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Im Still Ballin
02-27-2022, 09:24 PM
The man was a powerful unit.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowEaP2o-zk
Westbrook_Fan
02-27-2022, 09:56 PM
Kobe had that guy and still missed the playoffs
3ba11
02-27-2022, 10:01 PM
Kobe had that guy and still missed the playoffs


People forget that Jameer Nelson was a high-producing East all-star in 2009 (5.1 BPM.. 0.220 WS/48.. 21 PER) - Dwight was MISSING this guy when he pulled one of the 5 biggest upsets in playoff history in the 09' ECF.

So the 8 straight Finals is obviously explained by forming super-teams in a conference that 1-star teams were winning - Lebron is otherwise a losing player that failed to win a weak East with homecourt BEFORE the super-teams, and now can't beat the West just like most of his previous Finals runs... It all adds up
HylianNightmare
02-28-2022, 02:42 AM
People forget that Jameer Nelson was a high-producing East all-star in 2009 (5.1 BPM.. 0.220 WS/48.. 21 PER) - Dwight was MISSING this guy when he pulled one of the 5 biggest upsets in playoff history in the 09' ECF.

So the 8 straight Finals is obviously explained by forming super-teams in a conference that 1-star teams were winning - Lebron is otherwise a losing player that failed to win a weak East with homecourt BEFORE the super-teams, and now can't beat the West just like most of his previous Finals runs... It all adds up

The Celtics were missing KG too
3ba11
02-28-2022, 02:53 AM
The Celtics were missing KG too



Indeed, the perfect situation arose in 2009 - Garnett goes down, which put the conference up for grabs.

Unfortunately, Lebron's high scoring is too ball-dominant to beat good teams and he also lost 3 fourth quarter leads in that series (Wade hadn't taught him how to play under pressure yet)
TheGoatest
02-28-2022, 03:46 AM
Kobe had that guy and still missed the playoffs

Don't forget Pau Gasol, who was still good enough to be all-NBA 2nd team not one, but two seasons later.
Fortunately for Dwight, LeBron won a ring for him 7 years later.

But Dwight was definitely the biggest snub for the top 75 players list.
How do you not include a guy who is 5 x all-nba FIRST team AND 3 x DPOY? :facepalm
getting_old
02-28-2022, 01:35 PM
10 years from now they will have new stats and people who never saw him play will put him as a top 10 GOAT candidate :D

And yet something was missing.... upstairs.... Wilt had the same problems too during clutch games....