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Par Joël Pütz | Journaliste sportif
LeBron James has faced criticism regularly since the beginning of his career, but some of it makes no sense. The superstar recently responded to one of them, explaining why it was unfounded.
It’s impossible not to argue that LeBron James is one of the greatest players of all time. The forward has won the NBA title and the regular season MVP four times, is the leading scorer of all time, and appears on numerous statistical rankings. And yet, his detractors are as persistent as ever.
Whether on or off the court, they don’t mind using the slightest micro-argument to minimize the future Hall of Famer’s accomplishments. Sometimes, even to the point of being ridiculous, which doesn’t escape the person concerned. He even addressed the subject in the latest episode of the Mind The Game podcast, responding to criticism of his supposedly poor offensive arsenal, and the King didn’t mince his words:
LeBron defends his offensive bag
When I was growing up, it wasn’t talked about it. The least amount of dribbles to get where you need to get to was what I grew up on. Michael Jordan wasn’t out there dribbling 1.000 times, you know, to get to the spot. He’d get to a spot and raise. Isiah Thomas, as great of a handle that Isiah Thomas had, Isiah would get to a spot and raise. All these guys that I grew up on, Grant Hill, get to a spot, I’m bigger than you.
Big Dog Robinson, I’m bigger than you. Allen Houston, all these great players, that I grew up watching and admiring. Penny Hardaway, they could dribble the basketball, but there’s no… Tracy McGrady, even as great as Tracy’s handle was, it was, I’m bigger than you, I’m gonna get to the spot and the least amount of dribbles.
Kevin Garnett… Just good footwork, get over the top. If I’m bigger than you and I get you on my shoulder, I get you on my hip, I’m gonna use my size. I see it all the time. It’s like, you know, I’ll be on social media, like, “LeBron has no bag”. LeBron has no bag and I’m sitting over here with 50 billion points.
As a reminder, LBJ scored over 42,000 points in the regular season, and that number even rises above 52,000 if you add the playoffs. It’s hard to do that without having multiple strings to his offense, and that’s without mentioning his passing production, as he’s fourth all-time in distribution. Many of his peers, like Giannis Antetokounmpo, remain skeptical of such criticism.
