he was quite a top defender when in prime, so any decline will look very silly for him. Especially on challenge and block

Hes a good defender, great when actually engaged. used to be ELITE at all times though.

@elijahkuhl1835

5 жыл бұрын

Game seven of a series he is great

@toad7395

5 жыл бұрын

Cant ask a 34 year old man to keep playing as if hes in his prime

@ClampExpert

5 жыл бұрын

eXe Serudo Lebron might have another prime coming up tbh

@Jordan5s

5 жыл бұрын

eXe Serudo jordan and Kobe did it tho..

@hopac1

5 жыл бұрын

@@Jordan5s True, but Lebron has a lot more mileage on his body at this point in his career than Kobe and MJ. Dude's a machine but still only human.

I think that we have seen Lebron bossing the entire league for so long now, that when his performance dips slightly, everyone’s quick to get on his case, but when in actuality, his level of play is still above the nba average

@baka825

5 жыл бұрын

That is true however that's the same as pretty much all the top players, especially when you and so many people consider you one of the best ever to have played the game.

@allentheskywalker

5 жыл бұрын

dragonage200 Facts People were saying this was his worst year But because he didn’t make the playoffs and because of the AD trade debacle His 27.1 PPG 8RPG And 8APG State Line was ignored plus he averaged 1.3 steals Per Game

@j-real7233

5 жыл бұрын

Yep

@shaunwatson4477

5 жыл бұрын

@catonic faxx couldn't have said it better myself

@GreaterThanSolomon

5 жыл бұрын

Lakers were 7th in defense when he was out, he came back in 10th in defense

We need this guy on ESPN. He might do something other than just yell "blasphemy"

@ThinkingBasketball

5 жыл бұрын

Nice to see a familiar name. I do find it interesting that Andre came out and boldly proclaimed Giannis would kill it this year...and he did...yet not seeing more of him.

@ralx225b

5 жыл бұрын

@@ThinkingBasketball My favorite guy I been following over the years was Kirk Goldsberry back when he use to work for Bill Simmons. He later got hired by the Spurs and is now hired by ESPN. ESPN is slowly trying to include more basketball analysis, but remember it is ratings based and many analysis goes over the head of the everyday fan. Its cool to know basketball on a deep level just understand not everyone can go that deep and come out on the other side "alive."

@Calitravis

5 жыл бұрын

2 of ESPN's biggest names are basically gossip columnists / insult comics -- it's embarrassing to Sport

@gbeast0076

5 жыл бұрын

I literally heard this in Stephen A Smith's voice 😂

@burnaboy13

5 жыл бұрын

i swear i said the same skip definitely needs to see this video

LeBron is very good at calculating, I’ll give you that.

@mechanicalengineer8537

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he counts his limited contributions and discounts other's efforts. Absolutely calculated.

@MM-fw3wr

5 жыл бұрын

Samuel (Sam) Smith That was Kuzma’s Man And he never yelled out for LeBron to switch so instead he pushed him (Gallo was Kuzma’s man not LeBron so another cherry picking play)

@tacolover9768

5 жыл бұрын

Samuel (Sam) Smith oh yeah, that play where kuzma messed up?

@MM-fw3wr

5 жыл бұрын

Samuel (Sam) Smith That’s still on Kuzma; if Kuzma yelled out switch and had clear communication, the play would of been defended

@wswann34

5 жыл бұрын

@Samuel (Sam) Smith wrong, you must communicate because if they had your mentality then kuzma and LeBron would both run out to galli which is poor defensive awareness and leave the paint wide open. It's kuzma fault for the communicating but because he pushed LeBron, he was able to mask his mistake

Screw every sports media outlet there is This was broken down perfectly 🙏🏽💯

@MistahUnknown

5 жыл бұрын

@Tripp’le H It seems like you'd be interested in a Part 2 to this video since you didn't understand a word the KZreadr was saying

@2kolbe010

5 жыл бұрын

Tripp’le H so... lebron is going into his 17th career and the tole on his body from being the main guy 90% of the time doesn’t effect his overall mileage. Lebron is conserving his energy... he isn’t 25-30 years old anymore

The most scrutinized athlete of all time

@TerrorSS

5 жыл бұрын

Slim Weeper you misspelled Westbrook

@NNK1224

5 жыл бұрын

He's an easy target. Same reason why people hate popular things

@anibaljkn2

5 жыл бұрын

thats kobe

@devinotero1798

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao kobe gets hate for literally no reason

@C.is.for.Classified

5 жыл бұрын

Ali did time for refusing to fight in Vietnam. Had his title stripped. Threw his gold medal in the river. Has been credited for helping popularize rap with his performances in and out of the ring. Considered by many to be the most important athlete in the last 100 years. Lequit who?

The fact that he's still a positive on defense at his size and age while carrying such a heavy offensive load really is extraordinary

@harkless3166

5 жыл бұрын

Positive might be a bit of a stretch.

@jonniecandito181

5 жыл бұрын

Being tall is an advantage as you age and Jordan was DPOY at the same age lmao. I've never seen the standards lowered as much as they have been for Lebron this past year. Nothing extraordinary about this, even the conclusion in the video is he's near the middle.

@liams.3479

5 жыл бұрын

@@jonniecandito181 Jordan didn't make anyone better statistically he was less efficient on offense he averaged 6 more shots and only scored 3 more points... lol LBJ is spectacular he also averages way more assists than Jordan who during his winning years allway had a solid team unlike LBJ#23 GOAT

@imworthy6558

5 жыл бұрын

@@harkless3166 might not be

@jonniecandito181

5 жыл бұрын

@@liams.3479 Jordan was not clearly statistically less efficient. It's debatable. Jordan has a higher PER while Lebron has a higher true shooting percentage. Lebron has more assists and is a better passer, but Jordan has less turnovers. It's close offensively, I think Lebron is genuinely better prime for prime, but Jordan's career defense is miles above Lebron. Even Lebron's peak defense wasn't DPOY level and more of a wandering chasedown blocker than lock down laterally quick player.

Skip Bayless made me think he was the worst.. It's amazing what really analysis can do

@brentonguy4772

5 жыл бұрын

He was one of the worst defender in the league this year. And slowest player in the league for a second straight year

@yeecksd9744

5 жыл бұрын

Why are you even taking what skip says seriously? He’s there for laughs not for facts lmao

@djfacts9770

5 жыл бұрын

Not really, this dude is doing the same thing. Video plus commentary suggestions. Single game video at that. There are other games where he played zero defense & just stood there. This uploader chose the right game to build the intended narrative

@shane1899

5 жыл бұрын

@@86SuperRay aren't you a creative wee petal...

@gbeast0076

5 жыл бұрын

@@dummy4794 glad someone else remembers the beast he was in Miami and the first go around in Cleveland. One word untouchable if you went up to dunk on him you were getting stuffed and if he went up to dunk on you... Well you were getting stuffed

Lebron isn’t getting lazier he’s playing smarter he knows he’s not going to be able to keep up with raw athleticism of the younger player he has to keep energy reserves for an explosive offense it’s nice to start seeing him adapting to his body.

@d.bjr.6696

5 жыл бұрын

Father. Yea but he should try too look like he’s putting more effort to avoid vids like this

@PharaohsNews

5 жыл бұрын

So ball watching, playing defense with your hands and standing straight up is playing smarter? Those are fundamental things that he doesn’t do. Fundamentals make playing the game easier, not taking time off.

@damianpresha5155

5 жыл бұрын

@@PharaohsNews You do realize that every player have stood around at some point? And how many guys giving you what he's giving at his age right now ?

@richardlavin2881

5 жыл бұрын

Mandela's Cellmate , you do know that this man has been the league whats going to be his 17th season and playing in the playoff for majority of his career. In the regular season out of 82 GAMES that this man just maybe might be trying to conserve his body for postseason runs because he knows all that matters is RINGS

@victordwyer1018

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I really dont like lebron, but his defense isnt as bad as the media makes it to be, hes a little above average defender

Now we have to come to the sad reality that Lebron’s age is catching up to him

@seorwhite3333

5 жыл бұрын

Man this video made me a bit upset not gonna lie I really wanted him to win a few more championships.

@sirf4ce

5 жыл бұрын

@ImSkiiLLe92 FTW He's not winning a championship in LA! Come on!

@theobush439

5 жыл бұрын

Next season he’s gonna let his team carry him to a 4 seed and then turn it on and go full try hard mode in the playoffs and wreck everyone

@HFR77

5 жыл бұрын

@@theobush439 O0p

@baka825

5 жыл бұрын

And that is fine! So many people are still trying to prop him up as this illusive "great defender" when it's just a couple of plays. Defense is mostly about effort no matter how high your defensive IQ is. He's barely in a defensive stance anymore these days, including the playoffs. Look at all these comments saying "I knew Lebron is still a great defender" smfh

Best analysis channel for nba on KZread... waiting for the next vid.

@jahstar671

5 жыл бұрын

Bericuda3 ‘ Couldn’t have said it any better 🤘🏽

@anthonycarlucci7464

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao they showed one of lebrons best defensive games against one of the worst team

@jayeffarelti1919

5 жыл бұрын

Actually Heat Check is better

@jahstar671

5 жыл бұрын

Jay Effarelti they’re good too!

@jahstar671

5 жыл бұрын

Lucci Tunechi I believe this video was intended to give an intellectual breakdown of the defensive mindset of LeBron in a game. Educating the uneducated in basketball terms. It doesn’t matter what game was chosen lol

bruh ESPN needs people like this

watching this made me realise ad is the perfect Frontcourt buddy alongside James

Thats how the media works. You see a vid of a NBA player missing a shot then all of a sudden everyone thinks your a terrible shooter. How ironic

@SULLY937

5 жыл бұрын

Yup

@chavy_chavs

5 жыл бұрын

Not what irony is, but point taken

@osc-oldschoolclips5204

5 жыл бұрын

Yup casual mentality.

@MightyMarven

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Zae same as you seeing them making a shot and think they aren't bad. But if you look at their FG% and see it's in the 30% range you know they suck. Shooting efficiency isn't really open to interpretation. Not like this video cherry picking a few examples of Lebron engaged on defence to put a positive spin on it.

@franciscopizarro5424

5 жыл бұрын

Zae Brown don’t blame the media because Lebron missed the playoffs lol

People fell too inlove with the "Lebron is bad on defense"take during the year. I totally agree with your point about his defensive lapses being circled out and taken out of context. I think you did a steller job proving that in fact, he was not terrible. The main reason for him even getting so much slack for those is simply that his name is Lebron James. I am pretty certain that if we scrutinise every player like we do Lebron, we will find clips of every superstar not giving 100% on all defensive possessions, especially if they had played 45 000+ minutes, on a second night of a back-to-back. Great video, you are doing some amazing work!

@dunnamicduo

5 жыл бұрын

@Samuel (Sam) Smith Nah watch the clip again. Gal had to take an extremely difficult MID RANGE shot with Hart coming from his left. Lebron didnt even need to be there, and he knew it. Kuzma's shove was childish and unnecessary. There was literally 1.3 seconds on the clock during the inbound. kzread.info/dash/bejne/m6GF28ZpaaSfgJM.html not hard, ill do it for you edit: And why tf is kuzma shoving the dude with 7:00 min left in the 4th as if this a do or die buzzer beater attempt? No wonder why Magic wanted to trade these clowns for AD lmfao

@thecopyman325

5 жыл бұрын

@Samuel (Sam) Smith I see where you're coming from, but this video isn't focusing on the clips shown, but the data that ranks James as a positive on defense. Of course he's had times where his motor stalls, but with the amount of minutes on his body on top of the worst injury he's had in his entire career, it's an expected outcome.

@tylersdad5237

5 жыл бұрын

Samuel (Sam) Smith no? I get it that LeBron is their leader but don’t put it all on him only. They are team, and they can still think individually. They are NBA players they can take care of themselves. Kuzma can also makes something happen. The fact that he had to push LeBron to guard HIS player without any callouts was just a bad move from his part. You just want to discredit LeBron. Not saying that he didn’t do any mistakes but you clearly can’t name a big one (in-game) without researching.

@solomongrundy1616

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe he shouldn't have called himself the greatest of all time.

@MightyMarven

5 жыл бұрын

"People fell too inlove with the "Lebron is bad on defense"take during the year." No offence Hristo but that's total BS, regardless of the handful of examples used in this video there are thousands more on a channel called "TheAbominableLebron." That show Lebron is playing a James Harden level of defence right now. He makes a token effort to avoid criticism but he's phoning it in.

Objective analysis in 2019? Subbed.

LeBron is still a really good defender playing with AD is going to fix a lot of the Lakers defensive lapses

@GreaterThanSolomon

5 жыл бұрын

Justus Smith there was barely to none lapses, he was the reason their defense wasn’t top 5 and dropped to 10 when climbing to the top 5

@Zarion106

5 жыл бұрын

Doubt it. Lakers have worse defensive pieces than the pelicans ever did and the pels weren't exactly elite in defense.

@2kolbe010

5 жыл бұрын

Zarion106 what???????

@2kolbe010

5 жыл бұрын

Zarion106 AD l, lebron, danny green is still a capable defender.. at an slightly above average rate. Caruso is a solid defender and avery bradley

@2kolbe010

5 жыл бұрын

Zarion106 javale mcgee.. jared dudley is solid

I watched that Grizzlies game and Caboclo had missed 3-4 3PT attempts before that one. I don’t think it’s smart to leave an NBA player wide open, but nobody mentions Caboclo’s bad shooting that night.

@tommy35911

5 жыл бұрын

I think it is, because if he missed the wide open then his confidence would have dropped big time

@MrUlee

5 жыл бұрын

every nba player but ben simmons*

@brentonguy4772

5 жыл бұрын

Well in fact every game this season, (I only watch 79 of them) it was poor shooter have great shooting splits on us so yes you need to contest.

@userjlj

5 жыл бұрын

lebron made a gamble to leave that guy open.. that's not a problem, the problem is him getting frustrated as if that is anybody's fault but his..

@khizarzahid1212

5 жыл бұрын

@@tommy35911 i agree . sometimes in pickup its a strategy people use against good shooters to try and get in their heads and take away their confidence by giving them a wide open shot . if they make it they make it but if they miss they always become hesitant to shoot again and like you said their confidence is gone

Thing with Lebron is The ones that love him irrationally love him The ones thate hate him irrationally hate him

@CrazyRhinoceros

5 жыл бұрын

what about the people who love him rationally. hes a top 3 player of all time.

@Infinitedubs

5 жыл бұрын

thats soo true tho. Take Skip and Shannon as case study 1

@josephhocson6393

5 жыл бұрын

That’s the nature of love and hate

@JasonJia11

5 жыл бұрын

@@CrazyRhinoceros that's debatable

@michaelhowarth3557

5 жыл бұрын

@@JasonJia11 who's your top 3

Lebron knows exactly what he’s doing he knows every player he studys every player and team knows the defensive and offensive of every team floor knowledge is off the charts his iq period is off the charts that dedication in itself makes him one of the greatest basketball players to ever play the game

@coldcut4751

5 жыл бұрын

100% FACTS stop it chuck

@lisatutamos9600

5 жыл бұрын

Does he really study every player off court?

@VVVY777

5 жыл бұрын

He should study how to actually make his teammates better to make the Playoffs.

@kellz1703

5 жыл бұрын

77 or maybe his teammates should step up. Basketball a team game you can only do so much solo.

@djones1943

5 жыл бұрын

Daniel Barwatt yea you right got him to 8 straight finals

Nah that's great defense. He's defending his body from injury.

@GamingCentralTV1

5 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

@7DMIC

5 жыл бұрын

Good one

@Commentsofthemonth

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Xanninja

5 жыл бұрын

That's a fact. in the playoffs it's different though, LBJ be everywhere, noticed the chasedown block on Iggy. He coast thru the season, he only got injured on an offensive play b/c Draymond dragged him down awkwardly

@Cheyemos

5 жыл бұрын

Derek A Yeah but his charges have tripled since 2014.... so I’m not sure how your theory holds up? Let’s go Lakers!

Can't say I'm shocked that the man who has played 19 seasons over 16 years with a shorter break in between every time has gotten slower with age

@SaltoDaKid

5 жыл бұрын

Just be correct he played 17 going to 18 but yeah he older and just doing the street defense where you just stay at place and move slowly with calculation

@simi.o5971

5 жыл бұрын

Samuel Sagarna why don’t you take these PEDS you talk about and be as good as lebron

@confusedbobby3206

5 жыл бұрын

Samuel Sagaz PEDS make you worse at b ball..

@bigz3283

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao 19 seasons in 16 years.... the shit Lesexuals will say 😂😂😂😂😂

@samgarncarz8172

5 жыл бұрын

He hasn't had the playoffs off in years, I wouldn't be shocked if he was little springier next year than he was last

Only people that know basketball know this.... but those people aren't usually making videos!!!! I'm subscribing!

@sergeantsupreme4395

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe I'm wrong, but people are acting like they thought LeBron wasn't a good defender coming into this

@thetrib1

5 жыл бұрын

@@sergeantsupreme4395 i think people think he hasn't been a good defender since 2015

@juju-vl7oj

5 жыл бұрын

@@thetrib1 the reason people watch him and don't understand is they watch the game from a 1 on 1 isolation perspective, which LeBron's still great at that , but not as good as Kobe or Jordan at 1 on 1. Jordan and Kobe are probably harder for an individual defender to guard but LeBron creates more problems for the entire defense because he collapses the defense with efficient fininishing and forces it to spread out by hitting wide open shooters or cutters. Defensively he's not really a 1 on 1 guy like a cornerback in football, more like a middle linebacker or safety.

@thetrib1

5 жыл бұрын

@@juju-vl7oj true

@panner11

5 жыл бұрын

those people do make videos, but usually only the really clickbaity empty ones get popular and promoted on youtube

Title: ESPN Exposed

How about playoff LeBron’s defensive stats over the last few years, would be interesting as we know he steps his game up in the playoffs.

@maymayjooj

4 жыл бұрын

specially in the finals, dude plays like a 24yr old every finals he plays

@dusk6159

3 жыл бұрын

@@maymayjooj On both sides of the floor too, that's crazy

The fact is, haters overblow his defense. Thats all there is to it

@lakersforever9572

5 жыл бұрын

Lòs Padrè his defense was legit in the first half of the season , but it hurts to see him play defensively after the all star break. He also let serge ibaka 7/7 shooting against lebron

@DeadxThrone1

5 жыл бұрын

People always like to exaggerate and take things out of context when it comes to LeBron.

@JasonJia11

5 жыл бұрын

@@DeadxThrone1 that goes for both supporting and criticising him.

@DeadxThrone1

5 жыл бұрын

@@JasonJia11 Oh, no doubt. People make up false narratives or look at things on a purely superficial stance to create either a positive or negative image. It happens to all players, but it happens to LeBron the most.

@Zett76

5 жыл бұрын

Sure. It's only about "haters"... 🙄

It's funny how people will still keep their same opinions on LeBron's defense without even watching your video, assuming you'll only pile up on his botched defensive poasesions. However, thanks for showing that he has at least somewhat accounted for his physical regression with age. You also don't say that he's been great, you point out flaws as well because he certainly has had many lapses but it's also been blown out of proportion. He hasn't been nearly as bad as many people want to proclaim. I think he's never been an all-time great one-on-one perimeter defender for an entire game, even in his prime, but he makes up for it immensely with his cerebral defense, being a great examiner of scouting reports and often making the correct play.

@philwilson609

5 жыл бұрын

If LeBron was showing huge drops in defensive effectiveness, one would expect that his age would also impact on his offensive output. Other than a slight drop below career averages in 3 point percentage and free throws, his production continues to be world class. The 3 point drop is probably related to taking unwise shots in a desperate effort to bail out the Lakers in poor possessions, while the poor free throw performance might be attributed to a drop in focus during discouraging games played on behalf of a lousy team. The mistake that LeBron made was jumping to the Lakers. He is still a great player who has more minutes of NBA play than any 34 year old in league history.

@solomongrundy1616

5 жыл бұрын

I agree with his video but it's really sad that average to "good" defense is the standard we're holding for LeBron now. Especially after he self-proclaimed himself the goat.

@MightyMarven

5 жыл бұрын

It's cherry picked footage of Lebron putting some effort in but there are far more examples of Lebron playing a James Harden (at his worst) level of defence. It's a nice positive spin but if anyone wants to see just how incredibly bad Lebron is on defence now check the thousands of examples on a channel called TheAbominableLebron.

@franciscopizarro5424

5 жыл бұрын

Phil Wilson world class production? He mused he playoffs his first season in a much tougher condense lol

@bobjeff6899

5 жыл бұрын

Francisco Pizarro Learn how to spell before you try to make a point.

People don't care about facts, only narratives, so they'll ignore the great points you made, but excellent video regardless

@davidkelly1507

5 жыл бұрын

@Tripp’le H What are you even saying

@c.a.m7346

5 жыл бұрын

@Tripp’le H for example......

@iPrometheusQ

4 жыл бұрын

This comment gave me the chills. This is exactly true for any given topic.

Was really glad to see you combine more of the film and anecdotal evidence with the data and metrics in the latter half of the video. Very well done. Also, thanks for the recommendations. Very great video.

You literally changed my mind😂 I'll have to take a closer look when I see him lacking effort. Or not closing out. Thanks man

@charlescooks9360

5 жыл бұрын

@@dummy4794 his defensive win shares were terrible last year

@JuicyMcnamus

5 жыл бұрын

@@dummy4794 you said all that to end with from 2005-2015 his defense was elite.. we are talking about his 2018-2019 defense He didnt give effort like we know he can.. that's the point we know he's a great defender we want him to give some effort on that side of the ball.

@charlescooks9360

5 жыл бұрын

@@dummy4794 nah I didn't know. I was just talking about the last two season

@knightmarewalker7995

5 жыл бұрын

You can bring up all the stats you want bro. Lebron doesn't give defense the effort he used to give. I would watch him and it would seem like he wasn't giving the effort he could be. Lebron never takes the toughest assignments anymore either. He might spend a handfull of possessions defending the opposing best player these days. It is frustrating watching the so called best player leave people wide open. Or call for switches when its completely unnecessary. Causing the whole teams defense to collapse and leading to easy buckets. Ive been seeing him do things like this more and more for years now. Overall he might be a good defender still. This video kinda gave me perspective as to why he might be doing that. It could be scouting. He might have a specific role or assignment. Or there might be a different concept they're adhering to. Idfk. This video just put SOME of lebrons seemingly bad defense into perspective. Not ALL.

@knightmarewalker7995

5 жыл бұрын

@@dummy4794 .

ESPN or any other sports media talk shows would NEVER attempt to break down a player's defense like this. Instead they just take the easy route and crop film that's out of context and create fake news. Sports media is damaging the players the most and also the league because fans love to watch over exaggerated reactions out of S.A.S. and others of the like while they create fake headlines. This is why I love this KZread channel, you keep it real and help us fans see the bigger picture and help us understand basketball on a deeper level.

@samuelboegeman7953

5 жыл бұрын

LeBron James finishes in DPOY voting from 09-14: 2, 4, 9, 4, 2, 6. To say this guy is a terrible defender is one of the most idiotic things I've ever heard a professional sports person say. I don't know how many people I have to tell this, Skip Bayless doesn't know basketball. Point Blank Period. He shouldn't be able to talk basketball on television and I am serious about that. LeBron is his athletic prime was arguably the best defensive player in the league.

@jasonukwesa7095

5 жыл бұрын

@@DTB1995 tru, but people are acting as if he was a terrible defender last year. It might not have been his best defensive year, but he was still a good defender, just not elite

THANK YOU THE LEBRON HATE IS REAL YOU JUST EXPOSED THE HATERS

@michaelharris9430

5 жыл бұрын

Mar W lmao well dam you love Lebron that much

@donnadunbar5342

5 жыл бұрын

Nobody hates LeBron

@alixhentry8852

5 жыл бұрын

@@michaelharris9430 wow ur so clever. Give the man a grammy. You waana be trolls make me lose hope in humanity.

@michaelharris9430

5 жыл бұрын

Alix Hentry aaawww sorry for hurting your feelings 😂🥺

@alixhentry8852

5 жыл бұрын

@@michaelharris9430 aww look he still wants to be a troll. *yawn*. Youll get it next time bucko

This is awesome! More basketball film breakdown like this! Exactly the kind of in depth stuff I like learning/seeing/am interested in

Much needed video! Great job.

This is a great idea for a series. I really enjoyed this one. I think people have developed this "lazy" narrative with Lebron's defense because he's not as dominant as he once was. People have gotten so comfortable seeing him be a plus defender that there was a strong reaction when it was clear he's regressed from his peak defensively.

@thenotoriousmichaeljackson8938

5 жыл бұрын

Will Cushman Right

@illDefine1

5 жыл бұрын

He is a little lazy. Often times, he purposefully lets shorter players get by him and threatens them at the rim only. It's not the highest percentage way to defend, but he's a big picture thinker and knows this is how he can have the best overall game. So at times, he does compensate playing 'the right way' in order to conserve energy. In the end I don't know why people hate on that though. He's trying to be the best he can be, he just has a more cerebral approach than a player like Westbrook.

@jonz23m

5 жыл бұрын

Well he called himself the goat so what do you expect ? Lower expectations?

@afrosamurai8755

5 жыл бұрын

Lebron has never been dominant on defense 🤣

@alexm4387

5 жыл бұрын

@@afrosamurai8755 you obviously just started watching the nba

I love videos like this. I don't have time to watch every players movement and every game. But you look in detail and combine stats with videos showing clips. Thank you.

Well-deserved handle, subbed! Can't wait for more!

Wow so it was all out of context. Smh I hate Twitter nba

@brentonguy4772

5 жыл бұрын

Nope it wasn't. These are just the highlights of defence from him. He was terrible

@steffwes1312

5 жыл бұрын

Brenton Guy what about all the stats he brought up

@dummy4794

5 жыл бұрын

@J Ball Seriously? I hadn't known that he almost won it in 2009-2010. I knew he was in the running for it back then but at that time I wasn't thinking that they were considering him. That just makes me more pissed now. He should of won it 2 fucking times.

@brentonguy4772

5 жыл бұрын

Just for all you Stan's watching highlights, there's 48 minutes in a game, not 24 seconds....

@brentonguy4772

5 жыл бұрын

@@steffwes1312 you mean the stat's that say he's an mediocre defender against the worst player on the opposing team.... Think about for a second.

I didn't know how badly I wanted to see this video until I saw it in my recommended. Fantastic analysis as always, best basketball channel on KZread.

Thank you for defending lebron your basketball knowledge is far superior to mine and this sheds a new light on it which is good because it made me frustrated that people killed him for having one sub par season because this is there first chance to actually hate on him which everyone wants to do because he’s such a successful and likable player

Makes me kind of sad that lebron wasted so many years with the cavs

@binkeyy

5 жыл бұрын

Don't be, he's going to be one of the best to ever do it for this sport. His 2016 NBA championship with the cavs is probably the best comeback win ever, coming back down 3 to 1 and win game 7 away.

@jacobdavis6056

5 жыл бұрын

Why you gotta do us cavs fan like that man. We already down for now.

@TheExerticus

5 жыл бұрын

@@jacobdavis6056 man i wasnt blaming the cavs fans or anything, its just the organization didnt really do anything to capitalize on lebron, thats why he left to the miami hest

@est.1792

5 жыл бұрын

@@jacobdavis6056 hahahaha, yous got heat in the NFL atleast🔥🔥✌✌

@Cheyemos

5 жыл бұрын

Man...... if LeBron could have linked up with those boys in South Beach in 06..... CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR DAYS.

Thank you for your objective and fair analysis. I've seen other videos where LeBron was heavily criticized on his defense. You explained to us that LeBron is just discerning but not slacking in defense.

Would love to see a video like this about lebron’s 2020 season. Felt like he was better on defense this year.

Excellent video!!! It’s refreshing to see somebody with REAL basketball knowledge for a change!!! Thanks!! 🙏🏿💯

one of the best videos I've ever seen. Impressive work!

Thank you for this vid, I honestly think that the defensive coordination with the lakers just need a fine tuning. I hope the off season moves they do will help them reach the playoffs next season.

This only shows how the media literally takes everything out of context... amazing breakdown as usual :)

@jonniecandito181

5 жыл бұрын

I mean, if you watch highlight shows you are literally demanding for context to be removed lol. Just watch the whole games and make up your own mind. Context here is also removed in many parts to tell a narrative. It's not anyone's fault, it's lazy fans that want a quick summary.

@imagod2472

5 жыл бұрын

And he was robbed of dpoy in 2013

Wow, I wasn't expecting this! Thanks for the analysis.

GREAT VIDEO! Detailed and shined light on the facts. U earned my sub 💪🏾

He’s a good defender when he wants to be. But once it became clear the Lakers weren’t making the playoffs, he just stopped trying.

@sebastiangonzales46

5 жыл бұрын

People make excuses and false narratives to make him look bad poor haters

@kristian9014

5 жыл бұрын

Cause he's a bum and doesn't give full effort on the floor

@MrUlee

5 жыл бұрын

10 9 8 76ers Ben Simmons is the reason the sixers will never win a championship. Butler is leaving this summer and injured Embiid will bust out and be another what if story

@MrUlee

5 жыл бұрын

Darryl Wallace 30 and 12 on 50+ FG% is giving up? The thing is an injured groin makes you slower and gives you pain when bending your knees- what does defense require? Just that. I injured my groin before and it was only minor, but whatever he had was worse, and I honestly don’t think he couldn’t handle the pain of playing both ends well.

@zaebrown839

5 жыл бұрын

@@kristian9014 my thing is look at everyone that came out the draft with LBJ and tell me where they rank Defense. 😂😂 youll hate what you find💯

Are you going to be doing breakdowns on seasons from the past? Because I would love a Lebron breakdown from 2008-09 or 2012-13 or a Kobe breakdown of 2005-06/02-03

@dreweldritchdres

5 жыл бұрын

You can check Ben Taylor's (narrator) work last year about this. Here's his analysis on James: www.backpicks.com/2018/04/05/backpicks-goat-3-lebron-james/

Love this channel 🙌🏾🙌🏾

Thank God somebody finally shows this. I need to show this video to all my friends who are instagram basketball fans.

In lebrons prime he was a DPOY candidate every year...

@kawhileonard4995

5 жыл бұрын

Yup

@ashwincheekala1566

3 жыл бұрын

His defense is somewhat underrated when the all time discussions happen

NO ONE ABSOLUTLEY NO ONE!! is taking into account that a groin injury FUCKS your lateral movement and shifting left and right which is VITAL for defence... His brain and thinkijg carried him through what could have been disastrious. Like why do other players get the benefit of the doubt but this man is meant to be an alien regardless of Injury, stamina, age etc... Absolutley crazy and it must just be hate.

@2kolbe010

5 жыл бұрын

Tony Don it is... and people think that groin injuries are not serious

@mrsmiw

4 жыл бұрын

Tony Don exactly Bron was never the same after the unity last year. Ppl finally got their chance to hate and did it

Good stuff. It’s not easy to convince people, but you provided visible, sound evidence. Looking forward to you future works.

This was a fantastic video man

Did y’all forget lebron was injured last season 😂😂😂

@TheSands83

5 жыл бұрын

He was? 18 games..

@MistahUnknown

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheSands83 He wasn't even supposed to return from his season-ending groin injury either

@stoppingcurchokefanssince2184

5 жыл бұрын

mansonlamps 27 games u moron

@Sg6CrossOver

4 жыл бұрын

@@MistahUnknown season ending injury hahahahah. ...he spend one month extra, nigga was dunking and playing offense only time injury matters is when guarding someone?

@mjg6233

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sg6CrossOver he wasn’t doing that every game just like he wasn’t with defense

This Channel Is Of The *Highest* Quality

@ThinkingBasketball

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Appreciate that.

this is some good stuff. love the analytics.

Very nice analysis and breakdown!!

Im here after he defended paul george and kawhi at the same time

Huh, negative stories about a good player on the Lakers generates clicks despite not necessarily being true. Yes he wasn’t great but it was so overblown.

@TheNamesDitto

5 жыл бұрын

He's been decent this year. Not elite but he's not a negative on defense.

@robinweber9640

5 жыл бұрын

no, kissing the lakers ass when they didn't even make the playoffs has been all day everyday this year. what a joke of a comment. Lebron has been called best for two years too many. don't lie

@jacobgoodman7131

5 жыл бұрын

He's still top 5, but he's a below average defender on an average night

@jacksonhuang5995

5 жыл бұрын

@@robinweber9640 Come on, Lebron was still the best player at least until this season. Watch his 2018 playoff again man.

@KTCYDB

5 жыл бұрын

@@robinweber9640 he had a groin injury this year lebron will always be called the best player every year

Great Video! more people needs to see this

Awesome video man!

Maybe I was a lil harsh on his d this year. Your videos never disappoint

@harunnga8555

5 жыл бұрын

I not gonna lie Bron was the best player on this Lakers team and when he got injured the team kept losing😶

That Tiago block still hurts my feelings, Ben.

thank you for this, subbed.

I think this was great and look forward to seeing similar videos. Liked

Love this vid, question, is Lebron a better defender I think so, but I want to hear your Opinion

Genuinly curious how his defense stacks up against the other superstars in the league, namely: Durant, Harden, Giannis, Leonard, and Embiid.

@AdolphSaxOfficial

5 жыл бұрын

Doesn't compare to Kawhi. That's for sure.

@nosmoke6556

5 жыл бұрын

FreedInsanity He can't guard none of those guys. Especially now. There goes your answer

@jovanbelegisanin289

5 жыл бұрын

I'm no analyst, but as someone who watches a lot of games, i'd say out of the bunch you mentioned, Giannis is in league of his own, top 10 in both perimeter and rim defense, then come Kawhi and Embiid, top 5 in perimeter/interior defense, respectively but not quite as versatile, and his defense is probably very slightly worse than Durant's and on par with James Harden's. That's not a bad thing whatsoever, as Harden has been average perimeter defender and actually great post defender for a guard.

Great video man, I like how you just said it like it is

Just discovered your channels and I love it. Keep making these great videos!

Playing Smart vs playing hard

@AlphaTSH

5 жыл бұрын

Doing both makes you the best

@ScholarVisual

5 жыл бұрын

@@AlphaTSH True. But doing at least one makes you slightly above mediocre

@nosmoke6556

5 жыл бұрын

Alvin Elmore Looks like playing "smarter" got LeBron out the playoffs.

@ScholarVisual

5 жыл бұрын

@@nosmoke6556 The lakers fully healthy were 4th in the West. But when you got Igram out, Lonzo out, Rondo out, and Kuzma out every other game thats not a recipe for success. Add that on top of Lebron being out 18 games puts salt on the wound. The Lakers were fully healthy only 23 games last season. Hopefully they can stay healthy next year.

I feel really guilty about judging Lebron on defense and I’d think he was awful. Your videos really changed my perception

Great analysis bruh!!

Great analysis. Subbed

If you play 2K you’ll know what I mean... he’s a B or B+ now and not an A or A+ anymore on perimeter defense but imo that’s okay... This era has so many three point shots and now we are really moving into the off dribble three point era.. OF COURSE this will change how defenses play and how well players perform! They are being asked to do newer things.. and with new things come new results.

from ‘lazy defender’ to genius defender memorized all the stats of the guys he is guarding so he can judge if it’s worth closing out or not 🤷‍♂️ dont like lebron but this is phenom

really appreciated this video. heard a lot of people talking about lebron's value as a defender and ignoring the positive defensive metrics he had this season while using those same metrics to prop up other players' defensive ability. good to see the 'eye test' validates the metrics, you just have to watch enough film to see it.

Great video!

I think we just remember when he had all the energy and was near DPOY. It's hard to seem his fall off.

He is out of his prime but the only thing that was declining was only his defense and freethrow but he is still a tank

@Gehlee5thGenITgirl

4 жыл бұрын

ft is improving, he made a video about it. His defense is declining but still above average^^

Great video

Nice vid!

"He DoEsN't PlAy DeFeNsE." This is why I would like to hear actual facts instead of the damn narratives.

Bron still the best player in the league don’t @ me. If he didn’t get injured they def would be top 4 and went to the WCF for sure

@nosmoke6556

5 жыл бұрын

Jiggy Bah Whole bunch of If's. Plus you can only get the best player in the league by doing it all. That includes trying on defense and not tryna take a couple of plays off.

@mskidi

5 жыл бұрын

They're gonna make a 30 for 30 for "that time in December 2018 when Lakers were at 4th, 2 wins over 10nth".

You are the man. Subbed big time

If he still had plus lateral quickness he'd be a DPoY-level player given his accumulated wisdom

It’s guys like this that deserves jobs in sports rather than a garbage organization like ESPN

Your voice, music in video and ofcourse your analysis is amazing. Great videos. Can you make one on Kawhi Leonard aswell?

This is fantastic content.

I like this channel, no opinions just backed up by facts. Good job sir, you have earned a sub

This was a really good video and I definitely think it's easy to miss a lot of subtle positive defensive plays that LeBron makes . Individual player defense is hard to get a grasp on because none of the metrics* are perfect and it's impossible to watch every game of every player. The one counterpoint I can think of for LeBron is: Does his tendency to sometimes give up on a play to save energy/occasional griping at them on miscommunications have a negative effect on his teammates? I don't really know how you prove that with data or film, but it does seem like the vibes with the Lakers weren't great this year. *ESPN's RPM I think is pretty bad. I simply do not believe that Whiteside, Vooch, Boogie and DeAndre were anywhere near top 10 defensive centers

@jayhay8

5 жыл бұрын

Woody Huber I think DeAndre and Whiteside could at least still have an argument for being in the top 10 defensively, but not Vucevic or Cousins.

@MegaWrh

5 жыл бұрын

@@jayhay8 Whiteside I can understand looking good in the metrics because Spo will bench him in bad matchups. But DeAndre was pretty terrible this year to my eye (and I watched a fair amount of Mavs games) but maybe I'm just underestimating how valuable dominating the glass and not fouling a lot is.

@jayhay8

5 жыл бұрын

Woody Huber Part of that could be that they weren’t in ideal situations, there were reports that DeAndre didn’t like playing with Luka Doncic so it’s possible that he didn’t care enough to play defense, whereas in Whiteside’s case he tends to be played inconsistently by Spoelstra. I think the big problem with centers these days has to do with the coaches honestly. They’re not playing them big minutes anymore like they did back in the 1990s or even the 2000s and I think that messes with their confidence.

@davidspear2870

5 жыл бұрын

Vooch actually had a solid year this year defensively. It's old narrative that he is bad on that end of the floor.

@jayhay8

5 жыл бұрын

David Spear Yeah he’s not that bad but I do think metrics overrate him a bit defensively. I mean he only averaged 1.1 blocks which isn’t great for a center. The 1 steal per game makes up for it a bit but still, he isn’t phenomenal. I’d put him and Jokic on a similar level defensively, which Jokic being a bit better at playing the passing lanes and Vooch beingbetter at blocking shots.

This changed my mind on his defense, thanks for the video.

You should made a new video of his defense this 2021. That would be great

We miss bron already in the playoffs. Goodluck nextyear

@nomooon

5 жыл бұрын

it's gonna be hard... Lakers were behind clippers and kings....

@2kolbe010

5 жыл бұрын

nomooon but the team is runner up for taking the west

@oluwaseyijohnson3162

3 жыл бұрын

@@nomooon huh