A statement from an unnamed team executive in 2009: In 12 of the 20 games since then (March 1), James has been called for one or zero fouls in a game. James had a stretch of five straight games to conclude March averaging 36.8 minutes per game without being called for one foul. Not one in five games! In the last nine games, James has been called for three personal fouls. Its really amazing given the involvement James has in the action of the game. Its impossible. MJ averaged fewer than two fouls per game only in his last two seasons, and never as few as James current 1.72. Among some of the great perimeter players in history, at a time when substantially more perimeter contact was allowed, Larry Bird averaged about 2.5 fouls Magic Johnson 2.26 and Jerry West and Oscar Robertson well above two per game. In the game now, Kobe Bryant has an average of about 2.7 fouls per game and is about 2.3 this season. Dwayne Wade has a career average of 2.67 and is about 2.2 this season. It simply defies explanation how James, who is an aggressive player, can be whistled for so few fouls per game, and especially at a time when his team is saying he never has played better defense and when the rules are more stringent regarding perimeter contact. Can he truly be that perfect?
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 05:59:07 +0000
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