Old-school Cavs fans remember this. LeBron was a legit lockdown defender. Coach Brown would never let him off the hook. Plus Bron would always beg to guard the opponent's hottest scorer in the 4th quarter
@@carltonrudolphI think it's crazy how we can go back to playoffs series where Bron locked down players in the 4th countless times and guarded various positions but clowns like you won't admit he's a lock down defender.
Some of these would be a foul in today's game but this is amazing on ball defense for anyone his size. His off ball help and recognition was top notch too
@@iTROLLxTHExTROLLZ You’re right and was one of the best passers in the league too while grabbing 7 boards a game. That closeout against iso Joe is so funny cause if you look at the score Lebron was up 30 points still closing out with that much effort
Lebron is a crazy underrated all time defender. In Miami he was somehow both a top 3 perimeter defender in the league and a top 3 frontcourt defender. I feel like his defensive prime is more impressive than Jordan, Kobe or Kawhi just for the sheer versatility, and the results speak for themselves. Even as he ages he's strong enough to switch 3-5 no issue.
Jordan and Kobe yes. Kawhi probably not. He was probably the best perimeter defender the game has ever seen. Size, strenght, agility and crazy hands, He was a different monster defensively from 2012-2017.
@@thenorthremembers728 Yeah but Kawhi could never leverage his body in the same way. He probably has the best perimeter defensive peak but LeBron's transition defense and combo of paint/post/perimeter excellence in his prime makes him just the most unique defender ever. He could guard 1-5 better than Rodman, Pippen, KG or Draymond.
@geordiejones5618 Honestly, imo prime Lebron is probably the most versatile defender of all time along with Bam adebayo and Prime Ben Simmons. But Kawhi really could make a Star player an absolute non factor. In any case, I understand why someone would pick Lebron. I'm just saying it's debatable.
Elite defender in his prime and a great defender for most of his career. We need more videos like this to counter the carefully selected clips that his dedicated haters make with his lowlights.
Lot of things that young olayers can pick up here. Noticed qlot of players love that fake right pivot, and blast to the left hand side as their first move. Bron was anticipating that with ease
The way folks talk about him today, you would think he was never a good defender. But those of us that were there, we remember when he was considered one of the greatest 2 way defenders of alltime. Back when folks use to compare his defense to Scottie and Rodman’s. How soon we forget. 🤦🏾♂️ One of, if not THE most versatile defender to ever touch a basketball.
The best player in my mind will always be MJ. But LeBron has become a great player in his own way. Mature people cannot limit the meaning of greatness. Those who denigrate LeBron limit and narrow the meaning of greatness, which is ignorant and stupid.
Immediately gained a sub , mate ! I've been longing for channels like yours because there are so few of them and i'm fond of the way you're classifying what part of someone's defensive package you want to highlight ! Would love to see one about Marcus Smart in 2019/20 because he was such a menace on that end
I just want to say I really appreciate you putting this compilation together. I would love to see a similar video for a young Kawhi Leonard. He's probably the best perimeter defender I've ever seen.
When LeBron put this mind to it he can play defense. He just dont go all out all the time. Which is why we only see like one highlight per game. He just disappears sometimes and lots of blown coverage. Esp when he played in Miami in his prime
What are you talking about lmao. 2009 to 2014 Lebron was locked in defensively. And even after that he stayed a good defender just not elite. Stop believing the narratives, even at his worst Lebron was never a liability defensively.
Tbh this is prolly one of my favorite seasons before prime LeBron. He had a lot of highlights defense and dunks. He could have almost made it to the Finals but lost to the Magic.
Should have been a perennial defensive 1st team member if not the greatest perimeter defender of all time with his gifts as he is just as athletic as any elite athlete and has a power forward's body. Should have had multiple 150+ steal and 100+ block shot seasons. Oh, wait, load management.
Thanks bro I appreciate you and yessir I’m working on a video of his defensive highlights from the 2009-10 season all the way to 2012-13. It’ll be detailed and organized just like this one and it’ll be longer too
Yep, I’m working on a video for Lebron from the years 2009-10 to 2012-13. It’s gonna be a longer video. I’m hoping to have it out in the next few days 🔥
Same size just older and game matured..... thats called "young legs" remember he had to LEARN how to post up also shooting was always average. He is a natural slasher one of the best at that.
Top 50 player. Too bad he gave up on playing D and started with the flopping, traveling, charging and talking out the side of his neck; he had potential to be top 5 or 10.
Better? 🤣 All defensive 1st team Jordan 9x, lobron only 6x better? Jordan have 3 Stls title. lobron 0 Jordan have defensive player of the year. lobron 0 Jordan have 200+ stls and 100+ blcks 2x bronze 0 Jordan have 200+; stls 6x lobronze 0 Jordan have 131 blcks 1x lobron 0. in Jordan no.1 in blcks shooting guard position 893 in only 13 1/2: seasons of played including wizards Years. lobron 21 seasons in become 22 seasons now! lobron only advance stats is longevity period.
@@edwingustilo6594 lol Jordan didn't even had better defensive numbers then Hakeem in 88, they just gave him the award because of the narrative that was created behind it and let's not act like they weren't cooking the books for those players back then lol, they've already expose that in an article.
Those On-ball defense clips were against a bunch of non scorers outside of Pierce and JJ and even then you only showed a couple. He's a much better off-ball defender. Lebron's an average on-ball defender.
Crazy he wasnt on more all defense team & even more crazy he didnt get DPOY in 2013 smh. He'll never get his due props defensively until he's done playing
JJ BAREA. Enough of this kiss-assery. The league catered to him from day one, changing the rules and making it to where nobody can defend anyone or it’s a foul. Except in the case of leImposter, who can seemingly charge and travel as much as he wants and there are no fouls issued. He’s a manufactured ideal of a player that has been portrayed a certain way
No superstar or anyone with a defensive reputation is getting called for that. Not Kobe, not MJ, not Tony Allen. Hell even the average NBA player isn't getting called for that half the time
This is why I laugh when people call him LeFlop. Dude was a tough for anybody to score on for his first 15 yrs in the league just off size and athleticism, to say nothing of the IQ. Even after he got old and started taking plays off he can still get stops against anybody when he wants to.
Dwight had the numbers, was a better rebounder, and was the games best rim protector at the time. But bron was more versatile, smarter, and won more games.
@@kobe2kallday cap🫵🏿😭wade was the better shooter better late game executioner better on ball defender. Lebron was being guarded like he couldn’t shoot not the case with Wade damn the stat sheet
He should have had this fire his whole career, but how they didn’t make the finals if he’s playing like this 🤔 5 minutes in a season isn’t long😂, this might be spurts of a game, consistency is what wins
@@gjordan6217 lol and you probably want us to believe mj always play hard defensively and never relax don't you? Are we supposed to forget mj was surrounded with an elite class roster defensively with arguably the greatest wing defender and great power foward defender??? So he had a bunch of guys that know they're roles and doing they're dirty work defensively lol. Jordan also was never the best defender on his team but lebron was for 3 of his championships lol.
@@Ghost-rb6cw he was never the best defender in any of his teams, Shane battier had to play the teams best players most times on the heat, then Richard Jefferson and Jr smith delavadova😂, now AD has been the lakers best defender along with Danny green, Caruso, Howard etc but keep lying to yourself 😂
Whatever...theres a reason why he only made all defense 3 times... he realized its hard t o play defense...so he mad up super teams to win..this video trash...no context
@@Flash_Opbr yes he did why would u sit here and lie… it’s the reason why pierce has such an ego vs bron because he cooked him during this time. And led bron to join Miami.
@blazingsword4824 he's better than jordan. he put himself in that conversation. and it was and is a media myth that his defense in his later years was bad. you're just looking for something to argue about. well you've found the right guy. jordan is not better than lebron. cry about it.
@@sportstalkonly1442hes right bro. The chose one before he even made the nba. And his defense in his later years has fell off. Im not a mj glazer before you might say that. Is he a more versatile player than mj? Sure. Lebron has 1 chip for cavs in 21 year's of nba
Old-school Cavs fans remember this. LeBron was a legit lockdown defender. Coach Brown would never let him off the hook. Plus Bron would always beg to guard the opponent's hottest scorer in the 4th quarter
Ctfu he was not lock down he was good though
@@carltonrudolphI think it's crazy how we can go back to playoffs series where Bron locked down players in the 4th countless times and guarded various positions but clowns like you won't admit he's a lock down defender.
@@TrueXL any great player could be great in spots fanboy get off that man nxxxts
@@carltonrudolph oh yeah Giannis won defensive player of the year name the playoff spot where he locked down a great player.
@@carltonrudolph 👎
you're the ONLY one, on that man's nxxtz ..
Some of these would be a foul in today's game but this is amazing on ball defense for anyone his size. His off ball help and recognition was top notch too
His recovery after helping stood out to me when watching the tape. Great closeouts
@@LetsWatchtheFilm11 it was outstanding. Takes a lot of energy to be that determined on defense while still being a top 5 scorer in the league
@@iTROLLxTHExTROLLZ You’re right and was one of the best passers in the league too while grabbing 7 boards a game. That closeout against iso Joe is so funny cause if you look at the score Lebron was up 30 points still closing out with that much effort
@@iTROLLxTHExTROLLZ top 5? he was top 2 around this era of Cleveland.
@@MineDesigned I knew he was definitely in the top 5 off the top of my head.
Lebron is a crazy underrated all time defender. In Miami he was somehow both a top 3 perimeter defender in the league and a top 3 frontcourt defender. I feel like his defensive prime is more impressive than Jordan, Kobe or Kawhi just for the sheer versatility, and the results speak for themselves. Even as he ages he's strong enough to switch 3-5 no issue.
Jordan and Kobe yes. Kawhi probably not. He was probably the best perimeter defender the game has ever seen. Size, strenght, agility and crazy hands, He was a different monster defensively from 2012-2017.
@@thenorthremembers728 Yeah but Kawhi could never leverage his body in the same way. He probably has the best perimeter defensive peak but LeBron's transition defense and combo of paint/post/perimeter excellence in his prime makes him just the most unique defender ever. He could guard 1-5 better than Rodman, Pippen, KG or Draymond.
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@geordiejones5618 Honestly, imo prime Lebron is probably the most versatile defender of all time along with Bam adebayo and Prime Ben Simmons. But Kawhi really could make a Star player an absolute non factor. In any case, I understand why someone would pick Lebron. I'm just saying it's debatable.
No DPOY.
Elite defender in his prime and a great defender for most of his career. We need more videos like this to counter the carefully selected clips that his dedicated haters make with his lowlights.
Lot of things that young olayers can pick up here. Noticed qlot of players love that fake right pivot, and blast to the left hand side as their first move. Bron was anticipating that with ease
How many guys can say they have this kind of versatility. Only guys I can say are pippen and rodman or kawhi
In today’s game I’d argue bam, Draymond is his prime too
@@drich008i agree, bam is such a great defender one of my favorite players planning to watch him alot more this season
Nah it also Jrue Holiday Ben Wallace Horace Grant Anthony Mason. I can go on & on young -in
@@michaelallen8112not horace and jrue barely maybe
@@NathanWhyte-m8l Horace Grant 5 4 3 & 2 & 1 . Grant was the faster PF in his prime
He’s always been a great on ball defender he improved his defense shooting and postgame from high school
Agreed I always thought his on ball defense was great, but for some reason ppl hate on that aspect his game a lot.
The way folks talk about him today, you would think he was never a good defender. But those of us that were there, we remember when he was considered one of the greatest 2 way defenders of alltime. Back when folks use to compare his defense to Scottie and Rodman’s.
How soon we forget. 🤦🏾♂️
One of, if not THE most versatile defender to ever touch a basketball.
Been waiting on defensive highlights in his prime for a while , thank you
@@tkbaku3036 Thank you for watching I appreciate you 🙏🏽. I’ll do 2013 soon since a lot of people liked this
@@LetsWatchtheFilm11 honestly wish there was as more highlights, this too short
@@tkbaku3036 bet, I’ll make a longer one next time I got you
After his Heat tenure, his years in the Cavs was still my favourite, extremely dominant and won those MVP awards for a reason
Gotta be specific I'm assuming you talking about 03-10 not 14-18
@@masongoit620 Yes, his first stint at Cleveland
20% skill, 80% will
If you see hiw bronny play defense , same exact as here 💪🏾
The best player in my mind will always be MJ. But LeBron has become a great player in his own way. Mature people cannot limit the meaning of greatness. Those who denigrate LeBron limit and narrow the meaning of greatness, which is ignorant and stupid.
Immediately gained a sub , mate ! I've been longing for channels like yours because there are so few of them and i'm fond of the way you're classifying what part of someone's defensive package you want to highlight ! Would love to see one about Marcus Smart in 2019/20 because he was such a menace on that end
That really means me a lot to me bro. I appreciate you and thank you for watching and subbing. I’ll start looking into that Marcus smart film 🔥🔒
0:11 - 0:18 I'm adding that to my defense, never saw that approach before
I just want to say I really appreciate you putting this compilation together.
I would love to see a similar video for a young Kawhi Leonard. He's probably the best perimeter defender I've ever seen.
Thank you bro I appreciate you watching and commenting. Kawhi video definitely coming soon! Especially those DPOY seasons 🔥
Great vid, can we get defense clips from 09/10 or 10/11?
@@drich008 yessir I got you. I’ll make the next 1 longer too
Appreciate it bro 💯 great content. Loved the rondo & KG pick and pop vid
@@drich008 I really appreciate you bro. Thank you for watching
When LeBron put this mind to it he can play defense. He just dont go all out all the time. Which is why we only see like one highlight per game. He just disappears sometimes and lots of blown coverage. Esp when he played in Miami in his prime
What are you talking about lmao. 2009 to 2014 Lebron was locked in defensively. And even after that he stayed a good defender just not elite. Stop believing the narratives, even at his worst Lebron was never a liability defensively.
lmao cap he's one of best defenders I have ever seen. His IQ is all time.
Tbh this is prolly one of my favorite seasons before prime LeBron. He had a lot of highlights defense and dunks. He could have almost made it to the Finals but lost to the Magic.
Great + underrated defender 😂
Maaaan his lateral quickness like damnn
Had the quickness of a guard, the strength of a center, and a 1 of 1 basketball IQ.
The lies about this man be so funny😂😂😂
In 18 years I've never seen anybody want to have lebron guard them off of a screen or in isolation
this was after 08 redeem team, Kobe’s veteran leadership helped instill some of his mindset on Bron and Wade… look at the stats
He was a defensive monster people forget that. Especially in his younger days until Miami.
Should have been a perennial defensive 1st team member if not the greatest perimeter defender of all time with his gifts as he is just as athletic as any elite athlete and has a power forward's body. Should have had multiple 150+ steal and 100+ block shot seasons. Oh, wait, load management.
.....tore my ankle up wearing those shoes he's wearing.
1st and Last pair of LeBrons.
Kids these days say he doesn’t play defense! Lmfao he has every right to order the young dudes to do the defense!!
Great video man, also can you do a video like this from his other years using the same format?
Thanks bro I appreciate you and yessir I’m working on a video of his defensive highlights from the 2009-10 season all the way to 2012-13. It’ll be detailed and organized just like this one and it’ll be longer too
@@LetsWatchtheFilm11 Thanks my guy keep up the great work. 🔥🔥🔥🤝🏿
Beautiful basketball…
Look at this shit dawg!! No one ever was doin shit like this, let alone while giving you 25-30 a night. LeGOAT 🐐
No hand check, no getting bailed out by refs
Just imagine if he kept playing defense like this. He wouldn't have 6 finals losses........
team wins championship not individual
Idk if that's the reason
@@TakablePond
team wins gold medal not individual
FORGOT TO INCLUDE FINISHED #2 FOR THE DEFENSE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
UA-cam is a Beautiful Thing . We Don't Have to Rely on Old Folks Tales .
Young Bron was a lock.
He probably should’ve made more than 6 defensive teams. 2007 and 2008 especially. So I don’t knock him for making 6 defensive teams…
Anyone who says Lebron isn’t in the conversation for best defender ever is crazy
Funnily enough, he is, but only in the NBA Finals. Actually, in the playoffs in general. History is going to be kinder to him than people think.
@@poly_g6068 hopefully, he has probably the most haters of any athlete who constantly bring up 2011 like their life depends on it
Anyone who says Lebron is in the conversation for best defender ever is out of their goddamn mind
2013
Any chance we can get one for 2013 Lebron when they robbed him of DPOY?
Yep, I’m working on a video for Lebron from the years 2009-10 to 2012-13. It’s gonna be a longer video. I’m hoping to have it out in the next few days 🔥
@@LetsWatchtheFilm11 Appreciate the hard work, i can watch film on defense all day. Thanks for this.
I appreciate you bro. Thanks for watching and commenting 🔥🙏🏽
First year after redeem team 08 Olympics .. seen that Kobe gene up close n personal
Happy birthday to Kobe
Only man I've seen iso joe couldn't do nothing with. Should've had multiple dpoty awards
One of the reasons I wish his weight stayed down
Honestly he became a better finisher at the rim and better at post ups when he got bigger so I feel like him gaining weight actually helped him.
Same size just older and game matured..... thats called "young legs" remember he had to LEARN how to post up also shooting was always average. He is a natural slasher one of the best at that.
Can you do Chris Paul defensive highlights from New Orleans hornets
@@benthomas4860 my bad for the late reply but yeah I got you bro.
Cp3 at Nola was a beast, steals leader IIRC and obviously MVP contender with Kobe and lebron. I'm looking forward to the vid!
@@abdullahaanawaleh 1st team all defense too and yeah I got you. Thank you for watching and supporting
@@benthomas4860 Just uploaded those cp3 highlights. Hope you enjoy. The quality isn’t the best tho
@@abdullahaanawaleh ^
Top 50 player.
Too bad he gave up on playing D and started with the flopping, traveling, charging and talking out the side of his neck; he had potential to be top 5 or 10.
keep it basketball stop using casual talking points
@@TakablePond Everything you do on the court is basketball.
Stop talking like a little boy and pretend you've got sack and heart.
@@TakablePond ...said the expert ...on ladies water polo
better than MJ
Magic.. debatable..
Lol nope
Better? 🤣 All defensive 1st team Jordan 9x, lobron only 6x better? Jordan have 3 Stls title. lobron 0 Jordan have defensive player of the year. lobron 0 Jordan have 200+ stls and 100+ blcks 2x bronze 0 Jordan have 200+; stls 6x lobronze 0 Jordan have 131 blcks 1x lobron 0. in Jordan no.1 in blcks shooting guard position 893 in only 13 1/2: seasons of played including wizards Years. lobron 21 seasons in become 22 seasons now! lobron only advance stats is longevity period.
@@edwingustilo6594 lol Jordan didn't even had better defensive numbers then Hakeem in 88, they just gave him the award because of the narrative that was created behind it and let's not act like they weren't cooking the books for those players back then lol, they've already expose that in an article.
@@Ghost-rb6cw exposed from lobron labalco juice cry harder 😭
Those On-ball defense clips were against a bunch of non scorers outside of Pierce and JJ and even then you only showed a couple. He's a much better off-ball defender. Lebron's an average on-ball defender.
Lol and alot of Jordan's defense was on non scorer's as well smh.
2nd in dpoy candidate 09 12 13 troll stop lying to the people we have eyes
Crazy he wasnt on more all defense team & even more crazy he didnt get DPOY in 2013 smh. He'll never get his due props defensively until he's done playing
JJ BAREA. Enough of this kiss-assery. The league catered to him from day one, changing the rules and making it to where nobody can defend anyone or it’s a foul. Except in the case of leImposter, who can seemingly charge and travel as much as he wants and there are no fouls issued. He’s a manufactured ideal of a player that has been portrayed a certain way
barley top 10
Who held u at gunpoint to say such terrible comment bro
Definitely within the top 10
People forget prime LeBron on D was a problem
Bra is literally hand checking on every drive which was illegal at the time🥱
Schedule yourself an optometrist appointment and get your eyes checked
Only reason u can’t stand him is cause he look like u
No superstar or anyone with a defensive reputation is getting called for that. Not Kobe, not MJ, not Tony Allen. Hell even the average NBA player isn't getting called for that half the time
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This LEBRON I LIKED WHEN DEFENSE WAS DEFENSE THE LEAGUE SOFTEN HIM UP
This is why I laugh when people call him LeFlop. Dude was a tough for anybody to score on for his first 15 yrs in the league just off size and athleticism, to say nothing of the IQ. Even after he got old and started taking plays off he can still get stops against anybody when he wants to.
bron got robbed for DPOY twice, this year and 2013
And a few MVPs
Dwight had the numbers, was a better rebounder, and was the games best rim protector at the time. But bron was more versatile, smarter, and won more games.
The beat?
I don’t know the exact beat name. I got it off CapCut. It’s called “trap pop” I believe
Funny thing about this video during this time wade was a way better defender/player
@@Dipset415 I'm a heat fan but wade wasn't better bro, close but not better
@@kobe2kallday cap🫵🏿😭wade was the better shooter better late game executioner better on ball defender. Lebron was being guarded like he couldn’t shoot not the case with Wade damn the stat sheet
@@Dipset415 my guy did you even watch the 08-09 season? Besides shooting lebron was the better player than wade
bron 2nd dpoy candidate 09 12 13 dude go to sleep
Should’ve had multiple awards.
But the haters say he was never a good defender 😂😂😂😂
He should have had this fire his whole career, but how they didn’t make the finals if he’s playing like this 🤔 5 minutes in a season isn’t long😂, this might be spurts of a game, consistency is what wins
Haters Hate They Don't Know Anything Else / Most of Them Probably Don'e Even Watch The Games .
@@gjordan6217 lol and you probably want us to believe mj always play hard defensively and never relax don't you? Are we supposed to forget mj was surrounded with an elite class roster defensively with arguably the greatest wing defender and great power foward defender??? So he had a bunch of guys that know they're roles and doing they're dirty work defensively lol. Jordan also was never the best defender on his team but lebron was for 3 of his championships lol.
@@Ghost-rb6cw he was never the best defender in any of his teams, Shane battier had to play the teams best players most times on the heat, then Richard Jefferson and Jr smith delavadova😂, now AD has been the lakers best defender along with Danny green, Caruso, Howard etc but keep lying to yourself 😂
@@Ghost-rb6cw u really thought he was the best defender cuz he got 1 block in 2016, keep the dreams alive😂
Now lets watch Jordan film..and Jordan 3 inches shorter and 20 pounds lighter
Whatever...theres a reason why he only made all defense 3 times... he realized its hard t o play defense...so he mad up super teams to win..this video trash...no context
made 6 5x all defensive first team 1 all defensive second team 3x candidate for dpoy 09 12 13 watch the game stop being a troll
Wasn’t that good on call but was great off ball
The highlights prove he was great both on ball and off the ball.
@@Ghost-rb6cw no they don’t. He got beat on every move. He’s just athletic so he recovered.
trolls lie film dont 2nd candidate dpoy 09 12 13
And now he just flops and cries over calls.
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This is misleading clips because Paul pierce torched Lebron in 2008
No he didn’t😂😂😂😂😂😂 yall clowns be blowing me
@@Flash_Opbr yes he did why would u sit here and lie… it’s the reason why pierce has such an ego vs bron because he cooked him during this time. And led bron to join Miami.
@@Grind2ExcellencePaul had one good game against bron literally game 7 and he still only avg 19 that series after scoring 45 with no double teams
no doubt about his defense in his early years with his first stint with the cavs! but later on its a different story.
Actually it's not. That's a media myth. As he got older he had to pick his spots but he was as good as anyone when he had to lock in.
@@sportstalkonly1442 media myth? just like what they did in comparing him to the real MJ every single day right? just to save the NBA's popularity.
@blazingsword4824 he's better than jordan. he put himself in that conversation. and it was and is a media myth that his defense in his later years was bad. you're just looking for something to argue about. well you've found the right guy. jordan is not better than lebron. cry about it.
@@sportstalkonly1442hes right bro. The chose one before he even made the nba. And his defense in his later years has fell off. Im not a mj glazer before you might say that. Is he a more versatile player than mj? Sure. Lebron has 1 chip for cavs in 21 year's of nba
@@iam5688 he's not right but u believe what you want
4:32 GIMMIE THAT SHII
I’ve been waiting for somebody to say something about that lol