LeBron James isn't a "choker." In no way, shape or form can I sit here and believe that LeBron James is a choker, when I've seen him so many times in the past perform feats late in a game that proven closers have never done before.
So easily have we forgotten that James once scored 29 of his team's final 30 points in a crucial game during the postseason. So easily have we forgotten that James was the main reason why the Miami Heat made it to the NBA Finals with James Jones as its sixth man. So easily have we forgotten that James was the closer in series against Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago last year.
Man, who would have guessed that averaging 17 points per game in the NBA Finals could make you forget about that. We get that he did screw up royally in the finals, but are we immediately going to deem him as a "choker" because of that even though he quietly decimated the NBA's top two defenses in Chicago and Boston?
LeBron has his shortcomings, trust me we'll get into it, but that doesn't make him a choker. However, we can't list him at all as being "clutch" because he doesn't maintain consistency. In order to be known as a "clutch" player, you need to be able to have your team rely on you in those situations night in and night out instead of when you're just feeling it.
LeBron and the Heat are currently 19-6. It's a much better start from last year, but we have also already had to deal with analysts poking and prodding James with ideas that he isn't clutch. So we'll do the heavily lifting for the analysts by stating five ways James can shed that pesky and ignorant "clutch" label.
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