Until Lebron James grows up he'll never be Clutch
Michael Jordan: Young people don't know a lot about Jordan other than he makes awesome shoes; I agree Jordan's and Retro Jordan's are the only shoes that touch my precious feet.
However what made Jordan great is the same thing that guarantees Tiger Woods will become the NO. 1 ranked player in the world again someday; repetition.
Repetition; a word that in the modern world is synonymous (the same) as greatness.
In the game of Professional (this is true for all professions, even scrubbing toilets) Basketball becoming a professional just means a man or women practices way more than the average player.
Stars, like Jordan and Tiger, have talent, are artists, and they practice more than anyone else; not just more than the average professional, but literally practice more than anyone else who plays their sport.
In Basketball what made Jordan great was not his Blake Griffin Dunks or his Ray Allen 3s; what made Jordan great was his Michael Jordan Mid-Range game; the mid-range game, in general, is any non-free-throw shot that is shorter than a 3-pointer, but longer than a lay-up.
Michael Jordan was the master of the mid-range game and that's what made him great; Jordan did not make clutch 3-pointers to win games like Kobe Bryant; Michael Jordan made clutch 18-footers to win championships; and the truth is Michael was not lucky; Michael hit far too many game-winners to be lucky; like Tiger Woods chipping in on the 16th hole of the 2005 Masters tournament; Michael put in so many repetions, practicing hitting those mid-range shots, that at the end of the game making that shot, like Tiger sinking that putt, was pure instinct.
Lebron James needs to hit the hardwood when the game isn't going on and practice till his god-given natural talents become instinctual: And to whoever is reading this post; whatever job you want in life; Practice, put in the reps until you become the best at whatever you want to be...
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