LeBron James has confronted nearly each protection conceivable in his profession and has had his share of postseason battles with gamers. On the podcast “Thoughts the Sport” with JJ Redick, James named Stanley Johnson as probably the most underrated defenders he confronted throughout their 2018 playoff sequence: “I believe it was my first yr again in Cleveland coming again and it was our first-round opponent, I believe we performed Detroit, if I am not mistaken. I believe KCP was on that staff, (Andre) Drummond was on that staff, a few different guys have been on that staff, clearly Moose (Greg Monroe) was on that staff, I imagine. I believe Stan (Van Gundy) was the coach, if I am not mistaken. I believe Stan coached that staff. However again to your query, Stanley Johnson earned my respect in that first-round sequence. Stanley Johnson, he had the lateral motion, he had the physicality. You could possibly inform the teaching employees was telling him, ‘Don’t fret concerning the schemes.’ I really feel the identical approach about Dort, don’t fear concerning the schemes but. Everyone rotates besides you. You get by each display screen. While you’re a weakside lowman, you don’t have any accountability, you don’t pull in. You’re mainly taking part in a box-and-one. There’s a whole lot of guys I’d wish to credit score defensively, in fact, however that’s the one man I can keep in mind off the highest of my head. It’s not latest reminiscence, it’s been 10 years, nevertheless it’s latest sufficient. However Stanley undoubtedly had that talent set in our league, that’s for certain.” -via Lakers Nation / Could 21, 2024