Lebron James vs WASHINGTON Wizards (2006 NBA Playoffs)

[JordanTime]

One of the Greatest Postseason and the Greatest Postseason Debut of Anyplayer in the HISTORY OF THIS LEAGUE.

http://ph.cdn.photos.upi.com/collection/upi/5974e052a64244eebdc0057ab9a4659e/FIRST-ROUND-NBA-PLAYOFF-CLEVELAND-CAVALIERS-VS-WASHINGTON-WIZARDS_1.jpg

Game 1: 32Pts 11Ast 11Rebs 44fg% Cavs win
http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=260422005
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEIqqMyJBSw

Game 2: 26Pts 2Ast 9Rebs 28FG% Cavs lose
http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=260425005

Game 3 41Pts 3Ast 5Rebs 57FG% Cavs win
http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=260428027
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsCA9lZNlpY&feature=related

Game 4: 38Pts 5Ast 6Rebs 56FG% Cavs Lose
http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=260430027

Game 5: 45Pts 6Ast 7rebs 61FG% Cavs win
http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=260503005


Game 6:32Pts 7Ast 7Rebs 60FG% Cavs win
http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=260505027

Lebron James at the age of 21 averaged 35.7PPG 7.5RPG 5.7APG 0.510FG% vs the Washington Wizards.


http://thestartingfive.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/james_060428_1_800x600.jpg

[Dizzle-2k7]

epic performance for a 21 yr old but that travel they didnt call on his gamewinner still bugs me

[DevilsAssassin]

Damn just 21 years old and that Ni99@ was owning the league!!

[Phong]

An epic post season that ended up in a championship :applause:

Wait.. you say LeBron wasn't in the Finals? What about the ECF? No? Surely he went to the ECSF then.. What? He only beat the almighty 42-40 Wizards? And he had a traveled gamewinner against them too? :eek:

:(

[DevilsAssassin]

An epic post season that ended up in a championship :applause:

Wait.. you say LeBron wasn't in the Finals? What about the ECF? No? Surely he went to the ECSF then.. What? He only beat the almighty 42-40 Wizards? :eek:

:(

haters going to hate :oldlol: :oldlol:

[Phong]

haters going to hate :oldlol: :oldlol:truth =/= hate :cheers:

[The Macho Man]

Completely ridiculous and blatant travel...


Still balled hard that series though.

[JordanTime]

An epic post season that ended up in a championship :applause:

Wait.. you say LeBron wasn't in the Finals? What about the ECF? No? Surely he went to the ECSF then.. What? He only beat the almighty 42-40 Wizards? And he had a traveled gamewinner against them too? :eek:

:(

regardless of part of the postseason it was, you cannot deny how good he was in this series. Keep in Mind Lebron James was just 21 years at the time, battling against one of the league best scorer.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/WAS/2006.html

[pauk]

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[Doctor Rivers]

LOL we all know had the more epic playoff performance in 2006

http://www.wallss.net/attachments/day_101212/10121221283784eb9e88be94f4.jpg

[JordanTime]

LOL we all know had the more epic playoff performance in 2006

http://www.wallss.net/attachments/day_101212/10121221283784eb9e88be94f4.jpg

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2011/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=FinalsPerformances-1

and this thread was about Lebron's debut.

[Doctor Rivers]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2011/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=FinalsPerformances-1

and this thread was about Lebron's debut.

Wade overshadowed LeBron just like he does now in Miami.

[andersond91]

Where is his championship ring?

[pauk]

Where is his championship ring?

waiting for him patiently in the current 2011-12 Finals.......... and after that.. many many many more... :cheers:

[pauk]

this is sick but NOTHING beats his Orlando Magic ECF series.... he averaged almost a 40 point triple double... on 55% FG

(and STILL got blamed by the haters... because... "he statpadded/ballhoged and thats why they lost" :facepalm)

[PowerGlove]

oh wow, another positive lebron thread ruined by phong and doctor rivers...

[The_Yearning]

The guy traveled almost on every play that series

[jlip]

Honestly, the most memorable part of this series for me was when Lebron walked up to Arenas who was an 82% ft shooter with a few seconds left and told him something like, "If you miss this ft you're going to lose this game." Arenas proceeds to miss the ft.

[PowerGlove]

Idk why, but this is probably my favorite NBA season ever... Dirk finally getting past spurs, Kobe and AI dropping huge amounts of points on everyone, Lebron and Gil going at it in the playoffs, Wade taking over in the finals.... it was very entertaining throughout.

The funny thing look back at this series, I was actually rooting for Washington. I actually liked Agent Zero more than lebron at the time and he was going off in this series, it wasnt for the travel on lebron, they might have won this series.

good memories.

[Cali Syndicate]

D Rose's debut against Boston in 09 was much more entertaining.

Lebron's game winner in game 3 was also a travel, funny he was crying about not getting an and one call.

[Yao Ming's Foot]

2005-06 Washington Wizards

42-40, Def Rtg: 107.3 (22nd of 30)

GOAT:oldlol:

[pegasus]

Pauk, we don't need you creating more Lebron threads under gimmick accounts, you do that as pauk more than enough.

He played well, but both of his game winning plays were obvious travels. It's a joke how ginobili (DMAVS41) always tries to use those as evidence of him being clutch.

And as the others said, it was against 42-40 Wizards. :oldlol:

[pauk]

Pauk, we don't need you creating more Lebron threads under gimmick accounts, you do that as pauk more than enough.

He played well, but both of his game winning plays were obvious travels. It's a joke how ginobili (DMAVS41) always tries to use those as evidence of him being clutch.

And as the others said, it was against 42-40 Wizards. :oldlol:

lmao... thats not me man... :roll:

basically anybody who doesnt hate lebron here and is a lebron fan... = ME

:roll:

[Papaya Petee]

this is sick but NOTHING beats his Orlando Magic ECF series.... he averaged almost a 40 point triple double... on 55% FG

(and STILL got blamed by the haters... because... "he statpadded/ballhoged and thats why they lost" :facepalm)
He shot 48% against the Magic, not 55%.

[Rake2204]

Idk why, but this is probably my favorite NBA season ever... Dirk finally getting past spurs, Kobe and AI dropping huge amounts of points on everyone, Lebron and Gil going at it in the playoffs, Wade taking over in the finals.... it was very entertaining throughout.

The funny thing look back at this series, I was actually rooting for Washington. I actually liked Agent Zero more than lebron at the time and he was going off in this series, it wasnt for the travel on lebron, they might have won this series.

good memories.
Yessir, I don't know if it was my favorite season ever, but it was still a lot of fun. I'm not sure if I had a horse in that Cleveland/Washington series. I was a fan of LeBron and Gilbert. I feel like I would have been rooting for Washington because I'd have wanted an easier road for my Pistons, but I think I was cool with either opponent, just because I knew (or thought I knew) the Pistons were ridiculously awesome regardless of their opposition.

Regarding LeBron in that Washington series, spectacular statistics. It was a fun series. I say this a lot, but I miss Cleveland LeBron. It was a lot more fun to watch him carry teams than watching him support stacked overdogs.

[pauk]

He shot 48% against the Magic, not 55%.

yea just checked.. it was 49% actually... but yea

along with:

39 PPG
8 RPG
8 APG

yep thats correct.... 39-8-8.... it happened... its no numbers from my current match on NBA 2K12 :D

[Lebron23]

It was a great season for Lebron who finished 2nd in MVP voting to Steve Nash. I think he should have won the MVP Award during that season because the Cavs won 50 games while the Suns won 54 games.

Great duel between Prime Arenas and Lebron. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsCA9lZNlpY

He also did pretty well against the Pistons in the playoffs.

[riseagainst]

An epic post season that ended up in a championship :applause:

Wait.. you say LeBron wasn't in the Finals? What about the ECF? No? Surely he went to the ECSF then.. What? He only beat the almighty 42-40 Wizards? And he had a traveled gamewinner against them too? :eek:

:(

dam... miss this guy.

:lol

[Lebron23]

And the Cavs beat a team with 3 nba all stars.

[LAmbruh]

masterpiece :bowdown:

[3ball]

.
stats at 22-23 years old against championship team and #1 defense:


jordan vs 86' Celts.... 44 on 50%
lebron vs 07' Spurs... 22 on 36%


and Magic was fmvp at 20 years old, yet OP is bragging about stats against the 40-win wizards... :facepalm:.. typical overrating of the fake goat

[Lebron23]

14 years later still one of the best playoffs debut.

[SamuraiSWISH]

.
stats at 22-23 years old against championship team and #1 defense:


jordan vs 86' Celts.... 44 on 50%
lebron vs 07' Spurs... 22 on 36%


and Magic was fmvp at 20 years old, yet OP is bragging about stats against the 40-win wizards... :facepalm:.. typical overrating of the fake goat
:applause:


The guy traveled almost on every play that series
Lol yup.


waiting for him patiently in the current 2011-12 Finals.......... and after that.. many many many more... :cheers:
Fluke 2 is “many, many, many more”??? :oldlol:

[Lebron23]

Still the greatest playoffs debut of all time.

[HoopsNY]

A remarkable entrance into the playoffs for a top 5-10 player of all time. I watched that series and you could tell that LBJ would be doing great things for the rest of his career.

On a side note, why do these posts have to turn into tear down posts? Regardless of what happened in the series, the traveling, etc, it doesn't take away from the fact that at such a young age, LeBron put on a memorable performance that will remain in the history books for all time.

How many players can say they did what he did at that age?

[BigShotBob]

Didn't he whine about being played "too tough" in the series?

Soft.

[Rico2016]

Wait, are you telling me at the age of 21, in LeBron James' first EVER playoff appearance he averaged more ppg for a playoff series than Kobe ever did for his entire career?

LeBron passed up Kobe's playoff career high ppg in his first ever single post season appearance.

[BigShotBob]

Wait, are you telling me at the age of 21, in LeBron James' first EVER playoff appearance he averaged more ppg for a playoff series than Kobe ever did for his entire career?

LeBron passed up Kobe's playoff career high ppg in his first ever single post season appearance.

Kobe would have done the same against the same weak team

[light]

One of the Greatest Postseason and the Greatest Postseason Debut of Anyplayer in the HISTORY OF THIS LEAGUE.

http://ph.cdn.photos.upi.com/collection/upi/5974e052a64244eebdc0057ab9a4659e/FIRST-ROUND-NBA-PLAYOFF-CLEVELAND-CAVALIERS-VS-WASHINGTON-WIZARDS_1.jpg

Game 1: 32Pts 11Ast 11Rebs 44fg% Cavs win
http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=260422005
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEIqqMyJBSw

Game 2: 26Pts 2Ast 9Rebs 28FG% Cavs lose
http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=260425005

Game 3 41Pts 3Ast 5Rebs 57FG% Cavs win
http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=260428027
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsCA9lZNlpY&feature=related

Game 4: 38Pts 5Ast 6Rebs 56FG% Cavs Lose
http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=260430027

Game 5: 45Pts 6Ast 7rebs 61FG% Cavs win
http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=260503005


Game 6:32Pts 7Ast 7Rebs 60FG% Cavs win
http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=260505027

Lebron James at the age of 21 averaged 35.7PPG 7.5RPG 5.7APG 0.510FG% vs the Washington Wizards.


http://thestartingfive.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/james_060428_1_800x600.jpg

You forgot some important facts.

LeBron also hit two game winners in that series.

That was his first playoff series!

Started his playoff career with a 30 point triple double. Lol. And two playoff game winners. :oldlol:

GOAT.

[BigShotBob]

You forgot some important facts.

LeBron also hit two game winners in that series.

That was his first playoff series!

Started his playoff career with a 30 point triple double. Lol. And two playoff game winners. :oldlol:

GOAT.

Anyone in the top 20 would have done the same against that same terrible team and rule changes.

[AlternativeAcc.]

Anyone in the top 20 would have done the same against that same terrible team and rule changes.

Nobody in history could do what he did at 21

That's why LeBrons the GOAT by far

36/8/6 playoff debut

[BigShotBob]

Nobody in history could do what he did at 21

That's why LeBrons the GOAT by far

36/8/6 playoff debut

Stop.

Wilt, Kobe, Shaq, MJ, Hakeem, Kareem, Magic, Bird, Zeke, Dirk, KG, and etc could have all done it against the "great" Gilbert Arenas Wizards. End of story.

[ELITEpower23]

Nobody in history could do what he did at 21

That's why LeBrons the GOAT by far

36/8/6 playoff debut

Higher playoff ppg debut than Kobe's entire career :lol


G.O.A.T.

[ELITEpower23]

Wait, are you telling me at the age of 21, in LeBron James' first EVER playoff appearance he averaged more ppg for a playoff series than Kobe ever did for his entire career?

LeBron passed up Kobe's playoff career high ppg in his first ever single post season appearance.

Welfare Fan? Thoughts?

[AlternativeAcc.]

Stop.

Wilt, Kobe, Shaq, MJ, Hakeem, Kareem, Magic, Bird, Zeke, Dirk, KG, and etc could have all done it against the "great" Gilbert Arenas Wizards. End of story.

Many of the guys you mentioned NEVER had a 36ppg series, let alone as a 21 year old in his playoff debut..

Gilbert Arenas at the time was considered a top 5 player in the league

Keep crying

[ELITEpower23]

Many of the guys you mentioned NEVER had a 36ppg series, let alone as a 21 year old in his playoff debut..

Gilbert Arenas at the time was considered a top 5 player in the league

Keep crying

We win again

[AlternativeAcc.]

We win again

Never taken an L

Never will

We have facts on our side, its easy defending the GOAT :cheers:

[BigShotBob]

Many of the guys you mentioned NEVER had a 36ppg series, let alone as a 21 year old in his playoff debut..

Gilbert Arenas at the time was considered a top 5 player in the league

Keep crying

They would if they went against Gilbert Arenas's "legendary" team.

No, he wasn't. Stop it.

Keep melting down baby gurl

[ELITEpower23]

Never taken an L

Never will

We have facts on our side, its easy defending the GOAT :cheers:

It really is that easy. I think that's the main reason why Kobe and Jordan fans feel so insecure. LeBron passed them up in every stat imaginable. Its too easy these days.

6911 is an easy bomb drop. They bring up fake reasons as to why LeBron has more points (when this was supposed to be the category where Kobe/MJ excelled) but even in the one category where they were supposed to do more...they didnt. Less game winners too. Just too easy these days.

[AlternativeAcc.]

They would if they went against Gilbert Arenas's "legendary" team.

No, he wasn't. Stop it.

Keep melting down baby gurl

Shaq and Wade faced them the year prior, shaq scored 17ppg, less than half that of 21 year old LeBron

Nice try though

[AlternativeAcc.]

It really is that easy. I think that's the main reason why Kobe and Jordan fans feel so insecure. LeBron passed them up in every stat imaginable. Its too easy these days.

6911 is an easy bomb drop. They bring up fake reasons as to why LeBron has more points (when this was supposed to be the category where Kobe/MJ excelled) but even in the one category where they were supposed to do more...they didnt. Less game winners too. Just too easy these days.

:djparty:hammertime:

[ELITEpower23]

They would if they went against Gilbert Arenas's "legendary" team.

No, he wasn't. Stop it.

Keep melting down baby gurl

Are we talking defense teams? You're wrong again bucko. In 2006 Kobe faced the Suns (15th ranked defense) and in 2007 Suns (13th ranked) defense and he never averaged 36 on them.

It's also harder to face weaker teams when you don't get good seedings...couldn't get good seeding with Shaq. Make sense?

Kobe playoff seeds:

2005 = MISS
2006 = 7
2007 = 7
2008 = 1 (Gasol enters the chat) Amazing how that works?

[AlternativeAcc.]

Are we talking defense teams? You're wrong again bucko. In 2006 Kobe faced the Suns (15th ranked defense) and in 2007 Suns (13th ranked) defense and he never averaged 36 on them.

It's also harder to face weaker teams when you don't get good seedings...couldn't get good seeding with Shaq. Make sense?

Kobe playoff seeds:

2005 = MISS
2006 = 7
2007 = 7
2008 = 1 (Gasol enters the chat) Amazing how that works?
Jesus christ what an ether

[ELITEpower23]

Shaq and Wade faced them the year prior, shaq scored 17ppg, less than half that of 21 year old LeBron

Nice try though

Vs Arenas Wizards

21 year old LeBron = 36 ppg
23 year old Wade = 31 ppg
32 year old Shaq = 18 ppg

We stay WINNING

[BigShotBob]

Shaq and Wade faced them the year prior, shaq scored 17ppg, less than half that of 21 year old LeBron

Nice try though

Shaq wasn't in his prime.

Nice try.


Are we talking defense teams? You're wrong again bucko. In 2006 Kobe faced the Suns (15th ranked defense) and in 2007 Suns (13th ranked) defense and he never averaged 36 on them.

It's also harder to face weaker teams when you don't get good seedings...couldn't get good seeding with Shaq. Make sense?

Kobe playoff seeds:

2005 = MISS
2006 = 7
2007 = 7
2008 = 1 (Gasol enters the chat) Amazing how that works?

Funny because the Wizards that year defensively were even worse than the Suns. (Almost bottom 5 in both PTS allowed and Defensive rating).

Just stop it. The East was weak, and Lebron took advantage of an easy JV league.

That's why when he made the finals in '07, he not only got swept, but he played like dog shit. 22 points on 43% shooting.....

Sad.

[AlternativeAcc.]

Shaq wasn't in his prime.

Nice try.
Neither was LeBron

For reference, LeBron at 32 years old won the finals leading in every statistical category for both teams and beat a 73 win juggernaut

But Shaq, a top 5 great, wasn't even in his prime apparently

Lebron PEAKED at 32, and outplayed everybody on your list as a 21 year old puppy in his 1st series.

Jesus.

[ELITEpower23]

Vs Arenas Wizards

21 year old LeBron = 36 ppg
23 year old Wade = 31 ppg
32 year old Shaq = 18 ppg

We stay WINNING

Guys? :lol

[ELITEpower23]

Neither was LeBron

For reference, LeBron at 32 years old won the finals leading in every statistical category for both teams and beat a 73 win juggernaut

But Shaq, a top 5 great, wasn't even in his prime apparently

Lebron PEAKED at 32, and outplayed everybody on your list as a 21 year old puppy in his 1st series.

Jesus.

It's just too easy for the bois. Another day, another win.

[Lebron23]

The Birth of an nba legend.

[3ball]

:rolleyes:

[3ball]

Arenas won the 1st Round in 05' because his sidekick averaged 23/5/6 (Hughes)

So Lebron beat Arenas in 06' because he stole Arenas' sidekick

Hughes was a 22/5/5 first-team defender in 2005, and Lebron stole him from Arenas in 06', aka teamed up with his opponents best player

[Lebron23]

Arenas won the 1st Round in 05' because his sidekick averaged 23/5/6 (Hughes)

So Lebron beat Arenas in 06' because he stole Arenas' sidekick

Hughes was a 22/5/5 first-team defender in 2005, and Lebron stole him from Arenas in 06', aka teamed up with his opponents best player

Larry Hughes played with Jordan in 2003. And they missed the playoffs.

[FromDowntown]

Larry Hughes played with Jordan in 2003. And they missed the playoffs.

:roll: :roll:

[FromDowntown]

The Birth of an nba legend.

The beginning of the GOAT run. Amazing.

[Lebron23]

Still one of the greatest playoffs debut of all time.

[Lebron23]

Goat 21 years old.

[BlackMamba8]

https://media.giphy.com/media/xT0GqF2BkqmjgF31fy/giphy.gif

https://pasteboard.co/JVVQVp5.jpg

[Lebron23]

waiting for him patiently in the current 2011-12 Finals.......... and after that.. many many many more... :cheers:

Nice prediction Pauk

[3ba11]

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Lebron weakened his opponent by stealing their sidekick:

https://i.makeagif.com/media/10-15-2021/t3TEzx.gif

https://i.makeagif.com/media/10-15-2021/LIlDOj.gif


So Lebron had the East all-star center and his opponent's sidekick, along with the future COY and top defenses... aka HIGH SEEDS in a conference that 1-star teams were winning, while MJ had rookie low seeds in a conference that required a super-team to win.

Lebron didn't have to carry his worst teams/low seeds in the playoffs because he got 3 years to develop his team into a veteran, high seed before entering the 06' Playoffs.. Otoh, Jordan was thrown into the playoffs in year 1 as a low seed and forced to carry his worst teams in the playoffs as a rookie.

[ShawkFactory]

I wonder how many times you’ve been told that Hughes was injured in December in 05-06

[3ba11]

I wonder how many times you’ve been told that Hughes was injured in December in 05-06


What does that have to do with Lebron winning his first playoff series by stealing his opponent's sidekick?.. Hughes played all 6 games in the 2006 1st Round win over his former teammate Arenas

So Lebron had the East all-star center and his opponent's sidekick, along with the future COY and top defenses... aka HIGH SEEDS in a conference that 1-star teams were winning, while MJ had rookie low seeds in a conference that required a super-team to win.

Ultimately, Lebron didn't have to carry his worst teams/low seeds in the playoffs because he got 3 years to develop his team into a veteran, high seed before entering the 06' Playoffs.. Otoh, Jordan was thrown into the playoffs in year 1 as a low seed and forced to carry his worst teams in the playoffs as a rookie.

[ShawkFactory]

What does that have to do with Lebron winning his first playoff series by stealing his opponent's sidekick?.. Hughes played all 6 games in the 2006 1st Round win over his former teammate Arenas

So Lebron had the East all-star center and his opponent's sidekick, along with the future COY and top defenses... aka HIGH SEEDS in a conference that 1-star teams were winning, while MJ had rookie low seeds in a conference that required a super-team to win.

Ultimately, Lebron didn't have to carry his worst teams/low seeds in the playoffs because he got 3 years to develop his team into a veteran, high seed before entering the 06' Playoffs.. Otoh, Jordan was thrown into the playoffs in year 1 as a low seed and forced to carry his worst teams in the playoffs as a rookie.

He wasn’t healthy is what it means.

[Hey Yo]

Hughes played a combined 44mins in the 07 Finals and avg. 1-2-1

The same guy 3fag is praising as a great sidekick.

[ShawkFactory]

Hughes played a combined 44mins in the 07 Finals and avg. 1-2-1

The same guy 3fag is praising as a great sidekick.

Two more fun Hughes facts:

1. While it’s true that he went from 22 to 16 PPG upon joining the Cavs (of course with the aforementioned injury), he also went from 13 to 19 ppg the year after Jordan left.

2. He played in 3 games against the Pistons in the 2006 playoffs..the Cavs went 0-3 in those games. The 4 games without him? 3-1

[3ba11]

Two more fun Hughes facts:

1. While it’s true that he went from 22 to 16 PPG upon joining the Cavs (of course with the aforementioned injury), he also went from 13 to 19 ppg the year after Jordan left.

2. He played in 3 games against the Pistons in the 2006 playoffs..the Cavs went 0-3 in those games. The 4 games without him? 3-1


Hughes went from 3rd option with Jordan, to 2nd option alongside Arenas/Lebron... So he only cratered alongside Bron.. no surprise there... Hughes was peak pippen alongside Arenas but 89' Pippen alongside Bron.

Ultimately, scoring forwards or spotty-shooting ball-handlers crater alongside Lebron like Hughes, Ingram, Pippen, Derrick Rose, Wade, IT, Clarkson, Jamison, Bosh, Love, and more

[000]

Hughes went from 3rd option with Jordan, to 2nd option alongside Arenas/Lebron... So he only cratered alongside Bron.. no surprise there... Hughes was peak pippen alongside Arenas but 89' Pippen alongside Bron.

He averaged about the same FGA as Jamison

The Arenas Wizards had 3 scorers, just like Michael's Wizards, yet Arenas' sidekicks combined for 40+ while Jordan's combined for 35 - and that's with a talent such as Stackhouse, who as we established is somewhere around as good as Dominique or Iverson

[ELITEpower23]

I heard LeBron averaged a higher playoff series PPGz in his 1st ever series than Kobe did for any playoff series of his career.

Is this true?

:lebronamazed:

[ShawkFactory]

Hughes went from 3rd option with Jordan, to 2nd option alongside Arenas/Lebron... So he only cratered alongside Bron.. no surprise there... Hughes was peak pippen alongside Arenas but 89' Pippen alongside Bron.

Ultimately, scoring forwards or spotty-shooting ball-handlers crater alongside Lebron like Hughes, Ingram, Pippen, Derrick Rose, Wade, IT, Clarkson, Jamison, Bosh, Love, and more

So the option hierarchy DOES matter when discussing numbers? Or no?

Or is it one of those things where it matters when it works in your favor but doesn’t matter if it’s a detriment to your argument?

[ELITEpower23]

I heard LeBron averaged a higher playoff series PPGz in his 1st ever series than Kobe did for any playoff series of his career.

Is this true?

:lebronamazed:

3ball?

[TheCorporation]

I heard LeBron averaged a higher playoff series PPGz in his 1st ever series than Kobe did for any playoff series of his career.

Is this true?

:lebronamazed:

3ball is too embarrassed to admit defeat but yes, it's true. Ever since his 1st ever playoff series King James was a better playoff ppgz scorer than Kobe. Kobe followed in MJ's foot steps to his own detriment by being a regualr season baller that disappeared in crucial playoff moments.

[TheGoatest]

By far the best player and leader of a team that won a round in the playoffs at the age of 21. Just another highlight in a career that is truly the GOATest! :applause: :rockon: :banana:

[kawhileonard2]

What happened vs San Antonio and also vs Puerto Rico in the Olympics?

[Lebron23]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlP1gJX2q0Q


He and Gilbert Arenas had some epic playoffs duel


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpiMtLxh7NA