Vogel: The greatest thing about James' career was doing the one thing he was least good at!
Lakers against the Pacers game, 37-year-old James 43 minutes cut 39 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, especially in overtime to cut 8 points alone, once again caused everyone to discuss, this age can be close to the peak state, which is rare in NBA history, why James at the age of 37 can still have such a standard and skill, one is with his self-discipline, the second is directly related to the old Zhan hard work, which is well known.
Let's hear what Lakers coach Vogel has to say about the 37-year-old Zhan, Vogel said: "It's amazing. He was able to adjust his playing skills late in his career, which was impressive. Of course, MJ (Michael Jordan) and Bryant (Bryant) have both developed a back-up jumper that can't be defended,—— by the way, LeBron also has that technology — but he was able to adapt to modern NBA basketball and train himself into a prolific and efficient three-point shooter, which is one of the things that you marvel at when you look at LeBron's career history, and you'll be amazed at how he can do it. Because early in his career, it wasn't one of his best games. ”
Vogel first said that the 37-year-old Zhan's performance surprised him, the most impressive thing for him was that James was still adjusting his game skills at this age, vogel's words meant, Jordan and Kobe all the back jumpers, James also had, in addition, James is more adaptable to modern NBA basketball, this "more" is actually to compare James with Jordan, Kobe, think that James is more adapted to modern basketball.
First of all, Vogel believes that James has practiced a three-point shot, and it is an efficient and productive three-point shot, as we all know, the symbol of modern basketball is the "small ball era", or called the "three-point ball era", will not shoot three points, it is difficult to gain a foothold in the NBA.
Even Howard, who is difficult with free throws, has to practice three-pointers, and in a recent game with the Pistons, Howard actually hit 2 three-pointers in a single game, which was the first time in Howard's career, James' prolific and efficient three-pointer, against the Pacers, James hit a three-pointer in the first quarter, and in the third quarter, under the anxiety of the two sides, James was another three-pointer, helping the team to bite the score, and in the last quarter, James had a key three-pointer, dragging the game into overtime, saving the team. So James' three-pointer is really efficient, accurate, and really difficult for the average person to do.
This surprised and inconceivable to Vogel, so Vogel thought James was still adjusting his playing skills, and as far as the late career was concerned, Vogel thought that Jordan and Kobe bryant had failed to do that, and it was also true.
This is called the law of survival of the fittest, it is also advancing with the times, James, a thirty-year-old man, can indeed catch up with the fashion, but also really do not serve the old, but also really work hard, which really fulfills the sentence "the veteran Huang Zhong is more and more fierce", why James's career is so long, he is not brutal, nor is it completely a physical problem, the key is that James's technical excellence, continuous improvement, this is the main reason and secret of James can become an NBA evergreen tree!