Charley Rosen: Scouting LeBron James

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Over the course of the NBA's entire 65-year history, there has never been a perfect player.

Oscar Robertson couldn't fly. Jerry West played infinitely better when the Lakers lost in the Finals than he did when they finally won. Wilt Chamberlain was a miserable free-throw shooter. Pete Maravich was arguably the worst defender to ever play in the league. Magic Johnson had a severely flawed jumper. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was all finesse and no power. Kobe Bryant's relatively small hands impede his ball-handling in heavy traffic. Michael Jordan couldn't shoot with his left foot. And so on.

No surprise, then, that LeBron James likewise falls short of perfection.

Here are the ups and down of the self-proclaimed Chosen One's game.

 

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