Here’s 2 plays where LeBron James just stops trying on defense

He does. He just stops trying. Absolutely clear.

https://www.sbnation.com/2018/2/7/16989310/lebron-james-defense-pick-and-roll-coverage-cavaliers-video-hideoushttps://www.sbnation.com/2018/2/7/16989310/lebron-james-defense-pick-and-roll-coverage-cavaliers-video-hideous

James does this shit. It's a brownout, a work slowdown, not a strike, a work slowdown. Same effect but it gives him cover. "I'm not sitting at home, I'm out there busting my butt." He's out there. He's not busting his butt. He's busting Dan Gilbert's balls.