The LaSlappy narrative is that Love is a terrible basketball player who is ~below replacement value. So losing him for game 7 was probably a huge boost to the Cavs.

On the other hand, they also think that Kyrie is a terrible basketball player whose injury helped the Celtics. So I guess it all evens out in the end.

Haha, right? Dude has won 24 straight eastern conference series. He's been a dream crusher for a whole conference for close to a decade and people are writing it off as if it's standard, haha.

When GS wins 73 wins (which is more than Jordan's 72), they ran above expectations. Nice way to discount a team that won 67 wins the year before.

Jordan ran above expectations too with 72, so we'll just discount that like you discounted GS's 73, since Jordan underperformed in those 96 finals. Wasn't a GOAT year.

Using your own arguments against you is fun isn't it?

BTW, LeBron defeated the unanimous MVP that year, Jordan never did that or beat someone that did that.

Pretty funny to see both Kobe and MJ tweeting while Lebron was going off. Dinos just can't let the king have his solo spotlight

gee i wonder why there was never a unanimous MVP for MJ to play against.

Kevin Love had 0 points in game 6 and 7. LeBron has all the help!

I don't need to wonder why.

Weaker teams and players in the 90s.

sadly, most of this thread is terrible because the Jordan crowd is exclusively comprised of idiots/trolls.

Yeah they ran above expectations. Not discounting what they did. 73 wins is really hard to do, and if they ran that season 10 more times doubt they'd hit that number again. And they kinda added Durant the next year and only won 67.

Except I didn't hurrr. See above. Yes that 72 win Bulls team probably ran a bit above expectation too. 72 wins is also really hard to do.

They did have a larger point differential than GS 2015 tho, so they probably ran less above expectation than them.

Yeah no 6 playoff games doesn't make a year. And he still put up decent numbers. And he was being guarded by Gary freakin' Payton. And Bulls won in 6. Sorry bud.

Which argument of mine did you misunderstand so much you think you used it against me just now?

Yeah that kinda happens when you're the GOAT and win MVP yourself every year.

Can you imagine Jordan playing and getting ZERO mvp votes? lol

Ya guys like Shaq, Malone, Barkley, Olajuwon. Prime Shaq prob wouldn’t even start for the Cavs this year amirite.

And u wonder why everyone thinks LaSlappies are ******ed.

Yeah 100% weaker teams.

Spurs and GS would wipe the floor with any team Jordan faced in the finals.

I'm on the Jordan side...

Here's some proof of the idiot things LeBron fans say...

kobe: “you can’t objectively determine who the goat is, unless of course you sort by ringzzzzz, which is obviously the correct way to do it”

lol @ Kobe Bryant, CEO, Writer, Producer, trying to insert himself into the conversation.

Kobe thinks this is what #metoo is all about.

needs more love

Fastest needs more love post in 2p2 history

Ok so you're only including shots taken in the very last 5 seconds as game winning shots? Interesting take. Try checking again without the random cutoff.

If you're any good you don't need game winning shots and you can do **** like this and seal the game with a minute to go:

lmao. yeah realized it was only 7 minutes after I posted it. *shrug*

Curry's 2016 regular season was legendary. If someone would have voted for say Jordan's 97 season over it they would have been wrong.

Both Lebron and Jordan both have better seasons than Curry's but not when they were in their 30s and taking it easy during regular season.

jordan was never the team. he had hall of famers + a hall of fame coach

lebrons been playing with scrubs, past their prime stars, and idiot coaches for his entire career. lebrons the team. when he had a legitimate superstar next to him, kyrie, he beat the best regular season team and the deepest team 1-12 in history

he's also only had 1 good team in his conference ever

and that was when 3 old guys teamed up, and did pretty well