Top 20 SRS teams: Who faced the stiffest competition?

[FromDowntown]

Regarding top 20 SRS teams, LeBron James is the only to beat a top 10 SRS team in the Finals (2016 Warriors) and he has also faced the highest # of top SRS teams in NBA history.

Top 20 SRS Teams LBJ faced: (4)
2017 GSW (#3)
2016 GSW (#8)
2015 GSW (#11)
2008 BOS (#12)

Top 20 SRS Teams MJ faced: (0)
None

[FireDavidKahn]

Damn.

LeBron going against full grown grizzly bears and MJ playing against 1 month old chihuahua's

[Turbo Slayer]

Damn.

LeBron going against full grown grizzly bears and MJ playing against 1 month old chihuahua's Michael Jordan played against Penny, Shaq, Kemp, Mutombo, Ewing, Miller, Drexler, Stockton, Barkley, Robinson, Malone, Magic, and Bird.....

So your point is irrelevant....

[3ball]

Lebron started a super-team era where the league had 2 dominant teams and 28 sub-par teams

So your stats mean nothing

Otoh, it's well-known that MJ played at a time when league parity was at a peak - many teams had 2 stars, and comparable casts..

but in recent years, it's been 2 super-teams with Big 3's (Heat/Spurs or Cavs/Warriors), and then 28 mostly 1-star teams - the worst parity ever, thanks to "the decision"

[LeCroix]

Lebron started a super-team era where the league had 2 dominant teams and 28 sub-par teams

So your stats mean nothing

Otoh, it's well-known that MJ played at a time when league parity was at a peak - many teams had 2 stars, and comparable casts..

but in recent years, it's been 2 super-teams with Big 3's (Heat/Spurs or Cavs/Warriors), and then 28 mostly 1-star teams - the worst parity ever, thanks to "the decision"

**3ball enters the chat **

[warriorfan]

Lebron started a super-team era where the league had 2 dominant teams and 28 sub-par teams

So your stats mean nothing

Otoh, it's well-known that MJ played at a time when league parity was at a peak - many teams had 2 stars, and comparable casts.. but in recent years, it's been 2 super-teams with Big 3's (Heat/Spurs or Cavs/Warriors) and then 28 mostly 1-stat teams - the worst parity ever, thanks to "the decision"

Yes, KD’s move was made in direct retaliation to LeBron’s multiple collusions with his conference’s best players...In 2011 LeBron joined with the #2 PER in the league and former FMVP D Wade and up coming superstar #4 PER in the league Chris Bosh. He normalized these types of moves and then subsequently had to deal with the aftermath. He unknowingly dug his own grave while trying to find the easy way out.

[tpols]

this is too hilarious lebron stans talking "stiffest" competition... :lol

the man played in the worst conference in basketball of all time for 95% of his games regular season and playoffs.

[3ball]

Yes, KD’s move was made in direct retaliation to LeBron’s multiple collusions with his conference’s best players...In 2011 LeBron joined with the #2 PER in the league and former FMVP D Wade and up coming superstar #4 PER in the league Chris Bosh. He normalized these types of moves and then subsequently had to deal with the aftermath. He unknowingly dug his own grave while trying to find the easy way out.
Exactly

His "decision" started a super-team trend where the league had 2 teams with Big 3's (Cavs/Warriors or Heat/Spurs) and 28 sub-par teams (mostly 1-star teams)

The top heavy league explains the higher net rating of the top teams

Otoh, MJ's era was a 2-star team league - many teams had 2 stars and comparable casts, so lower net rating

The reality is that lebron had his OWN super-teams to face his comp, but his ball-domnation simply couldn't elevate his super-team to the same level as the opponent's ball movement