LABron James Discussion: The Final Year?

I remember the Magic head coach from back in the day

 

Man, what happened to this dude's 3 pt shooting?

 

He’s never been consistently good from three.

 

Oh boy...

 

He's streaky.

He can go 0-10 and then 7-11. He's back on a cold slide but will soon go on a hot streak.

 

As a Laker, from three:
33.9%
34.8%
36.5%
35.9%
29.4%

League Average for these seasons:
35.5%
35.8%
36.7%
35.4%
35.8%

 

He’s Officially below average.

“that’s what she said”

 

"Dead" legs ...

 

yeah, i said a few posts back, but lebron's taking seven threes a game and shooting 29%. AD and russ both shoot far fewer at 29% and get grief for it.

and yes, he's clearly doing it to preserve energy, much like his efforts on defense. seems like half his threes are legitimately bad shot attempts.

 

Let me guess "load management" today.

 

This is a bit dismissive in nature because it doesn't adjust for LeBron's volume/shot quality. As BBindex has noted, LeBron's shot making relative to quality makes him a solid 3 pt shooter. He shot 39% over a two season sample in Miami on a diet of higher quality looks.

Point being is that his shooting this season is miles below his trend over the latter half of his career. But this is the internet after all, where honest discussion has to first climb over some needless obstacle like "He’s never been consistently good from three". I'm not asking "why isn't he shooting like Steph? It's bad enough to at least warrant concern.

 

he can make open catch and shoot threes at a good clip. so could kobe, who shot a poor percentage but whom nobody would ever leave open. hell, harden's a career-long 36% shooter from three, but again, i'd never leave him open.

all these guys (steph, too, btw) take bad shots, but i think they don't have to do that. i'm ok with a heatcheck three/backbreaker attempt from my star here and there, but lebron just has a few too many of these attempts for it to be waved away as that kind of thing.

his offense has obviously been very good overall, but it could easily be a bit better. don't know if he's trying to make a point about not trusting teammates or something, but again, dallas beat the daylights out of us because luka kept feeding his cold-shooting teammates until they started dropping.

 

Well, I never compared him to Steph.
I couldn’t care less what he shot in Miami. I’m only backing my statement up with FACTS. Those facts support my statement. He’s been an average to below average 3pnt shooter as a Laker. This is based on the numbers. If you feel these numbers represent those of a “good” shooter, that’s on you.

 

Can't wait till this j****** is not associated with the Lakers anymore. Thanks for the title, but go f*** yourself somewhere else.

 

We will be able to trade him in the offseason.

 

LeBron actually made it a little longer than I thought without a real shot at the front office.