Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Interesting fact about Lebron James

I heard an interesting stat a while back. In true game winning scenarios. King James shoots the ball at less than 14% lifetime. in this context a game winner would be defined as less than 24 seconds left on the clock, down by 2 or less, with a made shot winning the game or forcing over time. Where as Melo’s numbers in the same category are around 50% from the field. Upon researching it more on 82games.com I found that Lebron and Kobe’s percentage’s are similar Kobe has taken far more attempts. the numbers show 4 out of 19 for King James where as Kobe’s numbers come in at 7 for 32. Both shooting roughly 21 % where as Melo is shooting in the 60% range. Lebron has 2 turnovers to Kobe’s one. And while they both have attempted nine free throws Kobe made eight of those attempts where as Lebron has only made five. While copy is a better percentage shooter by hundredths of a percent. It seems that when you factor all of the numbers in, Lebron simply is not as reliable of a last seconf choice the Kobe over the long term. In the end the missed free throw attempts are what really kills Bron Bron

You can check all the numbers here

http://www.82games.com/random12.htm