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05-06-2018, 12:43 PM | #751 |
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Even beyond the fact that these are team accomplishments, it doesn't make sense to penalize somebody for making Finals, no. Your argument suggests that it would have been better for LeBron's legacy to do what Jordan did repeatedly and lose in the 1st round rather than having yet another 40 point triple double in game 7 last week.
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05-06-2018, 12:47 PM | #752 | |
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No, if he did that for much of his career the argument would just be even weaker. |
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05-06-2018, 12:47 PM | #753 | |
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I don't get how anybody could look at these numbers (especially when he's showing no signs of slowing down) and not come to any other conclusion at this point. He's shattering records. There isn't even a debate to be had anymore and there certainly won't be by the time his career ends. It just consists of MJ backers repeatedly shouting "6-0" and "NBA Finals MVPs!!1!" as if that means anything at all. |
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05-06-2018, 12:52 PM | #754 | |
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Nobody in their right mind would ever say such a thing. |
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05-06-2018, 12:57 PM | #755 |
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This ****ing guy wants to completely ignore Finals performances and championships, but pump his chest out about wins in an abysmal conference with two great teams and his own “Pippen’s” (Wade/Kyrie) and another All-Star (Bosh/Love).
You want to say that those are “team accomplishments”, yet you’re quick to give Lebron credit for taking down a 70 win team when his Pippen is the one that hit the big shot to do so, not him. It’s amazig how you only call out a “team accomplishment” argument when it doesn’t fit your narrative. |
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05-06-2018, 12:58 PM | #756 | |
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But you’re right, it doesn’t mean anything at all . . . . . . |
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05-06-2018, 01:05 PM | #758 |
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It doesn't if you are actually thinking about what you're arguing. Using your logic, it would have been better for LeBron to lose early as Jordan did and go 3-0 in NBA Finals rather than go 3-5 and lose to the Warriors. It makes no sense.
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05-06-2018, 01:06 PM | #759 |
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Both sides of this are looking like ****ing idiots
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It’s a strawman because like I just said losing consistently in the 1st round would only make he argument weaker. Nobody is saying he was better off losing last week. We’re simply pointing out his Finals losses/performances because that’s when he’s actually had legitimate championship level competition in the playoffs over the last several years. Excuse us for not being impressed with an awful coference for almsot a decade. It’s not just the losses either. It’s the multiple 4th quarter dissapearances, the body language, the run and build a super team both times the going got tough, you know the same thing he’s going to do again after this year. I also don’t think it’s a good look when the guy goingg head to head with Lebron won Finals MVP not once, but twice. He was also clearly outshined by Durant last year, and Durant got the better of him in their one on one situations. You can manipulate stats all you want, but it’s the context of what they did as individuals in a team sport where the object is to win championships that matters the most. Last edited by staylor26; 05-06-2018 at 01:13 PM.. |
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05-06-2018, 01:12 PM | #761 | |
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05-06-2018, 01:15 PM | #762 |
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Exactly. If Lebron were 3-0 after playing in an abysmal conference for almost a decade, we wouldn’t even be having this argument (at least with anybody other than KCC/Wright).
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05-06-2018, 01:16 PM | #763 |
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Nobody is saying it (because it's stupid), but that is the logical premise of the entire "6-0/3-5" argument. Jordan is being credited for having his playoff series losses earlier than LeBron did. That makes no sense.
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05-06-2018, 01:17 PM | #764 |
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Uh, no. Not sure how that conclusion was drawn from anything that was written, but I see now that there is no point in continuing this. Facts/logically consistent arguments isn't something that MJ backers have on their side anymore.
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05-06-2018, 01:18 PM | #765 |
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Jordan didn’t win til he got a super team around him
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