In terms of pure league dominance, Bill Russell and LeBron are in their own league

[DonDraper]

LeBron - 5 straight Finals soon to be 6 straight

Russell - 8 straight finals



LeBron - Won his division 8 straight seasons

Russell - Won his division 5 straight seasons








They're both at the top in terms of dominating the league and winning, but who would you place ahead in terms of total league dominance? LeBron or Russell?

[warriorfan]

[GrapeApe]

Um, 11 to 2?

Lebron is not even the winningest player among players he's played with.

[Helix]

Neither one of them dominated the league anything like Chamberlain did.

[LAZERUSS]

Interesting...

where does Magic and his 5/9 rank?

Or KAJ and his 6/10 rank?

Or West and his 1/9 rank?

Or Sam Jones and his 10/11 rank?

Or Hondo and his 8/8 rank?

[Done_And_Done]

There's a dude named MJ who catalysed his team to 6 championships in the 90's.
I think he might have a case.

[DonDraper]

Interesting...

where does Magic and his 5/9 rank?

Or KAJ and his 6/10 rank?

Or West and his 1/9 rank?

Or Sam Jones and his 10/11 rank?

Or Hondo and his 8/8 rank?

Sam Jones and Hondo were on Russells teams, so they were grouped together




KAJ, Magic and West never made 5 straight finals like lebron and russell did

[scuzzy]

Donny Don! @--,--'--<

[DonDraper]

There's a dude named MJ who catalysed his team to 6 championships in the 90's.
I think he might have a case.

The max amount of straight finals he made was only 3


LeBron's on pace to literally double that (6 > 3)








Jordan's a good player, and i'm a Jordan fan, but please don't mention him in the same breath as LeBron and Russell in terms of dominance

[DonDraper]

Donny Don! @--,--'--<

Good to be back! @--,--'--<

[LAZERUSS]

Neither one of them dominated the league anything like Chamberlain did.

And we witnessed what a prime Chamberlain would accomplish with a roster that was the equal (and healthy) of Russell's in '67, as well.

Hell, we witnessed what a past-his-prime Wilt would do against a peak Kareem with similar rosters in '72. Keep in mind that KAJ's '71 team went 66-16, while Chamberlain's '71 team went 48-34.

[LAZERUSS]

Sam Jones and Hondo were on Russells teams, so they were grouped together




KAJ, Magic and West never made 5 straight finals like lebron and russell did

Hondo won two rings post-Russell, and arguably was their best player on two more of Russell's teams.

Magic (and Kareem) went to seven Finals in eight seasons, with four straight. And it took a ridiculous best-of-three format to keep them from going to nine in ten (and likely winning six in that span.)

[DonDraper]

Hondo won two rings post-Russell, and arguably was their best player on two more of Russell's teams.

Magic (and Kareem) went to seven Finals in eight seasons, with four straight. And it took a ridiculous best-of-three format to keep them from going to nine in ten (and likely winning six in that span.)

Magic colluded in a weak conference and diluted the talent pool by teaming up with KAJ



Russell and LeBron never had a teammate as good as KAJ



Plus Magic never made 5+ finals like LeBron and Russell did, which is an embarrassment when you look at the talent Magic had.

[knicksman]

2/6

[DonDraper]

2/6

knicks are 2/8 brah check your stats.