2017 NBA Finals
Warriors: Cavs:
Durant 35-8-7 LeBron 34-12-12
Curry 27-8-9 Kyrie 29-4-4
Klay 16-5-2 Love 16-10-1
Dray 11-10-5 Smith 11-2-1
Warriors entered the Finals with a 12-0 record. Cleveland…
Superteam Suns
Superteam Clippers
Superteam Bucks
Superteam Lakers
Superteam Nuggets
Superteam Celtics
All just to beat this 35 year old with an aging roster.
“-I never saw Jordan ask for his f***ing respect...
-I've never seen the audience BULLYING Michael Jordan in their own home..
-I never saw Jordan looking for a referee to ask to take out a fan who paid for her ticket...
-I never saw Jordan fight a WOMAN for mocking his game...
-I…
We need to stop pretending like LeBron joined 3 random teams and won
Each roster was reconstructed into championship contenders with at least 1 other all-nba/all-star caliber player
Any of the greats could’ve won stacking the deck like he did
"He ain't got six, but he done it with three different teams."
Lil Wayne picks LeBron over Jordan and Kobe 👀
(via All The Smoke Podcast,
@shobasketball
)
Players who’ve won Championships on LeBron’s watch:
Duncan 3x
Steph 4x
Kobe 2x
KD 2x
Kawhi 2x
Dirk 1x
Wade 1x
Shaq 1x
KG 1x
Giannis 1x
Jokic 1x
Billups 1x
12 different players have tasted victory in “LeBron’s era” and HALF of those wins came against LeBron himself 🤯
Kwame Brown barbecuing LeBron 🔥
In 20 years no mid range game, no go to move, no bag whatsoever. It’s actually tragic
“You can’t just say you’re great you have to show you’re great”
In a 32-month-span, Michael Jordan:
- Won 3 championships
- Won 3 scoring titles
- Won 3 FMVPs
- Won 2 MVPs
- Made 3 All-NBA Teams
- Made 3 All-Def Teams
- Missed 0 games
Michael Jordan in his first NBA Finals:
31.2 ppg
11.4 apg
6.6 rpg
2.8 stl
55/50/85 splits
Won 4-1
LeBron James in his first NBA Finals:
22.0 ppg
6.8 apg
7.0 rpg
1.0 stl
35/20/69 splits
Lost 0-4
The stage was just too bright for LeBron
Fool skipped out on Kobe’s statue ceremony, choked away a winnable a game, and is now trying to coverup his butterfingers as a pass to AD
LeBron James. One of a kind.
Y’all remember when Chael Sonnen openly declared LeBron James uses PEDs and the media, the NBA and LeBron’s team, just ignored it?
Why’d they stay silent?
Dwayne Wade in the 2011 NBA Finals:
26.5 ppg
7.0 rpg
5.2 apg
61.4 TS%
Led Miami to a 2-1 series lead and was well on his way to his 2nd Championship and Finals MVP before his teammates decided the lights were too bright
Underrated performance
Dwayne Wade talks about how he turned off the TV when Kobe won in 2010 and immediately called LeBron.
"LeBron, so what you gonna do?"
"Kobe winning all these rings, now he got 5.."
Miami's superteam was created because of Kobe. 😂
@NBAMemes
It’s even more hilarious when casuals use total stats to try and prove a point
It’s even MORE hilarious that Jordan scored 1500 more points and still nearly matched Pippen in every other category
Allen Iverson says LeBron James is ‘definitely’ after Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant
"I say Mike, and I say Kobe, and then everyone else."
(🎥
@shobasketball
)
Just a reminder it took
1. Harrison Barnes shooting 20% FG
2. Draymond getting suspended
3. Iguodala/Bogut missing games
4. Steph playing on one knee
5. Kyrie averaging 27 AND hitting the series winning shot
For LeBron to barely beat Steph in 7 games
Kobe ranks in the 2000s:
1st in points
1st in playoff points
1st in playoff steals
1st in free throws
1st in playoff free throws
1st in Finals free throws
1st in Finals steals
2nd in Finals points
2nd in Finals wins
3rd in playoff wins
5th in steals
7th in wins
“Me individually, I was productive”
STORY. OF. HIS. CAREER.
Team lose by 20? Got my stats
Team miss the playoffs? Got my stats
Team swept in the Finals? Got my stats
@JeanieBuss
, trade this BUM
“LeBron revenge season starts now”
“Reaves took a leap”
“AD has something to prove”
“Best bench in the league”
“We’ve prepared all summer for this”
“They don’t wanna see us again”
Horace Grant on Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant:
"In terms of pure competitiveness, it’s Jordan 1A and Kobe 1B. I played with both guys and I can tell you that for certain.
You know when the captains go to centre court with the referees before a game, and everybody shakes hands…
No way you’re gonna convince me a 38 year old MJ isn’t taking this years Lakers team to the Finals
Pre knee-injury MJ was the best 38 year old in league history
Magic - Never won w/o Kareem
Kareem - Only won 1 w/o Magic
Shaq - Averaged 13 PTS in last 💍
Duncan - Averaged 15 PTS in last 💍
All of their rings count despite meeting criteria that invalidate Kobe’s to a lot of people like
@stephenasmith
🤔
This double standard around Kobe…
Michael Jordan ‘86 1st Rd
— 43.7/6.3/5.7
— “God disguised as MJ” - Larry Bird
— 22 years old
Kobe Bryant ‘01 WCF
— 33.3/7.0/7.0
— Swept Tim Duncan
— 22 years old
LeBron James ‘07 ECF
— 25.7/9.2/8.5
— Scored 25 straight in Gm 5
— 22 years old
Anthony Edwards ‘24 1st Rd…
Imagine if Steph missed this shot
Imagine if Steph blew a 20 point lead
You wouldn’t hear the end of it, but all the talk we hear is of a missed foul call
Different standards
Jordan at age 29 was already considered the GOAT
LeBron is approaching 40 and still chasing MJ. There’s nothing he can do. It’s just embarrassing to keep trying to force this discussion
Michael Jordan
6 Finals
35 games
24-11 W-L
.685
Kobe Bryant
7 Finals
36 Games
23-13 W-L
.638
Steph Curry
6 Finals
34 Games
21-13
.617
LeBron James
10 Finals
55 Games
22-33 😹
.400 😭
How can the “GOAT” have less wins in 20+ more attempts? 🤔
LeBron James in the 2nd half facing elimination:
9 points 🔥
4/10 FG 🥶
0/3 3P 😈
1/2 FT 🤧
1 side of the backboard brick 🧱
1 game-winning layup stuffed 😭
WILL NEVER BE MJ
Most rings won by a player w/o multiple teammates avg 16+ PPG on the season:
Michael Jordan - 6
Kobe Bryant - 5
Shaquille O’Neal - 4
Tim Duncan - 3
Hakeem Olajuwon - 2
Larry Bird, LeBron James, Steph Curry - 1
🐐 x 🐍
MJ’s first 3 seasons:
1985-faces 59-23 Bucks in 1st round
1986-faces 67-15 Celtics in 1st round
1987-faces 59-23 Celtics in 1st round
LeBron’s first 3 seasons:
2004-misses playoffs
2005-misses playoffs
2006-faces 42-40 Wizards in 1st round
Better to make it and lose than…
Players who have been swept the most in their career:
Shaquille O’Neal - 6 times
Pau Gasol - 6 times
The fact Kobe won 5 championships with them is astounding
Why is LeBron even pictured?
Being taken to 7 games by Victor Oladipo then rookie Jason Tatum and then not winning a game in the Finals is not impressive
Jokic clears
Most rings won by a player w/o multiple teammates avg 16+ PPG on the season:
Michael Jordan - 6
Kobe Bryant - 5
Shaquille O’Neal - 4
Tim Duncan - 3
Hakeem Olajuwon - 2
Larry Bird, LeBron James, Steph Curry - 1
🐐 x 🐍
First he told us he was robbed of DPOY and now hes saying he was robbed of a unanimous MVP 🤣
Yall really sit here and accept watching this insecure fraud have to TELL you how great he is
“LeBron giving the 35 year old, 4 inch shorter and 60lb lighter defender the business”
Has anyone ever stopped and asked why LeBron’s best highlights are always against point guards? Lmfao
“We done with the 90s”
"ROOKIE" fresh out of HS LeBron giving the "The Glove" Gary Payton the business. (arguably the best defender the 90s had to offer)
Kobe Bryant was the Batman of Basketball
Not the fastest
Not the strongest
Not the quickest
Not the tallest
Not the biggest
BUT
Worked the hardest
Planned the most
Studied copiously
Attacked weaknesses
Played to strengths
Created contingencies
Had insane IQ
Literally…
Patrick Mahomes is closing the gap between him and Tom Brady better than LeBron James ever did with Michael Jordan
This is what an ACTUAL GOAT chase looks like
Kobe Bryant’s 7 Game Winners from the 2010 NBA Season
Didn’t matter who was defending, what the “best shot” was, what the “right play” was
The best get it done when it matters. No excuses.
Just a reminder LeBron James has:
- Played 479 more games
- Attempted 5,281 more FGs
And is still behind Michael Jordan in career 30 point games 🤯
I do believe there are a few candidates for “greatest scorer ever” …LeBron is not one of them
NBA Players who choose Kobe over LeBron:
Michael Jordan
James Gates
Larry Bird
Magic Johnson
Shaquille O'Neal
Dennis Rodman
Allen Iverson
Kevin Durant
Dwyane Wade
Paul Pierce
NBA Players who choose Lebron over Kobe:
Kendrick Perkins
Isiah Thomas
LBJ Himself
Elite…
Michael Jordan vs LeBron James at age 34
MJ Reg Szn — LBJ Reg Szn —
82 GP 55 GP
28.7 PPG 27.4 PPG
5.8 RPG 8.5 RPG
3.5 APG 8.3 APG
5th MVP
MJ Playoffs — LBJ Playoffs —…
Laker’s record at the 2013 All-Star Break: 25-29
Kobe guarantees a playoff spot: 20-8 record, 45-37 overall, makes playoffs 🐍
Laker’s record at the 2019 All-Star Break: 28-29
LeBron activates Play-off Mode:
9-16 record, 37-45 overall, misses playoffs 👸
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