What was the best team MJ faced in the Finals?

[knicksman]

mj beat shaq. Lebron couldnt even beat the wanna be shaq(dwight)

So he has to form superteams

[TheCorporation]

[QUOTE=TheCorporation]Were any of Michael's 6 Finals opponets more difficult than the weakest team LeBron ever faced?

[Bronbron23]

[QUOTE=TheCorporation]Were any of Michael's 6 Finals opponets more difficult than the weakest team LeBron ever faced?

[TheCorporation]

Probably the jazz or the Sonic's. Both teams were very good and would beat any team in the west now other than the warriors. They would also beat 2 of the 3 teams you brought up.
-2012 thunder were puppies
-2013 spurs weren't bad but Duncan and manu were 36 and clearly passed the primes. Kawhi was also found and still very raw offensively.
-wont argue the warriors although Jordans bulls were better and Taylormade to beat them so it wouldn't really matter anyway.

Oh and it wasn't the finals but that 96 Orlando team that mj swept would beat all three of those teams and be better than every team in the league this year other than possibly the warriors.

Well pretty much everything you said was false but at least you made a response.

MJ has one big finals wins, and the Jazz definitely isn't one of them.

Are you talking about the career losers Utah Jazz who's number two option was Jeff Hornacek scoring 10.7 ppg?

So clearly one guy (Bron) beat dynasties and the other guy (MJ) beat up a bunch of ragtag losers. I'm not knocking him for it, 6 is 6, like 11 is 11. Yes he has 6 Rings, but they're pretty much Bill Russell ring at this point.

[knicksman]

OP is melting down coz the truth hurts. Only losers/betas respect bron.

[Gileraracer]

MJ didn't need two superstar collusions just to lose 2/3 of his finals.

[Manny98]

OP is melting down coz the truth hurts. Only losers/betas respect bron.

Only losers/betas respect the Knicks

[Bronbron23]

Well pretty much everything you said was false but at least you made a response.

MJ has one big finals wins, and the Jazz definitely isn't one of them.

Are you talking about the career losers Utah Jazz who's number two option was Jeff Hornacek scoring 10.7 ppg?

So clearly one guy (Bron) beat dynasties and the other guy (MJ) beat up a bunch of ragtag losers. I'm not knocking him for it, 6 is 6, like 11 is 11. Yes he has 6 Rings, but they're pretty much Bill Russell ring at this point.

Well your wrong there as usual. Horn wasn't there second option and definitely wasn't there second best player John Stockton was. And yeah horn only averaged 11 on 48% in the playoffs that year but pip only averaged 16 on 42% so it's not like mj's second option was amazing either. Pip was hurt that year and was a shell of himself. Rodman was well passed his prime. Mj pretty much won that chip on his own with very little help. What most Bron stans fail to acknowledge is that Bron yes has beat better teams in the finals but he also has had more help in the finals. He always had 2 other guys that could go out and get you 25-30 on any given night. Mj has only ever had one guy that. Both of LeBron's second and third options in Miami and Cleveland were better scorers than pip.

And what dynasty did he beat to win a chip. The warriors wernt a dynasty in 2016. They only had one chip against a team that was missing there 2nd and third option. How is that a dynasty.i'll give you the spurs they were a dynasty but there 2 top guys were old and past there primes. LeBron also had the better team.

[hiphopanonymous]

What in crikey f*kk is a "net efficiency" ... god these made up stats just to pander to some stans

[ImKobe]

Of course they had a better net efficiency when Lebron was losing by a record margin in the Finals to boost that statistic How do MJ's Finals opponents have a better Net Efficiency when they lost to him in every single Finals and in 6 games or less.

Now, if we go by Regular Season Net Rating, a bunch of MJ's Finals opponents have a higher Net Rating than the 2018 Warriors, and ALL of his opponents had a higher RS Net Rating than the 2011 Mavs.

Lebron lost 6 out of 9 times in the Finals, and none of those series even went 7 games in which he lost, so obviously him stinking it up on the big stage boosts his opponents' Net Rating whereas MJ never went 7 games with any of his opponents. MJ's own teams also led in Net Rating every single season but one (1993) in the seasons that he won a championship.

[superduper]

What in crikey f*kk is a "net efficiency" ... god these made up stats just to pander to some stans

Dudes that literally don't have the first clue as to what basketball is have the funniest way of involving themselves in basketball discussions with shit like "Gamescore" and "35pt triple doubles"

[hiphopanonymous]

Dudes that literally don't have the first clue as to what basketball is have the funniest way of involving themselves in basketball discussions with shit like "Gamescore" and "35pt triple doubles"

b-b-b-but ESPN just told me LeBron never played on a team with a worse net effective transdeficiency plus minus rating than Jordans teams so hes better teehee!

Bunch of morons that wouldn't recognize a curl cut to save their lives but will tout some bullshyt like that

[NBASTATMAN]

MJ was going against mechanics..

[superduper]

MJ was going against mechanics..

What makes any of them worse than, say...Mario Hezonja?

[TheCorporation]

So rather than address the question you want to attack me. Nice

I say again

What was the best team MJ faced in the finals?

Anyone dare to respond or concede that I'm right, once again?


Were any of Michael's 6 Finals opponets more difficult than the weakest team LeBron ever faced?

• 2012 Thunder: KD, Russ, Harden, Ibaka
• 2013: Duncan, Kawhi, Parker, Ginoblo, Coach Pop
• 2016: Curry, Klay, Dray, Iggy (73-win record setter)*