Who was the best player lebron beat in the finals?

[Bronbron23]

1. A 23 year old insecure kid who's not a leader?

2. A 6'2 unathletic finals under performer that cant defend?

3. Or 36 year old old man river walk that was a shell himself?

Ill go with kd. He was young, inexperienced and not a great leader but he could score with the best of them.

[3ball]

1. A 23 year old insecure kid who's not a leader?

2. A 6'2 unathletic finals under performer that cant defend?

3. Or 36 year old old man river walk that was a shell himself?

Ill go with kd. He was young, inexperienced and not a great leader but he could score with the best of them.

KD for sure.. blame the 12' loss on harden, who played like young Pippen

[Doranku]

The obvious answer is the unanimous MVP who won 73 games.

2016 Steph >>> 2012 KD

[Bankaii]

Kevin Durant is better than any player MJ beat in the Finals, insecure or not.
2016 Curry is better than any player MJ has faced in the Finals.
The Spurs as a TEAM (individual players are not the end all) are better than MJ faced in the playoffs.

MJ has the goat career but his Finals opponents are ass. Get over it.

[Doranku]

Kevin Durant is better than any player MJ beat in the Finals, insecure or not.
2016 Curry is better than any player MJ has faced in the Finals.
The Spurs as a TEAM (individual players are not the end all) are better than MJ faced in the playoffs.

MJ has the goat career but his Finals opponents are ass. Get over it.
Peak Barkley is on the same level as KD and Steph.

[Manny98]

1. The greatest scorer the league has ever seen in his athletic prime

2. The first unanimous MVP and the greatest shooter the league has ever seen

3. The greatest power forward in NBA history that just came off arguably the best defensive season of his career

Ill go with kd. He was young, inexperienced and not a great leader but he could score with the best of them.

Tough choice but I'd probably go with KD

[3ball]

Kevin Durant is better than any player MJ beat in the Finals, insecure or not.
2016 Curry is better than any player MJ has faced in the Finals.
The Spurs as a TEAM (individual players are not the end all) are better than MJ faced in the playoffs.

MJ has the goat career but his Finals opponents are ass. Get over it.

Since when does KD rank higher than Magic?

And Utah would beat the Duncan/Pop.. oh wait, they already did and easily

[Ronin45]

JJ Barea?

Wait ...

[OrlandoMagicGuy]

Westbrick costed KD a title in 2012,4-20 in game 6.His former teammates either got better or gained success getting away from him.Chuckbrook is a low iq PG that has a broken jumpshot,lays a ton of bricks,stat padded for triple-doubles.He should have been moved to SG a long time ago.

[Bronbron23]

The obvious answer is the unanimous MVP who won 73 games.

2016 Steph >>> 2012 KD

I disagree. If were talking 95% of the season then yeah but this is specifically talking finals. Stephs game dosnt translate to the tougher more physical finals as well as kd's does or did

[Bronbron23]

Kevin Durant is better than any player MJ beat in the Finals, insecure or not.
2016 Curry is better than any player MJ has faced in the Finals.
The Spurs as a TEAM (individual players are not the end all) are better than MJ faced in the playoffs.

MJ has the goat career but his Finals opponents are ass. Get over it.

hell no. 93 barkley is better than young kd and any version of a finals steph. Regular season steph is different.

[Bankaii]

Since when does KD rank higher than Magic?

And Utah would beat the Duncan/Pop.. oh wait, they already did and easily
I said nothing about all time rankings. I said KD is a better individual player than Magic, especially the AIDS contaminated version MJ faced.

Are you really comparing the 2014 Spurs to the version with rookie Duncan and a completely different cast? Jesus you’re a moron.

[Bankaii]

hell no. 93 barkley is better than young kd and any version of a finals steph. Regular season steph is different.
As I’ve said before, your gimmick is really lame.

[Bronbron23]

Westbrick costed KD a title in 2012,4-20 in game 6.His former teammates either got better or gained success getting away from him.Chuckbrook is a low iq PG that has a broken jumpshot,lays a ton of bricks,stat padded for triple-doubles.He should have been moved to SG a long time ago.

i agree actually. I love westbrooks heart but hes a flicking idiot. That said i think if kd had more of leader and alpha personality i think he could dealt with westbrook in a better way. That was the main problem. Kd was the best player but westbrook was the alpha.

[SouBeachTalents]

I get it, the Thunder were very young for being a title contender, but they've become ridiculously underrated, They swept the defending champion Mavs, beat Kobe & the Lakers in 5, then beat a Spurs team that was on a 20 game winning streak in the WCF, beating them 4 games in a row. Those players were obviously not the MVP level players they'd become down the road, and clearly their inexperience hurt them at certain points, but that team was legit. You don't knock off 3 teams in a row like that, and even in a 5 game loss, play the LeBron & the Heat neck and neck through the majority of the Finals. If not for the Harden trade that would've probably been the stepping stone to multiple championships

[OrlandoMagicGuy]

The obvious answer is the unanimous MVP who won 73 games.

2016 Steph >>> 2012 KD
Steph's level of play decreases in the playoffs/finals and he's a liability on defense

Peak Barkley is on the same level as KD and Steph.
76ers/Suns Barkley would destroy the NBA today - he'd be a 35/15/6 guy

[Bankaii]

I get it, the Thunder were very young for being a title contender, but they've become ridiculously underrated, They swept the defending champion Mavs, beat Kobe & the Lakers in 5, then beat a Spurs team that was on a 20 game winning streak in the WCF, beating them 4 games in a row. Those players were obviously not the MVP level players they'd become down the road, and clearly their inexperience hurt them at certain points, but that team was legit. You don't knock off 3 teams in a row like that, and even in a 5 game loss, play the LeBron & the Heat neck and neck through the majority of the Finals. If not for the Harden trade that would've probably been the stepping stone to multiple championships
The funny thing is that the same people that call them babies eviscerate lebron for losing at an even younger age with a much worst team.

[Vino24]

Bron best Duncan which many people have higher on goat list than Hakeem (who MJ ducked)

[Roundball_Rock]

Duncan all-time wise, Durant the best head-to-head match up.

[Goldrush25]

Beat a team with 3 guys that would win league MVP. Don't know if that's been done before Lebron or if it will ever be done again.

[warriorfan]

Kevin Durant is better than any player MJ beat in the Finals, insecure or not.
2016 Curry is better than any player MJ has faced in the Finals.
The Spurs as a TEAM (individual players are not the end all) are better than MJ faced in the playoffs.

MJ has the goat career but his Finals opponents are ass. Get over it.

The version of Steph Curry that LeBron faced in 2016 was injured Steph Curry. He was not anywhere near the level he was playing before the MCL injuries.

[MrFonzworth]

The version of Steph Curry that LeBron faced in 2016 was injured Steph Curry. He was not anywhere near the level he was playing before the MCL injuries.

Proof?

[Goldrush25]

The version of Steph Curry that LeBron faced in 2016 was injured Steph Curry. He was not anywhere near the level he was playing before the MCL injuries.

MJ beat an past-his-prime Magic Johnson that had HIV. Is that better?

[warriorfan]

Proof?

Watch the first games of the Houston series before Curry tore his MCL. Then watch any game of the finals. He went from being able to put anyone in the league on skates to not being able to shake Kevin Love or Steven Adams off the dribble. He didn’t have the same explosiveness and change of direction.