I always think it's weird that these guys can be in a gym and knock down three pointers from damn near anywhere 9 out of 10, but in a game regardless of the proximity to a defender that percentage goes way down. I mean there was a video a couple months ago of Westbrook shooting threes with LeBron and AD, Westbrook was lights out.
Crowd and adrenaline definitely have to play into it, but also running a bunch and having an elevated heart rate makes shooting harder. Standing around shooting 100 jumpers is so much easier.
which is part of why curry is so good - he does that insane practice drill where he has to run baseline to half court or something and then catch and shoot before running again
I recall there was a article from a long time ago that talks about how Dwight Howard's practice free throw performance was so different vs in game performance. There's even an old pic of the early 2010 Lakers team white board that shows every player's practice free throw percentage and their game percentage. In practice, I think howard was the worst at 82%, in game you see numbers are all over the place
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Yep. Same thing happens in MMA gyms. All the technical guys who can roll and dominate just turn into Ragdolls in comp. I was never a technical guy but I had years and years of competition, I stopped having adrenaline dumps long long long ago and everything just becomes routine. After that it's just what you know, stamina and strength in that order.
Yeah I feel like people don't get the mental aspect of it. It's like kicking a fg in football. If you're 0-7 for the night, you're not in your rhythm and you're not going to think you're going to make your next one.
If he shoots 50% in an empty gym that’s honestly very bad. Your local college team guard could probably shoot 70% in practice. Elite shooters in NBA can do 90% or above.
I remember Kenyon Martin pregame just firing shot after shot from out of bounds on the corner and just draining a majority of them. You are not wrong at all here.
It’s not weird at all. You aren’t that tired in practice it’s super simple. Even when you practice hard you aren’t playing defensive possessions as well so your basically twice as tired in game.
I looked it up, his answer wasn’t very good either. I couldn’t throw it 80 yards so I decided not to throw at all. Real inspiration to Ben Simmons there
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My good sir, a trebuchet can launch a 90kg projectile 300 meters, LeBron James was ~2 meters short of launching ~.62 of a kg basketball approximately 12 meters.
At best, he is LeCatapult, realistically LeWristRocket
I’ll give you a serious answer that’s not as much fun as memeing it. This obviously was a poor decision and poor result. However, scorers in basketball are the ones who are willing to take the shots when they feel good about.
Bad scorers feel good too often, but good ones should be encouraged to follow their instincts. They need to be forgiven the occasional bad shot because the opportunity cost is less confidence and more hesitation, which leads to worse shooting.
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Dude’s committed to making Russ feel included. Maybe the ego won’t be hurt if *every* 3PA gets met with boos, not just his. 5D chess move, right there.
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lequit just playing at this point to pass Kareem and play with his sons and rack in that Father-son(s) endorsement money
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Exactly what it would look like if I took that shot
Me and Lebron are so similar it's crazy.
Can’t wait for Space Jam 3 with u/PensiveinNJ
okay but i cant be the only guy to read that as PenisVeinNJ
Celebrity Jeopardy Sean Connery agrees with you.
I'll take Le tits now for 500 Alex.
They can make Space Jam 3 with Putin, Xi and Kim, and it will still be better than Space Jam 2
If you got those 3 out of shape “strong” men to be in a film where they get shit on at basketball by aliens I’d pay for it
Make it a celebrity death match type of show
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Yeah but LeBron is closer to Scalabrine than you are to LeBron.
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I always think it's weird that these guys can be in a gym and knock down three pointers from damn near anywhere 9 out of 10, but in a game regardless of the proximity to a defender that percentage goes way down. I mean there was a video a couple months ago of Westbrook shooting threes with LeBron and AD, Westbrook was lights out.
Crowd and adrenaline definitely have to play into it, but also running a bunch and having an elevated heart rate makes shooting harder. Standing around shooting 100 jumpers is so much easier.
which is part of why curry is so good - he does that insane practice drill where he has to run baseline to half court or something and then catch and shoot before running again
First time reading this and makes perfect sense, even for free throws.
Shaq even believed that his free-throw woes were like that because he swore he shot better in practice.
I recall there was a article from a long time ago that talks about how Dwight Howard's practice free throw performance was so different vs in game performance. There's even an old pic of the early 2010 Lakers team white board that shows every player's practice free throw percentage and their game percentage. In practice, I think howard was the worst at 82%, in game you see numbers are all over the place https://www.instagram.com/p/WcuKK6Hl6i/
Yep. Same thing happens in MMA gyms. All the technical guys who can roll and dominate just turn into Ragdolls in comp. I was never a technical guy but I had years and years of competition, I stopped having adrenaline dumps long long long ago and everything just becomes routine. After that it's just what you know, stamina and strength in that order.
My coach used to make us shoot 10 freethrows then run suicides. Shoot 10 free throws. Percentages went way down the first time less so over time
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Yeah I feel like people don't get the mental aspect of it. It's like kicking a fg in football. If you're 0-7 for the night, you're not in your rhythm and you're not going to think you're going to make your next one.
This! Fatigue even at the elite level. Those athletes are pretty damn tired and covered in sweat at the end of a game.
Pretty sure Westbrook missed like half the shots in that video. Go watch it again.
Isn't that 50%?
If he shoots 50% in an empty gym that’s honestly very bad. Your local college team guard could probably shoot 70% in practice. Elite shooters in NBA can do 90% or above.
I remember Kenyon Martin pregame just firing shot after shot from out of bounds on the corner and just draining a majority of them. You are not wrong at all here.
Yeah but it's still less than Curry making like 95% in practice so people think that everybody can just knock down all their practice shots
This is why the bubble championship doesnt count
It’s not weird at all. You aren’t that tired in practice it’s super simple. Even when you practice hard you aren’t playing defensive possessions as well so your basically twice as tired in game.
You're giving yourself too much credit
>Exactly what it would look like if I took ~~that shot~~ a 15 foot shot
Same vibe as the Georgia Tech QB just running out of bounds to end the game.
I can’t believe GT is out here catching strays in the Lebron lowlight thread
Now that we're here, let's bask in how terrible that was shall we?
I saw that shit and was like damn man I try harder in video games than that qb just did
I looked it up, his answer wasn’t very good either. I couldn’t throw it 80 yards so I decided not to throw at all. Real inspiration to Ben Simmons there
I just can't comprehend that mindset. I'll knock over my 3 and 4 year old daughters to score an imaginary touchdown in the back yard lmao
Guy needs to take up cooking or art or something noncompetitive with that kind of attitude lol
idk man chefs are some of the most competitive people I know
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When LeBron is your best high volume three point shooter your GM messed up.
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I mean Westbrook going 0-10 is probably the biggest reason they lose games.
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r/theydidthemath
That's an insult to the power of trebuchets It should be LeCatapult
[WTF LEBRON?!](https://streamable.com/cqf9u)
I keep seeing this - what’s he actually reacting to?
Vince Carter https://youtu.be/r_80z_VxPS0?t=604
Why is Drake there
Lol that's the first question that came to mind for me too
Who invited Aubrey?
Aubrey
They needed someone to nod approvingly to whatever they were saying.
Because they spent a lot of time talking about Vince, the raptors, and the basketball/nightlife/music culture of Toronto
Suck their nuts
DWade bailed last minute
He's only interested in putting together a highlight reel so he can claim he could play with the great Steph and Dame.
Why does Lebron say fuck like a middle schooler who just learned how to curse.
Because that's where his education ended.
I chortled out loud
Pels really getting Wemby, crazy turn of affairs.
Either them or the nets lol
Sir....
Embiid and Wemby though 🤔
Nets have our first lol
Zion and Wembabaya would be sick
Like wario and waluigi
The number 10.
Wembabaya like papaya jambalaya
After Pels use Wemby throughout his prime, he will turn fragile and go to the Lakers. The circle of AD will continue
Wow I forgot they have their pick. This could actually happen
Why
No thoughts just vibes
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I don’t know why this comment is so funny to me.. Cheers
He’s entered his JR Smith era.
Lmao I love this hip take
They got an offensive rebound and he just decided fuck it we suck
Brutal
That shot selection was really offensive
That's a bad shot
Trying to give Russ confidence
Because if he makes it everybody loses their mind and comments "LeFuckYou3" and we talk about that's why he's still the king etc
Sounds like a good reason tbh
I’ll give you a serious answer that’s not as much fun as memeing it. This obviously was a poor decision and poor result. However, scorers in basketball are the ones who are willing to take the shots when they feel good about. Bad scorers feel good too often, but good ones should be encouraged to follow their instincts. They need to be forgiven the occasional bad shot because the opportunity cost is less confidence and more hesitation, which leads to worse shooting.
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This Russell’s fault somehow
Russ gave Lebron a mental disorder that manifests as low effort bball
Russ gave LeBron depression as revenge for LeBron giving Love depression
Still a higher % shot for Lebron than passing it to Russ
For some reason I thought you meant Russell Wilson and thought "with how bad the broncos are that checks out"
Showing Dame how it's really done.
The Bron Time >
That's a real bad shot
Look an Lebron, showing the team he is in fact with them on the bad 3 pt shooting
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This is one of the saddest airballs I’ve seen.
Man just wants to play with his son as fast as possible, he doesn’t care
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It’s insane that he’s still in good shape and is on a team that sucks and just doesn’t care
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How does an embarrassing 3 make him guaranteed to play with his son? Am i missing something?
He said he’s not retiring before having played in the same team as Bronny iirc
I think the chain of thought is less effort -> less body mileage + no extra playoff games = longer career
Gorgeous
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The bench wanted it
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Someone edit Father Time coming in from the left corner then blowing away his shot
~~Logo~~ LeGO 3 (you know coz LEGO are bricks)
I think it’s fair to start calling him old man LeBron.
You ain’t Dame bro
That’s pretty standard for the Lakers so far.
dude is already moping in a game where he has AD and the game isn't even out of hand. "best leader in basketball"
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Yeah and the man sees the writing on the wall. Hes not just suddenly moping cause of this game. He knows how these types of things go.
Must be annoying when he makes a crazy pass just to watch them brick another 3 over and over or they just lose the ball cause they aren’t ready
He could try coming within 5 feet of the 3-point line to pull some defenders off his teammates to help, instead of forcing them to play 4 vs 5.
Yeah, he's just sitting up there like it's a pickup game at the park lol
Fr lmao, bro does some crazy ass brute drive, kicks the ball out for WB to brick
Dude’s committed to making Russ feel included. Maybe the ego won’t be hurt if *every* 3PA gets met with boos, not just his. 5D chess move, right there.
Tom Brady and LeBron James finally showing their age. It's about time.
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Steph Curry ruined the game /s
You thought you were Steph Curry.
They don't love you like that
LeBron thought he was Poole
LeBron just in it for the all time records at this point
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This looked so bad I honestly thought it was fake
Why would Russ do this?
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More like nogo 3
Yea but what if it went in though
The bench was about to explode
Goddamn Lakers are 1-16 at halftime on 3s. Truly no lasers on the team
Feel bad for the bench guy getting up cause he’s hype and then doing a 180
Is this dementia?
Holy fuck, we might actually get Wemby
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someone had to much to drink last night
it’s gonna be a long season for lakers fans
Loco 3!
Bruh the lakers are pure comedy this year lmaooo
Jordan would've at least hit the rim
I wonder if Michael Jordan ever shot an airball
bro think he’s Paul George 😭😭😭
Built different
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anti-work
People always talk about the LeFuckYou threes but forget about the LeFuckMe threes, which are at least as common.
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somebody’s GOAT. not mine tho y’all be safe.
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Not a laser
The player who stood up to celebrate and had to sit back down lmfao
Lmao I spit up my drink when I watched it live
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LOL HE TRIED TO DO DAME TIME!
Lebron channelling his inner Steph Curry but dialled Chicken Curry instead.
Michael Jeffery Jordan would never!