Jason Terry Explains Why Mavs Stopped LeBron James in 2011, but Couldn’t Guard Dwyane Wade

3 months ago

Jason Terry Explains Why Mavs Stopped LeBron James in 2011, but Couldn’t Guard Dwyane Wade

"This is at a point in LeBrons career where he didn’t have the consistent jump shot yet," Terry explained, stating that the Mavs set up a zone defense that made LeBron less likely to attack. However, guarding Wade was impossible. "Wade was a monster at that time. There was no defensive gameplan you could do to stop him."

By Pranay Mukherjee

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