Ben Taylor from Thinking Basketball interviews neuroscientist and memory expert Dr. Charan Ranganath while breaking down game film to explain how LeBron’s encyclopedic memory has fueled his longevity.

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  1. If Lebron truly has this amazing basketball IQ then he knows he hurts his team whenever he leaves them to play 4 on 5 defense while he complains to the refs multiple times a game

  2. If you're good at nba 2k you know exactly what he's talking about, those patterns on the offense and defense. Obviously in 2k theyre only like the basics, and im looking at it with a 3rd person's perspective. So i very much understand how harder it is when youre actually on court and its happening in real time.

    Without any scale, i cant grasp how smart LeBron actually is. I know he's smart but…. I wanna know how much he knows😆

  3. Curry said LeBron’s greatest strength is his IQ.
    Build like he was designed for Basketball. And his greatest strength has nothing to do with it. The GOAT man

  4. Ok 1:14 did he not say 2 on the shot clock if so then that’s not accurate you can see 10 when morris shoots. Not saying having good memory isn’t impressive but every NFL QB IMO has way more to memorize and do it under pressure this is just LeBron propaganda🤷🏽‍♂️

  5. This is essentially how Grandmaster chess players work as well. They don't even try to compute the hundreds or thousands of potential positions that are possible four-to-five moves in the future. Instead, they recognize common patterns within the current position and use those patterns to filter for the most likely game states a few moves ahead.

  6. How about his career field goal percentage outside of 5 feet from the basket? Why doesn't that ever get some light?

  7. I keep forgetting that things like this is actually amazing, till you hear stories of players who either can't or won't learn these skills

  8. How apt…. The channel called Thinking Basketball on a video of the thinking process of the great.

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