Though the Cleveland Cavaliers are sitting pretty atop the Eastern Conference standings and LeBron James is submitting yet another fantastic campaign, not everything has gone smoothly for the four-time MVP. Despite averaging 25.4 points, 7.4 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game, James has actually been the worst in the NBA at something.
While Stephen Curry has been lighting up scoreboards from all over the floor and taking a prohibitive lead in this year's MVP race, James has struggled mightily outside of the painted area:
NBA.com's John Schuhmann provided a list of the league's worst shooters, one that contains more than its fair share of notable names:
There are two primary ways of looking at this.
First, we can adopt a negative point of view and justifiably criticize an otherwise phenomenal basketball player for allowing such an important weakness to emerge. James is shooting 48.6 percent from the field, but he's hitting only 24.8 percent of his deep tries and throwing up bricks from virtually every mid-range zone.
Without fail, his shooting percentage ...
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