I wouldn't necessarily use the phrase "extreme memory". When you have a lot of experience in a sport, you start to recognize (and create new) patterns which ma

I wouldn't necessarily use the phrase "extreme memory". When you have a lot of experience in a sport, you start to recognize (and create new) patterns which make recall easier. Otherwise known as strategies and tactics. Lebron is recounting a structured offense versus a structured defense. A lot of the "memorization" occurs weeks or months before the play itself.