For the first time, SethPartnow has LeBron James in Tier 2. 'I think he is nearer the bottom than the top of the Top 10 in the league in terms of current championship-level impact.' Who else joins him?
Defense isn’t the only evidence of slippage. Consider that his ratio of free throw to field goal attempts was .411 over his two strings in Cleveland while reaching .426 in his Miami years. Over his now five years in Los Angeles, it has dropped all the way to .288 . This sort of trend is often an injury of a reduction in explosiveness or other impingements on athleticism.
That James has managed to get to the basket as often as always is a credit to his skill and strength, but he isn’t creating the sorts of advantages that saw him live at the line until he was deep into his 30s.On some level, it’s a measure of James’ greatness that I have to spend this much time explaining why I think a 38-year old is nearer the bottom than the top of the Top 10 in the league in terms of current championship-level impact.storm deep into the Western Conference playoffs.
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