Jimmy Butler's Run to the 2023 NBA Finals Is OBJECTIVELY More Impressive Than Any Run LeBron Had EDIT: @Rhakim Exposal Thread

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Don Homer said:
Breh had a finals game where he put up EIGHT points :laff:
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EDIT: EIGHT POINTS FOR THE ENTIRE GAME, not just when he was guarded by Barea. He put up 8 points through 4 quarters. Just thought I needed to make it clear how much of a blunder it is :laff:
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Larry Bird also had a Finals game where he scored just 8 points (on 3-11 shooting)..... and then he followed it up by scoring 8 points again in the very next game (also on 3-11 shooting).....then followed it up with just 12 points in the game after that (on 5-16 shooting). And in a faster paced era too against a far shyttier team.

But you don't care, because that's not a narrative.



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While being guarded by JJ Barea :laff:
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I'm pretty sure the 4 possessions that entire series where Barea guarded him have little relevance to his Game 4 totals. Especially when Barea needed three other Mavs helping him and blatant flop to guard Bron for even though possessions.


The fact that you're still talking about 4 possessions from when thirteen years ago when Bron was 25 and hadn't even won a title yet show how little you have left to go on.
 
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Barea needed his entire team's help to guard Bron and still flopped to get the ref bail-out.

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Meanwhile, MJ isolated 5'3" Muggsy Bogues on an island and still got owned. Got bailed out cause ONE guy tried to help Muggsy when FOUR guys were in there helping Barea.

 
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Rhakim said:
Larry Bird also had a Finals game where he scored just 8 points (on 3-11 shooting)..... and then he followed it up by scoring 8 points again in the very next game (also on 3-11 shooting).....then followed it up with just 12 points in the game after that (on 5-16 shooting). And in a faster paced era too against a far shyttier team.

But you don't care, because that's not a narrative.





I'm pretty sure the 4 possessions that entire series where Barea guarded him have little relevance to his Game 4 totals. Especially when Barea needed three other Mavs helping him and blatant flop to guard Bron for even though possessions.


The fact that you're still talking about 4 possessions from when thirteen years ago when Bron was 25 and hadn't even won a title yet show how little you have left to go on.
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my guy, what is this whataboutism?
 
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my guy, what is this whataboutism?
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Pretty definitive proof that single games and single possessions don't define who a player is. If Bron is the only player in history treated with that standard, it's probably a bad standard.


Magic once went 2-14 in an elimination game against a team with a LOSING record. Missed 2 free throws that would have put them up with 30 seconds left, got the game-winner nailed in his face, and then air-balled the potential game-winner on the other end. Got outplayed by 5'10" Calvin Murphy and lost to a team with a 40-42 record.

And that game/series is never brought up when we talk Magic's legacy, even though the loss was far more embarrassing. The '81 Lakers were stacked as fukk (reigning MVP Kareem, reigning Finals MVP Magic, all-star caliber guys in Norm Nixon and Jamaal Wilkes, and All-Defensive Michael Cooper), and they lost to a team with ONE all-star level player and a losing record.

Kareem missed the playoffs two straight years in his prime and had only won 2 series in the previous 5 years before Magic was drafted. Hakeem only won 3 playoff games total in one five-year stretch of his prime. Kobe blew the Detroit Finals, quit in a Game 7 against the Suns, and looked just as bad as Bron against the '11 Mavs. Wilt got swept in the first round by Swede Halbrook and was once famous for wilting in Game 7s. Shaq got swept 6 times. Russell has 33 career playoff games where he scored 10 or fewer points, with 15 of those coming in the Finals (including 6 games where he shot 2-10 or worse).


Every great has games/series like this. Only to Bron's haters do those random low points override everything else.
 
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Rhakim said:
Pretty definitive proof that single games and single possessions don't define who a player is. If Bron is the only player in history treated with that standard, it's probably a bad standard.


Magic once went 2-14 in an elimination game against a team with a LOSING record. Missed 2 free throws that would have put them up with 30 seconds left, got the game-winner nailed in his face, and then air-balled the potential game-winner on the other end. Got outplayed by 5'10" Calvin Murphy and lost to a team with a 40-42 record.

And that game/series is never brought up when we talk Magic's legacy, even though the loss was far more embarrassing. The '81 Lakers were stacked as fukk (reigning MVP Kareem, reigning Finals MVP Magic, all-star caliber guys in Norm Nixon and Jamaal Wilkes, and All-Defensive Michael Cooper), and they lost to a team with ONE all-star level player and a losing record.

Kareem missed the playoffs two straight years in his prime and had only won 2 series in the previous 5 years before Magic was drafted. Hakeem only won 3 playoff games total in one five-year stretch of his prime. Kobe blew the Detroit Finals, quit in a Game 7 against the Suns, and looked just as bad as Bron against the '11 Mavs. Wilt got swept in the first round by Swede Halbrook and was once famous for wilting in Game 7s. Shaq got swept 6 times. Russell has 33 career playoff games where he scored 10 or fewer points, with 15 of those coming in the Finals (including 6 games where he shot 2-10 or worse).


Every great has games/series like this. Only to Bron's haters do those random low points override everything else.
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Ok? They can battle it out for being the #2 OAT :mjlol:
 
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