Number of playoff series victories over 50+ win teams: Lebron 6, Duncan 18, Kobe 24

[SpursFanSinceNovember2017]

Number of Playoff Series Victories over teams with 50+ wins:

Lebron: 6
Duncan: 18
Kobe: 24

Let's put these numbers into their proper context...

Dirk's 2011 Title Run: 48 win Blazers, 57 win Lakers, 55 win Thunder, and 58 win Miami (3, 50+ win teams)
Kobe's 2010 Title Run: 50 win OKC, 53 win Utah, 54 win Phoenix, 50 win Boston (4, 50+ win teams)
Duncan's 2005 Title Run: 49 win Denver, 52 win Seattle, 62 win Phoenix, 54 win Detroit (3, 50+ win teams)

In one single playoff...

Lebron's entire career has been a fraud. How does he get cemented as a top 10 player for beating up on the Bucks, Sixers, and Bobcats?

 

[Truth200]

Worthless Statistics, what a waste of time......

Shame on me for feeling the need to comment.

 

[The Goodz]

So it's LeBron's fault the teams he beats cant win games??

 

[GunRanger]

This actually isn't a worthless thread

 

[CantStop]

damn this thread is actually fire.

wow that's crazy...6 teams tho wow

 

[mannyrs13]

In the west, 50 wins sometimes doesn't even get you a playoff spot. That's how stacked the conference had been for so long. I think only 3 or 4 teams even had a winning record in the east last year or year before. Not difficult to beat teams with a 20+ win advantage.

 

[The Goodz]

So by the OP's logic, LBJ and the cavs/heat being atop the east was a sham. They should have finished 7th or eighth in the East so they can have more wins over 50+ win teams

 

[killacal]

24 and 6 tho

 

[The Goodz]

In the west, 50 wins sometimes doesn't even get you a playoff spot. That's how stacked the conference had been for so long. I think only 3 or 4 teams even had a winning record in the east last year or year before. Not difficult to beat teams with a 20+ win advantage.

why is this a new topic when the east has always been weak, even in the MJ era. Even the 70+ Bulls team only beat two teams with 50+ wins, but no one said anything then right

 

[GunRanger]

why is this a new topic when the east has always been weak, even in the MJ era. Even the 70+ Bulls team only beat two teams with 50+ wins, but no one said anything then right

Hard to talk shyt when you win 72 out of 82 games


Then the next year they won 69

 

[Dat Migo]

So by the OP's logic, LBJ and the cavs/heat being atop the east was a sham. They should have finished 7th or eighth in the East so they can have more wins over 50+ win teams

He doesn't make 4 straight finals in the West.

 

[The Goodz]

He doesn't make 4 straight finals in the West.

too bad we cant play out hypotethicals can we?

 

[Dat Migo]

too bad we cant play out hypotethicals can we?

I guess not

 

[The Goodz]

I guess not

so what was the point of bringing up something you cant prove??

if thats the case, put duncan and kobe on those cavs teams and watch that team still be mediocre, put lebron/ai/tmac with shaq and they would get three rings

see what hypothetical logic gets you, no limits

 

[Dat Migo]

if thats the case, put duncan and kobe on those cavs teams and watch that team still be mediocre, put lebron/ai/tmac with shaq and they would get three rings

too bad we cant play out hypotethicals can we?