Apocalypse Soon?
A semi-random aside, LeBron James did something in the Portland game that could spell doom for the NBA. He took the ball to the post and tossed up a little hook shot. I haven't seen him do it that often but if LeBron spend this offseason working on a nice baby hook or a MJ-like turnaround J, he could be unstoppable.
Wing players don't usually like to go down into the post but LeBron's size makes him a perfect candidate. He could demolish pretty much any guard or small forward on the blocks and if the opposition tries to throw a big man on him, he can pull it out and shoot over/drive past the big.
Granted, LeBron's not the only one who should work on this. Carmelo Anthony would also help himself out a lot if he developed a better post game but I've unfortunately not seen much of any improvement from 'Melo over the years so my guess is that LeBron is going to be the man to do it. I wouldn't mind seeing my man Thad Young add a post move of some sort to his expanding range but he's still young so I'll give him a couple of years before he starts refining his skills.
Hopefully, opposing announcers will harp on LeBron's jumper and say that he isn't a great three point shooter so LeBron spends most of his time working on his good enough perimeter game rather than expanding his arsenal into the low block.
