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Lebron reduces teammates' playmaking (assists) and imposes spot-up roles (higher assisted rate)
..............................................................................APG........ ASSISTED RATE
Wade before Lebron (04'-10'):............. 6.6..................29.2% <---- links to bballref data
Wade with... Lebron (11'-14'):............. 4.7...................40.3%
Irving before Lebron (12'-14'):............ 5.8..................31.9%
Irving with... Lebron.. (15-17'):............ 5.0..................32.7%
Bosh before Lebron (04'-10'):.............. 2.2...................55.8%
Bosh with... Lebron (11'-14'):............... 1.6 ..................71.6%
Love before Lebron (09'-14'):............... 2.5...................62.7%
Love with...Lebron (15'-16'):................. 2.3 ..................80.0%
Mo Will before Lebron (05'-08'):.......... 5.7...................39.2%
Mo Will with... Lebron (09'-10'):........... 4.6...................47.6%
FYI...
Pippen with... Jordan 91'-93':................ 6.5
Pippen w/out Jordan 94'-95':................ 5.4
Pippen with... Jordan 96'-98':................ 5.8
Someone that played 5 positions would have the highest capacity for strategy and chemistry, but the stats above confirm that Lebron imposes spot-up roles that yields low assists for teammates and teams, while stalling young players like Ingram across the board (3-point efficiency, PER, BPM, WS/48, VORP) along with Hughes, Westbrook, Wade, IT, Rose, Clarkson or forwards like Kuzma, Jamison, Bosh or Love.
So Lebron's skillset prevents teammate development, fits, #1 offenses, high-assist teams, and strategic capacity/coaching, which obliterates the narratives that he has all-time hoops IQ or plays 5 positions.
Lebron's skill restriction to ball-dominance is confirmed by his point guard hold-time and assisted rate - these numbers represent abnormal ball-dominance for his size and position, which imposes the spot-up roles shown above and yields insufficient teammate development, chemistry or brand of ball to win organically, or have the best team ceiling/Finals records.
Myth that Lebron carries teams at goat level
Kyrie played 12 of 14 games in 15' East Playoffs, while Love was a rare all-star sidekick in the 18' East, so the only time that Lebron carried a 1-star team to the Finals was 2007 when everyone was doing it (Iverson, Kidd, Dwight).
The all-star duo of Lebron/Zydrunas added a HOF coach and 22/5/5 all-defender to make the 06' Playoffs, yet they were only winning 45-50 games by 2008 before getting the all-star spacing that Lebron's stiff arm needs in 2009 - that's hardly an all-time level of carrying. Stats confirm that MJ nearly beat the Bad Boys in 1990 with less help on both sides of ball than 06-10' Cavs - this includes the #19 defense vs top 10 for the Cavs and less offensive help (Pippen had less PER, WS, PPG & efficiency than all-stars Big Z/Mo or the Hughes/Jamison acquisitions).
And Love averaged 20/10 against the only top 5 SRS teams in those playoffs ( so Lebron never beat a top 5 SRS opponent with weak scoring and efficiency from a sidekick (no carry-jobs against top teams in 2 decades of playing).. He's too ball-dominant at carry-job volume to beat top teams, so he needs all-time scoring help like AD, Wade or Kyrie and can't win with the secondary producers that expert jumpshooters win with (aka Wiggins, Pippen, Terry, Lowry, Pau, Klay)..
Expert jumpshooters can score 40 or 50 while teammates assist them, so teammates are still elevated (not standing in the corner), whereas Lebron's 38 ppg loses to a 1-star underdog team because he's too ball-dominant at carry-job volume to carry bed-wetting sidekicks over top teams (never beat top 5 SRS team with poor scoring & efficiency from sidekick) or defeat maximum defensive attention (carry scoring load in Finals win).
Lebron reduces teammates' playmaking (assists) and imposes spot-up roles (higher assisted rate)
..............................................................................APG........ ASSISTED RATE
Wade before Lebron (04'-10'):............. 6.6..................29.2% <---- links to bballref data
Wade with... Lebron (11'-14'):............. 4.7...................40.3%
Irving before Lebron (12'-14'):............ 5.8..................31.9%
Irving with... Lebron.. (15-17'):............ 5.0..................32.7%
Bosh before Lebron (04'-10'):.............. 2.2...................55.8%
Bosh with... Lebron (11'-14'):............... 1.6 ..................71.6%
Love before Lebron (09'-14'):............... 2.5...................62.7%
Love with...Lebron (15'-16'):................. 2.3 ..................80.0%
Mo Will before Lebron (05'-08'):.......... 5.7...................39.2%
Mo Will with... Lebron (09'-10'):........... 4.6...................47.6%
FYI...
Pippen with... Jordan 91'-93':................ 6.5
Pippen w/out Jordan 94'-95':................ 5.4
Pippen with... Jordan 96'-98':................ 5.8
Someone that played 5 positions would have the highest capacity for strategy and chemistry, but the stats above confirm that Lebron imposes spot-up roles that yields low assists for teammates and teams, while stalling young players like Ingram across the board (3-point efficiency, PER, BPM, WS/48, VORP) along with Hughes, Westbrook, Wade, IT, Rose, Clarkson or forwards like Kuzma, Jamison, Bosh or Love.
So Lebron's skillset prevents teammate development, fits, #1 offenses, high-assist teams, and strategic capacity/coaching, which obliterates the narratives that he has all-time hoops IQ or plays 5 positions.
Lebron's skill restriction to ball-dominance is confirmed by his point guard hold-time and assisted rate - these numbers represent abnormal ball-dominance for his size and position, which imposes the spot-up roles shown above and yields insufficient teammate development, chemistry or brand of ball to win organically, or have the best team ceiling/Finals records.
Myth that Lebron carries teams at goat level
Kyrie played 12 of 14 games in 15' East Playoffs, while Love was a rare all-star sidekick in the 18' East, so the only time that Lebron carried a 1-star team to the Finals was 2007 when everyone was doing it (Iverson, Kidd, Dwight).
The all-star duo of Lebron/Zydrunas added a HOF coach and 22/5/5 all-defender to make the 06' Playoffs, yet they were only winning 45-50 games by 2008 before getting the all-star spacing that Lebron's stiff arm needs in 2009 - that's hardly an all-time level of carrying. Stats confirm that MJ nearly beat the Bad Boys in 1990 with less help on both sides of ball than 06-10' Cavs - this includes the #19 defense vs top 10 for the Cavs and less offensive help (Pippen had less PER, WS, PPG & efficiency than all-stars Big Z/Mo or the Hughes/Jamison acquisitions).
And Love averaged 20/10 against the only top 5 SRS teams in those playoffs ( so Lebron never beat a top 5 SRS opponent with weak scoring and efficiency from a sidekick (no carry-jobs against top teams in 2 decades of playing).. He's too ball-dominant at carry-job volume to beat top teams, so he needs all-time scoring help like AD, Wade or Kyrie and can't win with the secondary producers that expert jumpshooters win with (aka Wiggins, Pippen, Terry, Lowry, Pau, Klay)..
Expert jumpshooters can score 40 or 50 while teammates assist them, so teammates are still elevated (not standing in the corner), whereas Lebron's 38 ppg loses to a 1-star underdog team because he's too ball-dominant at carry-job volume to carry bed-wetting sidekicks over top teams (never beat top 5 SRS team with poor scoring & efficiency from sidekick) or defeat maximum defensive attention (carry scoring load in Finals win).
