Lebron has done something 3 times that Jordan couldn't do in his prime once

[3ball]

lebron has also done 4 times something jordan couldnt do in his prime once

carry bad teams to the finals

07, 11, 14, 15

that argument is wrong because:





WOAT competition

[nba_55]

playoffs is all about matchups and not about the number of wins your opponents win in regular season.

[SouBeachTalents]

that argument is wrong because:





WOAT competition

The problem with this list is they give Kobe and Magic credit for beating 50 win teams when they weren't even the best player on their team. Magic shouldn't get full credit for his first title run since Kareem was stil clearly the best player on the Lakers, same goes for Kobe for his first 4 seasons in the league

[3ball]

The problem with this list is they give Kobe and Magic credit for beating 50 win teams when they weren't even the best player on their team. Magic shouldn't get full credit for his first title run since Kareem was stil clearly the best player on the Lakers, same for Kobe in his first 4 seasons in the league

Magic was the best player on the Lakers from his first day on the Lakers.

But even if you disagree, this thread is about MJ vs. Lebron.. And your argument doesn't apply to MJ..

So again, the argument that Lebron dragged bad teams to the Finals holds no water since it was against worse competition.

[tmacattack33]

Damn, I thought you were going to say "take a non-stacked team to the Finals" (Bosh was out in rd 2 and rd 3 of the 2012 Playoffs)

[Le Shaqtus]

lebron has also done 4 times something jordan couldnt do in his prime once

carry bad teams to the finals

07, 11, 14, 15

Put this in the dumbest things ever said on ISH thread.

God damn, we got a live one.

[SouBeachTalents]

Magic was the best player on the Lakers from his first day on the Lakers.

But even if you disagree, this thread is about MJ vs. Lebron.. And your argument doesn't apply to MJ..

So again, the argument that Lebron dragged bad teams to the Finals holds no water since it was against worse competition.

That's simply not true. Kareem was better than Magic that entire first year together, he was better during the regular season, postseason, and the Finals. You could argue Magic became the best player in '82, but even for the next few seasons it was at least debatable like '01 Shaq/Kobe

[Phong]

The problem with this list is they give Kobe and Magic credit for beating 50 win teams when they weren't even the best player on their team. Magic shouldn't get full credit for his first title run since Kareem was stil clearly the best player on the Lakers, same goes for Kobe for his first 4 seasons in the league

LOL

Lets disregard Kobe's entire career and lets focus on the 2009 and 2010 playoffs.
In only two years, Kobe defeated 7 50-win teams. Same number as LeBron's entire career.

[sportjames23]

LOL

Lets disregard Kobe's entire career and lets focus on the 2009 and 2010 playoffs.
In only two years, Kobe defeated 7 50-win teams. Same number as LeBron's entire career.

Damn.

[SouBeachTalents]

LOL

Lets disregard Kobe's entire career and lets focus on the 2009 and 2010 playoffs.
In only two years, Kobe defeated 7 50-win teams. Same number as LeBron's entire career.

When did I say that? Why should he get credit for beating the Sonics in '98 averaging 4 ppg in the series? Same goes for 2000 when he was undoubtedly a clear second option to the arguable GOAT peak. Even with those you'd only remove 4 wins, so he'd still have 20

[TheCorporation]

*Note

-You would also have to taken into account how MANY 50-win teams they both played against
-Sometimes teams that don't win more games are still the better team...Look at the Spurs, I still remember one year in 2011 I think, they were the #1 seed and lost in the 1st round to the #8 Grizzlies. Then a few years later they get to the Finals back to back (13 & 14) for the first time in Duncan's career.

Also:

Why are we comparing the weirdest arbitrary thing, who has beaten more "50-win" teams. Teams wise yes we know Shaq's Lakers were better than LBJ's Cavs. Shaq had a lot of help with Kobe too.

If we wanted to compare something, how about scoring? I have a thread idea brewing...

[3ball]

That's simply not true. Kareem was better than Magic that entire first year together, he was better during the regular season, postseason, and the Finals. You could argue Magic became the best player in '82, but even for the next few seasons it was at least debatable like '01 Shaq/Kobe

Again, you may think Kareem > Magic, but this thread is about MJ vs. Lebron.. And your argument doesn't apply to MJ..

So again, the argument that Lebron dragged bad teams to the Finals holds no water since it was against worse competition.

[nba_55]

*Note

-You would also have to taken into account how MANY 50-win teams they both played against
-Sometimes teams that don't win more games are still the better team...Look at the Spurs, I still remember one year in 2011 I think, they were the #1 seed and lost in the 1st round to the #8 Grizzlies. Then a few years later they get to the Finals back to back (13 & 14) for the first time in Duncan's career.

Also:

Why are we comparing the weirdest arbitrary thing, who has beaten more "50-win" teams. Teams wise yes we know Shaq's Lakers were better than LBJ's Cavs. Shaq had a lot of help with Kobe too.

If we wanted to compare something, how about scoring? I have a thread idea brewing...

DAMN

[Droid101]

lebron has also done 4 times something jordan couldnt do in his prime once

carry bad teams to the finals

07, 11, 14, 15

[Droid101]

LOL

Lets disregard Kobe's entire career and lets focus on the 2009 and 2010 playoffs.
In only two years, Kobe defeated 7 50-win teams. Same number as LeBron's entire career.

****ing ruined