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Topic subject... did you watch LeBron play defense this year?
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2764530, ... did you watch LeBron play defense this year?
Posted by Frank Longo, Thu May-05-22 01:48 PM
Like, I know people are still hanging on to the "he can turn the defense on when he wants" thing... but can he turn the defense on against maybe the best offensive player in the NBA today? Someone who's got at least 2 inches and 30 pounds on him? Because I absolutely do not think he can.

That doesn't mean Bron couldn't score on offense on an island against Jokic, but any smart international coach wouldn't let that happen, they'd just play drop coverage and let Bron take outside jumpers over extended hands.

Considering Bron isn't a potent outside shooting threat, you have to really consider him to be a plus defender right today to include him on this team. And I... am not sure that's true.