Worst Finals Performances by Top 15 Players

[warriorfan]

My nominations

2011 LeBron James

2007 LeBron James

[ShawkFactory]

Kobe 2004

[feyki]

Top 15 and Lebron ??

[BlazerRed]

My nominations

2011 LeBron James

2007 LeBron James
Good start :applause:

[riseagainst]

My nominations

2011 LeBron James

2007 LeBron James


Lebron's not top 15 though.....

[Velocirap31]

An anti-Lebron thread from a kobetard. This is a rare treat.

[G0ATbe]

Lebron's not top 15 though.....
This:confusedshrug:

[BlazerRed]

Lebron's not top 15 though.....
I really dislike Lebaldo, but he's definitely top 15. Top 10 is a different discussion though.

[lilteapot]

I really dislike Lebaldo, but he's definitely top 15. Top 10 is a different discussion though.
You cant name 14 players better than him in history

Kobe
Bird
Shaq
Duncan
MJ
Magic
Kareem
Wilt

after that you really start struggling

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Klay 2015
edit: thought this meant top 15 players for that season not alltime

[stalkerforlife]

Bran isn't top 15 to me.

[BlazerRed]

You cant name 14 players better than him in history

Kobe
Bird
Shaq
Duncan
MJ
Magic
Kareem
Wilt

after that you really start struggling

Yeah. I have Bron somewhere around 9 or so as well. Too many choke jobs to get any higher unless he goes on a tear and carries the Cavs to a three-peat.

[Mr. Jabbar]

bro, bran hasnt cracked my top 25 but i get your point :cheers:

[Lebron23]

12thbe Bryant in 2000, 2004, and 2008

[Stringer Bell]

Kobe in 2004 and LeBron in 2011 were the first to come to mind.

Although James's numbers were worse in 2007, LeBron had a much easier assignment in 2011. The Spurs were going to win in 2007 even if LeBron played great. In 2011, it was a very winnable series. LeBron underperformed throughout the series, did basically nothing in the fourth quarters, and STILL the games were very winnable in games 2, 4, and 5 going into the last minute. They were all up for grabs, or in game 2, Miami blew a big lead.

[Bankaii]

2000 and 2004 Finals from 12Be are both worse than anything Lebron has done.

[Kiddlovesnets]

I think Kobe's performance in 2004 was far worse than Lebron in 2007. Kobe had Shaq as a teammate who was dominant in that series, and the Lakers were supposed to be a better team than Pistons on paper. Kobe just, played surprisingly bad and even refused to feed Shaq the ball. Lebron in 2011 is enough bad, but in 2007 hes about okay, similar to Kobe in 2010 Id say. Poor shooting, but still the team's best player.

[SouBeachTalents]

Other Finals they played poorly or underperformed

Wilt in '69
Magic in '84
Bird in '81
Shaq in '06

[NBAGOAT]

unfair to count these kind of but kareem in 88 or 89.

[CAstill]

I think Kobe's performance in 2004 was far worse than Lebron in 2007. Kobe had Shaq as a teammate who was dominant in that series, and the Lakers were supposed to be a better team than Pistons on paper. Kobe just, played surprisingly bad and even refused to feed Shaq the ball. Lebron in 2011 is enough bad, but in 2007 hes about okay, similar to Kobe in 2010 Id say. Poor shooting, but still the team's best player.

Horrible assessment and just dumb opinion. The Pistons plan was to let Shaq do what he wants and only single cover him. They wanted to see if he could arise to the situation and make his team better and he couldn't, they proved him to be one dimensional. In fact the only game the Lakers won was when Kobe went off lol. Smart teams do this strategy all the time. Wade and bron bring the biggest examples. You let them go off and let the rest of the team beat you. The only players you couldn't do that with was Kobe, Jordan and bird because they were so prolific in scoring that they could actually beat you by themselves.

[Kiddlovesnets]

Horrible assessment and just dumb opinion. The Pistons plan was to let Shaq do what he wants and only single cover him. They wanted to see if he could arise to the situation and make his team better and he couldn't, they proved him to be one dimensional. In fact the only game the Lakers won was when Kobe went off lol. Smart teams do this strategy all the time. Wade and bron bring the biggest examples. You let them go off and let the rest of the team beat you. The only players you couldn't do that with was Kobe, Jordan and bird because they were so prolific in scoring that they could actually beat you by themselves.

lol I cant believe anyone trying to defend against Kobe's atrocious performance in 2004 NBA finals, are you this stupid or just blind?
:roll:

[Lebron23]

lol I cant believe anyone trying to defend against Kobe's atrocious performance in 2004 NBA finals, are you this stupid or just blind?
:roll:


This

Kobe's unselfishness was the no.1 reason why the Lakers lost in the 2004 NBA Finals.

He wanted to win his first Finals MVP.

[tpols]

I think Kobe's performance in 2004 was far worse than Lebron in 2007. Kobe had Shaq as a teammate who was dominant in that series, and the Lakers were supposed to be a better team than Pistons on paper. Kobe just, played surprisingly bad and even refused to feed Shaq the ball. Lebron in 2011 is enough bad, but in 2007 hes about okay, similar to Kobe in 2010 Id say. Poor shooting, but still the team's best player.

Kobe shot 53 TS in 2010 Finals.. Bron shot 43 TS in his 2007.

:facepalm

[Disaprine]

My nominations

2011 LeBron James

2007 LeBron James
nothing in nba history will beat these. :applause: