Lets name every NBA player that can take any team in the league to the playoffs

[Mask the Embiid]

Add any of these players to any team in the league right now and they will instantly make them a playoff team

LeBron James
James Harden
Russell Westbrook

Luka (posslbly)
Giannis (possibly)
Embiid (Not sure if he could make memphis a playoff team)
...thinking


yup thats the list....3 players

[superduper]

Playoff mode activated...
-LeGOAT James 2019.

[Manny98]

Dinwiddle

[3ball]

Lebron missed the playoffs 3 times with lottery teams (teams that were lottery the prior year)

so he can't carry lottery casts to low seeds like MJ or Kobe did, and therefore never faced the 8 vs 1 seed matchups that they did - Lebron only made the playoffs with good teams/high seeds and therefore easy 1st round matchups, thus inflating his early record compared to MJ and Kobe

[Smoke117]

Add any of these players to any team in the league right now and they will instantly make them a playoff team

LeBron James
James Harden
Russell Westbrook

Luka (posslbly)
Giannis (possibly)
Embiid (Not sure if he could make memphis a playoff team)
...thinking


yup thats the list....3 players

:roll: :roll: Current Westbrick is much worse than he was in 2017. He's not even close to being able to take any team to the playoffs.

[3ball]

Lebron missed the playoffs 3 times with lottery teams (teams that were lottery the prior year)

so he can't carry lottery casts to low seeds like MJ or Kobe did, and therefore never faced the 8 vs 1 seed matchups that they did - Lebron only made the playoffs with good teams/high seeds and therefore easy 1st round matchups, thus inflating his early record compared to MJ and Kobe


Anyone?

[brooks_thompson]

I would say it's only Harden and James. LBJ may not have done it last year due to injury, but his rebound this year is plenty to convince me he still can when healthy.

[3ball]

I would say it's only Harden and James. LBJ may not have done it last year due to injury, but his rebound this year is plenty to convince me he still can when healthy.
Lakers were 20-14 before he got hurt, which is 48-34 pace and same as the 8-seeded clippers, except the lakers lose the tie-breaker

so even under the best-case scenario, the lakers miss the playoffs last year - you don't hear that in the press because they're liars and fake news all day long - low character agenda pushers

as it played out, Lebron was only 28-27 when healthy, despite promising to make the playoffs (activated "playoff mode") - 28-27 is a joke and nowhere near playoffs... the Lakers had the easiest early season schedule, so the 20-14 mark was inflated

ultimately, Lebron destroyed Ingram, so the 19' Lakers never had a chance to reach their potential.. Ingram joins a long list of players that Lebron's style destroyed, including Love, Bosh, Jamison, Hughes, Rose, Hood, Crowder, and more

[brooks_thompson]

Lakers were 20-14 before he got hurt, which is 48-34 pace and same as the 8-seeded clippers, except the lakers lose the tie-breaker

so even under the best-case scenario, the lakers miss the playoffs last year - you don't hear that in the press because they're liars and fake news all day long - low character agenda pushers

as it played out, Lebron was only 28-27 when healthy, despite promising to make the playoffs (activated "playoff mode") - 28-27 is a joke and nowhere near playoffs... the Lakers had the easiest early season schedule, so the 20-14 mark was inflated

ultimately, Lebron destroyed Ingram, so the 19' Lakers never had a chance to reach their potential.. Ingram joins a long list of players that Lebron's style destroyed, including Love, Bosh, Jamison, Hughes, Rose, Hood, Crowder, and more

Ok, you've convinced me. I was just trying to be fair-minded. But there it is. It's only Harden.

[bullettooth]

The **** is this dumbass thread and list? Where the hell is Kawhi? That guy not only gets you a playoff spot but also a championship.

[LAmbruh]

The **** is this dumbass thread and list? Where the hell is Kawhi? That guy not only gets you a playoff spot but also a championship.
Yikes


Someone missed 2015, 16, 17, 18


Spurs/Raptors clinch playoffs without Kawhit

[Mask the Embiid]

The **** is this dumbass thread and list? Where the hell is Kawhi? That guy not only gets you a playoff spot but also a championship.
Sorry this list is for full time nba players only....no part timers



That part-time shit wouldnt help the knicks,bulls, grizzlies, and i could keep going

[MaxPlayer]

Ingram joins a long list of players that Lebron's style destroyed, including Love, Bosh, Jamison, Hughes, Rose, Hood, Crowder, and more

Unintentionally hilarious list given that Lebron carried every one of those guys to far greater playoff success than they ever enjoyed without him.

[AirBonner]

Lebron missed the playoffs 3 times with lottery teams (teams that were lottery the prior year)

so he can't carry lottery casts to low seeds like MJ or Kobe did, and therefore never faced the 8 vs 1 seed matchups that they did - Lebron only made the playoffs with good teams/high seeds and therefore easy 1st round matchups, thus inflating his early record compared to MJ and Kobe
Why did the cavs miss the playoffs before LeTripod returned and missed them when he left?

[AussieSteve]

Anyone?

18 years old
19 years old
Injured

But you know this

[bison]

JJ Reddick

[3ball]

Why did the cavs miss the playoffs before LeTripod returned and missed them when he left?
In 2011, the Cavs lost Mo Williams, Varejao, Shaq, Delonte and Zydrunas, which totaled 50 ppg - that's a greater loss than losing Lebron's 30 ppg

Essentially, the 11' Cavs lost half their team, not just Lebron.

In 2019, they missed the playoffs because Love was hurt, and the small-market franchise was in decline after 2 box office draws left in consecutive years (Kyrie, then Lebron)

Finally, the 2015 Heat missed the playoffs by a half game due to Wade/Bosh missing 40 games*

^^^ so that explains all the drop-offs after Lebron left... :applause: :rockon:


And btw - people forget that the 15' Cavs consisted of the league's 2nd best PF (2nd team Love), the 14' all-star MVP (kyrie), and Lebron - they were infact the pre-season and pre-playoffs favorites to win it all...

So they were actually favored over the Warriors, but obviously sustained injuries that year - but their favorite status when the super-team was first assembled proves that they shouldn't have been underdogs in 2016.. they were only underdogs because they underachieved in the regular season with 50-something wins, instead of flirting with 70 wins like Curry and Kawhi… so the 16' Finals wasn't an upset - they had equal or greater on-paper talent then the Warriors, and were favored when the super-team was originally assembled.

* the 14' Heat were actually the equivalent of a western conference 1st round team, as their Finals blowout loss demonstrated very clearly.. So they fell from 1st round to lottery in 2015 due to Wade/Bosh injuries.

[imdaman99]

:roll: :roll: Current Westbrick is much worse than he was in 2017. He's not even close to being able to take any team to the playoffs.
Hate to agree with you because you're an a-hole but you're gotdamn right :roll:

[Im so nba'd out]

Add any of these players to any team in the league right now and they will instantly make them a playoff team

LeBron James
James Harden
Russell Westbrook

Luka (posslbly)
Giannis (possibly)
Embiid (Not sure if he could make memphis a playoff team)
...thinking


yup thats the list....3 players

high iq post (this list is not counting injured players)

Everyone else wrote off westbrook cept a couple high iq posters

[Im so nba'd out]

:roll: :roll: Current Westbrick is much worse than he was in 2017. He's not even close to being able to take any team to the playoffs.

Example of a low iq poster

[Celtics 1825]

Add any of these players to any team in the league right now and they will instantly make them a playoff team

LeBron James
James Harden
Russell Westbrook

Luka (posslbly)
Giannis (possibly)
Embiid (Not sure if he could make memphis a playoff team)
...thinking


yup thats the list....3 players
Meanwhile they're already playoff bound without EmShrink :roll:

[Mask the Embiid]

20+ games left...i wouldnt count them in the playoffs so soon

Jae Crowder meant more to that team than a lot of people thought

[LoneyROY7]

:roll: :roll: Current Westbrick is much worse than he was in 2017. He's not even close to being able to take any team to the playoffs.

Smoke still dropping them GARBAGE takes.

:roll: