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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I assume you watched the game last night. I forget who on Detroit tried to tackle him, but he used both arms and grabbed his shoulder when Lebron was on the way to the basket. Lebron barely moved. The guy isn't human. He's 6' 9" on the internet and real life, easily 270-280 pounds, strong as an ox, can jump out of the gym, has a guard's first step and handle, can finish (and I just saw, pass) easily with either hand, has great basketball intelligence and is developing quite a jumper. He can defend your smallest guard and almost any big man. If you're quicker than him (which is rare), you're so small that he can jump right over you or post you up with ease. If you're big enough to bother him in the post (which is rare), he will bring you outside and either shoot over you or go right around you. He is impossible to defend. And when he sets his mind to taking it to the basket, there is no alternative but to foul him. None.
Can you imagine what he would do as a tight end in the NFL? Good Lord. He's a complete freak.
TM
(And now that I've said all of this, there is no way he makes it to the Knicks in 2010. But I'll settle for Wade.)
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All of of this is true.
But the one thing he is not is graceful. Besides the talent, will, drive, jumping ability, etc of MJ, it was how everything he did
flowed. It was almost artistic. LeBron is all power, no grace. It's not a knock on him; it's just that he doesn't look as pretty playing the game as MJ.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLpSKXr1kWw
