Magic Johnson got SWEPT (0-4) in the NBA Finals TWICE.

[Blue&Orange]

Nothing he's said here has been wrong. You clowns just wanna re-write history and hold certain players (Lebron) to UNREALISTIC standards.

Best player in the league showing up to play in the finals other than garbage time, unrealistic standard?


Ok..

[BlazersDozen]

Not everyone can be 6-0 or 11-1 in the Finals. The Finals are the two BEST TEAMS meeting. Yes in 2011 he was VERY passive when he could've probably dominated that Dallas team in any way he wanted to but in 2007 he took one of the worst teams the NBA Finals have seen against a very good Spurs TEAM. This season, the Spurs game plan is to throw the entire defense at LeBron in the interior and dare him to beat them with his jump shot. He seems to get points in garbage time because Pop removes his players from the game and lifts the game plan and plays man defense. LeBron is still helping this Heat team in a plethora of other ways outside of scoring, nothing like 2011 when he didn't really do anything. Watch the games...

[bleedinpurpleTwo]

Has LeBron ever played with a player who even approaches the dominance of Kareem Abdul Jabbar?

Imagine if LeBron lost 4 NBA Finals playing along side a dominant player like prime Shaq, Hakeem, or Duncan.

oh son, let me educate.
1983 Finals, Norm Nixon played with a separated shoulder and could only play in 3 games. Bob McAdoo only played in 2. Lakers were short handed.

Also, in 1983, Kareem was 35 years old and starting his decline.

You should get our story straight kid. Your knowledge of NBA history is insufficient to talk smack.

[get these NETS]

'83- Sixers
'89- Pistons

I explained earlier that he actually got injured in game 2 of the '89 Finals and couldn't finish the series. So that one technically doesn't count as a Magic sweep.

thanks

knew it didn't sound right

[Sarcastic]

No one tries to put Magic Johnson ahead of Michael Jordan on the GOAT list. The reason it's relevant for Lebron is that he is contending for all time number 1. If you have no problem never putting him ahead of Jordan, then losses in the final don't matter for him. He can stay in the 4-8 range. That's fine.

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

Best player in the league showing up to play in the finals other than garbage time, unrealistic standard?


Ok..

That's not OP's point. Read the thread again, dummy.

[Blue&Orange]

LeBron is still helping this Heat team in a plethora of other ways outside of scoring, nothing like 2011 when he didn't really do anything. Watch the games...

Yes settings screen.

Lebron performance have been pathetic so far, and there is no amount of stat padding, mostly on garbage time, and no amount of espn and espn sheeps trying to rewrite history as it happens that can mask it.

[IGOTGAME]

Lol@ people falling for this ESPN brainwashing....lebron isn't losing to world beaters.

I never really rail on espn because I understand their motives but people are dumb.

[Blue&Orange]

That's not OP's point. Read the thread again, dummy.

I wasn't' responding to the OP, was i? omg.

[bdreason]

The disrespect of Kareem in this thread is hilarious.

Kareem averaged 27/8/3 on 57% with almost 4 bpg in the 1983 playoffs... but ya, he was pretty much washed up.

[Legends66NBA7]

Look, I'm not a LeBron fan:

I'm guessing you stopped being a fan after this year ? Because I know you were rocking this avatar before you switched in to the Warriors one:



I think I remember something being written on the bottom of the same picture, but I couldn't tell what it was.

[OhNoTimNoSho]

oh you mean like Magic playing with arguably the greatest player in the history of the game? Sorry, I forgot to mention that part.

Yeah I remember that finals in his rookie year, Kareem carried his ass that series.

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

I wasn't' responding to the OP, was i? omg.

I've repeatedly said that Lebron isn't having a good finals. Again, though, how he's played isn't relevant to this discussion.

People are actually saying his "legacy is over" because he will already have 3 losses in the finals. Does that sound rational?

[bleedinpurpleTwo]

That's not OP's point. Read the thread again, dummy.

OP was referencing getting swept, without using any context at all.
Hell, in 1989 Finals Magic played a whopping 75 minutes IN TOTAL.
In fact, I think Byron Scott didn't play at all.
Obviously they got their ass kicked.

[BlazersDozen]

Yes settings screen.

Lebron performance have been pathetic so far, and there is no amount of stat padding, mostly on garbage time, and no amount of espn and espn sheeps trying to rewrite history as it happens that can mask it.

Are you really this stupid?

10.8 rebounds
6.8 asists
2.2 steals
1 block