MJ averaged 33.6/6/6 in the NBA finals and LeBron averaged 22.5/8.1/7

[pauk]

Can't forget his historic 1.8ppg 4th quarter in the 2011 NBA finals.

GOAT choke.

I wouldnt be so kind to call 11 Finals a choke for Lebron.... for me you have to TRY first and FAIL miserably for that to be called a choke.... Lebron was passive, to unselfish for his own good, he averaged only something like 14 FGA that Finals, its not like that happened because of him shooting bad/choking, he shot 48% FG.... maybe if he was 4 of 30 every game, playing actually bad, actually TRYING & FAILING i would call it a choke...........

[riseagainst]

Where did you get those stats?? Here is LBJ's Finals Stats.


Lebron James

27 games - 24.3 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 6.4 apg, 1.8 spg, 0.6 bpg, 3.8 tov, 46.3 FG%, 76.1 FT%, 54.6 TS%


Kobe Bryant

37 games - 25.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 5.1 apg, 1.8 spg, 0.9 bpg, 3.3 tov, 41.2 FG%, 84.8 FT%, 50.7 TS%

Thread title is says MJ and Lebron. What's Kobe gotta do with this?

[Hey Yo]

Shaq and Duncan were in they primes at the same time and matched up multiple times..........theres no way im calling Duncan a better player after what i saw.
Magic wasnt as dominant as Shaq or Hakeem. no one talks about the defensive side of the ball for Magic but dude was pretty bad there

I've brought it up many times on this site, but most choose to ignore the fact that Magic was horrible on D. He has no right to be in the top 5 by only playing on one side of the court.

[Dragic4Life]

Thread title is says MJ and Lebron. What's Kobe gotta do with this?

Exactly.

Kobe can't measure up.

[Lebron23]

Exactly.

Kobe can't measure up.

+1

[Brizzly]

Fact: MJ played in the expansion 90s era.

87: 23 teams
95: 29 teams

Opinion: The league sucked, it is painful to watch a full game from the 90s, where no defense were played.

He is the most overrated player in basketball history. He was great and one of the best all time but LeBron would eat him alive.

[riseagainst]

I've brought it up many times on this site, but most choose to ignore the fact that Magic was horrible on D. He has no right to be in the top 5 by only playing on one side of the court.

you obviously haven't watched any footage of Magic.

[riseagainst]

Exactly.

Kobe can't measure up.

obviously not since he's always brought up even in topics unrelated to him. Seems like he's living rent free in your heads.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

I'm a Jordantard not a Kobetard.

[Brizzly]

87: 23 teams
95: 29 teams[/B]
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To expand on this.. Imagine expanding the league with six more teams today, that would mean you'd add at least 72 new players to the league, from the d-league, low draft picks, euroscrubs etc..

MJ dominated in a weak era, weak mans tony allen in todays league.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

35 points in a half in one NBA finals game

average over 40 ppgs in the finals in 1993

[Hey Yo]

you obviously haven't watched any footage of Magic.

Why would I need to watch footage considering I saw him play live on TV for many years to come to my conclusion?

[fragokota]

Defense matters
Lebron put up numbers but that was one of the worst defensive performances from the best player on a finals team ive ever seen. Offball, onball, pickandroll, recovering etc. biggest margin lost in the finals, everything was at such a low level and supposedly Lebron is the defensive anchor............

Shutup, lbj wasn't the reason we lost to SAS last year. They were the better team, they wanted it more, they were motivasted due to how the lost the year before. Better coaching, great chemistry and team plays, just flat out a better team than us. Lebron had a good series overall.

[Beastmode88]

Lmao bran stan trying to pass off kobe for MJ. Now I've seen everything.

[penny4president]

When did you became a Kobetard?? LBJ is a better finals performer than Cancerbe.

LBJ is 2/5 , while Kobe is 5/7..