Has Jordan had the luckiest & LeBron the unluckiest playoff/finals runs of any ATG?

[TheGoatest]

Michael Jordan played 179 playoffs/finals games in his career.

Over those 179 games he had one, I repeat ONE game where he had a key teammate missing:

Scottie Pippen missed game 4 of the 2nd round of the 1990 playoffs, when the Bulls were up 2-1 against the Sixers

That's it.

Scottie Pippen played in 178 of the 179 possible playoff/finals games.
Dennis Rodman played in 58 of the 58 possible playoff/finals games.
Horace Grant played in 101 of the 101 possible playoff/finals games.
Charles Oakley played in 16 of the 16 possible playoff games.
Orlando Woolridge played in 7 of the 7 possible playoff games.

As for role players:

1986: George Gervin missed a game of the first round against the Celtics, possibly because the coach simply wouldn't play him.
1989: John Paxson missed a game in the first round against the Cavs.
1996: Toni Kukoc missed 3 games against the Knicks in the 2nd round.
1998: Luc Longley missed the 3 first round games against the Nets.

Now let's look at LeBron:

2006 - Larry Hughes, possibly his 2nd best and at worst 3rd best player missed 4 games against the Pistons in the 2nd round, including a potential closeout game 6 that the Cavs lost by 2.
2007 - Larry Hughes, clearly the 2nd highest scorer on the Cavs this season missed games 3 and 4 against the Spurs in the finals.
2011 - Udonis Haslem, who got injured early in the season, came back halfway through the playoffs - missed 5 games in the first round against the Sixers and 4 games in the 2nd round against the Celtics.
2012 - This is a huge one: Chris Bosh goes down early in game 1 of the 2nd round against the Pacers. He ends up missing the last 5½ games of the 2nd round and the first 4 games against the Celtics in the 2nd round.
2013 - Dwyane Wade missed a game in the first round against the Bucks.
2015 - This, of course, is the king of all the unluckiest runs - First Kelly Olynyk pulls Kevin Love's out of his socket in the first quarter of game 4 of the first round against the Celtics. Love ends up missing 16 games of the playoffs (including 6 finals games). Other than that, Kyrie Irving misses 2 games against the Hawks in the conference finals + 5 of the 6 finals games. Also, J.R. Smith was suspended for the first two games of the 2nd round Bulls series.
2016 - Kevin Love misses a game in the finals against the Warriors.
2018 - Kevin Love misses game 7 of the conference finals against the Celtics, George Hill misses 3 games in the 1st round against the Pacers.
2020 - Avery Bradley, arguably the Lakers' third best player during the regular season decides not to join the Lakers in the bubble and misses the entire playoffs/finals.

It's certainly easier to understand why Jordan has a tendency towards degenerate gambling. Luck has followed him all his life and he had everything handed to him on a platter, whereas LeBron had to work for everything he has gained.

[Spurs m8]

Nope.

Watch the 2 play.

One is far more superior than the other.

And its not even close.

Keep the mental gymnastics coming...they make me laugh

[ArbitraryWater]

Amazing rundown


When mentally damaged Spursm8 comes scurring in, you know you‘re onto something.

[TheGoatest]

Amazing rundown


When mentally damaged Spursm8 comes scurring in, you know you‘re onto something.

I was hoping he would be triggered enough to reply in this thread. Success!

[ArbitraryWater]

I was hoping he would be triggered enough to reply in this thread. Success!

He‘s the first reply, can count on that

[8Ball]

Yes.

The 90s had a bunch of garbage teams.

A discount joel embiid on the knicks and a discount Klay thompson on the pacers as the top players to go against in the 90s eastern conf.

And then a bunch of 2020 miami heats in the finals.


Jordan had opponents not even capable of winning 67 games. Yet bron has to face a 67 win team 3 years in a row.

[guy]

Poor guy. Think he needs more help.

[bullettooth]

The mental gymnastics from these pseudo basketball fans is insufferable.

[And1AllDay]

Yes.

The 90s had a bunch of garbage teams.

A discount joel embiid on the knicks and a discount Klay thompson on the pacers as the top players to go against in the 90s eastern conf.

And then a bunch of 2020 miami heats in the finals.


Jordan had opponents not even capable of winning 67 games. Yet bron has to face a 67 win team 3 years in a row.

Boom

[FKAri]

I think MJ was pretty good at basketball but he was such a bitchmade phaggit that I can't respect him as a man. Maybe Mr. bullettooth and NameChange m8 can stomach that. But I'm not down with the rainbow like they are.

[SlickRick]

Yes.

The 90s had a bunch of garbage teams.

A discount joel embiid on the knicks and a discount Klay thompson on the pacers as the top players to go against in the 90s eastern conf.

And then a bunch of 2020 miami heats in the finals.


Jordan had opponents not even capable of winning 67 games. Yet bron has to face a 67 win team 3 years in a row.

How old are you? Something tells me you never watched 90s basketball..