James often posts videos of his fitness pants on social media. It can be seen that he is very self-disciplined, and he still insists on strength training even when traveling with his wife. So why doesn't James polish his skills? I think there are three reasons. First, during his college years, James had an absolute advantage in physical fitness, so he didn't need footwork at all, and no one could stop his breakthrough dunk. He didn't need to practice his skills hard. The second is that there was no excellent coach during the knight period, and no one found that he needed to improve his skills. He was the absolute boss at that time. In the first year of the heat period, he felt the pressure, practiced for a while and won two consecutive championships, which may be the reason why James stopped.
Third, James is over 30 years old. He never encountered too much resistance in the game, and his playing style became more and more mature. It is too late to practice basic skills such as footwork, so it is difficult to change the habits he has developed. It is better to continue to insist on your own strength training and not let your strength decline. So James's technical roughness is caused by many reasons. His physical advantage is too obvious, he doesn't have enough motivation to improve technically, and he doesn't meet a good coach who can beat him, which leads to his rough skills.
To sum up, James is a relatively rough player. He doesn't have the smooth pace of other players, often walks, and his shooting is not stable enough. Most games rely on physical hardware to support his own scores, not his footwork skills, but technically, James is not as flexible as other guards and his shooting accuracy is not enough, so James' skills are still rough.