LeBron is good, but not that good

LebronSome people will believe anything. We’re talking about the fun Powerade spot in which LeBron James hits four consecutive insanely long full-court shots. Enough people thought the footage might be real that the Urban Legends Reference Pages Web site gave the spot its own page, which clarifies: “Lebron James is a incredibly gifted athlete with amazing skills on the basketball court, but if he could sink 80-foot shots as consistently and effortlessly as depicted in this Powerade spot, he’d be shattering NBA scoring records left and right.” You can probably blame this kind of gullibility on the old “Hacky Spot” Nike spot, in which Tiger Woods bounced a ball on the end of his club 49 times before smashing it into the distance. That footage looked too good to be true as well—but it was real.

—Posted by Tim Nudd

March 28, 2005 | Permalink

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"Shattering NBA scoring records left and right?"

Come on.

It takes a little more to score, in the NBA, with tenacious defenders in your face at all times. And Lebron does a pretty good job, still... even knowing that fact.

Hitting an 80 foot shot does not mean that person can shatter NBA scoring records - it just means they are talented, and briefly lucky.

That luck, however, doesn't equate to much during a game.

Posted by: Matthom | Mar 31, 2005 7:32:24 PM

cmon have u hit five 3's in a row??? well a 6 foot 8 giant who trains everyday could easily have a bit luck and hit 5 80 footers in a row

Posted by: jjpp | May 14, 2005 10:19:32 PM

Can you believe this! if it was anybody else I dont think i could make myself believe it but LeBron James, I'm not positive but you know he is probably going to be the next biggest thing next to Michael Jordan and anybody can get lucky every now and then.

Posted by: Chris Wallace | May 17, 2005 11:41:36 AM

Hey i have reasherched about this add it is real but it took a full day to shoot. He only nailed five in an 9 hour period they just edited it so it looks like it is in a row

Posted by: matthew smith | Aug 19, 2005 11:51:22 PM

your research sucks, it's all special effects:
www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ ericzorn/weblog/archives/2005/03/did_lebron_jame.html

Posted by: masters | Jan 22, 2006 8:40:03 PM

Sweet add but its fake guys. Lebron is good but hes not god

Posted by: Holdin Mcgroin | Mar 2, 2006 4:48:43 AM

fuck na he aint do that shit not even in 1 day. thats y for practice for all-star game he leaned in for half court shot and only made 1-3. and all the time he shoots it the ball goes up over the screen so u cant see it. and he is shootin a jump shots for 80-90 ft and its a comercial its suppose to be sayin if u drink powerade u gonna hit 80 ft shots. if it was tmac then yea i would believe cuz he the only one that shoots jumpers from half court and he aint even my fav player yall hella wack

Posted by: LeBron | Mar 23, 2006 9:07:06 PM

its not real. a company that i forgot the name of already said that it's 3D effects.

Posted by: | Jul 15, 2006 3:36:57 AM

hey your all wrong the thing is real, Lebron is the real deal bitches dont doubt him or he will haunt you, the guy is all talent and he can do these kind of things

Posted by: Kdov | Nov 3, 2006 2:01:15 AM

what about last night? he did it than

Posted by: DF | Jan 5, 2007 12:49:10 AM

io i recon lebron is awesome but these shots i recon there bullshit there aint nowon in the nba who can hit shots that big with out even looking like he is trying!it was in a comertial and i recon they did some shit to make it look real it aint real

Posted by: tim | Feb 19, 2007 7:13:29 AM

well put

Posted by: gargunk | Apr 4, 2007 2:07:01 AM

i would love to think that it is real cause if it was fake the camera would have cut away breifly.. so he could make an easy shot n make it look like he made an 80 footer.. but he did make it but they got it on tape witch is pretty much impossiple to belive its real!!

Posted by: mark | Jun 21, 2007 5:45:52 PM


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