ESPN: Jordan's Bulls were always favored in the finals

[AirBonner]

https://twitter.com/espn/status/1001...532036?lang=en

[Gus Hemmingway]

tends to happen when your toughest Finals competitions second option is 36yo Jeff Hornacek

[SamuraiSWISH]

Because no one has doubts when somebody is actually the greatest of all time. No need for excuse making

[superduper]

Because winners are expected to win and losers are expected to lose.

Great groundbreaking analysis ESPN!!

[DJMcDonald]

Who was the favorite in 2011?

[Manny98]

Jordan has zero underdog rings so he's never beaten the odds

LeBron has 2 underdog rings LeGOAT wins again

[3ball]

Because winners are expected to win and losers are expected to lose.

Great groundbreaking analysis ESPN!!

Exactly, the better team is supposed to be the favorite

the point is to be the better team that won more and is favored, not the team that lost more and complains about not being favored

Lebron gets knocked for not achieving the best teams his era, and therefore struggling to compete on the championship level, 3/9

[Uncle Drew]

Of course he was the favourite in every finals, have you seen his competition? The best team Jordan faced was worse than the worst team LeBron had to go against.

90's basketball

[3ball]

Jordan has zero underdog rings so he's never beaten the odds

[COLOR="DarkRed"]LeBron has 2 underdog rings[/COLOR]

LeGOAT wins again

Underdogs still win, just at a losing frequency... So Lebron's 3/9 matches his underdog odds.. nothing to brag about

the objective is to be the better team that won more and is favored, not the team that lost more and complains about not being favored... And then has a poor record to match their underdog/bad team odds

So Lebron gets knocked for not achieving the best teams his era, and therefore struggling to compete on the championship level, 3/9

[SamuraiSWISH]

But in actuality the Bulls were underdogs in the 91 finals due to inexperience, 93 finals, and 98 finals.

They also were the underdogs in the 93 eastern conference finals. You know because Jordan’s team is faced actual competition within their own conference before getting to the finals.

It didn’t matter, as favorites or underdogs Jordan always came through. The only time they were definitive favorites was in 1996 and 1997.

They were slight favorites in 1992, and even that one a lot of people thought the Blazers had an opportunity to beat them. The previous few years they had been 60+ win teams. With lots of talent. Athletic too.

And given their record in 1993 they were underdogs in the conference finals and definitely in the finals to a stacked Phoenix team.

After going seven games with the Pacers in 1998, where everybody on the Bulls was starting to look their age. Chicago was also the underdogs heading into Utah without home court advantage.

[bullettooth]

Jordan has zero underdog rings so he's never beaten the odds

LeBron has 2 underdog rings LeGOAT wins again

And how many times has shit the bed when he's been expected to win?

You act like 2011 never happened. Your idols resume is riddled with asterisks and you conveniently ignore them.

Your a fraud, just like LeBron.

[3ball]

But in actuality the Bulls were underdogs in the 91 finals due to inexperience, 93 finals, and 98 finals.

They also were the underdogs in the 93 eastern conference finals. You know because Jordan’s team is faced actual competition within their own conference before getting to the finals.

It didn’t matter, as favorites or underdogs Jordan always came through. The only time they were definitive favorites was in 1996 and 1997.

They were slight favorites in 1992, and even that one a lot of people thought the Blazers had an opportunity to beat them. The previous few years they had been 60+ win teams. With lots of talent. Athletic too.

And given their record in 1993 they were underdogs in the conference finals and definitely in the finals to a stacked Phoenix team.

After going seven games with the Pacers in 1998, where everybody on the Bulls was starting to look their age. Chicago was also the underdogs heading into Utah without home court advantage.

^^^ That's all true, but doesn't even matter

It's meaningless that lebron won a couple Finals as the Vegas underdog - underdogs still win, just at a losing frequency... So lebron's 3/9 simply matches his underdog odds.. nothing to brag about

the objective is to be the better team that won more and is favored, not the team that lost more and complains about not being favored... And has a poor record to match their underdog/bad team odds

So Lebron gets knocked for not achieving the best teams his era, and therefore struggling to compete on the championship level, 3/9
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[AussieSteve]

Of course he was the favourite in every finals, have you seen his competition? The best team Jordan faced was worse than the worst team LeBron had to go against.

90's basketball

1993 Sun's were a great team with real star power. Better than 2011 Mavs, 2012 thunder and 2015 warriors. i think a lot of people expected them to win that year. I know I did.

KJ underperformed and Barkley was not quite 100% with injury on his shooting elbow, but it still took all the GOAT had to get over them. His 4th quarters were something else.



1996 Sonics were also very good.

[Da_Realist]

Sad. We are now celebrating victims, losers, underdogs and excuse-makers. The question ahould be: Why does no one ever believe in LeBron?

Btw, it isn't even true. The Bulls weren't favored in 91, 93 or 98.

[Uncle Drew]

1993 Sun's were a great team with real star power. Better than 2011 Mavs, 2012 thunder and 2015 warriors. i think a lot of people expected them to win that year. I know I did.

KJ underperformed and Barkley was not quite 100% with injury on his shooting elbow, but it still took all the GOAT had to get over them. His 4th quarters were something else.



1996 Sonics were also very good.

Worst team LeBron faced: 2012 Thunder, net rating of +4.6
Best team Jordan faced: 1992 Blazers, net rating of +2.9

Massive yikes.