Got to give LeGOAT the MVP now

[NameLess Scrub]

Lebron is a historically great player. Not denying it.

But @ this superteaming, east playing crap. When was the last time an ECF looked so lopsided, with a team looking so ridiculously superior to the other?

WCF looking the same, except it required some "tweaking".

[TampaDude]

Lebron is a historically great player. Not denying it.

But @ this superteaming, east playing crap. When was the last time an ECF looked so lopsided, with a team looking so ridiculously superior to the other?

WCF looking the same, except it required some "tweaking".

Rings count the same no matter your conference.

[NameLess Scrub]

Rings count the same no matter your conference.

Agreed. They count no matter what. Today's NBA philosophy.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

Rings count the same no matter your conference.

This. I too could think he's been playing in a weak east but he has won against the best west teams, and has lost too. But we aren't talking just about rings. If you look at his physique, what he can do if he just wants to do it and then there's really no one who has come closer to MJ in the past 20 years.

[TampaDude]

This. I too could think he's been playing in a weak east but he has won against the best west teams, and has lost too. But we aren't talking just about rings. If you look at his physique, what he can do if he just wants to do it and then there's really no one who has come closer to MJ in the past 20 years.

Yup. Just ask the 2016 Warriors how good LeBron is.

[Ice009]

I think Lebron is a great player, but I don't fully respect his run of 6 straight finals appearances because the East is so weak. I honestly think the Spurs could have made 5 or so in a row from 2012 to now if they played out East too. It's not that impressive to me. Once you get to the finals anything can happen, but the point to me is that he hasn't had to push himself to the limit in getting there IMO. I think that it's less fatiguing both mentally and physically playing in the Eastern Conference. If he was in the West, I seriously doubt he would have made 6 straight finals with the teams he's had - I could be wrong on that, but that is my stance on it. I think he's had a huge benefit playing in the East.

[RD2191]

I think Lebron is a great player, but I don't fully respect his run of 6 straight finals appearances because the East is so weak. I honestly think the Spurs could have made 5 or so in a row from 2012 to now if they played out East too. It's not that impressive to me. Once you get to the finals anything can happen, but the point to me is that he hasn't had to push himself to the limit in getting there IMO. I think that it's less fatiguing both mentally and physically playing in the Eastern Conference. If he was in the West, I seriously doubt he would have made 6 straight finals with the teams he's had - I could be wrong on that, but that is my stance on it. I think he's had a huge benefit playing in the East.

Truth bomb.

[daslicer]

I think Lebron is a great player, but I don't fully respect his run of 6 straight finals appearances because the East is so weak. I honestly think the Spurs could have made 5 or so in a row from 2012 to now if they played out East too. It's not that impressive to me. Once you get to the finals anything can happen, but the point to me is that he hasn't had to push himself to the limit in getting there IMO. I think that it's less fatiguing both mentally and physically playing in the Eastern Conference. If he was in the West, I seriously doubt he would have made 6 straight finals with the teams he's had - I could be wrong on that, but that is my stance on it. I think he's had a huge benefit playing in the East.

That's pretty much how I feel about it. Imagine if Prime Tim got to play in the east. He probably has a Bill Russell type of run when it comes to championships.

[bic50]

Most impressive part is still his durability. Dude probably would have stomped through Zaza's foot tbh

Wasn't it Lebron that was on the ground riving in pain when lee touched the back of his neck?

[NameLess Scrub]

I think Lebron is a great player, but I don't fully respect his run of 6 straight finals appearances because the East is so weak. I honestly think the Spurs could have made 5 or so in a row from 2012 to now if they played out East too. It's not that impressive to me. Once you get to the finals anything can happen, but the point to me is that he hasn't had to push himself to the limit in getting there IMO. I think that it's less fatiguing both mentally and physically playing in the Eastern Conference. If he was in the West, I seriously doubt he would have made 6 straight finals with the teams he's had - I could be wrong on that, but that is my stance on it. I think he's had a huge benefit playing in the East.

QFT.

Isaiah Thomas is injured now