Will LeBron match Wilt's coveted 2/6 mark?

[LBJ 23]

OP Lebron is better than Kobe ever was, deal with it. You can make thousands of threads with similar agenda and it won't change the fact that Lebron is better at basketball than Kobe ever was

Except that you can't read. Who's saying anything about career achievements(and when its all said and done Lebron will crush Kobe in that department too, and you know it and you're scared shitless about this fact)

[branslowski]

Except that you can't read. Who's saying anything about career achievements(and when its said and done Lebron will crush Kobe in that department too)

Not with a 2-6inch d!ck

[Ne 1]

Why are you expected to win more often in the NBA or Conference Finals than the 1st round?

The natural evolution of a great players career is:

a) mediocre
b) become good
c) become great
d) good again
e) Decline and enter into the twilight of your career, becoming mediocre again


So theres a curve in a natural progression and regression.

If a player spends his entire career winning the 1st round, but losing most of his 2nd round appearances... then his career didnt take a natural curve. it stalled and never peaked.


No evolution = spending more time at one level and leaving it open to a losing record in the next level up.

In James case he never evolved to "become great" so to speak, he was forever stuck in the "become good" stage. so his records look great from 1st, 2nd and 3rd rounds then flop in the 4th round.

So in other words, he is consistently good, but not "great" that's what a losing Finals record means.

[riseagainst]

The natural evolution of a great players career is:

a) mediocre
b) become good
c) become great
d) good again
e) Decline and enter into the twilight of your career, becoming mediocre again


So theres a curve in a natural progression and regression.

If a player spends his entire career winning the 1st round, but losing most of his 2nd round appearances... then his career didnt take a natural curve. it stalled and never peaked.


No evolution = spending more time at one level and leaving it open to a losing record in the next level up.

In James case he never evolved to "become great" so to speak, he was forever stuck in the "become good" stage. so his records look great from 1st, 2nd and 3rd rounds then flop in the 4th round.

So in other words, he is consistently good, but not "great" that's what a losing Finals record means.

bro... he made the finals 5 years in a row.
But nahhhh, he's just mediocre.

[sd3035]

Wilt and Lebald are 1 and 2 in both choking and statpadding

[Ne 1]

bro... he made the finals 5 years in a row.
But nahhhh, he's just mediocre.

He's a good player, no doubt about it. But that doesn't change the fact that he sure hasn't beat expectations winning 2 in 5 years.

[bluechox2]

so called best player shrivels up in crunch time

[SexSymbol]

Both Wilt and LeBron are regarded as better players than they trully are because of impressive stats they put up.
Stats don't mean shit, it's all about leadership and wins.

[HOoopCityJones]

bro... he made the finals 5 years in a row.
But nahhhh, he's just mediocre.

If Lebron left Cleveland again and went to Bulls and made a Finals, how amazing should that really be considered? because right now it looks like he's jumping from squad to squad.

[bluechox2]

If Lebron left Cleveland again and went to Bulls and made a Finals, how amazing should that really be considered? because right now it looks like he's jumping from squad to squad.

hes a merc, gos to places that better suits him

[LAZERUSS]

Both Wilt and LeBron are regarded as better players than they trully are because of impressive stats they put up.
Stats don't mean shit, it's all about leadership and wins.

Swap rosters with Russell in the 60's, and Wilt would have been considered a FAR greater "leader" and "winner" than Russell.

But thanks for the good laugh.

[Ne 1]

Wilt and Lebald are 1 and 2 in both choking and statpadding

His 1968 series in particular is just inexcusable and as embarrassing as LeBron was in 2011 vs Dallas. Your teammate gives you 40 points to help you close out a series up 3-1, and all you can manage is 20 pts on 6/21 shooting and 8/23 from the line? And then seemingly hide away from the ball in the game 7 which was a close game from start to finish? (It's well documented that he wasn't demanding the ball and when he got the ball, he was passive.) Sorry, but his playoff record is just so poor, I can't put him in the top 5 or consider him a GOAT candidate. 1969 finals too, almost had his offensive production cut in half during the finals.

I mean I've heard of players having more FGA than points, but more FGA and FTA each than points? No excuses, that's choking, a chance to close out the series and Wilt turns in what was probably one of the worst playoff performances ever by an all time great, much less in their prime despite his teammate stepping up big time. Right up there with LeBron's meltdown in his prime against the Mavs in 2011 despite Wade putting up a Finals MVP worthy performance.

[Prometheus]

The natural evolution of a great players career is:

a) mediocre
b) become good
c) become great
d) good again
e) Decline and enter into the twilight of your career, becoming mediocre again


So theres a curve in a natural progression and regression.

If a player spends his entire career winning the 1st round, but losing most of his 2nd round appearances... then his career didnt take a natural curve. it stalled and never peaked.


No evolution = spending more time at one level and leaving it open to a losing record in the next level up.

In James case he never evolved to "become great" so to speak, he was forever stuck in the "become good" stage. so his records look great from 1st, 2nd and 3rd rounds then flop in the 4th round.

So in other words, he is consistently good, but not "great" that's what a losing Finals record means.

You are very, VERY dumb.

[LAZERUSS]

His 1968 series in particular is just inexcusable and as embarrassing as LeBron was in 2011 vs Dallas. Your teammate gives you 40 points to help you close out a series up 3-1, and all you can manage is 20 pts on 6/21 shooting and 8/23 from the line? And then seemingly hide away from the ball in the game 7 which was a close game from start to finish? (It's well documented that he wasn't demanding the ball and when he got the ball, he was passive.) Sorry, but his playoff record is just so poor, I can't put him in the top 5 or consider him a GOAT candidate. 1969 finals too, almost had his offensive production cut in half during the finals.

I mean I've heard of players having more FGA than points, but more FGA and FTA each than points? No excuses, that's choking, a chance to close out the series and Wilt turns in what was probably one of the worst playoff performances ever by an all time great, much less in their prime despite his teammate stepping up big time.

Maybe try doing some actual RESEARCH on the '68 EDF's, instead of spewing complete nonsense.

Wilt played every minute of that series with an assortment of injuries, including a tear in his calf, which was essentially the same injury that turned Reed into a worthless statue in the last three games of the '70 Finals...and was NOTICEABLY LIMPING throughout the series.

And in what could have been a clinching game five win, he annihilated Russell...BUT, TWO more of his starters went down with injuries.

The core of that Sixer team was decimated by injuries, including Wilt himself, and yet, they still lost a game SEVEN by FOUR points. Had they been healthy, they would have easily repeated their near sweep of Boston just the year before.

Oh, and BTW...an injured, limping Wilt hung a 22-25-7 series on Russell.

[Ne 1]

He's done it! LeBron James has matched Wilt Chamberlain.