Paper Guil.L.|James in the international arena can't do it? And he is the leader of Yumehachi
(Text/L.A. Van Cidy)
James currently competes in the international arena 5 times, namely the 04 Olympic Games, the 06 World Championships, the 07 Copa America, the 08 Olympic Games, and the 12 Olympic Games.
Of the four dream teams, his stats are as follows:
04 Olympics (Dream Six Team), James averaged 11.5 minutes per game, scored 5.4 points + 1.0 rebounds + 1.6 assists, shot 59.4% from the field and 30% from three-point range.
In the 06 World Championship (Dream Seven), James averaged 24.2 minutes per game, scored 13.9 points + 4.8 rebounds + 4.1 assists, shot 58.2% from the field and 33.3% from three-point range. The scoring team ranked third in total, behind Anthony and Wade.
07 Copa America (Dream Eight), James averaged 18.1 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.7 assists per game, and scored 31 points in the championship game to help the team defeat Argentina to win the championship.
In the 08 Olympics (Dream Eight), James averaged 24.8 minutes per game, scored 15.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists, shot 60.2% from the field and 46.4% from three-point range. The team ranked second in total scores, behind Wade.
At the 12 Olympics (Dream Ten), James averaged 24.9 minutes, 13.3 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 5.6 assists, shooting 60.3% from the field and 30% from three-point range. The team ranks third in total scorers, behind Durant and Anthony.
The only thing James didn't play well was the '04 Olympics, but this time the head coach was Larry Brown, known for being rigid and conservative, and didn't like to use young people. 03 The platinum generation is not only James, and Wade, who has performed well in the playoffs, does not have many opportunities. Browning could use Iverson and Marbury, but only won bronze this time.
James has been reused since Mike Krzyzewski, Duke basketball coach nicknamed "Old K," took over the U.S. men's basketball team.
The Dream Team uses an open-ended star tactic, pushing fast counterattacks and bombardments, which makes full use of the personal abilities of NBA superstars, especially FIBA gods Anthony, Durant and Wade are fully utilized to continuously create damage.
James's role is also very large, and while he steadily outputs the first three levels of firepower, it is difficult to do the following:
First, the organization and control of the field, the dream team is not enough to score singles, the team needs stars to control the field and deal cards, this heavy responsibility is given to James and Paul.
Second, defense, the dream team attaches great importance to counterattack and cut points, counterattack needs to be based on defense, and James's defense is reflected.
Third, rebounding, because the Dream Team is generally lower than most FIBA teams, giving James and other large rebounding tasks, because offensive rebounding can promote secondary offense, and defensive rebounding is also the key to counterattack and early offense, James' rebounding is very guaranteed in the front.
In short, James did a good job of organization, defense and rebounding while exporting firepower, which is the reason why the Dream Team later won consecutive games.
This is also the reason why Old K later said that "James is the worthy leader of the Dream Eight Team".
In a press conference, K Sr. said of James: "He is one of the best players in the world, and he has improved a lot in defense, offense and leadership over the past three years. He is a much-needed player in the current team, a link between the coach and the rest of the team, and he can make other players better train and play, so he is a worthy leader of the team. ”