15 Feet of Trouble: How LeBron Selfishly Took His Team’s Technical Free Throws to Pad His Points

[@AndrewRobyEngineer]

6'8", professional hooper, and airballing layups, shouldn't belong in the same sentence. But, absolutely they don't belong in the same sentence as the GOAT.

[@biffbobfred]

He’s not even the GOAT laker much less the league.

[@alat_ka]

6'9"

[@RaymondPatrick-w8u]

@AndrewRobyEngineer He threw one off of the back of the backboard in this year's 1st regular season game while inbounding and not one announcer said a thing.

[@biffbobfred]

@@RaymondPatrick-w8u 😃

[@RaymondPatrick-w8u]

@MaceQuinndu I don't even blame Bronny. It's all LeBron trying to up his legacy but it's a joke. His podcast partner who had a mediocre career and no coaching experience gets the headcoach job and his son who averaged 4 points in college and the Lakers pick him. I don't think Bronny ever wanted to play pro ball. LeBron is so selfish and arrogant. Jerry Buss is rolling over in his grave. If he would have had a son this would have never happened and LeBron wouldn't be playing anymore.

[@timmyharrison9930]

He’s used to getting cheap ass points his whole career

[@rgh5069]

Cheap rebounds and cheap assists too.

[@jean-francoisgionet1213]

MJ was shooting them with his eyes close ,in games.Cause he knew he wasn't going to fail. LeBron doesn't have that mentality.

[@JackLalane-yt4iu]

​@PacmanBrunnerwhen are we gonna get a SINGLE photo of the Racial Slur spray painted on the front gate of his Brentwood California Multimillion dollar home on June 1, 2017? Y'all need to step up your hate crime hoax game blud.

[@VaughnRawn]

One time Kyrie was playing to Lakers, can’t remember what team Ky was on. But James went to take some technical FT’s and you can hear Ky say “That’s your best shooter? Why is he taking the shots?” Other players don’t speak up but they notice the nonsense

[@VaughnRawn]

I just heard AOH say the same story lol I jumped the gun on the comment before watching

[@eddieharman3650]

@@VaughnRawn Yep Ive been there before

[@spoodyR3]

It was the mavs

[@Vennnnnnnnnn]

Just imagine how many more turnovers and less points this guy would have if they actually called him for charging/dislodging. The NBA is a joke

[@niqbaaaa]

he would be out of the league in 5 years lol

[@michaelsilberg9059]

"They" is Adam Silver. Adam Silver authorizes and directs league officials.

[@zobechibe]

And travel

[@andrecarter1590]

And traveling

[@JustAWriter12]

I've been wanting someone to track this since his 1st NBA game and just see where his total points are

[@psychedelicvault6951]

Lebum never averaged over 78% from the free throw line in the regular season and never averaged over 80% from the free throw line in the playoffs. Lebum is the most overrated player ever and he took advantage of the weaker travel and foul rules in this softer gen z NBA era to score easier.

[@nydibs]

It’s funny how the weakest rules ever coincided with Lebrons career, and now that it’s over, the nba wants to start allowing more physical play

[@eboticus3421]

@@psychedelicvault6951 🐐 lol

[@pambrown5625]

@@psychedelicvault6951 but he avg 30 in 2005 was that era soft

[@roboninja3194]

@@nydibs I'm so glad to see your comment. I've been saying this for the last few years to friends. That when Lebron is about to retire the NBA will start allowing more physical play and id always get told I'm crazy. Remember the T-Wolves defense in the 1st 2 game vs Denver in last season's playoffs? Refs were letting them play, letting them be physical. Now imagine if Lebron had to face that his entire career.

[@roboninja3194]

@@pambrown5625 Hand checking was removed at the start of the 2004-05 season. And the 3 second illegal D rule started in the 2002 season. If you know ball, have played organized ball you should know how significant those rule changes were for making it easier to drive to the rim and score. The refs allowing more steps and carrying started right around 2010 and it's gotten progressively worse over time.

[@chrisramos3454]

I find it hilarious they say he plays all 5 positions well because if you look at the stat lines its ridiculously similar. Its almost as if he doesnt play a position and just plays his statpadding kind of basketball.

[@JoshuaHopkins-j9o]

That's the nature of the whole "point-forward" narrative... the reality is that he needs the ball in his hands to be effective... and he's too stupid to play his actual position in an offense. His team basically starts each game with a +25 and some extra freethrows... and then plays 4v5

[@MikeBNumba6]

@@JoshuaHopkins-j9o Years ago early in his career when the Cavs lost to the Pistons in the playoffs, a few people were saying both Rasheed Wallace and Lebron would be so much better as players if they played their actual position more. Both should be in the post more for the offense instead of standing on the perimeter and shooting jumpers. This was the local talking point by local beat writers (im from cleveland).

[@JoshuaHopkins-j9o]

@@MikeBNumba6 ... That's a great comment... I like hearing about the local stuff that none of us outsiders are "privy" too... and it makes sense that they got away with that early in his career... Though maybe all the local writers in LA trash the guy now too... and I just am unawares

[@biffbobfred]

On defense his position is “kinda float somewhere, sometimes float on the same side of the court as the rest of the defense, sometimes not”. But always ready with the “what were you doing letting them score when I made it 5 on 4” hand gesture.

[@biffbobfred]

21:28 Truth be told having a specific rhythm is recommended. The missing? Not so much

[@su1-tin652]

Skip Bayless, for all his flip- flopping later in his career- was the only person I'd seen before consistently hammering home that Lebron wasnt trying to strategically draw defenders so he could dish to open shooters at the end of games, but that he was RUNNING from the free-throw line at the end of games in clutch situations. Because he knew he was an inadequate free throw shooter

[@violoncelo1000]

He's just a better version of Ben Simmons, i give him that.. goat? never was, never will be...

[@feynmanschwingere_mc2270]

Lebron is just Ben Simmons on steroids.

[@su1-tin652]

@@feynmanschwingere_mc2270 I think even that may be giving him too much credit. At least Ben was an elite defender, and gave effort on the floor 😂

[@ericschweinsberg133]

Him blowing on his hands all the time is his self soothing due to the nagging feeling in his head that no one REALLY respects him and deep down he knows he’s not the greatest.

[@michaelsilberg9059]

Adam Silver chose and has protected LeBron James from reality every day of his career.

[@topcatmatt]

#chosenone

[@kielmaguire5121]

Daddy penis head

[@predibhoy2242]

PED use included

[@seymourbutts563]

Except Silver wasn't the commissioner

[@Chandahntzee]

Except Silver wasn't the commissioner when LeBron came in.

[@geert574]

reminder Larry Bird has .886 freethrow career percentage

[@nydibs]

But all players today are better bc evolution, right

[@mr.e6684]

@@nydibsbird was not handsome so he must’ve sucked. Lebron is so hot, that massive jawline oh god yes!!!

[@labynoe]

Bird was WAY BETTER than LeBron ever was or will ever be.

[@josipdolibasic4143]

@@nydibs if you ask the keyboard warriors who never played basketball and cannot comprehend that anything other than gym strength and jumping explosive ability matters in the game

[@gray1738]

Larry's worst ever freethrow % is 6% better than LeBron's best.

[@Pseudog831]

LeBron became obsessed with stat padding after he scored eight points in the 2011 Finals. 😙

[@TKMotoRolA_RazR]

before when things got tough lebron would shut down. now he goes into statpad mode to avoid blame

[@TheRealTact]

@@TKMotoRolA_RazRit’s crazy how he’s really never been him at any point in his career 😂😂😂

[@feynmanschwingere_mc2270]

Lebron is 19 for 137 on game winners/go-ahead FGs for his career. He is 0 for 7 on game winners in the NBA finals. He's not clutch because he has no bag. He also has the highest turnover rate in the 4th quarter for ANY NBA player in history. Facts are stubborn things. LeBron is criminally overrated.

[@nsant2321]

along with the most playoff buzzer beaters ever, he averages the most points ever in elimination games lebron is actually 7/12 on game winning/tying in the final second of playoff games he shoots 44% on game winning/tying shots in the playoffs he also has the most clutch points in NBA history seems to me that's pretty clutch

[@JackLalane-yt4iu]

​@@nsant2321did that certified stat sheet mention him being the All Time Leader in Turnovers & Missed Shots? How does a "Pass First" player achieve this?

[@nsant2321]

@@JackLalane-yt4iu the same stat sheet that says he has a better ast/to ratio than guys like mj and kobe and also a higher fg pct than both of them too

[@labynoe]

Kareem was a career 72% FT shooter and I don't ever remember him taking his team's technical foul shots. So why is LeBron with his 73.6% FT rate taking technical foul shots? Only one reason: LeBron is more interested in padding his stats than in his team winning. That has been the story of his entire career. And THAT is yet another reason LeBron doesn't belong in any GOAT conversation.

[@MikeBNumba6]

here's another one. Go look at Lebron's playoff losses. Look at how many times he attempted 3 point shots while NOT being the best 3 point shooter on his teams. If you look at his first 12 years in the NBA, he took more three point shots in the playoffs then anyone on his teams while being a below avg 3 point shooter. Mind you, most of his three point shot attempts aren't even contested because teams want him shooting those

[@theflyingkaramazovbrothers6]

@@MikeBNumba6 they just came out with a stat that Lebron has missed the last 16 game-tying/winning 3 point shot in the last several years (those shots coming within the last 20 seconds of 4Q or OT). Honestly, if he didn't take them, there'd be less to criticize but here is at 80 years old still trying to act like he's the lead dog. Like Karl Malone and Shaq didn't try to take 3 pointers to tie or win games.

[@pambrown5625]

He shouldn't be in the goat convo because of his technical free throw percentage??? How can u stat pad at something you're claiming hes not good at?

[@JackLalane-yt4iu]

​@@pambrown5625go get you sum good mathematics lurnin at *LeBron's I Promise School*

[@kamotetops1572]

@@pambrown5625 "How can u stat pad at something you're claiming hes not good at?" - He SHOULD NOT have THAT technical free throw% stat IN THE FIRST PLACE! He is the ONLY ONE taking THAT shot even though there are BETTER FT shooter THAN him. Well, no one can say no to LeGM, LeCoach; THAT is WHY he has THAT stat which HE HAS NO BUSINESS to have to begin with!

[@AmmorayeLong]

I never realized these things about LeBron until I came across your channel.. this is crazy

[@AngryOldHoops]

It’s interesting isn’t it? One side of the argument could simply claim that I am a hater, but the other side of the argument is that it’s strange that professional sports media don’t mention things that are obviously worth mentioning.

[@AmmorayeLong]

@@AngryOldHoops I know a lot of people like to call it hate but how is it hate when these are factual things . LeBron is truly selfish and that is extremely alarming smdh ! His stats are manufactured . LeBron is not a top player in the league . This is disgusting smh. So let me get this straight .. because LeBron needs to push a narrative then his teammates aren’t supposed to go after rebounds even the ones that are coming DIRECTLY towards them ? Nope they gotta back off and let LeBron get that rebound .. so he can get his 7-8 rebound stat line to make it seem like he’s active .. this is crazy smh . There are many different examples of this that you pointed out.. rebounding is literally just one example ! LeBron is not even better than Rui ! but Rui gotta let LeBron get his touches . This is honestly beyond basketball . LeBron is just not righteous in general and that shit is sad as fuck

[@MikeBNumba6]

@@AmmorayeLong For a guy his size who can jump as high as he can, you think he'd have more offensive rebounds in an era where its easier for players to get offensive rebounds due to teams taking longer shooting attempts. Nope, because offensive rebounds requires effort unlike uncontested defensive rebounds.

[@AmmorayeLong]

@@MikeBNumba6 u worded this like poetry . That’s exactly what’s going on ! It’s truly sad his teammates have to cater to his stat line . Doesn’t run back on defense , complain to the refs , we can go on and on !

[@dppsupporter5622]

Funny how a grown man dedictates his life to hating someone lmao

[@Fixundfertig1]

George Mikan, a center from the 50's that usually most people discard from conversations as unskilled and/or inefficient shot 80% from the FT line in the finals, he went to 5 finals and won all of them.

[@PoliticusRex632]

And Mikan shot free throws understand

[@celestialdemon1316]

For anyone who doesn't think free throws are mental and are more about size, I refer them to Yao Ming. In a game filled with giants, he was one of the biggest to ever play, and yet, he was a career 83% free throw shooter. In fact, his worst free throw shooting year is slightly better than Lebron's best year.

[@AngryOldHoops]

Great point

[@S.O.D]

It’s mental but size(specifically hand size) does factor to a degree. Look at Shaq. Honestly with how big his hands are he might have been better off shooting one handed free throw.

[@celestialdemon1316]

It really doesn't. Again, Yao was bigger than Shaq including hand size. Sabonis was bigger than Shaq and shot 79% from the line. You also have Marjanovic, Bradley, Smits, and more who were bigger than Shaq but shot a much higher free throw percentage. He knew free throws were important, but they weren't a "sexy" part of the game and so didn't work on them or care about them as much.

[@S.O.D]

@@celestialdemon1316 gotcha. I wasn’t aware of that Yao had bigger hands as well.

[@Christo_Trismegistus]

If you work hard at something eventually you will get better. LeBron has never worked on free throws or shooting which is why he shoots less than 37% outside of the restricted area

[@michaelmilam3497]

This shouldn’t shock anyone, his midrange game is trash, this is why he spent most of his career 3 feet from the rim 😆

[@feynmanschwingere_mc2270]

MJ and Kobe were genuinely clutch. Kobe, for instance, hit the game-tying shot vs one of the best defenses in NBA history to send the Finals to OT in 2004 (where they won). Kobe hit the Game Winner vs Indiana in OT in his first NBA Finals (on a severely sprained ankle that, according to the Lakers team physician, would've sidelined most players for a month minimum), and led ALL players in 4th quarter scoring in the 2008, 2009, and the 2010 playoffs (and Finals all three years: 08, 09, 10). Young Kobe led the NBA in playoff clutch scoring 2 out of his three first rings (only AI outscored him in 2001). Kobe was INSANELY CLUTCH (most Game Winners, 36, of any player in NBA history). MJ is the most clutch human being to ever live and the GOAT. I don't need to listen examples, anybody educated already knows. LeSteroids is 19 for 141 in Go-Ahead/Game-Winning FG Situations in the 4th Quarter for his entire career; he is 0 for 7 on game winners in the Finals; he is 10-11 in one possession games in the NBA finals; he has the highest 4th quarter Turnover Rate of any player in PLAYOFF history (and regular season history, 1.9 TOVs/4th Q, and several hundred MORE total TOVs than any player in history, an unbreakable record by the time he retires). He also has the most 4th quarter Turnovers of any player in NBA Finals history. Yet his Bronse*uals cult will continue to lie and say he is more clutch than MJ and Kobe because "hE hAs mOrE pLaYoFf bUzZeR bEaTerS tHaN mJ oR kObE oR bIrD oR dr J oR mAgIC" (🤡). In reality this is a VERY misleading stat. Notice they don't say game winners or go-ahead FGs, it's SPECIFICALLY "Buzzer Beaters in the Playoffs." In reality, his "Clutch" stats in the playoffs are pedestrian. Kyrie led the Cavs in "Clutch Scoring" in the 2016 playoffs and this was in the heart of LeSteroids PRIME. AD led the Lakers in Clutch Scoring in the 2020 Bubble. Cmon fellas, let's stop the pathological lying about LeBalco. He is not clutch, never has been, never will be. Look at the Olympics if you want even more proof (2008, 2012, 2024). Not once did he ever lead Team USA in clutch scoring. Not ONCE. He is the EPITOME of UNCLUTCH, the paragon of choking, the paladin of sticking a pacifier in his own mouth in crunch time. He is, in short, the BIGGEST FRAUD in NBA history. (And he's on several PEDs too, keeps super teams stacking, and still can't catch Kobe or MJs ring count despite the incessant flopping for cheap points and uncalled travelling - almost every single play). LeChoke 😂🤣🤣🤣😂 IMO he's not a top 10 player in the NBA all time, and if we really emphasize CLUTCH ability, he's not a top 50 player all time. He's a role player masquerading as a top Alpha.

[@MikeBNumba6]

I have so much fun debunking the Lebron is clutch narrative because his fans love to throw out the stat that he hit more game winners then anyone in history. I'm like "against who?" Congrats he hit a clutch shot on the Raptors in the playoffs who the Cavs ended up sweeping anyways. How the hell is that clutch? Plus the game was tied. Most if not all his "clutch shots" are against teams where his teams would have won the series anyways. He knows if he misses the shot it goes into OT. When the game is not tied, he passes it to a teammate who hadn't shot the ball all quarter hoping to bail him out. Ask a Lebron fan the one time Lebron "made the right play" and his team won the game. I'll give you a hint, it never happened. He's not clutch. How can he be clutch when he's a streaky mediocre jump shooter and free throw shooter? He plays the game to where his fans and the media can never blame him when he losses. He'd have 6 rings if he could hit his free throws and not turn the ball over so much.

[@pambrown5625]

Yet he has the most buzzer beaters in the playoffs😅😅😅 more clutch points than Kobe too in playoffs I Wont say mj cause they start keeping the stat in 96

[@gggyy7104]

@@feynmanschwingere_mc2270 Lebron James is STATISTICALLY, FACTUALLY AND OBJECTIVELY the clutchest player since 1996 at least.

[@Christo_Trismegistus]

LeBron has played in more finals than a lot of players so of course he will have more buzzer beaters and clutch points because he had more shot attempts than alot of players. LeBron is not clutch because he has had too many finals appearances where he flamed out. 2011 he was trash, 2014 he flamed out. 2015 they were up 2-1 on the warriors and his team still lost. LeBron easily should have 2-3 more championships and it would shut alot of people up but 2011 and 2014 are inexcusable finals losses.

[@frankcloutier5495]

About Kareem, the guy was the all-time pts leader AND he had also won 6 championships, and still some old heads still lined him over Jordan, but the vast majority were still giving the title to Jordan even before the second 3-peat. That's how otherworldly MJ was in the actual moment when he was playing. That's something people who couldn't witness it can't truly grasp through the numbers or the highlights afterwards.

[@paulusrumanouw3176]

If only airball FT stat is recorded. 😂

[@-1Hawk]

Thanks! Truth serum is essential, keep it up.

[@AngryOldHoops]

Thank you

[@-1Hawk]

@@AngryOldHoops 👊

[@AngryOldHoops]

You deserve a better response than just thank you, but my brain is already spent after a morning ranting on LeBron, lol.

[@-1Hawk]

@@AngryOldHoops, you and some of my other favorites on these KZbin streets are fighting a billion-dollar industry to bring the Truth. You've earned my support.

[@frankcloutier5495]

Honest take: I believe that if Curry took his free throws from the 3-pt line during a whole season, his percentage would still be higher than LeBron's. Curry, feet set, clear view, is probably at least 75% from 3 (a guy who can shoot 42-45% with ridiculous game shots and full court heaves counted in the mix) and that's a real stretch for James.

[@kirbyaugustine761]

Facts

[@RaymondPatrick-w8u]

Look at the stats of LeBrons 4 rings. Not once did he lead the team in finals stats yet he got mvp every time

[@pambrown5625]

@@RaymondPatrick-w8u 21 people likes this nonsense lebron has led his team in scoring and assist in every finals hes won and has even led both teams in every statistical category

[@ryancastner1407]

@@pambrown5625 Not exactly, Lebron has been outscored by someone in over half the finals he has played in or something like that. Also, if you put in to context his points vs the points of other players who rivaled his numbers, lebrons numbers always seem to inflate when the game is out of reach one way or the other, which makes his average goes up giving the illusion he was one of the best. Perfect example is 2020 mickey mouse chip. Go rewatch that series again and you will see it. Also, rewatch the entire 2020 playoff run. AD was BY FAR the best player but lebron found a way to make sure he nabbed mvp which isnt hard since the nba is on his side, constantly helping him and giving him phony awards.

[@pambrown5625]

@@ryancastner1407 bro read he said in his 4 championships not once did he lead in stats. Be serious rn

[@pambrown5625]

@@ryancastner1407 2020 finals lebron avg. 32.12.9 really

[@ryancastner1407]

@@pambrown5625 yeah really, he really beat up on that weak ass 5th seed team with several key injuries LMFAO, all after AD paved the way for him. Thanks for allowing me to add more evidence to my point

[@feynmanschwingere_mc2270]

There is no proof LeBalco makes his teammates better. Bron is 10-11 in one possession games in the Finals. Lebron is 19 for 137 on game winners/go-ahead FGs for his career. He is 0 for 7 on game winners in the NBA finals. Ouch 😂😂😂. Ray Allen saved him. Kyrie Irving saved him. LeStans clutch %s in the playoffs are worse than MJ and Kobe. He has 6 playoffs buzzer beaters but he has like 40 misses 😂😂😂. He has ZERO go-ahead FG/Gws in the Finals despite being there 10 times, let that sink in. He is not Klutch. 😂. He's not clutch because he has no bag. He also has the highest turnover rate in the 4th quarter for ANY NBA player in history. Facts are stubborn things. LeBron is criminally overrated. (LeBronze James) MULTIPLE TIMES said on camera to 60 Minutes and to Graham Besinger that "Kobe Bryant is the best player in our league." LeSteroids is a FRAUD, a PED user, a megalomaniac with Caligula and Nero level narcissism, and a pathological Liar. Complete joke of a man. You can't lie your way out of 6 Finals losses and the most Finals losses and the most turnovers and the most SuperTeams.

[@MikeBNumba6]

man has 6 finals losses where the league WANTS him to win more finals. Think about that. The league did everything they could to get him more finals wins and he still got swept more then any player in the last two decades when going to the finals

[@theflyingkaramazovbrothers6]

You're doing great work. For the stats like highest turnover rate in 4th quarter for any NBA player in history is that on basketball reference? I just want to properly cite these sources and verify them. I agree with all of your posts.

[@TKMotoRolA_RazR]

speaking facts here. if i had to rank lebron, he's top 20-30... maybe. hard to judge how good he is since all his accolades are weak and he was only ever great at running and dunking. being so turnover prone, and lebron doesn't even go for crazy magic johnson passes. most of his turnovers are just outright blunders, unforced errors, and the result of poor ball handling. being the turnover king should disqualify him from any top 10 list. somehow, bball channels made it okay to have a lot of turnovers because "it means you're going for hard passes" so people gloss over lebron's 5k turnovers. but i mean, giving the ball up is never good. magic got a pass because he would hit 3-4 dimes per turnover.

[@JackLalane-yt4iu]

You just a hatin azz old head. You don't understand the 🐐's overall Intelligence ( Basketball & Government Knowledge)

[@rimantasandriukaitis2730]

And he walks around with a big fat smile on his face, its no big deal that we lost, it's just basketball (c) 2011 Stephen A Smith. And that sentence is still valid to this day.

[@petasmith6258]

I’ve noticed Jxmy Highroller doesn’t “debunk” these Le Bron reality videos anymore. Even the glaze in his eyes is diminishing 😂

[@TeezyfolKKz]

Dom2k got rid of some videos too.

[@petasmith6258]

@@TeezyfolKKz Yeah I seen that too…shame, his video’s are excellent! But somewhat biased when it comes to Le Bron.

[@TeezyfolKKz]

@@petasmith6258 how do you think these guys are making on Bleacher report, TNT, & other platforms? They’re playing the game. It is what it is. Dom had a video saying Kobe’s 7 finals trips were more difficult than LeBron’s 8 straight appearances - Gone. A video on LeBron’s breaking the eastern conference - Gone. Suddenly his platform took off

[@kirbyaugustine761]

@@TeezyfolKKzBleacher report is as bad as ESPN. For the NBA Top 75 ceremony they edited LBJ out of the video because MJ received a larger applause than the Choking One in Cleveland.

[@pambrown5625]

@@TeezyfolKKz maybe they were playing a game when mj was hooping

[@eddieharman3650]

Airballing free throws is insane. Its even more insane ti airball free throws when you claim ti be the GOAT. I mean they have "free" in the name for a fucking reason.

[@redzoz]

I think jordan took most of the technical free throws because he was most of the time the best free throw shooter in the game, but I remember steve kerr taking them when he was in the game for example and not mj... That was always how it used to work.. your better free throw shooter should always take them.

[@AngryOldHoops]

I looked it up before publishing this. Unless my sources are wrong, MJ did not take them if a better shooter was on the floor.

[@redzoz]

@@AngryOldHoopsyeah I remember clearly Kerr, I don't know why it was stuck in my head but he was 90% from the line so of course, and I think kukoc also shot them if I am not mistaken but one thing I am sure he wasn't always shooting them, the best goes. But it wasn't a unique thing of MJ, pretty much in all teams it worked in the same way, the most reliable shoots them. It's lebron anomaly

[@su1-tin652]

With all this in mind, it's so funny people always have no problem calling Russell Westbrook or James Harden stat padders, but the moment you even start to insinuate the same of Lebron, you're just a hater that doesn't watch or know any basketball.

[@nydibs]

Lebron is the definition of a stat padder, puts himself above the team, frequently plays in garbage time to get his stats

[@JustAWriter12]

Well I don't remember those guys calling themselves goat. See that's LeBron's main problem. He self proclaimed and now people are scrutinizing his every sneeze coz he had it coming. He's the goat? Sure. But let us analyze the receipts.

[@MikeBNumba6]

@@JustAWriter12 You hit the nail on the head. James Harden and Westbrook never said anything. Lebron and all his fans call him the GOAT, says he plays all 5 positions, says he makes teams better, says he more clutch then anyone in the history of the game, ect... Turns out all of that is nonsense to market him and the NBA after Jordan left

[@artix003]

@@JustAWriter12 this lol. its like why do people criticize/hate him its because of this. if he never self proclaimed this wont happen but media loves this kind of drama queen for headlines.

[@dash4800]

I remember one of those seasons where everyone was getting triple doubles people were doing just that. Criticizing Westbrook and praising lebron. So I went through all their triple double games and it turned out Westbrook was getting his more often in wins while alevron was doing it in losses. So Westbrook wasn't hurting his team to get stats but lebron was . . .

[@feynmanschwingere_mc2270]

Kobe beat three teams in three consecutive years that EMBARRASSED LeSteroids: 2008 Spurs 2009 Magic 2010 Celtics Mic drop 🎤 Kobe (by far) > LeBalco

[@Robss_]

And Lebron is 16-6 against Kobe 🤷‍♂️ That’s a dumb argument

[@ciscoflores5512]

@@Robss_what! lololololol listen little girl. Most those wins came when Kobe was old. Lehoe was on super teams then. And when does the regular season count. Stupid

[@HousingOfSorts]

@@Robss_LeFlop has soooo much further to fall from grace. It’s only just begun. When people start to really dissect his fraudulent, media-created legacy- it won’t be pretty. Get your poppin corn buttered😂

[@MikeBNumba6]

@@Robss_ regular season, congrats. If he can beat Kobe's teams then why didn't he get to the finals that year?

[@Robss_]

@@MikeBNumba6 Maybe because Kobe had Gasol, Odom and other good players around him while lebron had ilgauskas and antawn Jamison? 🤣🤣

[@snakebitten6967]

AOH, if you go back in history from the beginning of his career to year 22, and you remove the fake points the league allowed him to accumulate by not calling walks, carry’s, discontinues, dislodging and offensive fouls before his “score” he would have about 28,xxx points total. A lot of his points are illegal as are most of his assists and a lot of his padded rebounds.

[@Robss_]

How did you come up with that number? You watched every single shot he took and determined whether they should’ve been fouls or not? I find it hard to believe 🤣

[@snakebitten6967]

@@Robss_ obviously it’s an approximate number. I’ve watch the kid from he came into the league and he has been walking, carrying, offensive fouling his way to points from the start. There are articles from late 00 on in 2010’s that called him in his horrible play and disregard for the ball rules. I’ve never seen one change of his where he scored on obvious infractions to rules. The league obviously tells there’s to just let him play. The low standard they have set with Lebron now translates to the entire game. I’ve seen other players like Kyrie, Ant, Curry pretty much everyone now just plays a lower than pickup ball standard of b-ball. So yes, his points would be significantly less if he was held to the same standard of b-ball that Wilt to Dr J to Magic and Bird to Jordan to Kobe were held to. You are a fanboy so I don’t expect objectivity, acceptance of any proof of Lebrons media and league created greatness etc. Go ahead and pick any games of his to watch and tell me he played flawless game with zero walks, carries, discontinues, offensive fouls etc just before or while scoring. You won’t do it because you know what you will see and you don’t want to live in reality. I’d posit that he’d lose 8-10k or more points if someone actually had the time to look at every game he played and recorded the fake points. Shouldn’t be hard to believe because the league has been letting him get away with it for the majority of his 22 years.

[@snakebitten6967]

@@Robss_ sooo the league has been allowing Lebron to walk, carry, discontinue, dislodge, offensive foul, get cheap assists and credit him with rebounds his teammates tipped to him for 22 years. None of that is real basketball. So you actually think “all” his stats are legit when judged against the real greats who had to get their stats within the real rules of basketball? Since a TON of his scoring included infractions to the real rules of the game that the league choose to ignore, you don’t think his points total would be drastically affected if those scores were removed?

[@Robss_]

@@snakebitten6967 only around 16k of Lebron’s 40k points come from layups and dunks. So to say that more than half of those 16k were fouls that were just ignored is hilarious and has absolutely no basis in reality. He drives a lot and he’s very physical so uncalled offensive fouls or travels will certainly happen sometimes, just like any other player with a similar play style. But to say that he has statistically more violations than legit buckets is plain wrong.

[@Robss_]

@@snakebitten6967 aah yes, because lebron is the first superstar in NBA history to get favored calls? Right? MJ didn’t have special treatments too? And what about MJ inflated defensive stats? When it happens with lebron you’re so focused on it, when it happens with other players you turn your head the other way and ignore it 🤣🤣

[@TheJesseGladSaget]

Fun Fact: of every perimeter player with 20K+ points, the only two with a worse career FT% than Lebron are Antawn Jamison and Gary Payton. So relatively speaking, Lebrick is a historically bad FT shooter

[@sparkyfister]

How selfish can a person be?

[@kielmaguire5121]

Very

[@tonyjones7675]

So selfish that they draft and humiliate their own son for their legacy 🙏🙏

[@zobechibe]

LeSelfish selfish that much

[@michaelmccooey871]

Such a small topic can illustrate so much, great video

[@junstadomus]

Why won’t the media admit Bron (the dad) is washed

[@nydibs]

He almost failed with the Avengers, and all they did was act like he carried team USA. They were better without him

[@nickhughes8179]

The son isn’t close to ready either. What a LeJoke the Lakers became. Better for my Raptors that LeBalco is out west, less times seeing Lebron flop all over the floor, whine at the refs for a free win, cheat, and pull a Complete Crap

[@chill6789]

they are being paid to keep talking about this pos

[@unknownname6519]

West ist the dad.. Lebalco is just the son

[@bosyogurtlight]

LeBron still playing like this in year 21 makes me realize Adam Silver and ESPN decide when you retire. Derrick Rose retired weeks ago, pretty much because nobody gave him any minutes at all even though he was capable of contributing. He was the best scorer for the Knicks in the 2021 playoffs, better than Randle and the rest of the starters, it wasn't a fluke, D-Rose still got it and proved it when he was given the chance, but teams didn't give him minutes because "they wanted the young people to develop". It happened in Detroit, in NY and finally in Memphis. If he received Lebron's treatment, he would still be playing, but we know for a fact ESPN has always hated him, they try diminish his career with stuff like "LeBron James deserved that year's MVP" or "Ja Morant is already better than prime Derrick Rose, look at these stats"

[@eboticus3421]

Its insane the amount of free throws he's airballed wow. I could play 20 years and I guarantee I wouldnt airball 1 and I'm dead serious

[@forsaken7976]

Notice during this opening montage of horrendous free throw attempts how he always followed up the air ball or brick with rushing to get positive reinforcement from his teammates. That body language says a lot about him.

[@fullmetal1766]

the level of selfishness it takes for him to take those free throws is crazy if I was one of his teammates I wouldn't stand for it

[@rudykadous4005]

Why the hell would an idiot coach let lebron who's horrible at FTs let u take the tech shots...dude is selfish and ruins his team so he can put up fake stats

[@JackLalane-yt4iu]

That coach will let him shoot those free throws unless he is interested in acquiring a new job.

[@rudykadous4005]

@JackLalane-yt4iu exactly . Who cares about the team winning as long as lebron can put up his fake stats... That's why he lost more than he won in the finals... Even with all the help he got

[@inazuma3gou]

Kobe would have said "earn your damn free throws"

[@mainetain15]

To this day I have no idea why no one has ever used the strategy of putting LeBron on the line when the game is on the line And they are down and need you foul anyway

[@davidhutson2846]

Lebron fans like to say Mike went to David Stern to change the rules in his favor.. if that's the case, what the hell have we witnessed since, at least, 2010? We've witnessed Moses part the Red Sea. While also gotten rid of on ball defense.

[@PizzaTime727]

LeDiddy with 69%!

[@su1-tin652]

Aint no party like a free throw party 😂

[@nickhughes8179]

Bron and Trump were slathering baby oil all over each other. They’re the two biggest most frequent attendees, especially the white suit galas. They’re the same person on different sides of the coin.

[@jeffbrown8861]

@Pizza. 🤣🤣. Freaky ass 🥷🏾 he's a 69 god.....

[@xtrasolido]

0:20 Correction: the goat for morons and hucksters

[@tiredoffools8929]

Wow. Great work Sir. 👏🏽

[@bipolarminddroppings]

LBJ - Played 21 seasons and counting. MJ - Played 14 seasons, 2 of which for the Wizards after 3 years of retirement. LBJ - 1 Time NBA scoring champion MJ - 10 Time NBA scoring champion LBJ - 5 time 1st Defensive Team, 0 DPOY. (Hasn't been on 1st D-Team since 2013) MJ - 9 time 1st Defensive Team, 1 DPOY (probably should have more) LBJ - 4 time NBA Champ, 4 time finals MVP. 4 time League MVP MJ - 6 time NBA Champ, 6 time finals MVP. 5 time League MVP. LBJ - 0 NBA Steals leader. MJ - 3 times NBA Steals leader. Please, LBJ fans, explain to me how he is the goat?

[@rezzierezz]

Bron is the GOAT Giving Out Another Turnover

[@billyfloyd2872]

The fact that you can talk for 25 minutes and someone wrote a 500+ word article on something so specific is one of the most telling things about lbj. There’s evidence everywhere you look that he’s just not that good.

[@AngryOldHoops]

I thought you were gonna go a different direction with this ha! Yeah, I have a lot of resentment for what LeBron has done to basketball. Doesn't take much for me to go off. Thanks for the super thanks.

[@billyfloyd2872]

@@AngryOldHoops yea as soon as I typed it I knew it sounded I was calling you out for cherry picking. Had to add that last bit. It’s just one more stone someone has looked under.

[@barney.woland]

Remember this iconic scene in first Godfather movie when Vito says „Look what they’ve done to my boy”, while looking at dead body of Sonny? That’s how I feel about the state of the NBA.

[@KamrenMCOC]

Yao ming shot no lower then 85% from the free throw line and was elected to take the technical shots Edit: in his first 4 seasons. He still has above 80% for his career

[@blainealmeida]

LEBRON JAMES ' BEST MOVE IS WHEN HE ABRUPTLY ENDS A PRESS CONFERENCE AS HE GETS INTO HIS FEELINGS AND INSECURIT AND THEN WILL ADJUST HIS SU GLASSESS, BUTTON HIS SUIT JACKET AND EVER SO SLICK LIKE GRABS HIS MAN BAG/ PURSE AND LEAVES THE ROOM WITHOUT A WORD !!!! YOUR BEST MOVE LEBRON JAMES AND WE CAN SEE YOU'VE WORKED AT IT JUST AS YOU DO YOUR COMPLICATED LONG HANDSHAKES THAT ARE AS DIFFICULT TO LEARN AS YOUR NEW WONDER COACH THAT REPLACED DARVIN HAM JJ REDDICK/ RED FACED IN ALL HIS ARROGANCE HIS PLAYS ARE TO INTRICATE THAT YOU AND A.D. WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO ENDURE THE SEASON LET ALONE THE PLAYOFFS !!!!

[@violoncelo1000]

LAKERDASHIAN'S TIME !

[@Kashed]

I call those handshakes, paddycake. 😂

[@ericthompson6395]

Who's AD??? Forgot about him!😅😅😅 😞

[@ijamorris]

0:57 I love the visitor bench's reaction to him almost air balling a freethrows 😅

[@verholdt]

Shaq single handedly responsible for that 90s decline by one percent in accuracy…

[@ManofLowMoralFiber]

There's a funny shot of Ray Allen standing beyond the arc watching as Lebron bricks a tech for the Heat.

[@BigStickCombat]

Selfish. Doesn't give a crap about the team.

[@violoncelo1000]

WELCOME TO LAKERDASHIANS (sad) ERA.... LAKERDASHIANS 97 - WARRIORS 111

[@psychedelicvault6951]

Lebum Jr had 2 points. The Lakers are really trying to stat pad for Bronny just like Lebum Sr. 😂😂😂

[@violoncelo1000]

@@psychedelicvault6951 2 points in garbage time... just like his Diddy, ups.. i mean, his Daddy..

[@Refining_Visionary]

​@@psychedelicvault6951 🗑💩🤮🤮

[@rgh5069]

I call them The LeBrakers but I like this too. 😂

[@Downey-2000]

I'm going to use that. Lakerdashians

[@piemuggs]

Did Jordan or Bird ever airball a free throw?

[@kirbyaugustine761]

Once Lebron realized he’d never receive the respect and adoration of Kobe and MJ from the fans his stats became all that mattered. Lebron vowed that he was going to get his numbers by any means necessary even if was at the expense of his coaches, teammates, team and most importantly the league.

[@biz09ification]

Never understood why players dap eachother up after a missed free throw.

[@yaboitone1126]

Rhythm/routine/reassurance

[@biz09ification]

@yaboitone1126 no I get the routine thing but having it as a routine when you miss seems weird to me and I feel like maybe if he had less reassurance on missed ft he might have actually worked on getting better at them. Personally I can't accept a dap for doing something lame. Greetings and hype situations only

[@meg-k-waldren]

Lebron air balls a FT and they dap him up. 😂 People think Im kidding when I say CC is pound for pound better than this guy. The sports media will never make that comparison out of fear that if they do it will lead to the obvious - that CC is noticeably better than this bagless guy.

[@rudykadous4005]

Lebron James is 0-16 in clutch moments where he could've tied or beat the team ... So he's definitely not clutch and I dunno where ppl say he's clutch cause the numbers don't lie and he's been horrible in clutch moments shooting ZERO % from the field ... This dude's whole career is a lie proper up by the LeMedia and their klutch narrative ... He's not even a good player let alone GOAT.. the cap has got to stop already and the truth will come out soon

[@HOLYBASED]

all time points scored, one scoring title. lol.

[@AustinSevigny]

extremely enlightening, great video

[@DarkStalker-oc5lk]

For a moment I thought it would be a 24 minute video of LeGM missing free throws XDD

[@AndreLeitedaSilvaGaldino]

What it makes me question the media about the GOAT conversation, besides the lies, is the fact that they already have Lebron a the number 2. Like there is not debate to be have, that players like Magic, Kobe, Kareem and BIrd would have at a case to be conseder the second bst player of all time.

[@kirbyaugustine761]

I think that was really the point. All the Jordan was overrated talk is really misdirection. I think the plan all along was really to supplant Kobe because MJ in every metric is untouchable and Lebron knows it. If you think about Lebron’s antics most of it has been directed at Kobe. Hanging tourney banners, not attending his statue ceremony,

[@AnHebrewChild]

I have him at #18 all time

[@gt2d169]

Thanks for showing the shot chart. Would like to see that in comparison to Jordan but with contested shots in the paint listed as well. Obviously that is a tall order but I'm confident it would speak volumes as far as difficulty is concerned. Maybe AI could actually benefit us in that regard. Keep it up regardless

[@imnotyourp]

If Love DID take the FT, they'd give LePrincess an assist....

[@MJAdams-js7np]

Did he earn the right to miss those free throws, stephen a?

[@robr5348]

"What's going on with the impotent coaches?" (6:15) Really? You don't know? They get fired.

[@christophershenton899]

With somebody that is suppose to have high baskeball IQ, it really shows his IQ while taking thoseTech shots.

[@Kr4v3rd]

His high iq gets him stats. It doesn't make winning plays. Then again maybe he is right to have been passing all this time. He knows his shooting percentage would be much lower in he kept jacking difficult shots.

[@djfriedice7754]

You know the irony of this is? JJ Redick is top 10 all time in free throw percentage (9th). Pretty f*cked up.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

13:00 I've had the same free throw routine since I was 9, I could do it in my sleep. When I'm 90 and have dementia, I will still be able to do my routine. I've barely picked up a basketball in years, I'm 1 year older than LBJ and never played pro-ball, but I still know my free throw routine and I still hit 80% (I actually checked a few years ago, I went out and shot 200 FT's in a row, scored 167). How can the "goat" not be shooting at least 80%?

[@Dryltd]

DLo has played twice as long as Rui so the Analytic Coach would trust his percentage more.

[@meg-k-waldren]

😂😂😂😂 the melting face opening tho

[@kirbyaugustine761]

Did anyone notice the difference in Lebron’s early Cleveland physique, his Heat physique and Lakers physique? Ain’t no way Bron wasn’t on that “new… new Balco” in Miami.

[@75aces97]

One thing he isn’t called out for is that if he (also Durant) has the ball with the clock winding down he won’t heave it at the buzzer. I don’t know if it’s to preserve his FG% or what, but to me that’s selfish. Launches from half court rarely go in, but sometimes they do, and it’s a boost for the team to have an extra 3 points. Even if it misses everything the other team can’t do anything with it anyway so there’s no downside for the team.

[@baron17]

Wasn’t Tom Haberstroh the one who wrote the MJ DPOY hit piece?

[@Epicentr]

Yep

[@DrHUGEshow]

The Free Throw Air Ball Compilation

[@cayon24]

I can’t believe he’s air balled that many free throws lol

[@jamesw1316]

I used chatGPT to name the top ten NBA players with the most career turnovers. For that list of players, i had chatGPT calculate the career turnovers minus the career steals, and divide that number by the number of career games each played. It's pretty interesting. LeBron was the worst by far. Stockton and Kidd shine. This is what it gave me. LeBron James: approx 2.22 Karl Malone: approx 1.65 John Stockton: approx 0.65 Kobe Bryant: approx 1.55 Russell Westbrook: approx 2.31 Jason Kidd: approx 0.83 Moses Malone: approx 1.96 Isiah Thomas: approx 1.86 Hakeem Olajuwon: approx 1.22 Patrick Ewing: approx 2.03

[@derrickfraley8750]

😊, It was very enlightening! 👊

[@harrisonshouldice5451]

The only guy Lebron ever apologized to was Mario Chalmers over a decade ago. He hasn’t since

I love that there is a never ending amount of Lebum garbage stats to laugh at! TY AOH!

[@miguelperez8805]

i grew up watching Air Jordan this generation got AirBall James

[@tmac2368]

This is amazing 😂

[@josipdolibasic4143]

He's like that athletic guy who's one of the best on the primary school soccer team, who thinks he's the best at everything, even though he's just fast and strong and his technique is mostly shit.

[@patrickm7483]

The first one to run over and take any free kick opportunities.

[@josipdolibasic4143]

@@patrickm7483 yeah, that one :), pushing everyone away in his bitch entitlement lele

[@Vancouverallday]

"Cuz LeBron is more than 80% in clutch situation on the free throws line"-some LeStans fan prolly

[@ijamorris]

Man look at all of the air balls tho. I knew he shot some but not that many 👀😳

[@LeagueofThieves]

that last part about practice shooting was gold

[@SillyReviews]

Good video!

[@asaptenebrae2240]

Lbj and Silver are both the worst thing to arrive to the NBA. They made it a Gotham city where Batman is the Joker and Scarecrow is Commissioner Gordon 😂

[@marka.8535]

I looked up Narcissistic Personality Disorder in Wikipedia and there was a picture of LeBron .

[@dangreene3895]

How many points would Kareem have if he had gone straight form High School to the NBA and not playing 4 years at UCLA and winning National Championships

[@twilitezn]

Yup….and don’t try to tell Lebron’s fans that if MJ played those 211 games (85-86/93-95) he missed because of injury and retirement at his 31+ppg clip that he’d have broken KAJ’s scoring record…. ….in SIXTEEN SEASONS. 😐 …and that he would’ve needed only just over half of the following season to break 40K.

[@raimundasm]

I remember 90s Bulls playoffs. Despite MJ being on the floor it was Steve Kerr (best shooter on a team) who shot technical free throws. That's team focus on the winning.

[@hiatus161]

I am the most casual of hoopers...I shoot free throws at roughly the same clip as LeBron. Nobody who shoots free throws as well(or as bad) as me, should be the player shooting your techs...ever.

[@biffbobfred]

7:34 1) MJ was clutch. Hit them at the end of games. Including the famous 2 to go to OT against the Wow That’s A Roster Celtics (that had a 50 greatest player coming off the bench) 2) Michael didn’t shoot threes because it threw him off the rhythm of his game, he wanted to win more than bomb from 3. You’ll see his scoring was heavily heavily 2 pointers; if he was chasing scoring titles he would have added more 3s (he wasnt bad at them in games)

[@Jimyjonson]

bro would be a nobody in the euro league xD

[@pimpjose12]

Why does he continue to shoot technicals? Stat padding

[@RichardDynes-n4q]

Introducing a new wrinkle on one of his old Nicknames (LeStat)... Vampyr LeStat ALSO: LeBron stated THE FOLLOWING publicly and, I believe, he even said it On Court to some fan in the crowd: Namely, LeBron "informed" the fan that He (LeBron) wasn't TRYING to get that all-time scoring title; It just Worked Out that way... My point is that it reveals even more of Lebron's FUNDAMENTAL dishonesty and reveals even more about how sneaky and Machiavellian he is in terms of Pushing his own GOAT NARRATIVE. UPDATE: I found the video on KZbin; It's a SHORT video of LeBron being asked (by a fan calling to him from the Stands) if LeBron will Cry when he breaks the All-Time Scoring Title; LeBron says that he Won't because he wasn't ever TRYING to get the scoring title 😂 it's definitely Worth it to find that video and present it on your channel as a follow up to this video 😅

[@AngryOldHoops]

I know which video you mean and I remember the quote. LeBron is very comfortable lying. He doesn’t even flinch.

[@blurplebear8573]

33% shooting outside of 3 feet from the rim. The man needs help obviously but it isn't teammates it's coaching. Kareem also went to college as well so he lost 4 years of scoring so you could in theory probably add about 6000-8000 more points to his stats.

[@durrellbowden5495]

I just seen LBJ has 3rd most freethrow attempts in history. Right above Shaq. Nobody said he had the most turnovers in history tho(5211) Westbrook only has 4587. Shit even he can't get THAT many turnovers to catch LBJ lmao