NBA analysts support James, Irving has skills, but can he affect victory like James?

LeBron James recently discussed issues with Luka Doncic and Steve Nash on the podcast today about his lack of basketball skills. This statement is obviously because of the ignorance of Kuroko and simply for the purpose of blackmailing LeBron James. If LeBron James does not have skills, that is to say, LeBron James lacks scoring or offensive skills, then the question is. As LeBron James said, his career is 50,000 points. How did he get it? Without the support of technology, who can win 50,000 points in his career.

Recently, Fox Sports analyst Chris Brussad also expressed some of his own views on LeBron James' remarks. Chris Brussad said, "The most important thing is the scoring rate and the impact on the victory. Kyrie Irving has "technology". Will he affect victory like LeBron James? You know Kyrie Irving has nothing, because he has a better technology than LeBron, LeBron's field vision, basketball IQ, these are all things that some guys with skills do not have."

Taking Kyrie Irving as a reference example, it can be said that he directly defeated LeBron James's remarks that have no skills, and it was directly concluded. Because Kyrie Irving is one of the most skilled superstars in NBA history, his skills can be said to exceed 90% of NBA players.

Even the skills of current top defenders such as Stephen Curry, Luka Doncic and Alexander cannot be compared with those of Kyrie Irving. The skills these stars possess are also textbook-level, but they can only be said to be very common, and Kyrie Irving can do it, and it is more ornamental when used.

In fact, the most important thing is that these stars will have the skills, Kyrie Irving will have some skills that they don’t know. We can often see Kyrie Irving using some basketball skills other than textbooks in the game. When he broke through the dribble, he directly conquered a large number of blackspots while he was marching.

I have to say that Kyrie Irving's feel and skills are one of the best players in NBA history. However, the problem is that even though his skills are better than LeBron James, he is not as successful as LeBron James and cannot lead the team to win championships or MVP awards by himself.

Kyrie Irving won the championship when he partnered with LeBron James in 2016. At that time, the Cleveland Cavaliers were 1-3 behind the Golden State Warriors. It was LeBron James and Kyrie Irving's offense that helped the team complete a shocking reversal.

Kyrie Irving has never won an NBA championship since leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers. Moreover, the performance of Kyrie Irving's team has never been able to make a bigger breakthrough. After leaving LeBron James, the best season was in the 2023-24 season, playing for the Dallas Mavericks, teaming up with Luka Doncic, and leading the team to the finals. Unfortunately, he lost to the Boston Celtics in the finals and missed the second championship in his personal career.

LeBron James also has his own unique insights on contemporary NBA technology. It would not be a big problem to think that as long as you have excellent defense and excellent three-point shooting ability in the NBA, you will get a $200 million contract. In fact, players today do not need excellent skills to succeed.