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    Default A 38 year old LeBron just beat prime Steph who 3ball says is a top 5 player ever

    And since he values scoring so much, LeBron also led the Lakers in scoring in the series.

    3ball. Explain yourself.

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    Default Re: A 38 year old LeBron just beat prime Steph who 3ball says is a top 5 player ever

    Prime Steph at 35 with no top 75 player all time while Lebron had AD, also had Westbrook this year and Dwight and Melo last year and missed play in.

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    Default Re: A 38 year old LeBron just beat prime Steph who 3ball says is a top 5 player ever

    Quote Originally Posted by kawhileonard2 View Post
    Prime Steph at 35 with no top 75 player all time while Lebron had AD, also had Westbrook this year and Dwight and Melo last year and missed play in.
    Kawhi just lost in the first round with PG and peak Westbrook.

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    Default Re: A 38 year old LeBron just beat prime Steph who 3ball says is a top 5 player ever

    Lebron's skillset needs too much help to win, so he's inferior to guys that didn't need as much help like Curry, Kobe or MJ.

    Lebron needs teammates to nearly match or lead the scoring for entire playoff runs and most series, which isn't goat-caliber..

    It's statistical fact that Lebron's skillset of abnormal ball-dominance for his size/position (point guard hold-time and assisted rate) imposes spot-up roles (reduces teammates' APG and increases their assisted rate), which doesn't allow teammate development, chemistry or strategic capacity/coaching, thereby needing more help to win.

    This is all statistical fact.

    So he's objectively inferior to other skillsets that needed less help to win

    Lebron only needed 24.7 ppg to win this series or 25 ppg to win the 2007 ECF - that would be the worst series of Jordan's career and Jordan averaged 40-45 ppg against teams of that caliber (#6 SRS).

    Everyone in history needed bevies of all-star teammates, while mj's goat ability to never lose once he got a single all-star (even a bricklayer like Pippen) allowed Pippen's "Iggy-caliber" to stick around and ride the winning spotlight to all-time status (most overrated player of all-time).

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    Quote Originally Posted by SouBeachTalents View Post
    Kawhi just lost in the first round with PG and peak Westbrook.
    Thats better than not making the play in with the winniest organization in NBA history with 4 top 75 players all time.https://www.basketball-reference.com...ason_odds.html (Lakers 2nd)

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    Default Re: A 38 year old LeBron just beat prime Steph who 3ball says is a top 5 player ever

    Quote Originally Posted by 3ba11 View Post
    Lebron's skillset needs too much help to win, so he's inferior to guys that didn't need as much help like Curry, Kobe or MJ.

    Lebron needs teammates to nearly match or lead the scoring for entire playoff runs and most series, which isn't goat-caliber..

    It's statistical fact that Lebron's skillset of abnormal ball-dominance for his size/position (point guard hold-time and assisted rate) imposes spot-up roles (reduces teammates' APG and increases their assisted rate), which doesn't allow teammate development, chemistry or strategic capacity/coaching, thereby needing more help to win.

    This is all statistical fact.

    So he's objectively inferior to other skillsets that needed less help to win

    Lebron only needed 24.7 ppg to win this series or 25 ppg to win the 2007 ECF - that would be the worst series of Jordan's career and Jordan averaged 40-45 ppg against teams of that caliber (#6 SRS).

    Everyone in history needed bevies of all-star teammates, while mj's goat ability to never lose once he got a single all-star (even a bricklayer like Pippen) allowed Pippen's "Iggy-caliber" to stick around and ride the winning spotlight to all-time status (most overrated player of all-time).


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    Quote Originally Posted by SouBeachTalents View Post
    Kawhi just lost in the first round with PG and peak Westbrook.

    Lebron's ball-dominance missed the play-in with Westbrook, while Kawhi's poor man's Jordan style (expert jumpshooter) fit with Westbrook and made the playoffs

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    Default Re: A 38 year old LeBron just beat prime Steph who 3ball says is a top 5 player ever

    Quote Originally Posted by 3ba11 View Post
    Lebron's ball-dominance missed the play-in with Westbrook, while Kawhi's poor man's Jordan style (expert jumpshooter) fit with Westbrook and made the playoffs



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    Default Re: A 38 year old LeBron just beat prime Steph who 3ball says is a top 5 player ever

    Quote Originally Posted by 1987_Lakers View Post
    And since he values scoring so much, LeBron also led the Lakers in scoring in the series.

    3ball. Explain yourself.
    This puts LeBron further ahead of Jordan.

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    Default Re: A 38 year old LeBron just beat prime Steph who 3ball says is a top 5 player ever

    Lol. OP is such a low IQ basketball fan.

    Lebron didn't beat anybody. He got bailed out by AD, Russell, and Lonnie Walker.

    All LeShrivel did was score points when they didn't matter, sit around on defense, and be dead weight in general.

    Bronie fluffers.....

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    Default Re: A 38 year old LeBron just beat prime Steph who 3ball says is a top 5 player ever

    Quote Originally Posted by 8Ball View Post
    This puts LeBron further ahead of Jordan.
    Lebron isn't even the best of his era.

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    Default Re: A 38 year old LeBron just beat prime Steph who 3ball says is a top 5 player ever

    Quote Originally Posted by kawhileonard2 View Post
    Lebron isn't even the best of his era.
    8Pauper's been waiting for 25 years for someone to pass up Jordan. That's why he's always having meltdowns and living in denial.

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    Default Re: A 38 year old LeBron just beat prime Steph who 3ball says is a top 5 player ever

    A 38 year old injured LeBron*

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    Default Re: A 38 year old LeBron just beat prime Steph who 3ball says is a top 5 player ever

    Quote Originally Posted by Full Court View Post
    Lol. OP is such a low IQ basketball fan.

    Lebron didn't beat anybody. He got bailed out by AD, Russell, and Lonnie Walker.

    All LeShrivel did was score points when they didn't matter, sit around on defense, and be dead weight in general.

    Bronie fluffers.....
    I wouldn't say he got bailed out but he definitely wasn't the best player on his team in that series, in fact he was the 3rd best player in the series behind AD & Steph.

    It's funny how Bran stans don't count 2017 & 2018 because Steph had Durant (who outplayed Lebron), but they don't apply that same logic here when AD carried Bran through this series.

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    Default Re: A 38 year old LeBron just beat prime Steph who 3ball says is a top 5 player ever

    Quote Originally Posted by 3ba11 View Post
    Lebron's skillset needs too much help to win, so he's inferior to guys that didn't need as much help like Curry, Kobe or MJ.

    Lebron needs teammates to nearly match or lead the scoring for entire playoff runs and most series, which isn't goat-caliber..

    It's statistical fact that Lebron's skillset of abnormal ball-dominance for his size/position (point guard hold-time and assisted rate) imposes spot-up roles (reduces teammates' APG and increases their assisted rate), which doesn't allow teammate development, chemistry or strategic capacity/coaching, thereby needing more help to win.

    This is all statistical fact.

    So he's objectively inferior to other skillsets that needed less help to win

    Lebron only needed 24.7 ppg to win this series or 25 ppg to win the 2007 ECF - that would be the worst series of Jordan's career and Jordan averaged 40-45 ppg against teams of that caliber (#6 SRS).

    Everyone in history needed bevies of all-star teammates, while mj's goat ability to never lose once he got a single all-star (even a bricklayer like Pippen) allowed Pippen's "Iggy-caliber" to stick around and ride the winning spotlight to all-time status (most overrated player of all-time).
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