Wow I just realized after watching this that Lebron actually does these moves in game. I noticed es using these more and more as he gets older. Respect for listening to Hakeem's advice
Because Im forever CALI LOVE for taking me under your wing from 92-97; and you KNOW I'm no hater. Ask Lebron to contact his OG Hakeem on how to make it work with Westbrook & Beverly. Hakeem and Vernon Maxwell put their differences aside to win 3 Championships.
I have no idea how Hakeem controls his center of gravity so well to perform these spin moves with virtually no extra momentum. Not even NBA pros in their prime can replicate the smoothness of his spin move.
shows the difference between athleticism and finesse. the nba today is not as skilled as back then, all these dudes rely on explosiveness and athleticism. only dude who didnt was kobe and dirk
you sound like you're 5...most dumbest. either way you compare older generation like john stockton/steve nash/IT to russ, rose and john wall you can definitely see the difference in their game.
George A Lebron’s not doing it right. He’s not selling the “change in direction” aspect of the move. He’s just spinning around toward the basket, which can kinda work just because he’s so big and athletic but it’s nowhere near as effective as it should be.
If you watch Lebron today (2018), and if you watch Lebron Before (2008), you’ll notice he does a lot more of these moves today. Even players as great as him will eventually decline, and respect to him for learning effective moves for when he loses his step.
my boxing coaches were like that when i was young. its kinda good how they don't want the words to get in the way. they are teaching a dance and they really just want you to start dancing and developing a feel.
Lebron was confused so was I, who cares hakeem is great but his little footwork subtleties aren't going to impact James game, Im sure Lebron knows how to fuckin play ball this vid is stupid to be honest.
Yeah kinda weird how he got 2 masters degrees from the University of Houston with barely knowing English. You're a stupid fuck that doesn't even know what a basketball looks like.
Hakeem's moves are so amazing b/c he's African, he spent the first decades of his life only playing soccer, that's why his footwork is so damn amazing. He didn't touch a basketball until he was 15.
Looks like the most important part of hakeem moves is amplitude. When you look at all his videos of teaching, he always extends far with all the moves, when he spins, when he steps through, even when he moves the ball he has his arms extended to gain space and be far from the defender. If you look at lebron in the beginning and guys like Amare or Dwight, they are all cramped within their own close personal space if it makes sense, they don't extend far and moves are less effective.
Onur Gözcü Bron is my favourite player ever. But c'mon man, the Dream moves at 50 plus y/o are so natural. That finesse being a 7 footer is just crazy. LeBron is a 6'8 260-270 (I don't believe he is a 250 player). LeBron moves are like a robot. Like a player who needs days and days of training to try to reach 50% Hakeem. I mean, you could train all the time in your live, but you'd never have the release of Korver and Curry, the Hakeem's feet and moves or the perfection of Stockton about fundamentals. That's gods gifts. Not trining
J23TV OH NOO ITS THE BRONSEXUALS!!!! Face it kiddo, Kobe is a better ball handler than lebron and also Kobe has better footwork. Lebron is better at almost everything else tho
The spin move is hard asf to master ,but once you establish it and put it in your arsenal its very effective on your defender in the post and on the perimeter🏀💪💫
LeBron at this point was more of a power guy. He was bullying smaller 3's and that's why he's very aggro with his moves. Hakeem was always really good with his footwork because of his training in team handball and soccer. That's why it's important to play multiple sports to develop diverse skills. You don't think about footwork when it comes to hoops but look how much more fluid Hakeem is in his 50's compared to LeBron at his peak
I agree 34 isn't as old as people make it out to be, however i disagree with this whole talent thing. There may be a smaller number of true superstars today but the overall talent of the players across the board has increased. They are more athletic and more capable than the role players of the past. And I don't know why people think Lebron couldn't thrive in a tougher era. Hand checking was still allowed when he was a rookie and he still torched grown men.
Now, anybody understand why Dream34 was above Ewing, Robinson, Mourning, Mutombo and all the others! Definitely the number one of the centers! Lebron, who plays forward, make the move, spin and this is not good for The Dream. When the Dream make the move, he's doing faster, the ball is more closer to the body when he dribbles and spin on the same time...So elegant to finish !
It's funny that there are no dominant bigs today too!!! So many players who are the same size as Kevin Mchale and Hakeem with twice as much athleticism and yet most of them have a limited post game and prefer to dunk and shoot jumpers.
LOL the way some of you make it sound you would think all the teams in the NBA would have figured out how to stop somebody who avg 27 7 and 7 for his Career. He's getting better every year. Adding something new to his game. Thats what the great ones do.
A lot of you guys are clowns you have somebody teaching someone something that they have done thousands of times and you expect them to get it in 5 min...... lol
Hakeem was the killer in his days! This dude Destroyed David Robinson a.k.a. the Admiral but David Robinson Won the MVP. Biggest Mistaken of all time by David Sterns.
Basic skill set, not a great handle, sketchy post game, not a go to move on the perimeter and he beats guys with size not skill, don't get fooled by championships, that's not the only thing that makes a player.
I respect ballers trying to learn and expand their craft from dream, but what he use to do is very hard to learn. You just gotta have that instinct and “it” to do what he did. That footwork was just unreal in his heyday
@Legend32 know your facts straight. A vastly inferior player won't be a first pick overall, even ahead of Jordan. Hakeem retired with his name in the top ten of every major statistic available in basketball. If that's what you call a vastly inferior player, you are Jordan himself. I'm calling you out and introduce yourself!
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Did u know that during every one of Bill Russell's first 4 championships there were 8 teams in the NBA. There were 9 teams in the league every one of his next 5 titles. There were 12 teams in the NBA when he won his 10th, and 14 teams when he won his 11th chip. During everyone of his first 9 titles there was a 6 team playoff format, which means 6 out of 8 or 9 teams made the playoffs
LeBron couldn't learn this so he just ended up inventing his own move " the crab step" AKA travel undercover AKA vacate AKA HOW ILL GET 25% of my points lol
that bullshit man if you look at the stats you see that at the age of 28 Lebron won his 2nd ring at the age of 28 and MJ at age 29, at the time of Lebrons 2nd ring he helpt his team to 19 playoff series win and MJ to 13 playoff series win,Lebron playoff win precentage is .638 at MJ 2nd ring he had a playoffs win precentage of .587, at time of Lebron 2nd ring he has won 4 MVP awards thats 1 more than MJ when he won his 2nd ring also Lebron is a 9 all star when he won his 2nd ring and MJ a 8 time
Yes... first think about how it is possible to get 11 rings. 1) he is either head and shoulders above everyone else or 2) his rings are cheap rings. Wilt played in the same era. And many consider him far better even with the huge ring disparity. Wilt changed the rules changed the game changed the stat books. Btw russell is a 6'9'' C who wasn't that athletic compared to howard the same size. During that era the avg C size was 6'8 to 6'10. Pedestrian Cs no wonder they dominated duh...
He has the best handles and passing of any small forward, his post game has gotten much better, and he's become a great shooter. The only thing he isn't great at at this point is free throw shooting. Don't get fooled with all the bandwagon hate against lebron and the heat, he is the real deal. Sorry people are butthurt that they didn't go to his team. Not even a heat fan btw, but to say he has a basic skill set is absurd. He's the best in the league and it's not even close.
true. hes huge, heavy and has basically no body fat. and hes almost as fast as guards like kobe or mj. all this combined make fouls on LBJ look a lot less harmless than they are. he is an athletic freak but that doesnt mean that he cant get bruises or that fouls against him arent fouls when other players would fall to the floor after such a foul.
Gregg Popovich tried another approach.. he often times put a bigger body on james (like boris diaw) and told the defender to back off of james to deny his driving angles and dare him to shoot.. miami only won because lebron james significantly improved his mid-range/3-point game...(compared to 2011 finals, where he was defended almost the same way)
the habit is hard to change for everyone, seems to me that they are trying to adjust LB's habit when make the spin. LB used to dribble once in the middle of the spin, dream is trying to show him the benefit of delay the dribble by pulling the ball further after spin thus will be less chance to get stole the ball from the behind when you make the turn.
# BASKETBALL IS JAZZ the notes do not change, but the way you play the notes makes it look like you changed it the goal is score the basket, how you score the basket can be art to itself, each move puts the defender at a disadvantage, that move is self = art
Wait do you mean Dwight was learning better than Lebron? And did you mean Dwight learned better because of college experience? Or am I misunderstanding what you meant?
still got a knock down jump shot. he'd averaged 40% from down town he was shooting 56% from all cylinders, near 50% from mid range 17 feet and that's over the other 28 teams that plays different match ups or defense. some of those shots in the finals are contested.
@jakelast there's no player in thr nba tht can shut lbj dwn & then outta all nba players u said BORIS FUCKIN DIAW & deng u clearly didnt see how lbj gets over them & deng lbj always takes him out his abt time da 4th qtr comes deng be too tired & wash to do anything & diaw he's no problem for.lbj
I'm in now way a LeBron hater .. he's the best & will end his career arguably the best I will always choose MJ but that's a diff story .. my only problem is I see a lot of ppl sayin his footwork is bad and he travels watch his highlights half of them he takes 3 sometimes 4 steps & never gets called
The big line-ups of Pacers/Spurs could and can easily adjust to James jumping in the post because Miami doesn't have much size for support, look at what happened between games 3 and 4 in the conference finals - some coaching for help defense and shablam.
wait when did anyone say anything about being better than Jordan tho. I get tired of people using Jordan as a measuring stick to everyone. Jordan was without a shadow of a doubt the greatest but that does not mean everyone should be compared to him.
Bro. Hope you watched when he played his final couple seasons with the Raptors. He couldn't do shit. There's a difference btw doing moves in the gym versus playing against 25 yr old nba players. He' won't survive a quarter if he plays now,
when they try to wrap around LeBron and LeBron finishes, it felt like an ant bite. jordan used to attack but he's doing all those circus moves to avoid contact. kobe doesn;t attack. bird is a passer. what are you saying?
lengthen your dribble get closer to the point of attack. also allows you to be more square to the basket. have to respect lebron, other players this will come naturally to. he's the best and is out-working the league.
it depends on his matchup... it's certainly a good idea against smaller opponents but if you put a bigger body on him, back off of him and dare him to shoot.. he just has to take some mid-range jumpers and 3s.
it's not lebron's poor handles and footwork. It's just his frame is really big for his body plus you're watching a master train a student. the student is always going to look less experienced.
despite lebron being the most dominant force in the league, his foot work and his hook shot in the beginning looks terrible. But not everyone is built for the way hakeem plays i guess.
Lebron has to have the worst fundamentals I've ever seen from a "top notch" basketball player. I mean, has no one ever told him that you only get 2 STEPS after picking up your dribble??
Cavs lebron was the goat,career wise kobe is the fuckin goat 34yrs old still bussin ass, mj don't compare to neither he just was athletic and playin against scrubbs
Wow I just realized after watching this that Lebron actually does these moves in game. I noticed es using these more and more as he gets older. Respect for listening to Hakeem's advice
I love the driving to the paint and spinning left to finish with a right hook move he does in fast breaks.
He always use it these days
Sam Nguyen and lakers is losing
@@胖子-d1w their defense is shit
Yugo Gugo MJ stole these moves too
holly fuck how good was olajuwon those spins he does one after another are smooth as fuck
Best footwork by a big in NBA history. The NBA used to be played inside-out. It was something else to watch.
He better respect Hakeem's game... the best center ever to play the game
I wouldn't say ever but He's up there
How do you rank?
kareem the best
+dbrickshaw ferguson
it's hard to say since they all have their own style. the sky hook was unstoppable . olwjuwon was quick for a big man
Wilt, Kareem, Hakeem, Russell, Shaq
this resulted in 2 championships, 2 finals mvp, and another regular season MVP honor.
Because Im forever CALI LOVE for taking me under your wing from 92-97; and you KNOW I'm no hater. Ask Lebron to contact his OG Hakeem on how to make it work with Westbrook & Beverly. Hakeem and Vernon Maxwell put their differences aside to win 3 Championships.
So many pros in the comment section thou...
Lmao very observant
hakeem is arguably the most skilled big man in history . he does these moves with such ease
Olajuwon is the Center on my personal all time starting 5.
In 1995 Dream completely schooled Shaq and the Rockets swept Orlando 4-0 in the finals.
I have no idea how Hakeem controls his center of gravity so well to perform these spin moves with virtually no extra momentum. Not even NBA pros in their prime can replicate the smoothness of his spin move.
He practice a lot tho that's probably why
shows the difference between athleticism and finesse. the nba today is not as skilled as back then, all these dudes rely on explosiveness and athleticism. only dude who didnt was kobe and dirk
his footwork is good, look how LeBron upperbody moves a bit faster for his feet to keep up
Irineomedina that is the most dumbest thing I have heard all day
you sound like you're 5...most dumbest. either way you compare older generation like john stockton/steve nash/IT to russ, rose and john wall you can definitely see the difference in their game.
after all spin moves are not as easy as they look. Good to see two greats working together
Lebron cant spin. The move is not hard
George A Lebron’s not doing it right. He’s not selling the “change in direction” aspect of the move. He’s just spinning around toward the basket, which can kinda work just because he’s so big and athletic but it’s nowhere near as effective as it should be.
@@Maximilian-Robespierre not hard? keep your butt on the couch idiot
@@jerryren2645 Nah, I can do it at least as good as Hakeem
@@Taj_Rahine Yes, he cant carry the ball either. He is dribbling. He has a nice spin running towards the basket in games though. Different style.
If you watch Lebron today (2018), and if you watch Lebron Before (2008), you’ll notice he does a lot more of these moves today. Even players as great as him will eventually decline, and respect to him for learning effective moves for when he loses his step.
He always use this move in the game, Lebron makes it perfect in the fast break..
why does hakeem sound like he's not explaining himself very well, he's like let my moves do the talking.
It's harder to explain something that just come naturally to someone.
my boxing coaches were like that when i was young. its kinda good how they don't want the words to get in the way. they are teaching a dance and they really just want you to start dancing and developing a feel.
Corgi it's even harder to explain when you can barely speak English to begin with
Lebron was confused so was I, who cares hakeem is great but his little footwork subtleties aren't going to impact James game, Im sure Lebron knows how to fuckin play ball this vid is stupid to be honest.
Yeah kinda weird how he got 2 masters degrees from the University of Houston with barely knowing English. You're a stupid fuck that doesn't even know what a basketball looks like.
Hakeem's moves are so amazing b/c he's African, he spent the first decades of his life only playing soccer, that's why his footwork is so damn amazing. He didn't touch a basketball until he was 15.
Hard to tell from this video who is older...Lebron looks stiffer!
kamerun1 the old one is the fat one
Sub 2 Me 4 No Reason that was d wade?
It's amazing to me that Hakeem at his age still moves more fluidly than lebron who is a huge post threat
Try to say that again these days, see how bron spin that shit around lol
@@samueltambunan6897 hakeem is still more fluid than him
@@fireeagle5633 AGREE. DREAM STILL HANDLE THE BALL BETTER AND HAVE BETTER FOOTWORK
Looks like the most important part of hakeem moves is amplitude. When you look at all his videos of teaching, he always extends far with all the moves, when he spins, when he steps through, even when he moves the ball he has his arms extended to gain space and be far from the defender.
If you look at lebron in the beginning and guys like Amare or Dwight, they are all cramped within their own close personal space if it makes sense, they don't extend far and moves are less effective.
This dude was not called the dream for no reason! This video shows us why.
LNP
A ballerina teaching a robot
lmao 😂
Better to say The Dream teaching the King 💪😂👉🏀
Onur Gözcü Bron is my favourite player ever. But c'mon man, the Dream moves at 50 plus y/o are so natural. That finesse being a 7 footer is just crazy. LeBron is a 6'8 260-270 (I don't believe he is a 250 player). LeBron moves are like a robot. Like a player who needs days and days of training to try to reach 50% Hakeem.
I mean, you could train all the time in your live, but you'd never have the release of Korver and Curry, the Hakeem's feet and moves or the perfection of Stockton about fundamentals. That's gods gifts. Not trining
+Onur Gözcü only king is JESUS
Mr SS Stop relegion topic i respect all !
Hakeem teaching kobe is so much beatuful,kobe is like a prodigy of skills
J23TV shut up
Johnny Sahsa fuck kobe
J23TV OH NOO ITS THE BRONSEXUALS!!!! Face it kiddo, Kobe is a better ball handler than lebron and also Kobe has better footwork. Lebron is better at almost everything else tho
Lebron looks like a brick with legs doing post moves.
I can see clearly now the fundementals Olajuwon used to bring 2 championships to Houston.
The smoothness of Hakeems spin move is .... god-like.
Lebron got tight hips...he can't do that spin move as fluid as Hakeem.
510MyTube what adjustments can be made for LeBron then
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LOL you should look at how dwight spin . lebron is considerable way better LOL.
It's not about the hips it's about the upper back. Look at how much LBJ is leaning forward, which is a habit from normal dribble stance.
Stop makin excuses, it's cause the man got no post game
The spin move is hard asf to master ,but once you establish it and put it in your arsenal its very effective on your defender in the post and on the perimeter🏀💪💫
OMG fuckin Olajuwon and Lebron, Training together , "try not to cry ___ Cry a lot "
Both have like 6 PHD in basketball, this is amazing.
LeBron doesn't spread his legs when he pivot. Feels like he's about to trip anytime.
damn if only lebron had low post game like this
Looking back at the comments is hilarious now that Lebron dominates in the post now 😂😂😂😂
When and where??? A few possessions in the playoffs lol
dominates in the post??? i think u looking at the wrong 23's footage
Old School Lmaoooo Lebron doesnt take fadeaway post shots sureee ruclips.net/video/e0KDSJDX1Pk/видео.html
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@@xDreMack did you watch the playoffs this year? xddddddd
This was so interesting to watch. It shows how even future Hall-of-Famers can learn some new *seemingly* basic skills of their craft.
Anthony Edwards should watch this if he actually thinks 90s players outside of Jordan had no skill. LeBron still uses these moves today.
Lebron's style is different is all...Hakeem like Kobe is more fluid, relaxed in style.
Hakeem teaching kobe that spin move
LeBron at this point was more of a power guy. He was bullying smaller 3's and that's why he's very aggro with his moves. Hakeem was always really good with his footwork because of his training in team handball and soccer. That's why it's important to play multiple sports to develop diverse skills. You don't think about footwork when it comes to hoops but look how much more fluid Hakeem is in his 50's compared to LeBron at his peak
this ain't easy , takes a lot of repitition and practice but he's learning quick, i admire that he's willing to learn still anyway
I agree 34 isn't as old as people make it out to be, however i disagree with this whole talent thing. There may be a smaller number of true superstars today but the overall talent of the players across the board has increased. They are more athletic and more capable than the role players of the past. And I don't know why people think Lebron couldn't thrive in a tougher era. Hand checking was still allowed when he was a rookie and he still torched grown men.
Now, anybody understand why Dream34 was above Ewing, Robinson, Mourning, Mutombo and all the others! Definitely the number one of the centers!
Lebron, who plays forward, make the move, spin and this is not good for The Dream. When the Dream make the move, he's doing faster, the ball is more closer to the body when he dribbles and spin on the same time...So elegant to finish !
Greatness indeed ! Now I know where Lebron learned the spin move. Even at his age the moves are still very fluid !
It's funny that there are no dominant bigs today too!!! So many players who are the same size as Kevin Mchale and Hakeem with twice as much athleticism and yet most of them have a limited post game and prefer to dunk and shoot jumpers.
LOL the way some of you make it sound you would think all the teams in the NBA would have figured out how to stop somebody who avg 27 7 and 7 for his Career. He's getting better every year. Adding something new to his game. Thats what the great ones do.
Thank you for using the move on the court and not wasting Hakeem's time like what D. Howard did.
a smooth 50 year old
Look at him now he perfected all of these moves
How great is Hakeem that he gets to mentor these superstars like kids.. amazing..
Lebron doesn't have the feel for these moves like dream or MJ. The crazy thing is, he is still dominating anyways.
he tryna tell lebron how to not travel lol
Almost 100 MJ fans disliked this video already
Lebron utilizes what hakeem teaches him more than dwight does!
It's great to know that even the greats have to learn from the greats!
Great !!
A lot of you guys are clowns you have somebody teaching someone something that they have done thousands of times and you expect them to get it in 5 min...... lol
LeBron: im dizzy
Hakeem: well you gonna keep getting dizzy until you win another ring
LeBron: but that might take years
Hakeem: i got time
Hakeem was the killer in his days! This dude Destroyed David Robinson a.k.a. the Admiral but David Robinson Won the MVP.
Biggest Mistaken of all time by David Sterns.
Hakeen could still play in the nba with those moves so fluid
now i know why lebron's spin move be deadly asf
KING OF TRAVEL IS THE WORST STUDENT TO HAKEEM
nah dwight howard is the worst
I have respect for lebron for this and I hate him
So many experts in the comment section
lebron loves doing spin moves when he is attacking.
Hakeem 11 years ago at age 39...7ppg on 46% shooting.
Basic skill set, not a great handle, sketchy post game, not a go to move on the perimeter and he beats guys with size not skill, don't get fooled by championships, that's not the only thing that makes a player.
I respect ballers trying to learn and expand their craft from dream, but what he use to do is very hard to learn. You just gotta have that instinct and “it” to do what he did. That footwork was just unreal in his heyday
I don't think lebron moves like this now
don ice 33 today
don ice yea I think he’s more faster and agile these days lol
LeBron ain't smooth enough for the dream shake
Kobe is the Hakeem of the 2spot and Lebron is the Shaq of the 3 spot. Refined skills vs. strength and power.
Hakeem, What a great move!!!
@Legend32 know your facts straight. A vastly inferior player won't be a first pick overall, even ahead of Jordan. Hakeem retired with his name in the top ten of every major statistic available in basketball. If that's what you call a vastly inferior player, you are Jordan himself. I'm calling you out and introduce yourself!
Lebron has no swiftness...all power.
David Westover you replied to a 3 year old post how do you feel dumbass
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David Westover you’re life must be sad if you have to reply to 3 year old post
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Beautiful! Love it!
Great technique and teaching by master Hakeem
Hakeem is smooth as fuck with those spin moves!!!
Thohrii Pfuzhe never won mvp
watch Kobe and hakeems training. kobe does it seamlessly
The most important lesson in basketball fundamentals is how to do the shimmy like Steph Curry.
He has problaby watched this tape so many times because he definitely worked out the kinks before that season
Kobe's been doin that for as long as he's been in the league.
LMMFAO! LEBRON IS GARBAGE LOL! No skills! That's why Hakeem Olajuwon said MJ is a away more Superior basketball player then LeCon
Hakeem does it instinctively. He breathes all those moves, without much thinking.
Did u know that during every one of Bill Russell's first 4 championships there were 8 teams in the NBA. There were 9 teams in the league every one of his next 5 titles. There were 12 teams in the NBA when he won his 10th, and 14 teams when he won his 11th chip. During everyone of his first 9 titles there was a 6 team playoff format, which means 6 out of 8 or 9 teams made the playoffs
LeBron couldn't learn this so he just ended up inventing his own move " the crab step" AKA travel undercover AKA vacate AKA HOW ILL GET 25% of my points lol
that bullshit man if you look at the stats you see that at the age of 28 Lebron won his 2nd ring at the age of 28 and MJ at age 29, at the time of Lebrons 2nd ring he helpt his team to 19 playoff series win and MJ to 13 playoff series win,Lebron playoff win precentage is .638 at MJ 2nd ring he had a playoffs win precentage of .587, at time of Lebron 2nd ring he has won 4 MVP awards thats 1 more than MJ when he won his 2nd ring also Lebron is a 9 all star when he won his 2nd ring and MJ a 8 time
Yes... first think about how it is possible to get 11 rings. 1) he is either head and shoulders above everyone else or 2) his rings are cheap rings. Wilt played in the same era. And many consider him far better even with the huge ring disparity. Wilt changed the rules changed the game changed the stat books. Btw russell is a 6'9'' C who wasn't that athletic compared to howard the same size. During that era the avg C size was 6'8 to 6'10. Pedestrian Cs no wonder they dominated duh...
He has the best handles and passing of any small forward, his post game has gotten much better, and he's become a great shooter. The only thing he isn't great at at this point is free throw shooting. Don't get fooled with all the bandwagon hate against lebron and the heat, he is the real deal. Sorry people are butthurt that they didn't go to his team. Not even a heat fan btw, but to say he has a basic skill set is absurd. He's the best in the league and it's not even close.
true. hes huge, heavy and has basically no body fat. and hes almost as fast as guards like kobe or mj. all this combined make fouls on LBJ look a lot less harmless than they are. he is an athletic freak but that doesnt mean that he cant get bruises or that fouls against him arent fouls when other players would fall to the floor after such a foul.
Gregg Popovich tried another approach.. he often times put a bigger body on james (like boris diaw) and told the defender to back off of james to deny his driving angles and dare him to shoot.. miami only won because lebron james significantly improved his mid-range/3-point game...(compared to 2011 finals, where he was defended almost the same way)
the habit is hard to change for everyone, seems to me that they are trying to adjust LB's habit when make the spin. LB used to dribble once in the middle of the spin, dream is trying to show him the benefit of delay the dribble by pulling the ball further after spin thus will be less chance to get stole the ball from the behind when you make the turn.
# BASKETBALL IS JAZZ
the notes do not change, but the way you play the notes makes it look like you changed it
the goal is score the basket, how you score the basket can be art to itself,
each move puts the defender at a disadvantage, that move is self = art
Wait do you mean Dwight was learning better than Lebron? And did you mean Dwight learned better because of college experience? Or am I misunderstanding what you meant?
still got a knock down jump shot. he'd averaged 40% from down town he was shooting 56% from all cylinders, near 50% from mid range 17 feet and that's over the other 28 teams that plays different match ups or defense. some of those shots in the finals are contested.
@jakelast there's no player in thr nba tht can shut lbj dwn & then outta all nba players u said BORIS FUCKIN DIAW & deng u clearly didnt see how lbj gets over them & deng lbj always takes him out his abt time da 4th qtr comes deng be too tired & wash to do anything & diaw he's no problem for.lbj
I'm in now way a LeBron hater .. he's the best & will end his career arguably the best I will always choose MJ but that's a diff story .. my only problem is I see a lot of ppl sayin his footwork is bad and he travels watch his highlights half of them he takes 3 sometimes 4 steps & never gets called
The big line-ups of Pacers/Spurs could and can easily adjust to James jumping in the post because Miami doesn't have much size for support, look at what happened between games 3 and 4 in the conference finals - some coaching for help defense and shablam.
wait when did anyone say anything about being better than Jordan tho. I get tired of people using Jordan as a measuring stick to everyone. Jordan was without a shadow of a doubt the greatest but that does not mean everyone should be compared to him.
If hakeem came back and played in the nba. He would definitely dominant in every game.
He`d show those youngbloods some hell!
Bro. Hope you watched when he played his final couple seasons with the Raptors. He couldn't do shit. There's a difference btw doing moves in the gym versus playing against 25 yr old nba players. He' won't survive a quarter if he plays now,
Bryan Le He'd be good in his prime, though. No doubt about it.
Hakeem came back and his name is Joel Embiid
Bryan Le
He only played like 20 games for the raptors
when they try to wrap around LeBron and LeBron finishes, it felt like an ant bite. jordan used to attack but he's doing all those circus moves to avoid contact. kobe doesn;t attack. bird is a passer. what are you saying?
lengthen your dribble get closer to the point of attack. also allows you to be more square to the basket.
have to respect lebron, other players this will come naturally to. he's the best and is out-working the league.
it depends on his matchup... it's certainly a good idea against smaller opponents but if you put a bigger body on him, back off of him and dare him to shoot.. he just has to take some mid-range jumpers and 3s.
it's not lebron's poor handles and footwork. It's just his frame is really big for his body plus you're watching a master train a student. the student is always going to look less experienced.
despite lebron being the most dominant force in the league, his foot work and his hook shot in the beginning looks terrible. But not everyone is built for the way hakeem plays i guess.
Lebron has to have the worst fundamentals I've ever seen from a "top notch" basketball player. I mean, has no one ever told him that you only get 2 STEPS after picking up your dribble??
Cavs lebron was the goat,career wise kobe is the fuckin goat 34yrs old still bussin ass, mj don't compare to neither he just was athletic and playin against scrubbs
they did all the double and triple team on him especially on cavs since nobody respected his teammates. you can argue the same thing in the finals.
Shut up everybody please lebron dosent wanna be kobe.he just wants to win..and stop saying nba players sucks cause they made it so their better than u
And they say leflops the best...at least kobe has the talent and the skill...unlike leflop,doesnt have skills, nor talent,only brute force...
Don't you mean 1 day? He won't last the whole season playing starter mins (which is what hakeem would want to play otherwise why come back).