How did he choke in 2014 when he put up 28/8/4 on 58/55/76 while his 2nd and 3rd best players Wade/Bosh were outscored by Patty Mills
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... Your so hurt 
How did he choke in 2014 when he put up 28/8/4 on 58/55/76 while his 2nd and 3rd best players Wade/Bosh were outscored by Patty Mills
LeBron 26% shooting in the 4th
Curry 63%
that was the difference. Curry stepped in big moments, Lebron melted as usual.
All-Time #NBArank: LeBron No. 3
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Some people came to see the spectacle, more came to see him fail. Most left blown away.
So many of the overexposed teenagers in the preps-to-pros era squinted when the big spotlight arrived. Even the best needed more seasoning. Not James. His game was raw in areas, he was overwhelmed by the venom some of his peers had for him and maybe he pouted a little too easily, but oh did he impress. He has been worth not only the attention but the growing price of admission.
He later became the first superstar to have to navigate the social media age, and he rode it to become one of the most famous athletes in the world.
Nitpick his game, mock his receding headband, criticize his free-agency choices, start comparing rings. But never before had the game seen a teenager like him. By the time he was in his mid-20s he was no longer chasing opponents but chasing ghosts, the greats who'd come before.
Now he's trying to end a 50-year-old title drought for a city where he's one of the most treasured residents in its two centuries of existence.
Go ahead and rank that.
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All-Time #NBArank has reached the cream of the crop.
To create All-Time #NBArank, we put together a ballot with the 150 greatest players ever. Then our ESPN expert panel voted on thousands of head-to-head matchups, with voting based on both peak performance and career value. The result is our all-time NBA Top 100, which concludes Wednesday.
All-Time #NBArank: No. 3
If you want to get involved in the discussion, #NBArank is the Twitter hashtag to use. You also can follow along @ESPNNBA and on Facebook.
LeBron James
We counted down the greatest players in NBA history. ALL-TIME #NBARANK
Some people came to see the spectacle, more came to see him fail. Most left blown away.
So many of the overexposed teenagers in the preps-to-pros era squinted when the big spotlight arrived. Even the best needed more seasoning. Not James. His game was raw in areas, he was overwhelmed by the venom some of his peers had for him and maybe he pouted a little too easily, but oh did he impress. He has been worth not only the attention but the growing price of admission.
He later became the first superstar to have to navigate the social media age, and he rode it to become one of the most famous athletes in the world.
Nitpick his game, mock his receding headband, criticize his free-agency choices, start comparing rings. But never before had the game seen a teenager like him. By the time he was in his mid-20s he was no longer chasing opponents but chasing ghosts, the greats who'd come before.
Now he's trying to end a 50-year-old title drought for a city where he's one of the most treasured residents in its two centuries of existence.
Go ahead and rank that.
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How is "LeBron is a choker and always has been" still a thing? Thought he deaded that narrative in 2012.
A choker is a measurably poor clutch performer (shoots poorly/can pinpoint plays where they were at fault for losing) and does not lead his team far in the playoffs perennially (LeBron has gotten to the second round every year, to at least the ECF all but three years). LeBron has hovered around 45-50% clutch shooting his entire career, has a better go-ahead shot and GW shot efficiency than almost everyone (including Kobe) and getting to the Finals at all is better than coming up short in earlier rounds more often than not.
How many bad playoff series has LeBron had? Like actually? SA kinda in '07.. Boston in '08.. Dallas in '11.. How many more noteworthy ones?
How many Finals did he lose as the leader of the favored team? I can only think of one ('11). Rest he either played as well as he ever did but his team lost ('14, '15) or he played sub-par but as the underdog ('07).
Maybe it can be put this way: I see some people embellish players because for parts of their career/playoff careers they've been the "only good scoring option" and that's been a big part of their arguments. But when LeBron could be put in the same category in the Finals three different times ('07, '14, '15) that gets ignored? Really the only series that he should be deserving of criticism is 2011. That's fair play. Maybe '07 since it wasn't up to LeBron-freaking-James standards but it doesn't really get talked about a lot and Cleveland of course wasn't favored vs. San Antonio that year. Don't know why the other losing series are seen in the same light as '11.
If you look up LeBron vs. anyone in clutch play you may not like what you'll find
Don't think he's top 3 but it's not a stretch to call him top 10
A choker is a measurably poor clutch performer (shoots poorly/can pinpoint plays where they were at fault for losing) and does not lead his team far in the playoffs perennially (LeBron has gotten to the second round every year, to at least the ECF all but three years). LeBron has hovered around 45-50% clutch shooting his entire career, has a better go-ahead shot and GW shot efficiency than almost everyone (including Kobe) and getting to the Finals at all is better than coming up short in earlier rounds more often than not.
How many bad playoff series has LeBron had? Like actually? SA kinda in '07.. Boston in '08.. Dallas in '11.. How many more noteworthy ones?
How many Finals did he lose as the leader of the favored team? I can only think of one ('11). Rest he either played as well as he ever did but his team lost ('14, '15) or he played sub-par but as the underdog ('07).
Maybe it can be put this way: I see some people embellish players because for parts of their career/playoff careers they've been the "only good scoring option" and that's been a big part of their arguments. But when LeBron could be put in the same category in the Finals three different times ('07, '14, '15) that gets ignored? Really the only series that he should be deserving of criticism is 2011. That's fair play. Maybe '07 since it wasn't up to LeBron-freaking-James standards but it doesn't really get talked about a lot and Cleveland of course wasn't favored vs. San Antonio that year. Don't know why the other losing series are seen in the same light as '11.
If you look up LeBron vs. anyone in clutch play you may not like what you'll find
Don't think he's top 3 but it's not a stretch to call him top 10
an emissary from hell
I got the bricks from Wakanda
I would've put Lebron at #5 instead of 3 but I'm not mad at the placement at all
DlAMONDZ
That pu$$y got me grinning
Those numbers had about the same impact as Love did in MinnyHow did he choke in 2014 when he put up 28/8/4 on 58/55/76 while his 2nd and 3rd best players Wade/Bosh were outscored by Patty Mills
What's next breh? His triple double against the Celtics in 2010 was an all time great performance too, right?
At least Patty didn't win FMVP
Rank a dude who got outplayed by Jason Terry in the NBA finals as a top 3 player alltime brehs
Rank a top 2 scorer alltime and one of the most feared and respected offensive FORCES in NBA history at number 12 brehs
*Looks at reppin*