Did the "how many Finals losses" begin with Lebron?

[BXKingPin82]

Yea I never knew Magic lost in the finals 4 times until I heard it the other day. Cause it was NEVER bought up

Tragic Johnson

 

[desjardins]

Tragic Johnson

Thought that was cause he got aids breh
I never heard ppl bringing up him losing finals as a way to degrade his legacy

 

[BXKingPin82]

Thought that was cause he got aids breh
I never heard ppl bringing up him losing finals as a way to degrade his legacy

 

[Primetime21]

N
Not really.

The Warriors, Spurs and big 3 Celts bron teams faced are better than every team MJ faced in the finals

Bron also had a better supporting cast against most of those teams than MJ had. Yall be leaving that out though

 

[Sccit]

PEOPLE DONT UNDERSTAND THAT FINALS RECORD IS THE ONLY REASON JERRY WEST AINT CONSIDERED A GOAT LEVEL PLAYER AND WHY BILL RUSSELL IS EVEN MENTIONED WIT WILT

WIT KOBE MJ MAGIC BIRD, THERE WAS NO NEED TO DISCUSS FINALS RECORD, BECAUSE NONE OF EM HAVE A LOSING ONE

 

[THE MACHINE]

make excuses for teams with home court advantage losing in the first round 4 times breh


None of these loses were against the Lakers though

Same dudes making excuses for Duncan getting swept by the Suns can't comprehend losing to this years Warriors.

 

[Rollo Goodlove]

Ain't nobody even thought of a damn "Finals Record" til dey heard dem 2 idiots on First Take say it, that's why I don't even take anybody who actually uses it as an argument seriously. Any nikka who actually says: "Finals Record" or "Clutch Gene" opinion is automatically thrown out the window as far as I'm concerned. Let's me know that Skip Bayless is your leader and has shaped the way you look at basketball and that says alot.

It was coming rather if sports networks said something or not because he still LOST.
nikka said he was going to bring 7 titles and went 2-2.

 

[Reno89]

Lmao

This is bron stans new talking point. No one thinks its better to lose in earlier rounds, but if you're good enough to make it to the finals, you're good enough to win it a la jordan and the bulls.

If you lose in the earlier rounds, its most likely because you have a shytty or inferior team. But lebron had #1 or #2 seeds with 61 and 66 win teams losing in earlier rounds. Jordan and the bulls never did that.

Show me the year the bulls were #1 seed or even #2 seed in the east and lost in "earlier rounds". You can't. So stop with this losing in earlier round bullshyt as if jordan and the bulls were losing as #1 or #2 seeds in earlier rounds like lebron. Bulls were losing in earlier rounds as a shytty or inferior team.

shytty teams aren't supposed to make it to the finals.

Unless your LeBron in 06-07. It's not LeBrons fault that he would turn around and win 50-60 games with the same type of team that got Jordan swept in the first round

 

[FTBS]

But people aren't in the barbershop arguing if bron is better than west. Unless that's who bron stans think he is more comparable to vs kobe/jordan

And? That changes the facts that were laid out in response to the thread topic somehow?

 

[FTBS]

There's only one "Mr. Clutch" in NBA history...

Yeah but nobody knows who that his . It's rather funny how his Finals record and position as a closer on that squad don't get him any love in any of the all-time convos. Bu...bu...but people care about rings and winning. That only further supports my point.

 

[BXKingPin82]

It was coming rather even if sports networks didn't because he still LOST.
nikka said he was going to bring 7 titles and went 2-2.

 

[Ben.]

Lmao

This is bron stans new talking point. No one thinks its better to lose in earlier rounds, but if you're good enough to make it to the finals, you're good enough to win it a la jordan and the bulls.

If you lose in the earlier rounds, its most likely because you have a shytty or inferior team. But lebron had #1 or #2 seeds with 61 and 66 win teams losing in earlier rounds. Jordan and the bulls never did that.

Show me the year the bulls were #1 seed or even #2 seed in the east and lost in "earlier rounds". You can't. So stop with this losing in earlier round bullshyt as if jordan and the bulls were losing as #1 or #2 seeds in earlier rounds like lebron. Bulls were losing in earlier rounds as a shytty or inferior team.

shytty teams aren't supposed to make it to the finals.

Good argument but I'd say that it's more of being the favorite and losing like LBJ 2011 Finals instead of being the outright underdog and losing like 2007 and 2015, also depends how you play.

 

[the cac mamba]

we cant compare lebron to jordan until lebron retires

but let me say this; lets says bron gets 6 rings and loses 5 finals. so 6 rings, plus 5 conference championships, compared to jordans 6 rings. dont tell me that dudes are gonna sit there and say jordan's "6-0 record" is the better achievement?

 

[the cac mamba]

Oh and not losing in the finals is why MJ is the GOAT...

so you think that losing in the finals is worse than not even getting there? i dont follow

every year he didnt make the finals, he l'ost the finals'. just like every other team in the league like i get the "stage" argument and all that, but it just comes off as bullshyt jordan protectionism

winning the conference championship>>>>>>>getting bounced in the playoffs. the only true "lose in the finals" that bron should be charged with is 2011, because that was just awful

 

[NYC Rebel]

Bron also had a better supporting cast against most of those teams than MJ had. Yall be leaving that out though

Nah. I'll take the two HOFamers MJ, one with prior championship experience (rodman) and the other good enough to carry a team to 55 wins w/o (Pippen) along with a HOF coach over what Bron had