No. In terms of continually facing someone in the playoffs.
- Broken down Derrick Rose
- Old washed up KG and Pierce
- A silly no one takes seriously Lance Stephenson
Seriously.. Jordan had real rivals.... LeBron joined them. Him vs. Wade on even footing would have been a legitimate rivalry. Instead he PUSSIED OUT.
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08-20-2014, 03:54 PM #1Jeremy Lin beat you
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Did LeBron EVER have to face a legitimate rival in his career?
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08-20-2014, 03:55 PM #2Laker Nation
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this won't end well.
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08-20-2014, 03:55 PM #3Local High School Star
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welcome to the excuse era of basketball
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08-20-2014, 04:00 PM #4Banned
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Yea..his rival was a past his prime kobe bryant. Yet kobe won more rings than he did in the same period.
2/3 >>>>> 2/5
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08-20-2014, 04:01 PM #5Embiid > Jokic
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2 is more than 2?
Originally Posted by Mr.Kite
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08-20-2014, 04:01 PM #6NBA rookie of the year
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Bird-Magic ain't got nothing on that
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08-20-2014, 04:02 PM #7The Fam
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Did Kobe?
Did Jordan?
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08-20-2014, 04:02 PM #8It's Okay
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Tim Duncan? I know he's old and stuff but Spurs as a whole are legit.
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08-20-2014, 04:05 PM #9I usually hit open layups
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Re: Did LeBron EVER have to face a legitimate rival in his career?
No modern day "rivalry" is anything like in the 80s/90s, but LeBron's personal history of battles with Boston is probably the closest thing to it.
Starting with Cleveland/Boston in the Conference Semifinals in 2008, where that series went 7. In 2010, the Celtics took out the Cavs for the last time before LeBron went to Miami. In 2011, Boston got destroyed but in 2012, they pushed Miami to 7 games in the Eastern Conference Finals.
All of those battles were exceptionally fun to watch. Pierce even had his first and only 50-point game of his career against LeBron/Cleveland.
But this is nothing like Celtics/Lakers back in the day or even Bulls/Knicks of the 90s, or Bulls/Bad Boys, etc. Guys are too sweet nowadays, every superstar is every other superstar's best friend.
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08-20-2014, 04:07 PM #10Jeremy Lin beat you
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If LeBron played in the West maybe and had to face the SPurs year in and year out in the playoffs. Originally Posted by Spaulding
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08-20-2014, 04:07 PM #11I usually hit open layups
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Jordan absolutely did. The Bad Boys beat him up multiple times and brought the best out of him, and then the Bulls vs. Patrick Ewing's Knicks throughout the 90s was very intense. Lots of tempers flaring, lots of heated battles, altercations, they both wanted to destroy each other. Originally Posted by Trollsmasher
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08-20-2014, 04:10 PM #12If cops pull up i am
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...durant?
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08-20-2014, 04:11 PM #13NBA All-star
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PP
Boston big 3
Spurs
smashed the superstar big 3 of OKC
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08-20-2014, 04:12 PM #14NBA rookie of the year
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Duncan would be the closest. He's faced Duncan 3 times in the Finals and have won 1/3. the 2 times he lost, one was a sweep, the other 4-1. that's brutal.
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08-20-2014, 04:12 PM #15NBA rookie of the year
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at some of the sh*t the Pistons were allowed to get away with.
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