Old-school Cavs fans remember this. LeBron was a legit lockdown defender. Coach Brown would never let him off the hook. Plus Bron would always beg to guard the opponent's hottest scorer in the 4th quarter
@@carltonrudolphI think it's crazy how we can go back to playoffs series where Bron locked down players in the 4th countless times and guarded various positions but clowns like you won't admit he's a lock down defender.
Some of these would be a foul in today's game but this is amazing on ball defense for anyone his size. His off ball help and recognition was top notch too
@@iTROLLxTHExTROLLZ You’re right and was one of the best passers in the league too while grabbing 7 boards a game. That closeout against iso Joe is so funny cause if you look at the score Lebron was up 30 points still closing out with that much effort
Lebron is a crazy underrated all time defender. In Miami he was somehow both a top 3 perimeter defender in the league and a top 3 frontcourt defender. I feel like his defensive prime is more impressive than Jordan, Kobe or Kawhi just for the sheer versatility, and the results speak for themselves. Even as he ages he's strong enough to switch 3-5 no issue.
Jordan and Kobe yes. Kawhi probably not. He was probably the best perimeter defender the game has ever seen. Size, strenght, agility and crazy hands, He was a different monster defensively from 2012-2017.
@@thenorthremembers728 Yeah but Kawhi could never leverage his body in the same way. He probably has the best perimeter defensive peak but LeBron's transition defense and combo of paint/post/perimeter excellence in his prime makes him just the most unique defender ever. He could guard 1-5 better than Rodman, Pippen, KG or Draymond.
@geordiejones5618 Honestly, imo prime Lebron is probably the most versatile defender of all time along with Bam adebayo and Prime Ben Simmons. But Kawhi really could make a Star player an absolute non factor. In any case, I understand why someone would pick Lebron. I'm just saying it's debatable.
Elite defender in his prime and a great defender for most of his career. We need more videos like this to counter the carefully selected clips that his dedicated haters make with his lowlights.
Lot of things that young olayers can pick up here. Noticed qlot of players love that fake right pivot, and blast to the left hand side as their first move. Bron was anticipating that with ease
The way folks talk about him today, you would think he was never a good defender. But those of us that were there, we remember when he was considered one of the greatest 2 way defenders of alltime. Back when folks use to compare his defense to Scottie and Rodman’s. How soon we forget. 🤦🏾♂️ One of, if not THE most versatile defender to ever touch a basketball.
The best player in my mind will always be MJ. But LeBron has become a great player in his own way. Mature people cannot limit the meaning of greatness. Those who denigrate LeBron limit and narrow the meaning of greatness, which is ignorant and stupid.
Immediately gained a sub , mate ! I've been longing for channels like yours because there are so few of them and i'm fond of the way you're classifying what part of someone's defensive package you want to highlight ! Would love to see one about Marcus Smart in 2019/20 because he was such a menace on that end
I just want to say I really appreciate you putting this compilation together. I would love to see a similar video for a young Kawhi Leonard. He's probably the best perimeter defender I've ever seen.
Tbh this is prolly one of my favorite seasons before prime LeBron. He had a lot of highlights defense and dunks. He could have almost made it to the Finals but lost to the Magic.
Yep, I’m working on a video for Lebron from the years 2009-10 to 2012-13. It’s gonna be a longer video. I’m hoping to have it out in the next few days 🔥
When LeBron put this mind to it he can play defense. He just dont go all out all the time. Which is why we only see like one highlight per game. He just disappears sometimes and lots of blown coverage. Esp when he played in Miami in his prime
What are you talking about lmao. 2009 to 2014 Lebron was locked in defensively. And even after that he stayed a good defender just not elite. Stop believing the narratives, even at his worst Lebron was never a liability defensively.
Thanks bro I appreciate you and yessir I’m working on a video of his defensive highlights from the 2009-10 season all the way to 2012-13. It’ll be detailed and organized just like this one and it’ll be longer too
Should have been a perennial defensive 1st team member if not the greatest perimeter defender of all time with his gifts as he is just as athletic as any elite athlete and has a power forward's body. Should have had multiple 150+ steal and 100+ block shot seasons. Oh, wait, load management.
Crazy he wasnt on more all defense team & even more crazy he didnt get DPOY in 2013 smh. He'll never get his due props defensively until he's done playing
Same size just older and game matured..... thats called "young legs" remember he had to LEARN how to post up also shooting was always average. He is a natural slasher one of the best at that.
Better? 🤣 All defensive 1st team Jordan 9x, lobron only 6x better? Jordan have 3 Stls title. lobron 0 Jordan have defensive player of the year. lobron 0 Jordan have 200+ stls and 100+ blcks 2x bronze 0 Jordan have 200+; stls 6x lobronze 0 Jordan have 131 blcks 1x lobron 0. in Jordan no.1 in blcks shooting guard position 893 in only 13 1/2: seasons of played including wizards Years. lobron 21 seasons in become 22 seasons now! lobron only advance stats is longevity period.
@@edwingustilo6594 lol Jordan didn't even had better defensive numbers then Hakeem in 88, they just gave him the award because of the narrative that was created behind it and let's not act like they weren't cooking the books for those players back then lol, they've already expose that in an article.
Those On-ball defense clips were against a bunch of non scorers outside of Pierce and JJ and even then you only showed a couple. He's a much better off-ball defender. Lebron's an average on-ball defender.
Dwight had the numbers, was a better rebounder, and was the games best rim protector at the time. But bron was more versatile, smarter, and won more games.
This is why I laugh when people call him LeFlop. Dude was a tough for anybody to score on for his first 15 yrs in the league just off size and athleticism, to say nothing of the IQ. Even after he got old and started taking plays off he can still get stops against anybody when he wants to.
Top 50 player. Too bad he gave up on playing D and started with the flopping, traveling, charging and talking out the side of his neck; he had potential to be top 5 or 10.
No superstar or anyone with a defensive reputation is getting called for that. Not Kobe, not MJ, not Tony Allen. Hell even the average NBA player isn't getting called for that half the time
@@kobe2kallday cap🫵🏿😭wade was the better shooter better late game executioner better on ball defender. Lebron was being guarded like he couldn’t shoot not the case with Wade damn the stat sheet
JJ BAREA. Enough of this kiss-assery. The league catered to him from day one, changing the rules and making it to where nobody can defend anyone or it’s a foul. Except in the case of leImposter, who can seemingly charge and travel as much as he wants and there are no fouls issued. He’s a manufactured ideal of a player that has been portrayed a certain way
He should have had this fire his whole career, but how they didn’t make the finals if he’s playing like this 🤔 5 minutes in a season isn’t long😂, this might be spurts of a game, consistency is what wins
@@gjordan6217 lol and you probably want us to believe mj always play hard defensively and never relax don't you? Are we supposed to forget mj was surrounded with an elite class roster defensively with arguably the greatest wing defender and great power foward defender??? So he had a bunch of guys that know they're roles and doing they're dirty work defensively lol. Jordan also was never the best defender on his team but lebron was for 3 of his championships lol.
@@Ghost-rb6cw he was never the best defender in any of his teams, Shane battier had to play the teams best players most times on the heat, then Richard Jefferson and Jr smith delavadova😂, now AD has been the lakers best defender along with Danny green, Caruso, Howard etc but keep lying to yourself 😂
Whatever...theres a reason why he only made all defense 3 times... he realized its hard t o play defense...so he mad up super teams to win..this video trash...no context
@@Flash_Opbr yes he did why would u sit here and lie… it’s the reason why pierce has such an ego vs bron because he cooked him during this time. And led bron to join Miami.
@blazingsword4824 he's better than jordan. he put himself in that conversation. and it was and is a media myth that his defense in his later years was bad. you're just looking for something to argue about. well you've found the right guy. jordan is not better than lebron. cry about it.
@@sportstalkonly1442hes right bro. The chose one before he even made the nba. And his defense in his later years has fell off. Im not a mj glazer before you might say that. Is he a more versatile player than mj? Sure. Lebron has 1 chip for cavs in 21 year's of nba
