[Lowlight] Caleb Wilson calls for an Iso on LeBron James Sr., hypes up the crowd but gets clamped and misses
He thought he was getting his Iverson crossover on Jordan moment
I was thinking the same thing lol, I don’t blame him, one of the greatest rookie plays of all time
Tbf Jordan was 34. Lebron is 42.
Iverson also didn’t get clamped
LeBron 42 is everyone else’s 34 though.
You’re right. I’m 30 yo and 6’1” 170lbs. I can’t wait to be a 3 time NBA Champion/Finals MVP, 4 time league MVP, and earner of $850 million just four years from now. Wait till my mom finds out.
You have it backwards. LeBron playing at 42 is like the old guys playing at 60.
College players play far fewer games and minutes than NBA players. At each age comparison he would have more minutes played than anyone
More importantly, Caleb Wilson is no way near AI
Yes and no. Iverson took a shot with about a 20-30% chance of going in. I am glad Wilson wont be getting the same hype for taking an average shot.
A step back fadeaway two is not an average shot either, it’s also a terrible, 20-30% shot lol
Jordan was like a decade younger at that time though. It was Jordan the reigning MVP. This is geriatric Bron lol. Not really the same
Billionaire Bron is not geriatric if he got a stop
His injury report lists sciatica and arthritis 😆
Only, old head MJ was 34 when rookie A.I. crossed him
LeBron James Sr lmao
Bronny James’ father
Oh Boruto’s dad got it.
Are you Boruto’s dad’s son?
As if anyone thinks Bronny otherwise
Yeah thats the joke
Stay out the landing zone ole man
Emphasis on the Sr part. Cause, Y’know, Le’Old.
Good help defence.
Yeah Caleb had the angle for the drive Brown pretty much forced him into taking that midrange shot
Yes and no. You have to be pretty quick if you’re going to run around somebody instead of running through them. Wilson has to run an extra 2-3 steps because he’s going so wide. That’s a lot of time for the D to wake up.
His drive opened up the corner 3, but he was so committed that he ended up taking the bad shot instead.
Edit: Just watched another angle:
The guy in the corner is a bad 3-point shooter (Giddey). Explains why Williams took the shot, but also explains why Brown was so quick to help Lebron.
the shot clock was expiring he had to
They just dared him to pass like “go ahead, let giddey shoot and see where it goes.” Lol.
They weren’t going to let him humiliate Bron like that.
I rewatched and noticed when Wilson pulls out and calls for iso, LeBron does a quick check to see who’s around. And then you can see when the dribble lands on Wilson’s left hand, LeBron stunts and gives him the left on purpose, baiting Wilson into a drive. Might just be LeBron trying to play Wilson’s right, too, not sure.
But that wasn’t just oh a guy drove, oh Brown helped kind of breakdown.
Edit. Im thinking this is a known Caleb move to push with left into a right hand drive, which is why LeBron preemptively shifted his body. Either Caleb takes LeBron all the way right or he goes left, and a teammate knows to jump in.
We talk about this often but LeBron had finished his 3rd season where he averaged 31 points and finished 2nd in the MVP race the summer Caleb Wilson was born. I saw a game at Peach Jam where Caleb Wilson was playing against LeBrons youngest son. The fact that he’s still out here playing at a such a high level is truly amazing.
I think there’s a little bit more to this play than just LeBron playing df on Caleb.
Somebody with greater defensive knowledge can chime in, but it appears to me when Caleb calls ISO, LeBron quickly scans the court to see left right action. He then watches Wilson’s crossover and when the ball goes to his left, LeBron shifts his body to play his right, or gives him the easy left drive, but a teammate will play help. I think this is by design, they probably communicated ahead of the game to scheme Wilson in this particular way.
I wonder if Wilson has done this exact move where he does a few crossovers and pushes into a strong drive right side, which is why LeBron made that decision. Bulls fans chime in maybe.
Also, who is Brown guarding? Giddey - shooting 28% from 3 this year.
LeBron has been this kind of defender since his Heat days, Wade and him were nuts on this shit.
You might be right, but I disagree with your framing that that makes it “more than just defense”. All you’re describing IS defense, just the cerebral portion of it.
I said more to this play because other commenters are saying “Caleb drove, Jaylen helped, forcing Caleb to shoot”. I just felt that was way too simplified. Hope that clarifies.
At the NBA level, I think a lot of things happen for a reason. They aren’t playing out of pure on court reaction.
Everything you described is fundamental team defense. Nothing special about it. Nba defense is based on fundamentals, just like every other level. If you find yourself isolated of course you will scan to see where help is. You send the ball handler to his weak side, which is where your help should be. It was a weak move and he never shifted bron. It’s simple.
You’re correct, but most people don’t even understand fundamental basketball.
Yeah I’m gonna go with what the other guy’s saying, you’re literally just describing defensive game planning haha
LeBron and Wilson had a workout together before the season started. Probably played some ones.
I mean, yes. It’s team defense. It’s why the macho “one on one” stuff is bullshit. It’s not how defense is played in real life. You push your guy toward the help. I also highly doubt it was a specific move they saw Wilson do ahead of time and planned for it–LeBron just knows he’s worse going left, and JB was his help that way. So when he went between the legs, LeBron shifts to Wilson’s right side, making sure he can’t go back to his right. It’s just playing tendencies and weakness of the offensive player.
Yup, I think you’re right, Jaylen brown came in as well and closed the driving lane.
I don’t know if they specifically communicated about this play because this kind of defense and help defense is just basic fundamental basketball.
Hypes the crowd when?
Bro just got clamped by his gym teacher
Lol idk about “clamped” but you can’t call for the iso and shoot that shot
you absolutely can. it just has to go in. everybody loves that Dame shot but if he bricked that shit we’d all be laughing at him.
Definitely not clamped, you can see LeBron went for a swipe at the ball then basically got blown by
That’s not a swipe, that’s him shifting his body to play Caleb’s right side. Caleb drove left thinking he can take advantage of that scheme, but Brown already knew and stepped in. They probably communicated about this exact situation during game planning. Give Caleb his left if he calls iso and backside will help.
I respect the attempt. Mfs be scared af.
LeRookie mistake
Is the clamp in the room with us?
It’s on my spicy nipples baby
Yes. It showed up as a bad midrange because of browns help defense
It’s the biggest moment of his life and for Lebron it’s a random Sunday afternoon.
Well he is a rook. For even someone like AI, his crossover on MJ was the biggest moment of his life up to that point.
You mustve been top of your fcking class
Your both very angry
wtf happened to this sub lmao everyone’s so toxic and angry all the time
*You’re
It ain’t that deep
LeBison
I’ll be dammed but that is a factual statement 😂
That’s not “clamped”, lol.
It’s solid defense though.
He just missed the shot.
Good help defense, didn’t respect the iso 🤷♀️
one of the most shameless and inaccurate titles I’ve seen lmao
Spinning the narrative, forcing the conversation to go left
LeClam
No reason to wake up grandpa there
Honestly - I like the energy, it was just bad decision making (and not helped by JB being able to completely ignore Giddey)
The kid is in his first month in the NBA. The execution and decision making will almost certainly improve. But the Bulls should want him to keep trying to attack like this (but not stop halfway and settling for a deep 2)
Also carried the ball like 6 times.
Lebron played him to drive right by turning his body. But JB know Lebron is turned knows he has to show early especially if Lebron can’t open up fast enough.
Lebron would have the drive to the basket to himself and all defended shooters would be on a no help assignments.
I wouldn’t say he got clamped at all.. He beat unc.. Then jaylen stunted perfectly and shut down his lane.. Good help defense
Because unc knew better and intentionally drove the attacker into the help.
Caleb and LeBron work out together. Probably thinks this is another 1 on 1 session.
I like how ballsy this group of rookies is. It’s fun
Great stunt by Brown to force Caleb to back off the drive
Thats gotta be one checked off the bucket list for the lad
More like Caleb Wilson drives on Lebron and Jaylen Brown comes with the help defense so Wilson takes a step back and misses.
OP is dumb
“Cabust Wilson totally destroyed by the suffocating avatar-state like defense of the LeGOAT James. Used all 4 elements to clamp him up. Plans to absorb Bronny to return to full power when the playoffs arrive”
LeDontYouKnowWhoIAm
He was fouled.