2-14 and 6-11 from the line in an elimination game against a 40-42 team while letting the opposing point guard score freely on your team and then only getting the potential game-winner halfway to the hoop is MUCH worse than anything that could possibly happen in a Finals game, because it's the FIRST ROUND and you're playing a LOSING TEAM. The Lakers were defending champs, brought everyone back, had MVP Kareem, were clear title contenders, and they lost IN THE FIRST ROUND TO A LOSING TEAM. This whole, "losing in the Finals is worse than losing in the first round" nonsense has to stop.
Wilt had 8 or fewer points in Finals games multiple times and lost series leads. Kareem had 4 points in a Finals game once and lost series leads. Bird had 8 points in Finals games multiple times and once averaged single digits for three consecutive Finals games. Kobe had 8 points in a Finals loss on freaking 4-20 shooting, and only managed like 3 boards and 3 assists in that game too. Hell, Russell probably averaged 8ppg for entire Finals. The only guys who never had a low-scoring Finals games are the ones who were completely focused on scoring as opposed to other tasks, so they put up 15-20+ shots a game regardless of how well they were scoring (West, MJ, Kobe outside of that ridiculous 4-20 game). To say that a single performance "knocks someone out from being GOAT" is silly as hell - single game performances don't work like that, and scoring is not such an end-all that you evaluate on it and ignore literally every other part of the game.
Lebron's games 6-7 against the Spurs and 5-6-7 against the Warriors were two of the greatest clutch performances in Finals history. You evaluate on the entire body of work, not one series when he was 26.
You got to be pretty bytchmade to have that statement getting in your feelings so much you're still quoting it six years and three titles later.
I already said it was bad, both cases. But LeBrick's finals in 2011 is really bad. You're not making a case for anything, they're both terrible, which again is by itself a stain enough where it's not touching the rarified air of MJ. Magic's case is bad, but Magic already said MJ is the GOAT, so really if you wanna compare Magic n LeFlop so be it. But again, there's no forgetting that 2011 finals. 8 points in a finals game, losing a finals lead, losing the finals on your home court. It's bad. Not a single game, we're talking the entire series. And we're not even talking about the refs trying to give the Heat that finals, with those BS fouls being called near the end of the series. Your legacy has to be pretty pristine to start being up there with the likes of MJ. Lebrick has a losing finals record on top of that.
Then he gets his feelings caught up by tryin to down fans, "I'm still gonna live my life and be happy'' lol
You got to be pretty bytchmade to ignore all the shortcomings of LeHairline and the flopping/copping pleas he's done over his career. Leflop just got to 3 (by switching teams twice), MJ has 6, with 2 3 peats. Lebrick isn't there yet, period.
Now he bytches about playing too many games, takes games off voluntarily, says the season is too long for him. lol that don't sound like a GOAT to me. You got to be pretty bytchmade to both complain about playing too many games now when you know it'd be impossible to catch MJ if he actually had to play 82 games like you know everyone else before him, and to be a stan of that and think he's a GOAT like MJ.
That's not a GOAT. It just isn't
Or the coronation he predicted in Miami:
"not 3, not 4, not 5....."
He self ethers himself so much it's only stans that defend that kind of behavior. All the hype he had he started feelin himself too much.
"i'm not tryin to be MJ i'm tryin to be Lebron James" even though I'm gonna wear 23 to
"i'm chasing that ghost in Chicago" -yeah we known all along wit your fake lyin ass.
"I feel like the season's too long"- yeah you ain't slick, we know you ain't lasting long enough to catch MJ if you actually had to play a full season like you know, everyone before you
"I'm coming home to win one for cleveland"-no you're jumping ship again after gettin waxed by the spurs and realize you jumping on another team to try to get rings before you get inevitable flabby and ineffective because LeGM never developed a real offensive game.
6'8 250+ and you can't even do a ball fake like MJ
Only bytchmade stans defend this kind of flopping behavior. It's why Lebrick will never get the legends' respect, why he won't be responsible for a 72-10, 87-13 w/the ring season, and why he won't be MJ the GOAT. He taps out and complains before even really trying. shyt he bytched and snitched to the league just cuz Draymond called him a bytch
6'8 250+ and you doing this:
That ain't no GOAT.
The funniest thing is he does it to himself too lol
? If anything he should've said it sooner with the way fans and the media acted towards him that season.
But you responding clown