That’s basketball. You want them to give the rings to LeBron?
Absolutely not.
But what we're not going to do is use the Warriors' Finals record against LeBron as an argument in favor of Curry. What happened, happened, but at the same time, it is disingenuous to ignore context to push a narrative, that narrative being Curry is 3-1 vs LeBron, therefore x,y,z.
You know what that context is, stop being obtuse: LeBron faced the Warriors by himself first series, won the second series when he had his guys, lost twice to the strongest team in the history of the league. How are you holding those against LeBron in any way? LeBron had to go God Mode vs the CELTICS to keep them alive in 2012-- even those 45 points wouldn't have helped against that Warriors team
If we're keeping it all the way funky, Curry and the Warriors really faced LeBron's squad on equal terms ONCE, and they LOST. The ONLY reason you nikkas is in here cappin is because it makes LeBron "look bad". Durant's Warriors vs the Cavs was like pitting an NBA team vs the best jr. high squad. LeBron is goated, but he ain't that goated.
OKC and San Antonio had to play the Heat who had a bunch of superstar players
Fukking STOP.
1. Bosh WAS NOT A SUPERSTAR. This nikka averaged 11.9 points in the 2013 series vs the Spurs and that series went 7 games. The very next series, he averaged 15 PPG, and they LOST. Those are not superstar numbers, miss me with this bullshyt.
For reference-- you nikkas claim Draymond Green is not a superstar, except he averaged 15.4 PPG in the playoffs in 2016-- that's more than Bosh did in the Finals. If Dray is not a superstar, Bosh is not one either. Cooked.
2. As "crazy" as this sounds, Wade was not a superstar player either. I'll give you 2011 and 2012, but in 2013 and 2014, Wade was broken down and a shell of himself. Wade averaged 19 PPG in the Finals in 2013, 16 PPG for the entire playoffs. THOSE ARE NOT SUPERSTAR NUMBERS. The very next year, Wade averaged 15 PPG in the 2014 Finals, 18 PPG in the playoffs overall. Again, these are not superstar numbers.
3. The Thunder were fukking favored to win the series vs the Heat. That was a team that had Durant, Westbrook, Harden and Ibaka, and they SWEPT the defending champion Mavs, beat the dog shyt out of Kobe's Lakers in 5, and beat the Spurs in 6. This tired narrative that those Thunder were "babies" doesn't hold up to scrutiny, when they were trashing the previous, current and next NBA champions, IN ORDER.
4. San Antonio were a far better constructed and coached team and they wiped the floor with the Heat in 2014.
You have no idea what you're talking about.
The Pacers, Raptors and Bulls probably HATED the Heat and the Cavaliers for keeping them from contending for titles all those years because they couldn’t match the superstar talent those LeBron led teams had. It was fine then though huh?
Again, you're being disingenuous. Miami and Cleveland were top heavy, and as I just proved, even that top was flimsy. The only constant on those teams was LeBron James-- he is the only consistent player on any of those teams, whether that was being a 30 PPG scorer in the playoffs or just remaining healthy. Every single other teammate has either underperformed or been unavailable.
The Warriors before Durant were excellently constructed as well as excellently coached. They had no deficiency, as all their guys were available, and they had a reliable bench as well as three great players-- Steph is Steph, Klay is just as good as Steph but a better defender, and Dray is the ultimate glue guy. Then you add the second best player in the NBA to this team; how the FUKK do you see this as the same situation with the Heat and the Cavs?
Oh, because you're a fukking liar. That, or you haven't a Blue's Clue what the fukk you're talking about, and should probably sit this one out.