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    Stephon Marbury continues his social media rant about LeBron: "Is he the best decision-maker of all time?"

    By Shane Garry Acedera,

    2 days ago

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    Stephon Marbury watched Team USA defeat France last weekend in the 2024 Olympics gold medal game. But after celebrating with the Americans courtside, Starbury has gone on a social media rant against Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James .

    Like some fans and personalities, Marbury took exception in LeBron winning Olympic Tournament honors over Steph Curry. The former Knicks guard argued that Curry's incredible performances in the semifinal and final games were waymore valuable than James' consistency throughout the tournament.

    Marbury isn't done shading LeBron as he continued his attack on King James on social media.

    "He holds the ball most of the time; this is normal," wrote Marbury while reacting to a post on 'X' that talked about James' career turnovers. "Is he the best decision-maker of all time?"

    LeBron is the NBA's all-time leader in turnovers

    Bron's basketball IQ and decision-making have always been his main strengths. He may not take the last shot, but as he claims, he always makes the right basketball play. However, when you look at the NBA's record books, King James is also the NBA's all-time leader in turnovers.

    James' 5,211 career turnovers ( and counting ) are the most ever by an NBA player. His 975 turnovers in the postseason are also an all-time NBA mark. But it's also worth noting that LeBron's turnover numbers are above everyone else's primarily because he's played way more games than anyone on the list. If you go with averages though he's still in the Top 10.

    Looking at the recent Olympic tournament, LeBron was also the leader in total turnovers with 24 , but again, that's because he played six games. Using averages, King James averaged 4.0 turnovers per game, which put him at No.4 in the Olympic leaderboard. He was the only player on Team USA in the Top 30 in turnovers in Paris.

    Marbury questioned LeBron winning MVP in Paris

    LeBron's turnovers in the 2024 Olympic tournament are what some of his critics held against him in the MVP debate. Although Marbury didn't use that in his argument, he was one of those who pushed for Steph Curry to win the award because he bailed out Team USA in their last two games.

    "They gave the MVP to the wrong player," Marbury wrote . "Maybe they called out the wrong name by accident. I think we need to try to rewind the moment when [Curry] displayed himself as the best shooter who ever touched the ball. In international ball, if you can't shoot, you can't have the ball at the end of the game."

    There's no question that Steph did what he did, and that was huge for the Americans. However, in the four games when Curry struggled, LeBron helped carry Team USA with his consistent play and leadership. Really, you can make an argument for both as MVP, so you can't blame Starbury for ranting. But it's also worth noting that LeBron snubbed Marbury at the end of the game against France , so maybe it's just that his ego is hurt.

    Related: "If LeBron could just be a point guard, how good he would be?" -Doc after watching James play PG in the Paris Olympics

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