Total Recall: LeBron's mighty mind (2014)
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#2His memory has always been laughably impressive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNVJFRl6f6s
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#3LeBron James is arguably the greatest player of his modern era (Wilt Chamberlain did not have as much competition), if not all time.
Yes, he has tremendous physical gifts and dexterity.
What most people don't know is he has an almost uncanny eidetic memory that allows him to truly know how the other players on a team have played against him or his team in the past without studying game video ipso facto... and also whup them at Madden.
> "When I was a kid my coaches started to say to me that I remembered things that happened in games from a few tournaments back -- and that surprised them," James says. "I started to realize how important that could be years later, probably when I was in high school. And then, eventually, I realized that it can get me into trouble."
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#4I have a similar sort of eidetic memory and I do find it often more hassle than help.
Most people seem to remember about as much as they need to remember, so remembering more is often not about having extra access to information you need, but rather remembering minutiae that are discarded as irrelevant by others.
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#5It's cool to watch alongside the game action he's describing: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/8jajbd/lebrons_photogr...
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#6I've been thinking a lot lately about how intertwined memory and the brain's capacity for pattern matching are. I'm really curious how they interplay, neurologically/chemically
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#7He isn't smart enough to adjust his offensive game.
His go to move is to lower his shoulder. The best defensive players and teams give way and then he is off balance and he tends to miss the shot. He has done that his entire career. See Durant and Iguodala's defense.
Also his straight line drives are completely negated by a good shot blocker(s). See Tyson Chandler and the Mavericks.
A more adaptable player would have developed a runner, a low post game, and a stop and pop. He consistently hasn't shown the adaptability or foresight to do that... other than to form new super teams.
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#8LeBron James is arguably the greatest player of his modern era (Wilt Chamberlain did not have as much competition), if not all time. Yes, he has tremendous physical gifts and dexterity. What most people don't know is he has an almost uncanny eidetic memory that allows him to truly know how the other players on a team have played against him or his team in the past without studying game video ipso facto... and also wh…
Besides his physical and mental talents, he's also an incredibly dedicated worker and has also embraced a lot of innovative playing, training and recovery ideas that has helped him extend his peak physical years beyond where they normally are.
One of the surprising things I heard about last year was that the newer basketball cameras that record all aspects of play rated him as one of (maybe even the) slowest players in the game. Of course, if you've ever watched him run, especially on a chase-down block (such as the one he did in the 2016 NBA Finals game 7), you'd know he's one of the fastest players in the league. However, he's figured out ways to be effective without moving that much so he preserves energy.
At age 33 last season, he played every single game of the regular season, plus 22 playoff games. He's made the NBA finals eight years in a row, which would be roughly the equivalent of 2 additional regular seasons, though playoff basketball is substantially more physically demanding, so the physical strain would be more than just 2 additional seasons.
I think ultimately, the longevity of his dominance, coupled with how talented the rest of the league has been during his tenure, will be the factor that makes him the best player of all time.
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#9Sean McVay (NFL's LA Rams coach) has something similar going on: https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-mcvay-memory-hbo-real-s...
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#10He isn't smart enough to adjust his offensive game. His go to move is to lower his shoulder. The best defensive players and teams give way and then he is off balance and he tends to miss the shot. He has done that his entire career. See Durant and Iguodala's defense. Also his straight line drives are completely negated by a good shot blocker(s). See Tyson Chandler and the Mavericks. A more adaptable player would have…
He is already one of the best to ever play the game. Just imagine how much better he might become if he happens to read HN and sees what babesh has to say. For the sake of maintaining competitive balance in the league and for the sake of whatever NBA team babesh is undoubtedly coaching, let's hope LeBron is taking a day off from the internet today!