TheGoatest
09-05-2022, 04:07 AM
LeBron missed 27 games in the 4 seasons he played with the Cavs between 2014 and 2018.
The Cavs had a 4-23 record in those 27 games, which amounts to a .148 winning percentage.
Here are the winning percentages of the worst teams in the league during those 4 seasons.
2014-15: Minnesota Timberwolves - .195
2015-16: Philadelphia 76ers - .122
2016-17: Brooklyn Nets - .244
2017-18: Phoenix Suns - .256
3 of the 4 seasons, their W/L% amounts to comfortably the worst in the league, and 1 season they barely made the cut to only be the 2nd worst team in the league, only ahead of a blatantly tanking 76ers team.
If we combine the W/L percentages of all teams during this 4 year span, the LeBron-less Cavs winning percentage was BY FAR the worst in the league.
And this isn't a small sample size. We're talking 27 games here, which amounts to a third of a season.
Yet with LeBron, the Cavs made the finals all 4 of the seasons and won the 2016 championship against a 73-9 with LeBron as the Finals MVP who was and still is the only player to lead both teams in all 5 categories in any playoffs, let alone finals series.
The Cavs had a 4-23 record in those 27 games, which amounts to a .148 winning percentage.
Here are the winning percentages of the worst teams in the league during those 4 seasons.
2014-15: Minnesota Timberwolves - .195
2015-16: Philadelphia 76ers - .122
2016-17: Brooklyn Nets - .244
2017-18: Phoenix Suns - .256
3 of the 4 seasons, their W/L% amounts to comfortably the worst in the league, and 1 season they barely made the cut to only be the 2nd worst team in the league, only ahead of a blatantly tanking 76ers team.
If we combine the W/L percentages of all teams during this 4 year span, the LeBron-less Cavs winning percentage was BY FAR the worst in the league.
And this isn't a small sample size. We're talking 27 games here, which amounts to a third of a season.
Yet with LeBron, the Cavs made the finals all 4 of the seasons and won the 2016 championship against a 73-9 with LeBron as the Finals MVP who was and still is the only player to lead both teams in all 5 categories in any playoffs, let alone finals series.