Who has had weaker competition in the first three rounds than LeGOAT?

[superduper]

Which first option player who went all the way to the finals has faced weaker competition in the first three rounds than LeGOAT?

Some Eastern juggernauts to consider:

-Reggie Jackson
-Jeff Teague
-Kyle Lowry
-Bradley Beal
-Roy Hibbert
-Antawn Jamison

How did our LeGawd get through these BEHEMOTHS every. single. year!?!?!

#LeGOAT

[Mr. Jabbar]

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

LeEast!!

[Uncle Drew]

That Hawks team was so good, the entire starting line-up was awarded player of the month. Jordan never had to.

[NBAGOAT]

magic is up there.

Hakeem and Moses are great but they had no help(and are the only 2 he lost too). Besides that it's like clyde, gervin, alex english, mark aguirre, and kevin johnson.

Lebron's star guys are weaker likely but he's technically faced kidd/carter, ben/chauncey, old kg/pierce/allen, paul george, dwight, melo etc.

[andgar923]

Which first option player who went all the way to the finals has faced weaker competition in the first three rounds than LeGOAT?

Some Eastern juggernauts to consider:

-Reggie Jackson
-Jeff Teague
-Kyle Lowry
-Bradley Beal
-Roy Hibbert
-Antawn Jamison

How did our LeGawd get through these BEHEMOTHS every. single. year!?!?!

#LeGOAT

Not PC picking on mentally challenged, mods!

[Mr. Jabbar]

How did this guy get to so many Finals?? :eek: :eek:

:facepalm

:roll: :roll: :roll:

[superduper]

How did this guy get to so many Finals?? :eek: :eek:

:facepalm

:roll:

8 IN A ROW!!

https://www.unilad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CapturewefeqF.jpg

[Mr. Jabbar]

8 IN A ROW!!

https://www.unilad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CapturewefeqF.jpg

:roll: :roll: :roll:

[Spurs m8]

And this is why - more often than not - he was demolished once he faced real competition in the Finals.

Not just beaten, but flat out embarrassed most times.

[superduper]

Kobe was facing defenders like prime Artest and prime Battier IN THE SAME SERIES and schooling them while they desperately try to tag eachother in the entire game.

Amazing.

[superduper]

Bran stans:

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[warriorfan]

:roll: :roll: :roll:

[TheImmortal]

:lol :lol :lol :lol

[Manny98]

Mods?

[jstern]

LeFreeTriptoTheFinals. It is what it is. Technically last year the Cavs should have lost, but injuries to the Celtics really hurt them.

[TheCorporation]

Even if you Jordan stans bring up the ECF, LeBron's final's competition is still better than anything Jordan ever faced. Ever. If anything, it's just making your argument even weaker.

Factual statement: At no point in Jordan's career did he ever beat a team tougher than any of LeBron's three Finals MVP wins.

Bodied

[jstern]

Even if you Jordan stans bring up the ECF, LeBron's final's competition is still better than anything Jordan ever faced. Ever. If anything, it's just making your argument even weaker.

Factual statement: At no point in Jordan's career did he ever beat a team tougher than any of LeBron's three Finals MVP wins.

Bodied

Nobody was ever saying that the teams Jordan faced in the Finals were any bad, that's just the new narrative bran stans try to push to discredit Jordan. If you go back to the 90s, you're never going to hear that Seattle or Utah were bad teams. They were all championship level teams.

The one thing you can say is that if you take the LebronEast teams back to the 90s, or to a similar strength East, then no stans would be comparing Lebron's Finals competition with Jordan, simply because he wouldn't be getting free trips to the Finals.

[dazzer87]

8 IN A ROW!!

https://www.unilad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CapturewefeqF.jpg
But out here in the West.............................:(
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[Celtics 1825]

Why are Bran stans avoiding this like the plague?

[PickernRoller]

8 IN A ROW!!

https://www.unilad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CapturewefeqF.jpg

:roll: :roll: :roll:

[egokiller]

Even if you Jordan stans bring up the ECF, LeBron's final's competition is still better than anything Jordan ever faced. Ever. If anything, it's just making your argument even weaker.

Factual statement: At no point in Jordan's career did he ever beat a team tougher than any of LeBron's three Finals MVP wins.

Bodied

So your argument is that Lebron faced stiffer competition in the finals even though his path to the finals was easier than anything MJ ever faced? You just negated all of LeBron's finals appearances relative to MJ since it was easier for him to get to the finals in the first place.

As a lestan your job is to say shit that doesn't make him look even worse than he is, not the opposite. :roll:

[superduper]

Why are Bran stans avoiding this like the plague?

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[egokiller]

Another day
Another win

:banana: :banana: :banana:

[PickernRoller]

We took down their King, who is reduced to farting threads and all that is left is a scattered bunch of nobodies...

Too easy ego...too easy!

[PickernRoller]

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[ImKobe]

Even if you Jordan stans bring up the ECF, LeBron's final's competition is still better than anything Jordan ever faced. Ever. If anything, it's just making your argument even weaker.

Factual statement: At no point in Jordan's career did he ever beat a team tougher than any of LeBron's three Finals MVP wins.

Bodied

Jordan faced a 60+ win team four times in the Finals and faced 60-win Knicks teams in the EC Playoffs

2013 Spurs with ancient Manu, Duncan and an injured Parker is tougher than Barkley's Suns? OKC with their 4 best players being 22-23 is tougher than beating Magic or Malone & Stockton? :facepalm

[superduper]

Jordan faced a 60+ win team four times in the Finals and faced 60-win Knicks teams in the EC Playoffs

2013 Spurs with ancient Manu, Duncan and an injured Parker is tougher than Barkley's Suns? OKC with their 4 best players being 22-23 is tougher than beating Magic or Malone & Stockton? :facepalm

These kids are legit stupid af

[PickernRoller]

They don't go anywhere near Kobe in this regard either... :oldlol: :oldlol:

[superduper]

They don't go anywhere near Kobe in this regard either... :oldlol: :oldlol:

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[bigkingsfan]

That Hawks team was so good, the entire starting line-up was awarded player of the month. Jordan never had to.
This, four all stars, 60 win team. Dynasty in the making. Legoat swept them, while 12be got swept with four all stars.

[ImKobe]

They don't go anywhere near Kobe in this regard either... :oldlol: :oldlol:

Kobe had to beat the Spurs' dynasty FOUR times just to make the Finals.

[superduper]

Kobe had to beat the Spurs' dynasty FOUR times just to make the Finals.

In their absolute PRIMES too. Not old men shells of their former selves still dad dicking LeGOAT

[superduper]

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[NBAGOAT]

In their absolute PRIMES too. Not old men shells of their former selves still dad dicking LeGOAT

lol so does kawhi and supporting cast suddenly not matter. The 04 Spurs had a 7.51SRS and 57 wins, the 13 Spurs had a 6.67 SRS and 58 wins so comparable teams for their seasons.

If you wanna argue the 04 version is way better, you have to argue the league was way weaker in 2013. I doubt you really believe that.

[PickernRoller]

Kobe has what? Like 25 wins over 50 win teams? :oldlol: :oldlol:

[egokiller]

Kobe has what? Like 25 wins over 50 win teams? :oldlol: :oldlol:

In roughly the same # of seasons:

Kobe 24
MJ 20
Lebron 13, but 2 of them don't count because of shortened seasons.

[PickernRoller]

Not surprised to see Kobe and MJ around the same ballpark. MJ's East was nothing like the joke East of Lebron's years...

[ImKobe]

lol so does kawhi and supporting cast suddenly not matter. The 04 Spurs had a 7.51SRS and 57 wins, the 13 Spurs had a 6.67 SRS and 58 wins so comparable teams for their seasons.

If you wanna argue the 04 version is way better, you have to argue the league was way weaker in 2013. I doubt you really believe that.

A team like Denver could win 57 games while being led by Ty Lawson and past-prime Iggy :biggums: that team had zero all-stars btw :lol

04 Spurs had the best DRTG of the modern era and only other comparable teams are the 99 Spurs and 04 Pistons. Spurs had by far the highest SRS in the league as well due to their defense.

[superduper]

Where.

Dey.

At.

[NBAGOAT]

A team like Denver could win 57 games while being led by Ty Lawson and past-prime Iggy :biggums: that team had zero all-stars btw :lol

04 Spurs had the best DRTG of the modern era and only other comparable teams are the 99 Spurs and 04 Pistons. Spurs had by far the highest SRS in the league as well due to their defense.

Den had so many good players so it wasn

[superduper]

Bump

[TheCorporation]

Oh, so Jordan STILL faced weaker competition than LeBron and none of MJ's opponents were tougher than any of the three Finals teams LeBron beat? Got it...

Thanks for nothing :roll: :applause:

[superduper]

:dancin

[aj1987]

LeFreeTriptoTheFinals. It is what it is. Technically last year the Cavs should have lost, but injuries to the Celtics really hurt them.
Technically, Jordan should've been a statpadding 1-9 bum, but Pippen saved his career.

[superduper]

Technically, Jordan should've been a statpadding 1-9 bum, but Pippen saved his career.

And Pippen would've PEAKED as a forever 2nd round exit maestro as a first option instead of being a 6 time champion under the GOAT.

[aj1987]

And Pippen would've PEAKED as a forever 2nd round exit maestro as a first option instead of being a 6 time champion under the GOAT.
At least Pippen gets to the 2nd round unlike 1-9. :oldlol: