THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS are fully healthy and look like a force to be reckoned with.
At 26-9, the Cavs have won seven games in a row, and LeBron James, with the help of Kyrie Irving, is playing his best basketball of the season.
As of late, LeBron has gotten particularly hot from the field. Through five games in January, he’s averaging 26 points a game on 58% shooting, going 44% from three-point range.
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The increase in efficiency is notable, as James had been struggling from the field for much of the season. While still playing his normal, dominant style of basketball, LeBron had become surprisingly inefficient on his jumper, hitting just 20% from three.
As John Schumann of NBA.com pointed out in late December, LeBron was shooting a putrid 28% from outside the paint — the worst in the NBA.
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I actually saw [it] on my Instagram feed that I was the worst-shooting player in the NBA. I actually saw that when I woke up from a nap. I remember exactly when that was. Denver. Right before the Denver game, so I answered the call… It doesn’t bother me. It puts me back in the gym.”
The Cavaliers played the Denver Nuggets on December 29. Since then, LeBron is shooting 50% from 10-14 feet away from the basket, 52.6% from 15-19 feet, and 43.5% from 20-24 feet away, according to NBA.com.
According to Haynes, LeBron has been shooting more in pregame, working up a sweat, whereas he’d previously only been shooting during shootaround in the mornings. He says he finds his shot has been better by working on it in pregame.
LeBron has never been the most accurate marksman from deep, so his rates over the last two weeks are likely unsustainable. Still, this is a player who shot better than 35% from three-point range over his past four seasons and hit 39% of his shots from 16 feet to the three-point line for his career.
LeBron’s early slump seems to be over, and that makes him all the scarier for the rest of the NBA.
LeBron James on how one criticism on social media urged him to fix his biggest weakness
THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS are fully healthy and look like a force to be reckoned with.
At 26-9, the Cavs have won seven games in a row, and LeBron James, with the help of Kyrie Irving, is playing his best basketball of the season.
As of late, LeBron has gotten particularly hot from the field. Through five games in January, he’s averaging 26 points a game on 58% shooting, going 44% from three-point range.
The increase in efficiency is notable, as James had been struggling from the field for much of the season. While still playing his normal, dominant style of basketball, LeBron had become surprisingly inefficient on his jumper, hitting just 20% from three.
As John Schumann of NBA.com pointed out in late December, LeBron was shooting a putrid 28% from outside the paint — the worst in the NBA.
The graphic made its rounds on the internet, as people were surprised at LeBron’s startling struggles from outside.
LeBron recently revealed to Chris Haynes of the Northeast Ohio Media Group that the message got through to him:
The Cavaliers played the Denver Nuggets on December 29. Since then, LeBron is shooting 50% from 10-14 feet away from the basket, 52.6% from 15-19 feet, and 43.5% from 20-24 feet away, according to NBA.com.
According to Haynes, LeBron has been shooting more in pregame, working up a sweat, whereas he’d previously only been shooting during shootaround in the mornings. He says he finds his shot has been better by working on it in pregame.
LeBron has never been the most accurate marksman from deep, so his rates over the last two weeks are likely unsustainable. Still, this is a player who shot better than 35% from three-point range over his past four seasons and hit 39% of his shots from 16 feet to the three-point line for his career.
LeBron’s early slump seems to be over, and that makes him all the scarier for the rest of the NBA.
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