This is OBVIOUSLY Steph's era- not Lebron's.

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Re: This is OBVIOUSLY Steph's era- not Lebron's. 

Post#361 » by Homer38 » Tue May 9, 2023 3:08 pm

Nothing against Steph but it should never be a debate this story
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Post#362 » by Pharmcat » Tue May 9, 2023 3:08 pm

Onus wrote:Lebron is like keyser soze. He some how tricked everyone. He literally stacked the deck to win and yet still ended up losing more often than winning and it’s somehow seen as an accomplishment. It’s pretty damn incredible. And people in the same breath want to dismiss kds championships. It’s like we live in a bizzaro world.


Lebron never joined a 73 win team after losing to them
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Post#363 » by Marrrcuss » Tue May 9, 2023 3:12 pm

Onus wrote:Lebron is like keyser soze. He some how tricked everyone. He literally stacked the deck to win and yet still ended up losing more often than winning and it’s somehow seen as an accomplishment. It’s pretty damn incredible. And people in the same breath want to dismiss kds championships. It’s like we live in a bizzaro world.

It's still so ironic that this laker team is LeBrons most complete team and no one calls it a super team.
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Post#364 » by nikster » Tue May 9, 2023 3:14 pm

Onus wrote:Lebron is like keyser soze. He some how tricked everyone. He literally stacked the deck to win and yet still ended up losing more often than winning and it’s somehow seen as an accomplishment. It’s pretty damn incredible. And people in the same breath want to dismiss kds championships. It’s like we live in a bizzaro world.

Lebron stacked the deck. Curry had a franchise capable of stacking the deck for him
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Post#365 » by dautjazz » Tue May 9, 2023 3:14 pm

Nay
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by gomeziee on 21 Jul 2013 00:53

im 20, and i did grow up watching MJ play in the 90's.
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Post#366 » by Kingdibs19 » Tue May 9, 2023 3:22 pm

RealGM takes are worse than Stephen A & Skip’s. Lebron > Steph and it’s not even close.
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Post#367 » by Homer38 » Tue May 9, 2023 3:24 pm

This year is the first year we can said that LBJ has a better supporting cast that Curry in their playoffs matchup

Between 2015 to 2018,the supporting cast of Curry was much better and his margin of error was much bigger....I mean, LBJ lost a game by scoring 51 points and 2 games later, the warriors won a game with Curry scoring just 11 points on 3-16 from the field....LBJ was the better player in his matchup
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Post#368 » by dautjazz » Tue May 9, 2023 3:25 pm

One Last Shot wrote:Steph's team will be 0-2 against a healthy LeBron team in a Playoffs Series while 3-0 when the Warriors got the overwhelming advantage against them like injuries to 2 of their top 3 players and recruiting KD in their 73-win core

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Agreed. IMO Lebron out performed Curry every time. Curry has a ton of mental blunders in big moments, which I think contributes to his horrible clutch stats, meanwhile Lebron is a master in the clutch.
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by gomeziee on 21 Jul 2013 00:53

im 20, and i did grow up watching MJ play in the 90's.
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Post#369 » by twyzted » Tue May 9, 2023 3:29 pm

Marrrcuss wrote:
Onus wrote:Lebron is like keyser soze. He some how tricked everyone. He literally stacked the deck to win and yet still ended up losing more often than winning and it’s somehow seen as an accomplishment. It’s pretty damn incredible. And people in the same breath want to dismiss kds championships. It’s like we live in a bizzaro world.

It's still so ironic that this laker team is LeBrons most complete team and no one calls it a super team.


Well it is a superteam, by that i mean it is a super good team.
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Post#370 » by nbafan38 » Tue May 9, 2023 3:30 pm

Lebron is better than Steph and this was never really a debate but this series is not the reason to determine this, Lebron clearly has a better team.
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Post#371 » by nbafan38 » Tue May 9, 2023 3:32 pm

Marrrcuss wrote:
Onus wrote:Lebron is like keyser soze. He some how tricked everyone. He literally stacked the deck to win and yet still ended up losing more often than winning and it’s somehow seen as an accomplishment. It’s pretty damn incredible. And people in the same breath want to dismiss kds championships. It’s like we live in a bizzaro world.

It's still so ironic that this laker team is LeBrons most complete team and no one calls it a super team.


If Lebron was in his prime this would be a historically good team likely better than Lebrons heat teams and maybe almost 96 bulls/17 warriors level but Lebron is not in his prime and AD is too inconsistent so that's why it's not perceived as a super team. The lakers have a lot of really good players but they don't have a current top 5 player.
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Post#372 » by Marrrcuss » Tue May 9, 2023 3:35 pm

nikster wrote:
Onus wrote:Lebron is like keyser soze. He some how tricked everyone. He literally stacked the deck to win and yet still ended up losing more often than winning and it’s somehow seen as an accomplishment. It’s pretty damn incredible. And people in the same breath want to dismiss kds championships. It’s like we live in a bizzaro world.

Lebron stacked the deck. Curry had a franchise capable of stacking the deck for him

Ok, im going to concede Miami even though i thought outside the big 3, they sucked.

When else was it "stacked" ?
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Post#373 » by madmaxmedia » Tue May 9, 2023 3:35 pm

twyzted wrote:
Marrrcuss wrote:
Onus wrote:Lebron is like keyser soze. He some how tricked everyone. He literally stacked the deck to win and yet still ended up losing more often than winning and it’s somehow seen as an accomplishment. It’s pretty damn incredible. And people in the same breath want to dismiss kds championships. It’s like we live in a bizzaro world.

It's still so ironic that this laker team is LeBrons most complete team and no one calls it a super team.


Well it is a superteam, by that i mean it is a super good team.


Yeah they're good now, but were in danger of falling out of the playoffs at midseason. Then they added some nice players around the edges at ASB, the kind Lebron can work with. It's not liked they traded for Kevin Durant or something like that.
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Post#374 » by twyzted » Tue May 9, 2023 3:43 pm

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Marrrcuss wrote:It's still so ironic that this laker team is LeBrons most complete team and no one calls it a super team.


Well it is a superteam, by that i mean it is a super good team.


Yeah they're good now, but were in danger of falling out of the playoffs at midseason. Then they added some nice players around the edges at ASB, the kind Lebron can work with. It's not liked they traded for Kevin Durant or something like that.


Insane turn around. Its just a very very good team.
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Post#375 » by nikster » Tue May 9, 2023 3:45 pm

Marrrcuss wrote:
nikster wrote:
Onus wrote:Lebron is like keyser soze. He some how tricked everyone. He literally stacked the deck to win and yet still ended up losing more often than winning and it’s somehow seen as an accomplishment. It’s pretty damn incredible. And people in the same breath want to dismiss kds championships. It’s like we live in a bizzaro world.

Lebron stacked the deck. Curry had a franchise capable of stacking the deck for him

Ok, im going to concede Miami even though i thought outside the big 3, they sucked.

When else was it "stacked" ?

I agree. Just didn't think that argument would fly with this guy so I kept it simple lol
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Post#376 » by Lockdown504090 » Tue May 9, 2023 3:49 pm

Homer38 wrote:This year is the first year we can said that LBJ has a better supporting cast that Curry in their playoffs matchup

Between 2015 to 2018,the supporting cast of Curry was much better and his margin of error was much bigger....I mean, LBJ lost a game by scoring 51 points and 2 games later, the warriors won a game with Curry scoring just 11 points on 3-16 from the field....LBJ was the better player in his matchup

This is why it’s important to be fair when you talk about these guys. Some of the posts about this topic of lebron vs steph in wins/losses look like they were written by single digit iq brains rn.
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Post#377 » by Onus » Tue May 9, 2023 3:52 pm

nikster wrote:
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nikster wrote:Lebron stacked the deck. Curry had a franchise capable of stacking the deck for him

Ok, im going to concede Miami even though i thought outside the big 3, they sucked.

When else was it "stacked" ?

I agree. Just didn't think that argument would fly with this guy so I kept it simple lol

Imagine Klay Thompson as your 2nd best scorer and considering that team stacked. People are complaining about Jamal Murray as a 2nd option yet he's been offensively better than Klay in the playoffs. Yea Steph's teams are stacked. When Steph has a legit 2nd option like KD no one stood a chance. When Lebron has a legit 2nd option like Wade, Kyrie, and AD everyone else still beat him.
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Post#378 » by Marrrcuss » Tue May 9, 2023 4:04 pm

Onus wrote:
nikster wrote:
Marrrcuss wrote:Ok, im going to concede Miami even though i thought outside the big 3, they sucked.

When else was it "stacked" ?

I agree. Just didn't think that argument would fly with this guy so I kept it simple lol

Imagine Klay Thompson as your 2nd best scorer and considering that team stacked. People are complaining about Jamal Murray as a 2nd option yet he's been offensively better than Klay in the playoffs. Yea Steph's teams are stacked. When Steph has a legit 2nd option like KD no one stood a chance. When Lebron has a legit 2nd option like Wade, Kyrie, and AD everyone else still beat him.

Wade was not in his prime for 13 or 14. Bosh missed whole series. Kyrie got hurt one year and only lost when GS bought in KD.
LeBron and AD only lost to injuries.

So, were you pretty much lying on purpose or nah?
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Post#379 » by Backcountry » Tue May 9, 2023 4:08 pm

I guess it's kind of like the old Bird vs Magic days, except those were even more closely tied together by the Celtics vs Lakers rivalry (and boosted by Bird's and Magic's NCAA matchup). But it was neither player's owned "era", it was just an amazing rivalry.

This has kind of been Curry vs LeBron, except that the team aspect has been more "GSW vs whatever team LeBron has forced himself onto", so it hasn't been as compelling. Imagine if LeBron had stuck with Cleveland his whole career and rode out the tough years with the good? We may have had a memorable Cavs vs Warriors decade or more.
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Post#380 » by Sedale Threatt » Tue May 9, 2023 4:15 pm

Onus wrote:
nikster wrote:
Marrrcuss wrote:Ok, im going to concede Miami even though i thought outside the big 3, they sucked.

When else was it "stacked" ?

I agree. Just didn't think that argument would fly with this guy so I kept it simple lol

Imagine Klay Thompson as your 2nd best scorer and considering that team stacked. People are complaining about Jamal Murray as a 2nd option yet he's been offensively better than Klay in the playoffs. Yea Steph's teams are stacked. When Steph has a legit 2nd option like KD no one stood a chance. When Lebron has a legit 2nd option like Wade, Kyrie, and AD everyone else still beat him.


Calling a four-time scoring champion in the middle of his prime a second option seems pretty reductive.

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