LeBron James' NBA Finals runs come with an asterisk

[livinglegend]

It's a point to make that the winners of the East those 2 years were also not the favorites to make the finals.

All of this discussion is pointless until someone tells us what exactly is scoring margin and how exactly it's calculated.

[Hey Yo]

Of course, Duncan and Kobe have traditionally had better supporting casts and coaches, and the basic numbers used here don't account for injuries to opponents that may overrate the difficulty of the Finals paths. There's a lot of context missing from this basic study.

eot

btw, the quote below is hilarious from the author of the article. Writes it as if it was Kobe's team for his first 3 rings.

Kobe's average supporting cast during his seven Finals runs was equivalent to a 45-37 team, which is rather solid.

[jlip]

Isn't some version of this thread created at least 3 times a day?

[24-Inch_Chrome]

This shit doesn't deserve a new response. From another thread:

East is weaker than the West. No disputes that.

This talk of "asterisks" is ridiculous though, so many championships could be slapped with asterisks for a wide variety of reasons (weak conference, refs, key injuries to opponents, etc.). There's no point in opening that can of worms, a ring is a ring is a ring, at least as far as the validity of a title.

Just leave it alone, the autistic children who seriously want to add asterisks can continue living in their delusional worlds and everyone else can carry on without seeing the NBA forum clogged up with the same crap every day.

Isn't some version of this thread created at least 3 times a day?

Yup. Shit posting at its finest.

[SouBeachTalents]

Then Magic's Finals runs need to come with an asterisk too. Seriously, look at his road to the Finals in '84, '85, and '87, with extremely stacked teams to boot

[Foster5k]

So, basically without LeBron, the East wouldn't have any championships for the past 7 years? That actually makes LeBron look even better. The savior of the East.

[lilteapot]

Then Magic's Finals runs need to come with an asterisk too. Seriously, look at his road to the Finals in '84, '85, and '87, with extremely stacked teams to boot

All this proves is that nobody will care about how Lebron got his titles, the only thing people remember is that he won them.

[ImKobe]

Bran stans avoiding this thread like the plague

[Hey Yo]

The author of the article ought to do the same study on Magic and Bird of the 80's. People would then see that Bird would stay in the top 10 while Magic would drop to the top 20.

[HOoopCityJones]

This shit doesn't deserve a new response. From another thread:



Just leave it alone, the autistic children who seriously want to add asterisks can continue living in their delusional worlds and everyone else can carry on without seeing the NBA forum clogged up with the same crap every day.



Yup. Shit posting at its finest.

Some of you ni99as is blatantly ass hurt.

No one told you to read or post here, from the title you should've known what this would be about.

BtW I don't think any of Bron's rings come with an Asterisk. Winning is winning.

But the break down was an interesting read.

[24-Inch_Chrome]

Some of you ni99as is blatantly ass hurt.

No one told you to read or post here, from the title you should've known what this would be about.

BtW I don't think any of Bron's rings come with an Asterisk. Winning is winning.

But the break down was an interesting read.

These threads shouldn't exist. They're created multiple times/day and contribute nothing to this forum, just clog up the front page. No one denies that the Eastern Conference is worse. Posting that it is time and time again despite no one arguing the contrary is 3ball-esque.

If this was the first time that argument had come up it wouldn't have received much vitriol but I'm tired of seeing the same crap every day.

[iTare]

What about n*ggas like wilt and russell? wasn't their road to the finals a much easier one too? cmon now fellas

[HOoopCityJones]

These threads shouldn't exist. They're created multiple times/day and contribute nothing to this forum, just clog up the front page. No one denies that the Eastern Conference is worse. Posting that it is time and time again despite no one arguing the contrary is 3ball-esque.

If this was the first time that argument had come up it wouldn't have received much vitriol but I'm tired of seeing the same crap every day.

Bruh get over yourself, if you wanted to talk real Basketball without bias the last place you'd be is here. This is literally the worst forum on the net when it comes to objective discussions.

Same threads are made everyday regardless of this one , it'll be buried under same bullshit within hours. Hell, way worse than this


Kenneth and the LBJ stans are probably plotting something as we speak.

I told you why I posted this, it wasn't to troll , you just got mad.

[livinglegend]

Bruh get over yourself, if you wanted to talk real Basketball without bias the last place you'd be is here. This is literally the worst forum on the net when it comes to objective discussions.

Same threads are made everyday regardless of this one , it'll be buried under same bullshit within hours. Hell, way worse than this


Kenneth and the LBJ stans are probably plotting something as we speak.

I told you why I posted this, it wasn't to troll , you just got mad.

I think the article you posted could be a good topic of discussion.
But you are refusing to answer my questions.
Is it because you don't know the answer?

[HOoopCityJones]

I think the article you posted could be a good topic of discussion.
But you are refusing to answer my questions.
Is it because you don't know the answer?

More to do with the fact that you're irrelevant.