[Highlight] Lebron James engages in several innovative defensive techniques on Kawhi Leonard to secure the ethical turnover (with replays)
Refs too busy witnessing greatness
Star struck.
This is the power of the Forever King
I can’t tell if y’all are being sarcastic. Bron fans are that weird.
Might as well pull down his shorts
Go on
Relax. He fixes the cable.
Is that you Ron?
Then poke him in the eyes and slap him across the face to finish off the Three Stooges bit
And do Josh Hart celebration?
You too can be come great defensively if you can foul 3 times and not get called for any of them
The Caruso and Dort special
It’s spelled “Dirt” … also … Don’t forget Cason Wallace and his “excellent defense”.
Lakers flair in a post literally about Lebron - lol okc
hes not wrong but it is funny seeing lakers fans turn on Caruso
Not denying reality isnt turning on him.
I still view him as a good player and a great story, but whats the point in denying that he commits constant fouls that dont get called because “hard defense”.
i mean I don’t like him either, but at the same time I don’t have the heart to ever shit on former nuggets players.
Whats being said about Caruso in this thread isnt shitting on him, its being realistic.
In what world is “good player, but commits fauls that dont get called” shitting on AC?
No remember if what you say isn’t praise … it means you’re a hater and shitting on someone … don’t you know how to fan ?
I bet it is the senior citizen bonus.
Only if you’re doing it on Steph.
Pulls Kawhi back a foot by the jersey
Slaps across the forearm
Pulls him another couple feet back by the hips
Laker ball!
2 He hit the ball first. 1 and 3 are fouls though
Is a foul clear as day
Gets nothing but ball and doesn’t even touch his forearm.
50⁄50 if that even gets called a foul.
Let’s got to the sky cam
LMAO
https://imgur.com/a/G4iYEb6. Literally top of the ball. Very obvious indeed.
lol. he’s literally not even touching the ball in that shot. and you might notice there is something between lebron’s hand and the ball and it’s… kawhi’s hands…
the only way that is “all ball” is if you consider the top of kawhi’s hands part of the ball
edit: btw, like i said, it’s very obvious if you fast forward like 0.25 seconds where bron’s hands are directly on top of kawhi’s…
Is this how you find out about hand is part of the ball?
is this the part where you find out the wrists is not, which is clearly what he gets on the follow through and is a textbook foul?
Brother you gotta get your eyes checked or something my guy.
I hope you actually understand what hand part of the ball is.
https://imgur.com/a/fEEsSX2
the commentator literally says “he got the wrists” when watching the zoomed in replay of lebron hitting his wrists. is he wrong too?
Yeah that’s clearly why I replied to him originally saying he got the ball big guy 😀
if he hits his wrists, even if on the follow through (which he clearly does…) again on the FOLLOW THROUGH, then that’s still a foul. yes the initial contact was on the hands but he gets the wrists on the FOLLOW THROUGH. i’m not trying to be asinine just feel like i need to emphasize that cause a still shot won’t capture that
i must be arguing w/ one of those bron > MJ stans tho, this seems pointless
It is like the refs were blinded by his aura or something
Definitely missed the jersey pull
He doesn’t hit the forearms, not a foul.
The hip was brief and probably hard to see live.
we can see the clip and its obvious he fouled kawhi but you dont have to lie. he hit all hand which is usually considered also ball in this sub.
kawhi was already moving backwards (probably from the jersey pull ) before lebron touches his hip. in slow mo it looks worse than it really is.
There were a lot of weird calls and misses on both sides this game. As if watching the Lakers bench and Clippers stink it up and brick shots wasn’t bad enough
Let them have their moments, Beating us is the only trophy they ever get for the next decades.
Have you seen the news?
Just check OP profile, last time he posted before yesterday were 15 days ago, and this dude post a lot. This is their christmas.
He’s just lucky Chris Finch didn’t see this.
Bron playing that OKC defense
I believe it, he’s a master of seeing innovation and adopting it. Put in the work to develop an elite three when it was clear that was necessary, and extended his career by a decade.
This is essentially Lakers 2020 defense, a lot of physical body contact. Lebron definitely knows that type of defense
The King stopped short of giving him a wedgie. No foul.
Maybe there should be some sort of official with the power to stop play to enforce the rules
Maybe one day, it’s still early
Wow that ref was just staring out into space. What the hell dude.
Pulls hard his jersey, hacks, pulls Kawhi
They awarded LeBron with a block and a rebound here
Hello HR memes writing themselves
LeHidetheFoul
What an elite defence… Kawhi is obviously flopping.. The KING is giving his soul on both sides of the court at 41, coming back from that devastating injury, but he can’t win with these cats, he needs more help. Also refs are always against him, I can’t understand how badly they threat this LEGEND.
LeBron controlling tempo like a vet.
“LeBron, minding his own business”
All ball
kawhi’s jerseys is made of ball?
You didn’t know that?
Sga would’ve milked it into a ejection. Kawhi doesn’t get ball.
This is why I just follow scores instead of watching the games.
I mean new and innovative is stretching it. This is Sunday league ball special defense to a T
Gave him the Caruso special
It’s this a league wide thing? Didn’t they miss the intentional fouls at the end of Suns-Warriors? What is this league on?
Alex Caruso school of defense
by my count there was 3 fouls by lebron. pass interferences, a defensive holding and then another defensive holding. but there are no flags on the play
Lebron joining trying out for NFL defensive team?
that would’ve been two defensive holdings. clear jersey tug and turns the body. also a pass interference
Looks clean to me
LeClaw
Oldest man in the league showcasing those vet techniques, this is where Caruso learned it from. Though I think the jersey pull was the only real foul, the slap got all ball at first and the grab afterwards isn’t ever really going to get called unless Kawhi sells a crazy flop.
Meh…ppl been doing stuff like that to him for 23 years
Is there supposed to be a foul? Kawhi clearly jumps backwards to get the angle on the basket and then bron gets all ball, but ig you see what you want to see
lu dort and Alex Caruso defense.
Jersey pull is a foul.
They’re not calling the swipe. He got enough ball there.
Plus the refs are letting all kinds of reach ins go uncalled in the last couple seasons.
That’s old man defense and y’all say say he couldn’t play in MJ era, KD and Steph weak ass could neva lmao.
Half of LeBron’s swipedowns are fouls and they are never called
Jersey pull is the only foul here. The only thing that needs correcting is the perception that hand checks and such should be a foul.
“hEs SuCh a GoOd DeFenDeR” fucking clown
A 40 year old dropped 36 points and this sub wants to obsess over him getting away with a foul. Y’all must be fun at parties.
I don’t like the way LeBron forced the refs to miss that call
The 🐐
“laker whistle isnt a thing” - laker fans
Aint no way your flair talking.
he’s not wrong but it’s the spiderman meme
it’s more of a lebron whistle
lakers didn’t lead the league in FT disparity before he got there, and they won’t after this year