I honestly don’t understand how he scores so many points by driving and how other players can’t do the same thing. He doesn’t seem to have any special moves or speed or agility. He just drives to the basketball and it just works. It honestly looks like the defense almost lets him half the time.
The second thing is that, so back in the day, after the ball is not active (for example, in your control and unable to be dribbled again), you would get the step for when you ended the dribble plus one more step, so 2 steps. The NBA then added a “0th” step so now players get 3 (which might make for cooler and easier dunks, but it seems a bit insane for people who are like 6’9" to get 3 whole steps without dribbling in a game that’s largely about dribbling).
Now, on top of that, it seems like Lebron often takes FOUR steps!? If you watch some - not all - of his drives in slow motion, especially when he does a spin move.
For example, check out: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CND2s-4bz6c at 1:42. The dribble ends (step 1), another step which starts a little hop (step 2), and two more steps after the hop. WTF???
Does the NBA need AI refs to automatically track feet?
I thought before any of these games started that despite all of the star power, if the team needs 2 points, LeBron is the most guaranteed option. He is almost 40 and not quite the dominant force he once was over a full game but in 10-15 seconds span, he still is.