3ba11
06-20-2025, 12:39 PM
It's not impressive to beat a 1-man team with a "big 3" preseason favorite and the only super-team in the NBA.
And it's impossible to lose with a sidekick outplaying the league MVP, since that's like Pippen outplaying Barkley , or Jamal Murray outplaying SGA - it's impossible to lose in these scenarios.
Yet Lebron's super-team got a 1-3 deficit against a 1-man team because Lebron averaged 24 ppg and 6 TO's thru 4 games.. The Draymond suspension renewed his hope.
Ultimately, Lebron only averaged 29 with a teammate getting 27 and hitting the 2nd biggest shot in Finals history (behind Ray's).. Since Lebron always has equal-scoring partners to attract equal defensive attention, he never defeated max defensive attention (never carried the scoring load on the championship level).
His inability to carry the "star" category of scoring required more star help, so this matters more than barely leading role player categories and still needing great role plyers to co-lead.. This is why leading all 5 categories by tiny amounts is nothing more than a statistical anomaly and minor footnote in history.
Btw, in addition to the worst-ever preseason odds for a champion in 2015, we can confirm that the Warriors had a weak roster since the 2nd option was a lower producer than Jeff Hornacek.. Curry simply carried a 1-man offense and consensus bad roster to 67 and 73 wins, so it isn't impressive that a super-team preseason favorite beat them,. This is especially true when the sidekick outplays the MVP, since that's like Siakam outplaying SGA.
And it's impossible to lose with a sidekick outplaying the league MVP, since that's like Pippen outplaying Barkley , or Jamal Murray outplaying SGA - it's impossible to lose in these scenarios.
Yet Lebron's super-team got a 1-3 deficit against a 1-man team because Lebron averaged 24 ppg and 6 TO's thru 4 games.. The Draymond suspension renewed his hope.
Ultimately, Lebron only averaged 29 with a teammate getting 27 and hitting the 2nd biggest shot in Finals history (behind Ray's).. Since Lebron always has equal-scoring partners to attract equal defensive attention, he never defeated max defensive attention (never carried the scoring load on the championship level).
His inability to carry the "star" category of scoring required more star help, so this matters more than barely leading role player categories and still needing great role plyers to co-lead.. This is why leading all 5 categories by tiny amounts is nothing more than a statistical anomaly and minor footnote in history.
Btw, in addition to the worst-ever preseason odds for a champion in 2015, we can confirm that the Warriors had a weak roster since the 2nd option was a lower producer than Jeff Hornacek.. Curry simply carried a 1-man offense and consensus bad roster to 67 and 73 wins, so it isn't impressive that a super-team preseason favorite beat them,. This is especially true when the sidekick outplays the MVP, since that's like Siakam outplaying SGA.