Didn't need to be. No one was running off to join up...a thing LeBron himself made famous for todays players. LeBron's team is more stacked than any Jordan Bulls team was to make up for the talent. Not like he's out there facing the Warriors with a bunch of D-League players.
One of the 50 greatest players of all time plus Robman and Ho Grant were not nothing Toni Kukoch wasn't nothing Rocket River
Show me where i said they were nothing? I said this Cavs team has more talent depth from top to bottom than any Jordan team ever had. Kyrie Irving is 24, Love is 28. Today? Yeah of course i would. Different game. Kyrie and Love both in their prime together have more value for today's game than Pippen and an old Dennis Rodman. Every GM in the league would take a 24 year old Kyrie and 28 year old Love over 30 year old Pippen along with 35 year old Rodman. But, it's cool man. I get it. Steve Kerr was a superstar and Kyrie and Love are bums. I'm tired of arguing over the same crap. Let's just sit back and enjoy and when the Cavs come back and make this a 7 game series(which i believe they will bc they have the talent to do so), we'll talk about how LeBron did it all by himself.
MJ vs Lebron - MJ is the GOAT Pippen vs Kyrie - Kyrie is still young but hard to compare since they play different positions. Plus I hate Pippen with a passion but he was a pretty well rounded player. Pretty much a wash here. Rodman vs Love - Rebounding/Defense vs Offense here. Depends what the teams needs are. Rodman was the perfect for the high powered Bulls. I'm putting this as a wash as well. So if you take the top 3 players I'd say it's pretty close. Cavs may have more offensive talent which folks often equate to meaning they are better players but the Bulls top 3 were way more well rounded. If you look at the next 3-5 players this is where your argument falls apart. How are the Cavs a deep team from top to bottom when your next few players include a crippled Deron Williams & Jefferson, head case JR smith and overpaid Tristan Thompson. Who can on this Cavs team can compare to Tony Kukoc who was a consistent all around player that could put up 15+ points a game. Let's not forget Grant and throw in Kerr who was one of the best 3 pt shooters.
LeBron and the Cavs are the only ones to ever come back from a 3-1 lead in the finals. LeBron and the Cavs defeated a 73-9 team. It took them 7 games and an otherworldly performance from LeBron and Kyrie to squeak out a series win. What did you guys think would happen when they added an NBA MVP to the team without losing much else? You can knock LeBron for a lot of things, but losing to this stacked team probably isn't one of them.
Pulling for the Cavs. That said if they lose, if Ray Allen doesn't hit that 3 at the buzzer, LeBron would be 2 and 6 in the finals.
If draymond doesn't get suspended and Barnes makes even maybe 20-25 percent of his shots, then the warriors are going for 3 peat right now
How does the best perimeter defender of all time LOSE value in a league dominated by perimeter players? The idea that the cavs are even remotely as talented as GS is wrong in every possible way.
I think the Cavs are a bunch of talented players and randomly put on the map. GSW has more talented players overall and they work as a team. Unless that randomly put team can find a way to stop them, they aint winning it.
LeBron didn't choke last night. It wasn't his A game. But he played okay. Love kind of choke. J.R., Korver, and Deron were useless. The problem was, the Warriors aren't just a great offensive team. They are also great on the defensive side. People focus on Durant's scoring firepower. They forget how much he adds to their defense too.
bullshit will be a huge impact. We can't praise him for going to 7 straight finals and not take the losses into account.
LeBron is top 2 or 3 all time. Losing to the Warriors who have 2 of the top 3 players in the league and 4 top 15-20 players won't change that.
That's false too. And neither is better than Pippen and Rodman when Jordan won titles with them. And both of those players would be tailor made for today's league. How can you dismiss Rodman when the main bigs for the two teams left are Thompson and Green? Pippen and Rodman are perfect small ball players.
