37-year-old James is still a superstar, here is not only personal influence, but also James's personal data and team performance, the Lakers can rise to the 6th place in the West under the long schedule battle, James's performance is remarkable, there is no James crazy data output, perhaps the Lakers are the top three teams in the West, such as the last 20 games James's data is too fierce, according to statistics, James has scored 30+ in the past 20 games, and the other 5 games have not cut at least 30 points. James's data are 23 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, 20 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks, 24 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 18 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 26 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, perhaps no score of 30+, but there is no doubt that James's data is still fully output, and the Lakers' record is 10 wins and 9 losses.
Just imagine, if the Lakers teammates give a little strength, James's winning rate will be higher, even so the Lakers' winning rate in the past 20 games is still more than 50%, James's MVP level performance is beyond doubt, see James's crazy data, you don't even know how to hack him, so Zhan Black can only attack with two fists, a black Lakers record is not as good as the Sun Warriors, etc., two black James no defense.
The Lakers lost all the preseason games, and the beginning of the season was not very good, but there is one thing not to ignore, James has been absent from many games in a row because of a rectus strain, the Lakers once ranked 4th in the West, and after James's injury, the Lakers fell out of the top 8 in the West under the leadership of Wei Shao and Thick Brow Brother, and continued to hover around the 8th place in the West.
After James's return, the Lakers have experienced non-stop adjustments, James continues to output his all-round data, the Lakers still rose to the 6th place in the West, and the lone ranger who is 5th is only 0.5 wins away, and james as a center to lead the team to win consecutively after the injury stop, what does this mean? The Lakers' record is not as good as the Sun Warriors, and it is indeed related to James, because James is too strong, so powerful that the rise and fall of a team is related to James, so James's second point of being smeared by James Black "no defense" is a similar situation.
James's lack of defense is fake, watching James's several games as a center, you will feel that James is everywhere on the defensive end, and the reason why he has been accused of not defending is as a fan above the keyboard man said: James is a victim of his own success, if James does not play DPOY level defense, fans will not recognize James's defense.
Watching James's 19th season, he was indeed too successful and entered the discussion of the best player in history, but James did too well in other aspects, such as the offensive end in the past 20 games, 15 times the score of 30+ was recognized by the fans, and James, who did not have 30 points, was ignored by the fans in other aspects of his performance, so James who did not score 30+ was sluggish.
On the other hand, you only want James to play DPOY defense, and you use DPOY defense to evaluate whether James has defense, don't you?
Yes, we don't deny that James will have a forked defensive behavior on the court and may also give up some defensive rounds, but James is a player with high emotional intelligence, he doesn't have Kobe Bryant's stubbornness, but James can use his own defense to dominate the game in some critical moments, why is such a performance ignored? Just as Jenhey can always remember the three-point shot that won the G7 vs. Irving in the 2016 Finals, he selectively forgot that James used the defense to destroy the Warriors' Iguodala's last layup.
If James has no defense, and no defensive attitude, then the last minute of the 2016 Finals, Iguodala can still rewrite history, because Irving's three-point shot did not 100% determine the Cavaliers to win the game, if James did not have the ability to chase the hat in the 100-meter sprint, the story of the 2016 championship would be rewritten, but there are always people who want to say that the hat chasing is not defense, just like the Lakers beat the Hawks to win 4 consecutive games, James 4 steals 3 blocks of the data, Can't it be proved that James' defense is actually in place? Maybe not at the DPOY level, but James just has defense.