NBA: The Josh Giddey-led Chicago Bulls toppled the Ben Simmons-less Brooklyn Nets at the United Center, Chicago.
Average of 9 LIVE Regular Season games per week plus the best of the NBA Playoffs, including every game of the NBA Conference Finals & NBA Finals LIVE on ESPN, available via Kayo. New to Kayo?It’s an uncomfortable question that needs to be asked about the evergreen superstar many consider the NBA’s greatest player of all time amid the near 40-year old’s recent struggles.In his 22nd NBA season, James is in the midst of one of the worst shooting slumps of his career.
Every player goes through rough stretches, even superstars. The bigger question hovering over it is, is James simply going through a slump, or is a player that’s freakishly defied the odds and all logic of nature for so long beginning to show signs of decline? “He’s still an All-Star, there’s no question. He’s still playing great and one of the best playmakers in the league and can score when he needs to. I think the biggest slips have come defensively.
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It comes as James in recent has taken on a bigger offensive load and more usage than superstar teammate Anthony Davis in a reversal from the start of the season, when Davis was producing at an MVP level. But Jefferson thinks there’s simply too much being asked of James game-to-game at this point of his career, declaring the four-time champion needs more help around him.“At the start of the season he was in full defer mode, a career-high consecutive triple-doubles. Then a couple of weeks later we have an individual struggling to shoot because the usage rate is so high.
“You know you need to improve at the centre position. You know you need to improve around the perimeter, especially defensively. JJ Redick said it himself: “Some if it is personnel-based. We don’t have a lot of guys that can pick up full court.”
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