Enter a non-shooting center -- Tristan Thompson, Larry Nance Jr. or Ante Zizic. When LeBron holds the ball on the wing in fearsome prelude, the defender guarding that guy will slough away to barricade LeBron's path to the rim. That is when LeBron goes to work.
That first rotation leaves the Cavs center open. A third defender will slide off another Cavs player -- usually a shooter in the corner -- to disrupt any alley-oop from James to Thompson. LeBron isn't really concerned with the first two defenders in his way. His target -- his victim -- is that third guy. If LeBron baits him into taking an extra step toward Cleveland's center, it's over; LeBron is slingshotting the ball to a shooter before the defense can register what is happening:
Sometimes, he'll fake that pass, trick the defense into retreating to outside shooters, and loft a lob to his center. Some of his most artful work in the 2016 NBA Finals, the crowning moment of LeBron's career, involved threading a few such lobs between Golden State defenders paralyzed with indecision.
If the defense smothers both options, that means they probably haven't sent the proper help toward LeBron. He will register that, shift into attack mode, and draw the requisite rotations with a few hard dribbles:
Sad stavite to u konteks pravila nekadašnje ilegalne obrane i bit će vam jasno zašto je LeBron bolji igrač od MJ-a.