Ooduwa wrote:Against the West: 29-28, misses the playoffs
Stats without wins are meaningless. This has always been so.
There are a lot of things wrong with this post. Where to start?
1) LeBron played 55 games this year, not 57.
2) His team went 28-27 in those games, not 29-28.
3) Not all 55 of those games were against the West. 32 of them were.
4) The Lakers were 18-14 against the West with Lebron this year. That means they were 10-13 against the East with Lebron. So, his team did better against the West than the East.
5) The Lakers were much better with Lebron than without him. You cannot argue that his stats are meaningless when the team is very clearly better with him on the court than off.
6) Your post completely ignores the fact that he was still injured when he came back, and the Lakers dealt with many other injuries in addition to his. It also completely ignores the fact that this is year 16 LeBron, not prime LeBron. Most all-timers were retired before they got to year 16.
Step into the world of context. It's not a scary place.