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LeBron James is a sure fire first ballot Hall Of Famer. He has proven himself throughout his career. We all know what he has done: two NBA titles with the Miami Heat, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards. He has tons of other accolades as well both team wise as an individual player. A serious argument can be made on whether LeBron is the best player of all-time. And if he isn’t he is most certainly in the conversation. The scary thing is that LeBron James has pretty much gotten better in some facet or multiple facets of his game every season he has been in the NBA. The 2015-2016 season will be no different. LeBron will get better next year and put the Cleveland Cavaliers in contention once again to compete for a NBA Championship. Let’s take a look at three areas of LeBron James’ game that he can improve on to become a better overall NBA player, starting on the next page:
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Area 1: Cut down on turnovers
During the 2014-2015 NBA season LeBron James turned the ball over at a 3.9 turnover per game clip. That is a nice amount of turnovers for a guy who has a heavy load of handling the ball and making plays for others. He has a tendency of leaving his feet on passes to his teammates. Anyone who has grown up around the game of basketball knows that your coach stresses that leaving your feet on a pass is a no-no. There aren’t many holes to his game. If you see LeBron on a game like NBA 2K15 he is rated a 99 overall. He is as close to a perfect basketball player that you will ever see play. If he can fix his slight turnover problem than the league is in big trouble. He is already extremely efficient on the basketball court. Get rid of these turnovers and you have an almost perfect player.
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Area 2: Stop being so unselfish
There are times when LeBron James is a little bit too unselfish. He is easily the best player on the Planet Earth. There are certain situations where he is just relaxing out there. At least, that’s how it seems. Other times, he makes what is called “The Right Basketball Play” by passing to a teammate when he should be shooting the ball. We all have seen instances of this and this is a huge knock on LeBron. This is a huge topic in the media. ESPN’s First Take always talks about this. Not as much as they used to but they still do. Skip Bayless is LeBron’s biggest critic and he harps on him about this often. LeBron has silenced his critics throughout the last few years by winning two championships with the Miami Heat. He also has had some clutch moments when he really came through and silenced the haters. If he can do this on a regular basis this knock on his game will be null and void.
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Area 3: Score More!
LeBron James has a career average of 27 points per game in his 12 year career to date. For a regular NBA player they would be ecstatic to have an average this high. 27 points per game gets you to All-Star player status in this league. However, he is the best player on the planet and could go down as the greatest period when it is all said and done. There have been some games when LeBron has completely gone off and took the team on his back. If he wanted to he could easily score 35-40 points per game. We saw it in the 2015 NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors when he scored 36 points per game. It remains to be seen if he will ever go into 2005-2006 Kobe Bryant mode and average 35 points per game. That would be a sight to see. LeBron is still head and shoulders over the rest of the players in the NBA and he will remain there even with these minor weaknesses. Look for The King to improve his game even more next year and win his fifth NBA Most Valuable Player Award.
