I agree. None of those are assists. An assist sets up the player to get the points. These guys were setting themselves up by shot fakes, hesitations, and maneuvers.
it started in 2013 or 14, the league loosened up the definiton of the assist. now i jokingly call them hockey assists. it won't be long before they star awarding 2 assists in every bucket.
@@arizona_anime_fan lol it certainly does seem like one day "every player that touched the ball in a possesion" will be awarded an assist. Imho the rule bending and changes is why we can't compare eras and the lack of legacy hurts the game *edited for clarity*
everything bout lebron has IF's and buts.. highest total points but most missed field goals and 22seasons in.. high assist numbers but has the Highest total turnover in the history and its not even close and now with this shit brought up to light this stupid assist / non assist.. got his 4th ring but its a mickey ring.. first father and son duo in the league but his son is arguably one of the worst player in history.. nothing seems legit
@@drelephanttube I mean, it's almost like insider trading. You don't need to analyze or research anything, just know, the fix is in for the stock to rise.
Yeah, the only thing you can "bet" on is that if illegitimate stats lead to the house winning, they'll gladly take your money. If it leads to the house losing, eventually they'll stop paying out and force you to go the legal route for your winnings.
I wouldn’t even consider the Celtics example an assist. Passing the ball to a stationary player at the top of the key who then creates his own shot by dri ing to the basket is definitely pushing it.
@@Justheory11bthis is what now baffles me even more. They actually never changed the rules from the 60s era and legit it meant directly toward basket would an assist be awarded, kickouts didn't account as an assist for bill Russell.
@@pikachureynolds1110 Wilt would have lost a lot of assists the same way. And he held the single season record for apg before Jokic. That 8.6 Wilt had would have been a triple double season these days.
Thank you very much for this video breakdown. This is sickening, the NBA has fallen off big time. How are those assists according to the rulebook? What a joke.
And they wonder why NBA ratings are so low... There's enough fakery in this world. We watch sports to relax, disconnect and enjoy. Not to be alienated with more fakery...
You really think, that under Stern the league was more credible? Really? It's an entertainment league with its own rules and dingle -dangle. Superstars always were protected, ...games/ po series influenced, like KIN-LAK 02/03, Ewing draft etc. We just were younger, more easy to manipulate/ no inet.
They’ve changed the rules so much, when I was younger you wouldn’t get an assist if the player receiving the ball dribbled into his shot because that means he’s creating his own shot
When I was younger and watching FIBA, you wouldn't get an assist even if you passed the ball out from the paint to the perimeter, as it was considered a step down in shot quality. NBA was always a bit more generous, but the things we see today are ridiculous.
The old rules from the 70s and early 80s were too strict. The rules as written now are actually perfect imo, the problem is that they're not applied when it's LBJ making the final pass.
@ but that’s why comparing players isn’t fair, guys were putting up numbers back then under strict rules, which to me makes the numbers more meaningful
Maybe it's my age( 61) but to me a "Pass leading directly to a basket" is Magic tossing the ball inside to Kareem who immediately shoots via the Skyhook for two points THAT is an assist, not this drving to the basket after you get a two foot pass..That is utter bullshit.
Offensive rebounds are legit I agree. Defensive ones, now nobody is in the paint anymore is just catching a missed 3. I guess if the defensive rebound is actually contested then maybe it should count, as in an offensive players feet leave the ground.
@@Joshwaheazo contested or not, a rebound is a rebound, it's always been that way. I could show you a million examples from any era of completely uncontested defensive rebounds.
Sounds about right. The NBA believes that their veteran audience does not read. Referring to what they've put in their very own rule book here is proof! This is exactly why the NBA is losing audience and customers. We the public are being taken for granted and manipulated. I see the same in the NFL.
many of Stockton's entry passes to Malone that ended in turnaround fadeaways (about half of Malone's shots) were not credited as assists when he was averaging 14assists per game. Had the man been playing in today's NBA he'd be averaging over 20, easy. Same with Magic the truth is a huge amount of today's games "assists" credited are not at all assists. The count we have today is artificially inflated to keep pace with the massive scoring increases.
This is true, and the assist rule had already been loosened up some, which is one of the reasons Magic and Stockton had such gaudy numbers. Earlier, a pass to a jump shooter or a post entry pass would typically not give an assist. Someone should go back and see how many assists Oscar would have gotten under today’s rules.
@@AngryOldHoops Please have a breakdown of Jokic passes, as I have pointed out in one of my comments, to prove this inflated counting. Sabonis to a lesser degree gets credited assists in a similar dribble-handoff fashion
Lebron passes the ball to someone who later scores - assist. Lebron looks at someone who later scores - assist. Lebron on the bench, looks at the court - assist. NBA Video Rulebook: "...an assist is not credited...unless the passer is Lebron James."
LeBron shoots an airball that is rebounded, dribbled to the 3 point line, then scores - assist. LeBron throws the ball against the backboard, grabs the ball and scores - assist.
Lebron throws the ball directly to a defender's feet during a 3 on 1 fast break and referee making the right no-call: ref being scolded and told how stupid he is by the GOAT on live tv
If someone had time, they could come up with at least 100 examples of what happens at 0:35 over the last 5 years alone. I have literally been making comments for years now about LBJ handing off the ball, the receiver making 2 dribble moves to beat their man, driving to the basket for a contested layup and somehow LBJ gets an assist.
Seriously, does he have actual fans?! Am thinking they are all either bots or paid hacks at this point. I mean whwre is your standard if you still idolize LeGoofy as a player.
They probably make this mistake all the time not just for lebron. Definitely not an assist but did we review enough film to prove that this only happens for LeBron? It’s done by human right? We mess up The Rule leaves it up for interpretation. Need to make the rule more clear cut 1-2 dribbles or no more then 3steps something. If not it leaves it up to the person filling out the box score interpretation. They don’t get a reply they scoring it as it happens. Just saying he’s needs to review other assists to get a avg of how many times they get it wrong for other player vs lebron then that will prove he’s getting favoritism.
@@itsfroggertv2068 read between the lines of what they said smh. The NBA definitely changed a lot of rules to cater to LeBrons play with his lack of ball skills. That’s what created this new generation of bad basketball 🤷🏾♂️. Whether you agree or not it’s facts. The ratings are down for a reason 😂😂.
@ezjoned3646 the rating is down because of curry basketball is boring all the do is shoot 3’s. they been changing the rules to favor there stars since MJ. He was the 1st star they catered to and it worked well for the nba it grew so they kept doing it. I don’t like LeBron but I also don’t hate him.
No. What if you make a diving save and hit the open man who takes it all the way to the hoop? Not only is that an assist but it's a highlight play. The assist has to be part of the play and not just handing the ball off.
🎯 Manufactured . All by Design . Absolutely nothing organic. genuine, or pure about LeBricks game. Yet he’s called a ‘bball Savant’ by his hired d riders.
He was still really good for years though. As much as I do not like this dude and as much as I hate that people act like he is still good, which he is not anymore, he actually was a great player till around the final years in his 2nd tenure with the Cavs. The thing you can really hate about him is this undeniable arrogance he has, and his fans aswell.
@@veryfewrealleft1405I was watching a game tonight and got a commercial where the old rap song basketball is my favorite sport was being rapped but he changed the lyrics to add "I'm like LeBron James sitting on the throne" it made me cringe. Very manufactured, he was the King chosen one at 17 before even playing a game. You didn't realize how bagless until you really watch footage, looking at highlights just isn't a fair representation.
Worthless, hollow stat-padder!!! 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 -Stays in 4th qtr of 40pt blowouts -Shoots techs as team worst FT% -Passes are assists even 10sec later -Bailed out, earning 6.2 fouls per 12 "drives toward the rim" -Never called for offensive fouls/Charge -Never called for Travel -Never given techs for screaming right in refs faces -Gathers rebounds by standing 8ft from rim at all times, guarding absolutely No One ...Cool, he's big and fast on fastbreak dunks. But he gets fraudulently "propped up" by league more than anyone in history. Still can't dribble or shoot after 22 years! 😂😅🤣
He’s never even called for defensive fouls, LeDiddy averages 1.8 fouls per game for his career, his highest for a season was 2.3 fouls per game Jordan who ppl claimed NEVER got called for a fouls averaged 2.6 per game for his career, his lowest was 1.8 fouls per game Absolute joke how the nba has gone out of their way to install this pretender as the face of the nba
What a bunch of jealous people. What if opponents foul twice as much just because they are blinded by the kings aura. And they fall whenever he charges because he's so magnificent. And it looks like travels just because his feet are sooo fast. The replays are liars anyway. There are tons of explanations to all this
I seriously wish that someone would go through game footage of LeBron ever since his rookie year in Cleveland and expose this stuff. LeBron has been cheating ever since Miami but has been getting special diva treatment ever since he was in high school. LeBron is the definition of a manufactured product just like Drake. LeBron is the NBA version of Drake and P Diddy
I'm HIGHLY in favor of more and more of these kinds of videos. They're imperative after these pathetic Lebrick Stans were dumb enough to try and question Jordan's stats. Jordan's steals that could've been credited to other teammates were still a result of the chaos he created with his constant energy; Lebrick's "assists" and "rebounds" are being inflated by literal bastardization of the NBA's actual guidelines on what constitutes an assist or a rebound. And like I've said many times before: if you really wanna probe a treasure trove of fake assists, check out games from the 2020 season for Lebron. At least a quarter of his so-called assists were of the fake variety
I just wonder how many assists per game Magic and Stockton would have under LeRules. Heck Wilt would have had triple double season, and Oscar probably more than one
A lot of old players would average triple double imo, the “WORST” player from 90s/2000s to average a triple double would be Brad miller (he was a good passer), MJ, Magic, Pippen, Bird, Barkley, shaq, Hakeem etc Assists are an absolute joke stat now imo
@@rta23cerberus heh, don't know if he could average one, but yeah Brad Miller would definitely at least 10-15 a year of them. They would love the fact he was 3 point capable. He would have thrived being born 15 years later than he was too
Mj's stats were inflated in '88 due to him paying his own scorekeeper according to his own scorekeepers words, "michael paid me well". He literally did this to help him up his mvp and dpoy case, because he didn't win it in '87, jn the '88 season MJ had the biggest home-away differential split compared to every other DPOY winner, actual scorekeepers and no not AOH rewatched those games and found blatant instances of the steals being inflated by doubling them. Michael would literally go up to the front bench and they'd tell him he needs x more of x certain stat. This is all documented, a whole yahoo article documented this. This is the play-by-play era where AOH showed 1 example of a possible mistake from the scorekeepers at home, i n which there was no evidence or instances of lebron paying his scorekeeper. In the 80s and 90s they didn't have to re-check the stats after the game was over, all they had to do was announce the stat on the play of the scene as it is. In today's game scorekeepers have to retrack the stat and accurately assess them BY THE RULEBOOK which is why lebron didn't have a 50pt triple double at MSG because they took a rebound away.
Jesse it's you . Good to see u. You and the blitz team you've been breaking down basketball for years along with mj 23 and angry hoops Shout out to you. Much respect
I just went over all of John Stocktons games from the past. Based on current NBA rules for assists. His record of 15,806 is now being updated to reflect 30,479. Congratulations 👏
Can we please also mention AD travel after that amazing LeBron assist, maybe because LeBron passed the ball it gave AD a few seconds travelling clearance. The rules are so loose it’s unbelievable
He needs to retire for the sake of the league. He is hurting the game. Fans can't stand him. When will the league learn and move on from him? Makes no sense.
@@anonymousperson8903 People who love LeFraud are fans of LeFraud, not of the game of basketball. When he finally leaves, so will their interest. The league knows this, which is why they are scrambling to milk every last penny out of them they can.
@@anonymousperson8903if that was true the ratings wouldn't go down. With as many followers he has like you it shouldn't happen. But it does, I wonder why? Can't be because the super Bron fans don't really watch the games.
NBA Rule Book clearly states, if Lebron passes the ball to anyone and that person scores on that play it is classified as an assist and it’s mandatory that commentary mention Lebron James basketball IQ
The thing I HATE about the way the NBA records stats now is that it completely invalidates all of the stats from the past just so the NBA can say "look at our players now - they are recording historic stats." The current NBA will try everything to make their product appear better but its not fooling anyone that saw the real NBA of 1980s - 2010s. It's a disgrace
No, no, no, every single one of those is a great idea! HELL, we'll just loop a short documentary that includes "The Decision" in the beginning and Bronny being drafted in the credits 😁
Proof this goofs stats mean absolutely nothing… empty assists that aren’t even assists, uncontested rebounds, and lay-ups are what this guy brings to the table. And ppl wonder why he has a losing finals record & built superteams when he realized he just couldn’t do it like the all-time greats did…
This is gold, turn this concept into a video series. I'm sure people would help by sending you time stamps from other examples, coin no terms like "Not a Triple Double" and with a half season or so data collected we could make a fair estimate on how many of his total assists are fake. Even that Marcus Smart example on the NBA site was suspect imo. A player catching the ball flat footed on the perimeter and then going into a drive is not an assist to me, I'd be more open to giving credit to a guy cutting, catching a pass, pump faking then scoring. At least the 2nd example lead to something
Assists should only be given when the player receiving the pass takes 0 dribbles and scores, that would make things so much easier. There's too much room for interpretation by homer statisticians
When was Lebron even a top 20 player? He has always played solo "heroball" to get his stats get his moments, in what world is that a quality basketball?
Here are some stats you can’t fake or pad: 0.8 offensive rebounds per game, 0.5 blocks per game, 0.6 steals per game. Those are his stats from last season for a guy who averaged 35 minutes a game. When your 6’8, 250 pound “superstar” gives you no hustle stats, it’s hard to win. Per Fadeaway World: “Of the 42 players averaging at least 34 minutes per game in the NBA in 2024-25, James ranks 41st in distance covered per game at 12,254.5 feet.” But the assists!
You literally just said that Lebron averages 35, and put the line at 34, obviously he's gonna be on the lower end of that stat, why not show distance traveled per minute? You also conveniently left out the fact that that was in his 21st season at 39 years old. Name one other player who was averaging 35 minutes at 39 and contributing, unlike MJ's shot chucking at a 45% fg and 29% from three, while Lebron was shooting 54% and 41% at the same age, while finishing top 7 in apg and top 15 in ppg.
John stockton would have 25,000 assist if they counted assist like this in his era. It also shows how great of a PG he was when at the time he played, it literally was a pass that lead to a basket for an assist. Now even with this loose way of counting assist he's still the leader
Regardless of what the rulebook says, the whole concept of assists is that someone "sets another player up for a basket." After receiving a pass, if you have to create your own shot and work past defenders to make a basket, it's not really an assist.
This is why I can't stand people that throw around stats when debating how good players were in each era. Imagine how many assists Stockton and Kidd would have if they played today.
I wonder if any Yahoo journalist will take this story as they did about the 1988 DPOY award. We have been saying they give out assists like candy but none of the major platforms want to shine light on it.
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I am 100% sure if you apply this kind of scrutiny to *all* of LeBron's stats, you will find that his numbers are extremely inflated. Remember when they assailed MJ's DPOY season? They are guilty of what they're accusing MJ of doing, which is why they know where to check, how to check, and who to check.
U have to understand 1 thing and 1 thing only if ur not a CASUAL. LeDiddy was never in control of his life. I remember this at least a decade ago when i was telling people his stats are fraud and that one game. He has like 6 assists and he finishes with like 12, and I watched the whole game and he didnt have no 12 assists. They just added some in at the end
Having a special set of rules for a specific player is pathetic, but if you have to dribble the ball past a defender to score, that's an individual play, not an assist. This "direct reaction to the pass" rule is ridiculous and it's made for stat padding.
AD moves into position for a crossover, and creates his own shot in the process. Lebron gets the assist, and the credit for a pass by the commentators as if he did something in the play. It's ridiculous.
It's not just this, it's the benefit of the whistle on both ends. He has CONSTANTLY gotten away with offensive fouls on offensive, and non-calls on defense. Then you add in the extra 6-8 free throws a night on garbage love taps and flopping, and this dudes career would look COMPLETELY different if called like everyone else. He'd still be an all time great, but no where NEAR Jordan. He'd be around 30-32k points with far fewer triple doubles and at least one less ring. The league gave him the Cleveland ring anyway, and then the bubble one was a joke.
I'd take it one step further. Passing to someone while both players are behind the 3-point line shouldn't ever be awarded an assist, except for a made 3. If someone has to create their own shot by driving to the basket from behind the line, it's obviously not anything to do with the pass.
The ODDS of getting an "Offensive Rebound" are nearly ZERO in the new millennium since the shooting team doesn't even bother to contest the rebound. In fact, this practice is SO BAD, the "REBOUND S" stat is now pointless. All 5 defensive players stand there and just "decide who wants it". That is what's called "COMPETITION" in 2024.
All the old NBA players should pay a few referees to go back through all of LeBron's gametape and calculate what his stats would be under the REAL rules from the 80s and 90s.
Maybe there's something in the rulebook we missed that says there's an exception if your LeBron James or anyone currently being propped up as the face of the league. Must b in the small print somewhere cuz that's the only thing that would make sense.
Thank you. I’ve been trying to tell anyone who would listen that the league has become so laxed on the criteria for an assist. It’s literally the last person to have passed the ball gets the assist no matter what the offensive player does Even the Marcus smart example is so horrible when it comes to how the media claims “X player” is creating offense. Did Marcus Smart do anything special? He just swung the ball and gets a stat saying he “created offense” assists are so much overrated
You diddnt miss anything, LeFlop is a LeFraud. Scorekeepers are more than likely P Diddled to artificially make a "king" outbof a guy that can't dribble, play d, shoot etc.
Remember when we had some dumbasses (Nick Wright among others) question MJ's stats during his DPoY saying that some of his stats were fabricated and were 'homecourt stat padding'. Heck we even had BBallBreakdown & Johnny Arnett do an entire video about that subject. I say than WTF do these guys have to say about Lebron's stats?
This shit is crazy. I never realized they were giving him all these assists. I know the assist rule this is ridiculous. I’m 61 years old and I’ve been watching basketball since 1980 and this is utterly ridiculous. he shouldn’t even be close to getting all those triple doubles fucking NBA.
I'm a huge fan of Chris Paul. Chris likely gets some generous assists in his own right, now being literally second all time in assists. That said, that LeBron assist in the beginning...I've literally seen Chris make passes like that and not get credited for them.
So you can make and assist giving the ball UNDER your own basket, after an opp scores, to your team mate. Dude drives the ball aaaaall the court make a shot, scores and thats your assist? Thats amazing
As always, if one looks at Michael Jordan videos becomes clear that he is underrated actually and by looking at LeBron one can understand that LeBron James doesn’t know how to play the game of basketball because this is the way LeBron James played for at least the last 10 years, prove me wrong!
LeBron probably gets ton of these types of non-assist assists from the NBA scorekeepers and so do a lot of others. It's made the record books irrelevant from what the game was before the 2000's.
In the first example AD travels immediately upon catching the ball, then executes a discontinued dribble before driving to the basket. Imagine what I could've accomplished in high school in 1979.
But the players are so much more athletic and skilled than the plumbers back in the day! The people who say that don't seem to realize it's easy to look more athletic and skilled when you get to routinely cheat.
besides that anthony davis carried the ball while jumping with both feet in the air and landing on the same foot that last left the ground before dribbling again
It's like taking the your elderly parents keys to the car, Lebron won't stop playing. Though difference being Lebron is out to prove he is the goat not just competent. Which he is neither!
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I agree. None of those are assists. An assist sets up the player to get the points. These guys were setting themselves up by shot fakes, hesitations, and maneuvers.
WOW! In the 80s/90s, it was at most 1 dribble allowed to a score...and usually it was NONE.
When did the NBA re-write this garbage???
They were doing this for Westbrook when he started averaging TDs every year. A few ppl pointed it out, but no one cared, and he got a stat padded MVP
it started in 2013 or 14, the league loosened up the definiton of the assist. now i jokingly call them hockey assists. it won't be long before they star awarding 2 assists in every bucket.
Since leadam been there
@@arizona_anime_fan lol it certainly does seem like one day "every player that touched the ball in a possesion" will be awarded an assist. Imho the rule bending and changes is why we can't compare eras and the lack of legacy hurts the game *edited for clarity*
Thank you
Let’s not forget He assisted Diddy at the freak off party’s
by assisting on giving out baby oil haha
I'm going to assume lebron just turned over and Diddy took the shot. 😂😢
_parties_
Jay-Z for now
at least there, he went into immediate action.
The assist is already inflated, so they go and inflate the already inflated?! The NBA is trash.
It's the WWE
Hie whole career has been inflated
How can people gamble on stats when the League just makes up stats 🤣
everything bout lebron has IF's and buts.. highest total points but most missed field goals and 22seasons in.. high assist numbers but has the Highest total turnover in the history and its not even close and now with this shit brought up to light this stupid assist / non assist.. got his 4th ring but its a mickey ring.. first father and son duo in the league but his son is arguably one of the worst player in history.. nothing seems legit
Just bet on Lebron bro
@@drelephanttube I mean, it's almost like insider trading. You don't need to analyze or research anything, just know, the fix is in for the stock to rise.
I wish Vegas started taking over/unders on LeNegativeBasketballIQ's turnovers.
Yeah, the only thing you can "bet" on is that if illegitimate stats lead to the house winning, they'll gladly take your money. If it leads to the house losing, eventually they'll stop paying out and force you to go the legal route for your winnings.
I wouldn’t even consider the Celtics example an assist. Passing the ball to a stationary player at the top of the key who then creates his own shot by dri ing to the basket is definitely pushing it.
Exactly. How did that pass 'assist' anything beyond 'here is the ball.'?
@@Justheory11bthis is what now baffles me even more. They actually never changed the rules from the 60s era and legit it meant directly toward basket would an assist be awarded, kickouts didn't account as an assist for bill Russell.
@@Justheory11b Because he passed it to someone who had a lane to the basket.
@@Justheory11bso it makes his 4.7 assists for a career as a center kind of crazy.
@@pikachureynolds1110 Wilt would have lost a lot of assists the same way. And he held the single season record for apg before Jokic. That 8.6 Wilt had would have been a triple double season these days.
Thank you very much for this video breakdown. This is sickening, the NBA has fallen off big time. How are those assists according to the rulebook? What a joke.
They are not. Lebron is a fraud.
One more record for him to break?
One more stat to make him "The King" over players whose stats only include legitimate assists?
And they wonder why NBA ratings are so low... There's enough fakery in this world. We watch sports to relax, disconnect and enjoy. Not to be alienated with more fakery...
You really think, that under Stern the league was more credible? Really? It's an entertainment league with its own rules and dingle -dangle. Superstars always were protected, ...games/ po series influenced, like KIN-LAK 02/03, Ewing draft etc. We just were younger, more easy to manipulate/ no inet.
@@cindyknudson2715y’all are delusional. The NBA has been doing this forever. Stockton’s assists to Karl Malone were also fraudulent
They’ve changed the rules so much, when I was younger you wouldn’t get an assist if the player receiving the ball dribbled into his shot because that means he’s creating his own shot
When I was younger and watching FIBA, you wouldn't get an assist even if you passed the ball out from the paint to the perimeter, as it was considered a step down in shot quality. NBA was always a bit more generous, but the things we see today are ridiculous.
That's what Oscar Robertson said when comparing his assists with Magic Johnson assists.
The old rules from the 70s and early 80s were too strict. The rules as written now are actually perfect imo, the problem is that they're not applied when it's LBJ making the final pass.
@ but that’s why comparing players isn’t fair, guys were putting up numbers back then under strict rules, which to me makes the numbers more meaningful
Which makes John Stockton's and Magic Johnson's assist numbers all the more impressive
Maybe it's my age( 61) but to me a "Pass leading directly to a basket" is Magic tossing the ball inside to Kareem who immediately shoots via the Skyhook for two points
THAT is an assist, not this drving to the basket after you get a two foot pass..That is utter bullshit.
1 dribble or 1 basketball move = assist
Yes. Like Bird leading the scorer straight to the basket with the pass. *Assisting* the making of the shot.
Exactly I never knew why they always considered that an assist!
Might as well just scrap all assist stats if someone driving from way outside the 3 point line off several fakes is awarded. Ridiculous
That’s what it once meant
Stopped caring about rebound stats and assist a while ago when I started to pay attention to how these stats are awarded
Thats why I've been bringing up offensive rebounding numbers for like 3 years but people are slow to catch on bc it doesnt sound sexy.
@@yeelahowah7476 Maybe if you brought it up with a sultry, gravelly voice.
Offensive rebounds are legit I agree. Defensive ones, now nobody is in the paint anymore is just catching a missed 3. I guess if the defensive rebound is actually contested then maybe it should count, as in an offensive players feet leave the ground.
@@Joshwaheazo contested or not, a rebound is a rebound, it's always been that way. I could show you a million examples from any era of completely uncontested defensive rebounds.
@@Joshwaheazorespectfully, by your logic fast break points or completely uncontested points wouldn’t count either.
So he’s getting credited rushing yards after handing the ball off. #Damn
“Ehh…if a score is within 10 seconds of a pass, we’ll give it to em”-NBA🤷🏻♂️
Especially if you are in the James' family, team, or "friends".
Sounds about right. The NBA believes that their veteran audience does not read. Referring to what they've put in their very own rule book here is proof! This is exactly why the NBA is losing audience and customers. We the public are being taken for granted and manipulated. I see the same in the NFL.
Goal post is in the hills for LeBron LeSkyIsThaLimit LeRulesDontMatter LeJorganBonStrangle😂😂 I keep saying the refs are his fairy godparents.
@@clueless9245 then it’s 24 seconds.
@@clueless9245 “ As long as a man named James in your family has touched a basketball within the last 4 generations. it’s an assist”
many of Stockton's entry passes to Malone that ended in turnaround fadeaways (about half of Malone's shots) were not credited as assists when he was averaging 14assists per game. Had the man been playing in today's NBA he'd be averaging over 20, easy. Same with Magic
the truth is a huge amount of today's games "assists" credited are not at all assists. The count we have today is artificially inflated to keep pace with the massive scoring increases.
This is true, and the assist rule had already been loosened up some, which is one of the reasons Magic and Stockton had such gaudy numbers. Earlier, a pass to a jump shooter or a post entry pass would typically not give an assist. Someone should go back and see how many assists Oscar would have gotten under today’s rules.
I should break down one of those Stockton games
The rules, as written, are perfect imo. The problem is that they're not enforced well, especially when it's LBJ making the pass.
I think the Stockton entry pass to the turnaround shot that Malone took to become 2nd in All-Time scorer was counted as an assist 😀
@@AngryOldHoops Please have a breakdown of Jokic passes, as I have pointed out in one of my comments, to prove this inflated counting. Sabonis to a lesser degree gets credited assists in a similar dribble-handoff fashion
This actually has such huge implications with all the over/under betting nowadays.
And people wonder why I keep insisting that legalized betting was the beginning of the end of legitimate professional sports.
Bingo!
You people seem to be the only fools who cry about LeBron stats talk about someone else
@@brianharron3435
You're just a hater
Lebron passes the ball to someone who later scores - assist.
Lebron looks at someone who later scores - assist.
Lebron on the bench, looks at the court - assist.
NBA Video Rulebook: "...an assist is not credited...unless the passer is Lebron James."
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LeBron shoots an airball that is rebounded, dribbled to the 3 point line, then scores - assist.
LeBron throws the ball against the backboard, grabs the ball and scores - assist.
Lebron throws the ball directly to a defender's feet during a 3 on 1 fast break and referee making the right no-call: ref being scolded and told how stupid he is by the GOAT on live tv
@@aldsdwin Later changed to assist for Lebron.
Lakers play better without Lebron (and Bronny). When Lebron is in the game, they are playing 4 on 5 on defense.
Lebum fanboys gonna come here to say that this is a cherry pick again 😂
I’m just hating
If someone had time, they could come up with at least 100 examples of what happens at 0:35 over the last 5 years alone. I have literally been making comments for years now about LBJ handing off the ball, the receiver making 2 dribble moves to beat their man, driving to the basket for a contested layup and somehow LBJ gets an assist.
Seriously, does he have actual fans?! Am thinking they are all either bots or paid hacks at this point. I mean whwre is your standard if you still idolize LeGoofy as a player.
They did. It happened. Go look at the mentally ill @anonymousperson8903
Damn, this is a disgrace. The NBA is doing all of this for this overrated & narcissistic bum! The Nba is straight up 🗑 now.
They probably make this mistake all the time not just for lebron. Definitely not an assist but did we review enough film to prove that this only happens for LeBron?
It’s done by human right? We mess up
The Rule leaves it up for interpretation. Need to make the rule more clear cut 1-2 dribbles or no more then 3steps something. If not it leaves it up to the person filling out the box score interpretation. They don’t get a reply they scoring it as it happens. Just saying he’s needs to review other assists to get a avg of how many times they get it wrong for other player vs lebron then that will prove he’s getting favoritism.
@@itsfroggertv2068 read between the lines of what they said smh. The NBA definitely changed a lot of rules to cater to LeBrons play with his lack of ball skills. That’s what created this new generation of bad basketball 🤷🏾♂️. Whether you agree or not it’s facts. The ratings are down for a reason 😂😂.
@ezjoned3646 the rating is down because of curry basketball is boring all the do is shoot 3’s.
they been changing the rules to favor there stars since MJ. He was the 1st star they catered to and it worked well for the nba it grew so they kept doing it. I don’t like LeBron but I also don’t hate him.
@@ezjones3646 is there anything that isn't Lebron's fault? 😂😂😂😂
artificially inflated stats have been a thing for a while now
Anything more than 2 dribbles shouldn’t be an assist…this is ridiculous!
No. What if you make a diving save and hit the open man who takes it all the way to the hoop? Not only is that an assist but it's a highlight play. The assist has to be part of the play and not just handing the ball off.
They changed the rules. Guess why 😂
@@larky368
That would be a good play, but not an assist.
@@RightInFrontOfYouThat would absolutely be an assist. He broke it down for you, perfectly.
@@RightInFrontOfYou True. Call it something else, but it's not an assist.
LeFraud is a manufactured "star". I've said it for years and still stand by that statement. Thanks for proving so many of us right, AOHF.
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Manufactured . All by Design . Absolutely nothing organic. genuine, or pure about LeBricks game. Yet he’s called a ‘bball Savant’ by his hired d riders.
I agree
I thought so too
He was still really good for years though. As much as I do not like this dude and as much as I hate that people act like he is still good, which he is not anymore, he actually was a great player till around the final years in his 2nd tenure with the Cavs. The thing you can really hate about him is this undeniable arrogance he has, and his fans aswell.
@@veryfewrealleft1405I was watching a game tonight and got a commercial where the old rap song basketball is my favorite sport was being rapped but he changed the lyrics to add "I'm like LeBron James sitting on the throne" it made me cringe. Very manufactured, he was the King chosen one at 17 before even playing a game. You didn't realize how bagless until you really watch footage, looking at highlights just isn't a fair representation.
Worthless, hollow stat-padder!!!
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-Stays in 4th qtr of 40pt blowouts
-Shoots techs as team worst FT%
-Passes are assists even 10sec later
-Bailed out, earning 6.2 fouls per 12 "drives toward the rim"
-Never called for offensive fouls/Charge
-Never called for Travel
-Never given techs for screaming right in refs faces
-Gathers rebounds by standing 8ft from rim at all times, guarding absolutely No One
...Cool, he's big and fast on fastbreak dunks. But he gets fraudulently "propped up" by league more than anyone in history. Still can't dribble or shoot after 22 years! 😂😅🤣
He’s never even called for defensive fouls, LeDiddy averages 1.8 fouls per game for his career, his highest for a season was 2.3 fouls per game
Jordan who ppl claimed NEVER got called for a fouls averaged 2.6 per game for his career, his lowest was 1.8 fouls per game
Absolute joke how the nba has gone out of their way to install this pretender as the face of the nba
😂😂 all true should've retired after that Mickey Mouse title
@@rta23cerberus Yep. Because
"They fouled, and um............. we didn't."
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What a bunch of jealous people. What if opponents foul twice as much just because they are blinded by the kings aura. And they fall whenever he charges because he's so magnificent.
And it looks like travels just because his feet are sooo fast. The replays are liars anyway.
There are tons of explanations to all this
I seriously wish that someone would go through game footage of LeBron ever since his rookie year in Cleveland and expose this stuff. LeBron has been cheating ever since Miami but has been getting special diva treatment ever since he was in high school. LeBron is the definition of a manufactured product just like Drake. LeBron is the NBA version of Drake and P Diddy
100% this, how much money does he pay to “them” to keep things quiet in return of fame
Remember how his klutch clowns started claiming Jordans dpoy season was “inflated and fake stats?
LeFake and his lazy a$$ moving picks and no defense is the worst ever.
CheatGOAT
There are probably legitimately 70 or more illegal screens a game it’s actually insane that they are allowed so blatantly.
I'm HIGHLY in favor of more and more of these kinds of videos. They're imperative after these pathetic Lebrick Stans were dumb enough to try and question Jordan's stats. Jordan's steals that could've been credited to other teammates were still a result of the chaos he created with his constant energy; Lebrick's "assists" and "rebounds" are being inflated by literal bastardization of the NBA's actual guidelines on what constitutes an assist or a rebound.
And like I've said many times before: if you really wanna probe a treasure trove of fake assists, check out games from the 2020 season for Lebron. At least a quarter of his so-called assists were of the fake variety
I just wonder how many assists per game Magic and Stockton would have under LeRules. Heck Wilt would have had triple double season, and Oscar probably more than one
A lot of old players would average triple double imo, the “WORST” player from 90s/2000s to average a triple double would be Brad miller (he was a good passer), MJ, Magic, Pippen, Bird, Barkley, shaq, Hakeem etc
Assists are an absolute joke stat now imo
@@rta23cerberus heh, don't know if he could average one, but yeah Brad Miller would definitely at least 10-15 a year of them. They would love the fact he was 3 point capable. He would have thrived being born 15 years later than he was too
Mj's stats were inflated in '88 due to him paying his own scorekeeper according to his own scorekeepers words, "michael paid me well". He literally did this to help him up his mvp and dpoy case, because he didn't win it in '87, jn the '88 season MJ had the biggest home-away differential split compared to every other DPOY winner, actual scorekeepers and no not AOH rewatched those games and found blatant instances of the steals being inflated by doubling them. Michael would literally go up to the front bench and they'd tell him he needs x more of x certain stat. This is all documented, a whole yahoo article documented this. This is the play-by-play era where AOH showed 1 example of a possible mistake from the scorekeepers at home, i n which there was no evidence or instances of lebron paying his scorekeeper.
In the 80s and 90s they didn't have to re-check the stats after the game was over, all they had to do was announce the stat on the play of the scene as it is. In today's game scorekeepers have to retrack the stat and accurately assess them BY THE RULEBOOK which is why lebron didn't have a 50pt triple double at MSG because they took a rebound away.
Jesse it's you . Good to see u.
You and the blitz team you've been breaking down basketball for years along with mj 23 and angry hoops
Shout out to you.
Much respect
None of this matters because they don't really play ACTUAL BASKETBALL anymore in the NBA.
You are speaking facts.
I just went over all of John Stocktons games from the past. Based on current NBA rules for assists. His record of 15,806 is now being updated to reflect 30,479.
Congratulations 👏
At least, the number would be insane
I wonder how many assists older players would have with this standard?
Jordan would have double digit assists avg
Can we please also mention AD travel after that amazing LeBron assist, maybe because LeBron passed the ball it gave AD a few seconds travelling clearance. The rules are so loose it’s unbelievable
It cracks me up when people say players now are so much more skilled and athletic. It's easy to look skilled and athletic when you get to cheat.
Well he said "3 dribbles and 7 steps" which means he traveled.
He needs to retire for the sake of the league. He is hurting the game. Fans can't stand him. When will the league learn and move on from him? Makes no sense.
"Fans can't stand him"
Most fans love him. You guys are in the minority.
LeDiddy just may play 25 seasons 😭
@@anonymousperson8903 People who love LeFraud are fans of LeFraud, not of the game of basketball. When he finally leaves, so will their interest. The league knows this, which is why they are scrambling to milk every last penny out of them they can.
@@PassDaMethod Um no, this has not been my impression at all. Most people who love LeBron love him because they love good basketball.
@@anonymousperson8903if that was true the ratings wouldn't go down. With as many followers he has like you it shouldn't happen. But it does, I wonder why? Can't be because the super Bron fans don't really watch the games.
Back in my day, and assist was a catch-and-shoot. If there’s a dribble, no assist.
NBA Rule Book clearly states, if Lebron passes the ball to anyone and that person scores on that play it is classified as an assist and it’s mandatory that commentary mention Lebron James basketball IQ
maybe even on the next play
I like how you use the NBA rulebook videos as evidence to support your arguments, reminds me of the one you made on how he gets away with dislodging.
I guess anybody who makes a pass to a player who scores gets a assist, guess you could pass the ball in bounds and the player scores that's assist.
That would be logical. As long as they don’t slow down.
The thing I HATE about the way the NBA records stats now is that it completely invalidates all of the stats from the past just so the NBA can say "look at our players now - they are recording historic stats."
The current NBA will try everything to make their product appear better but its not fooling anyone that saw the real NBA of 1980s - 2010s. It's a disgrace
Whenever they're inevitably voting Lebron in to the HOF, this video needs to be playing on a loop on a giant projector, in protest outside NBA HQ.
Right after the flopping video😂😂😂
I rather it be clip after clip of him standing around on both offense and defense
No, no, no, every single one of those is a great idea! HELL, we'll just loop a short documentary that includes "The Decision" in the beginning and Bronny being drafted in the credits 😁
Proof this goofs stats mean absolutely nothing… empty assists that aren’t even assists, uncontested rebounds, and lay-ups are what this guy brings to the table. And ppl wonder why he has a losing finals record & built superteams when he realized he just couldn’t do it like the all-time greats did…
Need everyone to watch this video
This is gold, turn this concept into a video series.
I'm sure people would help by sending you time stamps from other examples, coin no terms like "Not a Triple Double" and with a half season or so data collected we could make a fair estimate on how many of his total assists are fake.
Even that Marcus Smart example on the NBA site was suspect imo. A player catching the ball flat footed on the perimeter and then going into a drive is not an assist to me, I'd be more open to giving credit to a guy cutting, catching a pass, pump faking then scoring. At least the 2nd example lead to something
the league being so desperate to pad lebum's stats is an admission that he's nowhere close to jordan
Lechump in my opinion isn’t even top 20! His only attribute is his longevity and that’s only because of his steroid use!
Someone needs.to investigate this lol
Assists should only be given when the player receiving the pass takes 0 dribbles and scores, that would make things so much easier. There's too much room for interpretation by homer statisticians
When was Lebron even a top 20 player? He has always played solo "heroball" to get his stats get his moments, in what world is that a quality basketball?
Here are some stats you can’t fake or pad: 0.8 offensive rebounds per game, 0.5 blocks per game, 0.6 steals per game. Those are his stats from last season for a guy who averaged 35 minutes a game.
When your 6’8, 250 pound “superstar” gives you no hustle stats, it’s hard to win.
Per Fadeaway World:
“Of the 42 players averaging at least 34 minutes per game in the NBA in 2024-25, James ranks 41st in distance covered per game at 12,254.5 feet.”
But the assists!
You literally just said that Lebron averages 35, and put the line at 34, obviously he's gonna be on the lower end of that stat, why not show distance traveled per minute? You also conveniently left out the fact that that was in his 21st season at 39 years old. Name one other player who was averaging 35 minutes at 39 and contributing, unlike MJ's shot chucking at a 45% fg and 29% from three, while Lebron was shooting 54% and 41% at the same age, while finishing top 7 in apg and top 15 in ppg.
At this point, they should just completely fabricate the boxscore while he sleeps on the court the entire game.
They do.
Good lord I never realized how bad some of these are. Luka Doncic would have like 18 assists a night if his assists were calculated the same way
Thanks again AOH you are the truth.
John stockton would have 25,000 assist if they counted assist like this in his era. It also shows how great of a PG he was when at the time he played, it literally was a pass that lead to a basket for an assist. Now even with this loose way of counting assist he's still the leader
They call it „more talented“ nowadays! No defense, every pass is a assist, no travel called, flopping like hell and 3 pointers all day long!
If that LeFraud PASS counts as an Assist then "Classy" Caitlin Clark would have 30+ a game.
Imagine how many assists Stockton and Magic would have...
In a more honest league, he averages 10 ppg 2 rpg 2 apg. And that's being generous.
And 8 fouls
10 fouls per game
Regardless of what the rulebook says, the whole concept of assists is that someone "sets another player up for a basket." After receiving a pass, if you have to create your own shot and work past defenders to make a basket, it's not really an assist.
This is why I can't stand people that throw around stats when debating how good players were in each era. Imagine how many assists Stockton and Kidd would have if they played today.
I wonder if any Yahoo journalist will take this story as they did about the 1988 DPOY award. We have been saying they give out assists like candy but none of the major platforms want to shine light on it.
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Think about it: the emotional rollercoaster of teams, players, and statistics pulls fans in, making them invest their hard-earned money, time, and passion into this corporate machine. The goal? To reap as much profit as possible. This is the reality of the sports world, where the lines between passion and business blur, and the spotlight shines brightest on those who can sell the dream.
LeBron is the current “cash cow” because they’ve invested many assets and resources into his “character” for over two decades, there’s no one who’ll be able to replace him immediately once he’s gone, so they need to get as much money out of his name as possible before he’s too old and retires.
I think an assist should only count if it's less than two dribbles, otherwise that's really more an iso or skill play by the dribbler.
3:06 "3 Total Dribbles, 7 Total Steps and A CARRY." AHAHAHAHHA!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I am 100% sure if you apply this kind of scrutiny to *all* of LeBron's stats, you will find that his numbers are extremely inflated. Remember when they assailed MJ's DPOY season? They are guilty of what they're accusing MJ of doing, which is why they know where to check, how to check, and who to check.
U have to understand 1 thing and 1 thing only if ur not a CASUAL. LeDiddy was never in control of his life. I remember this at least a decade ago when i was telling people his stats are fraud and that one game. He has like 6 assists and he finishes with like 12, and I watched the whole game and he didnt have no 12 assists. They just added some in at the end
Great video!
Keep exposing that FRAUD
Having a special set of rules for a specific player is pathetic, but if you have to dribble the ball past a defender to score, that's an individual play, not an assist. This "direct reaction to the pass" rule is ridiculous and it's made for stat padding.
The NBA is now like WWE. It's basically just a show.
National
Basketball
Entertainment
And not a good show at that
True, but the NBA still tries to pretend it is a legit competition, at least the WWE admits their shows are scripted and staged
You guys need to stop comparing the NBA to the WWE. The WWE is actually entertaining 😂
AD moves into position for a crossover, and creates his own shot in the process. Lebron gets the assist, and the credit for a pass by the commentators as if he did something in the play. It's ridiculous.
It's not just this, it's the benefit of the whistle on both ends. He has CONSTANTLY gotten away with offensive fouls on offensive, and non-calls on defense. Then you add in the extra 6-8 free throws a night on garbage love taps and flopping, and this dudes career would look COMPLETELY different if called like everyone else. He'd still be an all time great, but no where NEAR Jordan. He'd be around 30-32k points with far fewer triple doubles and at least one less ring. The league gave him the Cleveland ring anyway, and then the bubble one was a joke.
Nah never an all time great. He Travels RELIGIOUSLY. He's a bum player with excellent marketing.
Thank you for your service, Angry Old Hoops!! Your analysis is SURGICAL!!
I'd take it one step further. Passing to someone while both players are behind the 3-point line shouldn't ever be awarded an assist, except for a made 3. If someone has to create their own shot by driving to the basket from behind the line, it's obviously not anything to do with the pass.
The ODDS of getting an "Offensive Rebound" are nearly ZERO in the new millennium since the shooting team doesn't even bother to contest the rebound. In fact, this practice is SO BAD, the "REBOUND S" stat is now pointless. All 5 defensive players stand there and just "decide who wants it". That is what's called "COMPETITION" in 2024.
All the old NBA players should pay a few referees to go back through all of LeBron's gametape and calculate what his stats would be under the REAL rules from the 80s and 90s.
Maybe there's something in the rulebook we missed that says there's an exception if your LeBron James or anyone currently being propped up as the face of the league. Must b in the small print somewhere cuz that's the only thing that would make sense.
Thank you. I’ve been trying to tell anyone who would listen that the league has become so laxed on the criteria for an assist. It’s literally the last person to have passed the ball gets the assist no matter what the offensive player does
Even the Marcus smart example is so horrible when it comes to how the media claims “X player” is creating offense. Did Marcus Smart do anything special? He just swung the ball and gets a stat saying he “created offense” assists are so much overrated
1 of many reasons why viewership is going down. The rules are in flux and very loosely interpreted
You diddnt miss anything, LeFlop is a LeFraud. Scorekeepers are more than likely P Diddled to artificially make a "king" outbof a guy that can't dribble, play d, shoot etc.
Travel, travel, travel. Its ridiculous.
The NBA has watered down so many things like scoring, ball-handling & defense that it's basically street ball at this point.
They let him travel, carry the ball, and hit people with shoulders and forearms.
Of course, they give him fake assists.
1 dribble limit for assists
That’s also traveling by Davis.
One of the more informative videos I've seen recently. Well done!
and they are selling us that the players are more skilled now? they tried to make them more skilled by changing the rulebook.
It's kinda like this in all the major sports now. They all went and became like badly programmed video games
AD did 2 hesitations before ever beginning to dribble toward the basket. Those hesitations are almost palming but we know that is not called.
I was a statistician at a DIII school in the mid 90s. You got one dribble
These refs and stat recorders need to be drug tested!!
Remember when we had some dumbasses (Nick Wright among others) question MJ's stats during his DPoY saying that some of his stats were fabricated and were 'homecourt stat padding'. Heck we even had BBallBreakdown & Johnny Arnett do an entire video about that subject. I say than WTF do these guys have to say about Lebron's stats?
They do not want to open that can
This shit is crazy. I never realized they were giving him all these assists. I know the assist rule this is ridiculous. I’m 61 years old and I’ve been watching basketball since 1980 and this is utterly ridiculous. he shouldn’t even be close to getting all those triple doubles fucking NBA.
And Davis travels during that move :)
Wow I knew it was exaggerated but I didn’t think it was this egregious. Some of these “assists” are just one on one plays, it’s not even close.
Skip Bayless said Lebron was the best passer in NBA history
I'm a huge fan of Chris Paul. Chris likely gets some generous assists in his own right, now being literally second all time in assists. That said, that LeBron assist in the beginning...I've literally seen Chris make passes like that and not get credited for them.
So you can make and assist giving the ball UNDER your own basket, after an opp scores, to your team mate. Dude drives the ball aaaaall the court make a shot, scores and thats your assist? Thats amazing
As always, if one looks at Michael Jordan videos becomes clear that he is underrated actually and by looking at LeBron one can understand that LeBron James doesn’t know how to play the game of basketball because this is the way LeBron James played for at least the last 10 years, prove me wrong!
LeBron’s entire career is like Wrestling…all fake and scripted! 😂
LeBron probably gets ton of these types of non-assist assists from the NBA scorekeepers and so do a lot of others. It's made the record books irrelevant from what the game was before the 2000's.
In the first example AD travels immediately upon catching the ball, then executes a discontinued dribble before driving to the basket. Imagine what I could've accomplished in high school in 1979.
But the players are so much more athletic and skilled than the plumbers back in the day! The people who say that don't seem to realize it's easy to look more athletic and skilled when you get to routinely cheat.
And AD loses 1 "unassisted basket" to his stats 😂
besides that anthony davis carried the ball while jumping with both feet in the air and landing on the same foot that last left the ground before dribbling again
LeChoke, LeFlop, LeTravel, LeFraud James
It's like taking the your elderly parents keys to the car, Lebron won't stop playing. Though difference being Lebron is out to prove he is the goat not just competent. Which he is neither!
2k has better rules than this 😂