There’s a dirty little secret in the NBA: Every championship team has a star who can perform a particular move automatically, whenever a score is absolutely needed.
That move? The contested jumper.
LeBron James does not have a consistent jumper in his repertoire.
And although one of his new teammates (Dwyane Wade) does, coach Erik Spoelstra has proven that when the Heat desperately needs a bucket, LeBron gets the ball and everyone else clears out (Let’s move on past the grammatical awkwardness of singular team names like the Heat).
There’s a reason that LeBron is simultaneously an unstoppable regular season force and a dud when the playoffs roll around. Playoff basketball is a completely different game.
Tough defense becomes the norm. The pace slows down to a crawl. Easy transition points are few and far between. Teams are in a perpetual race against time to get a quality shot off within 24 seconds.
Whenever a LeBron-laden team needs a basket, defenses know what to expect. Generally, LeBron will get the ball at the top of the arc, a screen will come to his left just above the ...
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Why LeBron James Will Never Win an NBA Championship
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