If Lb makes Finals but Loses Again, is it time his legacy starts taking hits?

[boskey]

At least dude has won 2 rings.

But if he finishes 2-5 or 2-6 in the Finals, that really sticks out. Let's not act like losing 6 Finals is anything to be shrugged off.

Nope.Losing 6 finals is absolutely 100% something to be shrugged off if you have any common sense. Cuz we shrug off losses in the first round, second round and conference championships all the time. Bill Russell's Celtics are the only players in NBA history with more championships than playoff exits...

Nobody has ever explained why losing in the finals is worse than losing earlier. Cuz there is no answer, its just some bullshyt...

 

[TrebleMan]

Nope.Losing 6 finals is absolutely 100% something to be shrugged off if you have any common sense. Cuz we shrug off losses in the first round, second round and conference championships all the time. Bill Russell's Celtics are the only players in NBA history with more championships than playoff exits...

Nobody has ever explained why losing in the finals is worse than losing earlier. Cuz there is no answer, its just some bullshyt...

No, it isn't something to be shrugged off, it hasn't been, and it won't be. It's only resulted in two titles for all the years he's been in the league and considered to be the great for however long he was. Great when you consider other players, but that's not a number that the great of the great will be proud of.

Meaning you didn't win and that goes against you. You didn't get it done. No matter what round you get eliminated in, you still get eliminated.

Look at how West and Wilt are remembered, as greats with blemishes. No one cares who finishes second if you had a chance to finish first. Not trying to hear top 5 career talk.

 

[wire28]

He has 8 wins and 16 finals losses. His legacy been took a hit unless you a LeStan.

How high do we rate Jerry West and Wilt for being finals losers?

I don't see many call Wilt the Goat and nobody calls Jerry the Goat.

Lebron can't be the GOAT with a finals record like that.

 

[Walt]

Nope.Losing 6 finals is absolutely 100% something to be shrugged off if you have any common sense. Cuz we shrug off losses in the first round, second round and conference championships all the time. Bill Russell's Celtics are the only players in NBA history with more championships than playoff exits...

Nobody has ever explained why losing in the finals is worse than losing earlier. Cuz there is no answer, its just some bullshyt...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA @ this lame ass Bron stan. fukk outta here, loser-lover. Losing in the Finals is much worse than losing in the 1st round. If you lose in the 1st round, 90% of the time your team wasn't good enough to win, which is the fault of the coach, GM, or supporting cast. If you lose in the Finals, your team was good enough to win, and as the star you're the player who is supposed to take the team over the top.

fukk you.

 

[boskey]

No, it isn't something to be shrugged off, because it's only resulted in two titles for all the years he's been in the league and considered to be the great for however long he was. No matter what round you get eliminated in, you still get eliminated.

Meaning you didn't win and that goes against you. You didn't get it done.

Look at how West and Wilt are remembered, as greats with blemishes. No one cares who finishes second if you had a chance to finish first. Not trying to hear top 5 career talk.

Obviously you want to win as many rings as you can, but thats not the issue here.

The question is: Is it better to be 2-0 in the Finals or 2-6? And to anyone with common sense 2-6 is better, cuz it means you have had better team success over a longer period of time and more shots at the title....

 

[boskey]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA @ this lame ass Bron stan. fukk outta here, loser-lover. Losing in the Finals is much worse than losing in the 1st round. If you lose in the 1st round, 90% of the time your team wasn't good enough to win, which is the fault of the coach, GM, or supporting cast. If you lose in the Finals, your team was good enough to win, and as the star you're the player who is supposed to take the team over the top.

fukk you.

SMH at this Steve Kerr and/or Robert Horry stan. How did you become a mod????

 

[JBoy]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA @ this lame ass Bron stan. fukk outta here, loser-lover. Losing in the Finals is much worse than losing in the 1st round. If you lose in the 1st round, 90% of the time your team wasn't good enough to win, which is the fault of the coach, GM, or supporting cast. If you lose in the Finals, your team was good enough to win, and as the star you're the player who is supposed to take the team over the top.

fukk you.

what's with the random fukk you at the end my man ain't deserve that

 

[Fortunate Lee]

If you lose in the Finals, your team was good enough to win, and as the star you're the player who is supposed to take the team over the top.

fukk you.

didnt he do that for 3 fukkin rounds tho without love and kyrie? didnt he almost average a 35 trip double
eat a dikk walt

 

[Fortunate Lee]

Only that Mavs L is a major hit to Lebron legacy. He choked even he knows that. The rest of them shyts he came to play

 

[Walt]

Throwback trollin, word to BlackAf

 

[boskey]

Throwback trollin, word to BlackAf

Ya'll gon keep fukkin around with me and turn me back to the old me

(pause if necessary)

 

[Walt]

Only that Mavs L is a major hit to Lebron legacy. He choked even he knows that. The rest of them shyts he came to play

I definitely agree Mavs series is a serious stain on his legacy. But that stain is, in the grand context of things, not much of one at all. He has his titles, his MVPs, his Olympic Gold. He has flexed unprecedented power as a player in terms of his influence over the market and his franchise. He has made teams instant contenders with his arrival, and turned the Cavs into a complete joke with his departure, only to revive them again. There are a lot of things to criticize LeBron for, but far more to marvel at. He's uniquely great at basketball. All the other shyt is for agendas and stans.

 

[Joe Sixpack]

Kobestans pretend to play dumb when it comes to the ESPN rankings but the facts are simple.

If you have prime LeBron on your team, you're a team that is expected to challenge for a title, no matter who else is on the roster. Kobe isn't that guy. He's going down as one of the best players of all time, but every year that the Lakers were picked as one of the contending teams, they also had what most experts considered the best front line in the NBA.

This is what I have told these fakkits for years..

Kobe didnt do shyt when Shaq left but score alot of points and be a nut in games every fukkin night.

Only way he was able to get a title was when Jerry West giftwrapped Pau Gasol for them for a bag of stale oranges

Kobe can't lift a team. He has shown that throughout his career..

Bron can lift a team to unprecedented heights.

 

[Trapperman Dave]

LMAO THAT MAKE NO DIFFERENCE, WINNING AS A LEADER OF THE TEAM
IS STILL DIFF THAN WINNIN AS A ROLE PLAYER.

Define "role player" think before you answer

 

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

This is what I have told these fakkits for years..

Kobe didnt do shyt when Shaq left but score alot of points and be a nut in games every fukkin night.

Only way he was able to get a title was when Jerry West giftwrapped Pau Gasol for them for a bag of stale oranges

Kobe can't lift a team. He has shown that throughout his career..

Bron can lift a team to unprecedented heights.

You mean Pau without a single playoff victory? Or is there a different Pau that was some great playoff performer and winner?