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Number 2 doesn't even belong there. Where the is Hakeem Olajuwon on that list? His '95 run was one for the ages.
http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2013...ostseasons-1-5
Number 2 and 3 meeting in these Finals.
Number 2 doesn't even belong there. Where the is Hakeem Olajuwon on that list? His '95 run was one for the ages.
You're right. Sadly, Hakeem's run will be forever underrated because he didn't have togo through Jordan
Anyone got Insider who can post the full list?
Dirk 2011 ranked number 50
seriously, even John Hollinger produces better lists than this one
How is Wade 2006 not in the top 6?
I'm sure it's top 10.
Anyone know where Kirby's '08 run ranks?
That was shaping up to be a historically great run until he choked in the Finals.
Agreed but it shouldn't matter if Jordan was there or not. The '95 Rockets put up a historic run and didn't face one team the entire playoffs. They went through THREE 60 win teams (and a 59 win team lol) without HCA and Olajuwon just dominated on both ends. How in the is he not Top 5? Is he even Top 10?You're right. Sadly, Hakeem's run will be forever underrated because he didn't have to
Anyone got Insider who can post the full list?
He has to be.
Don't have Insider, so I don't know, but I'm sure he is.
Yeah, can someone post the entire list? That would be wonderful.
The metric is solid. The top 5 came out nicely.
Idk maybe I'm totally smoking a banana leaf but dirk 2011 should be near top 5 IMHO and Lebron 2012 is not number 2.
Smoking a banana leaf.
Dirk's 2011 run is slightly overrated. Top 20-25 for sure, but I couldn't justify putting it in the top 10.
Dirk's best playoff run was actually '06. He drilled the Spurs (who were a better team than anything he faced in 2011), capping off that series with 37 points in Game 7, which was on the Spurs home floor. He dropped 50 on the Suns in the WCF. And while he played below par in the Finals, he wasn't the reason they lost the series. He put up 29 and 15 in Game 6, while Terry and Josh Howard combined for 30 points on 12-41 shooting, a game that the Mavs lost by 3.
06 dirk and 07 lebron are the first two runs coming to my head. both fell short in the finals but it was already a legit achievement to carry a load of ty asses to the finals imho.
It's amazing that Lebron has time to reload his from the mass amounts of BJ's he gets from ESPN
Are you kidding with this? The Eastern conference was so weak that year you didn't need the best of the best teammates to advance in the playoffs. That Cavs team got to the Finals by committee...similar to the 2009 Magic. It wasn't just Lebron playing Superman every game. He was the big name so he got the credit but every game there was someone different stepping up whether it Gibson, Ilgauskas, Gooden, etc. The Cavs were also a very solid defensive and rebounding team. Lebron had many cold shooting nights and shot 41% for that playoff run. He had that HUGE Game 5 against the Pistons but who's going to remember Daniel Gibson scoring 31 (19 in the 4th qtr) to close out the Pistons in Game 6 to avoid a Game 7 in Detroit?
Lebrons' run last year was amazingly great tbh.
Wade's 2006 run was whole lot better than Lebron. Amazing how ESPN's own people contradict each other.
Hollinger came out with his PER based report two years ago and Wade was # 1. UNderstand its only till 2011, but how can someone not include Wade in their Top 6.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playof...Performances-1
It shouldn't be. It was a farce. 112 FTAs. 97 makes. In 6 Finals games?
^ This is one of many reasons why Dream >> TD tbh. Only center to legitimately bust Shaq's ass in the playoffs too.
If you consider Duncan a center, he thoroughly outplayed Shaq in '99 and '03. And yes, they guarded each other a lot in those two series.
Why is Wade being penalized for taking advantage of the system?It shouldn't be. It was a farce. 112 FTAs. 97 makes. In 6 Finals games?
TD outplayed Shaq during those years. I'll agree. But he didn't bust Shaq's ass. Dream did in '94.
What do you consider "busting ass?"
Wade is an NBA manufactured superstar. No way in should he have shot that many FTAs. Below is a list of NBA legends (including big men that historically shot a lot of FTAs) that never shot that many FTAs in the playoffs, let along the Finals:
MJ
You mean to tell me Wade deserved more FTAs than these guys? No way son. It was a farce I tell you. Didn't know Stern hated Cuban that much.
LOL, still remember Shaq talking all kinds of about how he was going to guard Duncan from the beginning and shut him down for game 3 of the 99 WCSF. So Duncan reels off something like 14 quick points to begin the game and Rambis has to switch O'Neal back off him.
Tim bomb: Shaq and the Lakers could not prevent Tim Duncan's offensive explosion. AP
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