Everyone talks about 2011... but what about 2010?

[Doranku]

Cavs #1 overall seed, 61 wins
ECSF
2-2 series
Game 5 in Cleveland...


Cavs lose by 32. LeBron James: 15 pts on 3/14 shooting (Shaq had 21 points on 11 shots and 4 blocks in 26 minutes)


What happened???

[NBAGOAT]

one truly awful game but easily and understandably overshadowed by a bad series in 2011 overall.

[StrongLurk]

Lebron has had a couple bad series in his career, which is why he isn't GOAT.

But, he is still top 3-4 all time.

[PickernRoller]

A couple?

[StrongLurk]

A couple?

No more than anyone else not named MJ.

[Young X]

His last 3 games of that series...34 FG%, 46.8 TS%, 6.3 TO's, 87 ORtg. Awful way to end the series.

[Spurs m8]

The dudes has always needed a shitload of help to get anything done

[ShawkFactory]

This was a very weird case. He

[bullettooth]

When LeBron wins; it's by a hair (funny for an insecure balding douchebag like him). But when he loses... it's in record fashion.

LeBron is trash.

[Stringer Bell]

Lots of people shredded him for his game 5 performance, and how he just talked about his great he is when reporters asked him about his struggles that game.

He struggled likewise in game 4, and game 6 he never seemed to be nearly as effective as his final statline showed. He also almost got a quadruple double if you include turnovers

But game 5 he was just awful.

I remember the theories at the time. Besides the Gloronte rumors, there was also these “LeBron quit/sabotaged the game so he could leave to Miami” theories.

Then after his awful 2011 finals, people just called him a choker and said that explained 2010.

[sportjames23]

When LeBron wins; it's by a hair (funny for an insecure balding douchebag like him). But when he loses... it's in record fashion.

LeBron is trash.

True statement.

[Indian guy]

Boston was the significantly more talented team and were peaking at the right time after basically taking the regular season off. That's what happened.

And do we talk enough about 2011.....Cavaliers? 19 wins

Let's be real, those weren't championship teams, no matter what they accomplished in the regular season. The huge talent drop-off after LeBron was always going to get exposed in the playoffs. No to mention the guy on the sidelines - Mike Brown

[SamuraiSWISH]

Boston was the significantly more talented team and were peaking at the right time after basically taking the regular season off. That's what happened.

And do we talk enough about 2011.....Cavaliers? 19 wins

Let's be real, those weren't championship teams, no matter what they accomplished in the regular season. The huge talent drop-off after LeBron was always going to get exposed in the playoffs. No to mention the guy on the sidelines - Mike Brown

That's disingenuous af ... Cavaliers lost more than just LeBron. And more so than that, they don't run an offense. A LeBron team runs everything through him. So when he bolts and leaves like the competitive coward mercenary he is ... everything goes to shit.

He's a floor raiser yes, but with even greater talent IE Miami and Cleveland Stint 2, or last years Lakers ... he struggles to maximize their potential ceiling level of success.

He marginalizes other greats with his style of play. Needing to ball dominate, and be high usage. Why? LeBron doesn't play to win. He plays for narrative, through his STATS. Because he's too big of a chicken shit loser afraid to lose, than roll the dice going all out in the manner of play (IE man defense - see KD 2017 and 2018) in takes to win.

But given his style of play, he can not be absolutely dominant in high leverage situations when pressure is at it's highest. That's why his bitch ass needed prime D-Wade, and then in turn the best ISO scorer in the league, Kyrie as mental and skillful basketball safety blankets.

Now he needs arguably the best PF / Stretch Four ... 3rd best PER player ever.



This dude's need for help given the way his stans overrate his abilities as a potential GOAT candidate never ceases to ****ing amaze me. They're excuse making cowards just like the player they Stan.

Indian Guy being a Chicagoan who hangs off Bron's Jock is utterly ****ing embarrassing.

[tpols]

His last 3 games of that series...34 FG%, 46.8 TS%, 6.3 TO's, 87 ORtg. Awful way to end the series.

he quit.

the miami booking was already made.

the same exact thing happened in 2014 when the heat got avalanched before next team hop.

and in 2018 another record breaking loss before the next team hop.

preceding every leap, were defeats by massive margin.

[SamuraiSWISH]

he quit.

the miami booking was already made.

the same exact thing happened in 2014 when the heat got avalanched before next team hop.

and in 2018 another record breaking loss before the next team hop.

the quits are strong before the jump, and the defeats by massive margin.

to anyone with a brain who notices