Victor Oladipo On That Epic Series Against LeBron James and The Cavs

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  • @WrestlingIsReal649
    @WrestlingIsReal649 Год назад +728

    That was a crazy matchup it proved victor when he was healthy could lead a team to the playoff 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @cousinchris5851
    @cousinchris5851 Год назад +871

    I've been watching the NBA since the mid 80's. 2018 Lebron was the most complete basketball player I've ever witnessed.

    • @jjww8949
      @jjww8949 Год назад +39

      And 2018 wasn’t that long ago either

    • @r.i.p.kobeandnipsey8647
      @r.i.p.kobeandnipsey8647 Год назад +26

      FACTS NBA LIVE 19 HE WAS LITERALLY OP AF 🤣

    • @dc-mw9fd
      @dc-mw9fd Год назад +24

      @@r.i.p.kobeandnipsey8647 Who even bought that game

    • @bigolehamburger173
      @bigolehamburger173 Год назад

      Wow. And then he got swept

    • @pauljose268
      @pauljose268 Год назад +25

      @@bigolehamburger173 he drop 52 on warriors.

  • @wayneman_
    @wayneman_ Год назад +2024

    No lie that 2015-2018 LeBron was terrifying for every team to play 🔥🔥 that man was violating the East

    • @godtovein
      @godtovein Год назад +218

      He was violating the east since ‘03.

    • @wayneman_
      @wayneman_ Год назад +76

      @@godtovein facts. 2011 is when the chokehold was solidified

    • @TekkLuthor
      @TekkLuthor Год назад +15

      This dude writing this like there were elite teams in the East

    • @armin38822
      @armin38822 Год назад +61

      @@wayneman_ LeBron's only had one bad playoff series. To bad it happend in the finals.

    • @Kali-Ikigai
      @Kali-Ikigai Год назад +31

      @@TekkLuthor Violation is violation in the eyes of the victims.

  • @ClassicallyChristion
    @ClassicallyChristion Год назад +212

    Victor in 2017-19 was tough as hell himself. Shame he had the injuries to deal with. He was entering the conversation of the best 2 way player at the time. He's still a very talented guy and I think Miami has fit him well.

  • @oskii704
    @oskii704 Год назад +92

    0:51 bruh was traumatized reliving that 15-0 run by one person

    • @von502
      @von502 Год назад +5

      And people really say LeBron is not a scorer

    • @oskii704
      @oskii704 Год назад

      @@von502 crazy right

    • @Flyhr
      @Flyhr Год назад +3

      @@von502 The "not scorer" is gonna be the all time scoring leader real soon... then what will they say

    • @ChrisWilliams-ur7fn
      @ChrisWilliams-ur7fn Год назад +1

      @@Flyhr they're already discrediting it before he even wins it as a longevity award as if every guy that played 20 seasons can get it. Nope.

    • @Flyhr
      @Flyhr Год назад +2

      @@ChrisWilliams-ur7fn Yeah, that's idiotic. People don't realize it's not just playing for 20 years. It's averaging 27PPG for 20 seasons straight playing atleast 70 games a season...

  • @smooth2053
    @smooth2053 Год назад +28

    As a pacers fan this guy was the man

    • @benmack4525
      @benmack4525 Год назад +2

      I feel y’all would’ve got at least 2 rings if it wasn’t for bron

    • @smooth2053
      @smooth2053 Год назад +1

      @@benmack4525 yeah we would’ve had one in the pg era for sure only team stopping us was miami. And both teams were pretty even but we had one superstar and they had 3. Guys like G hill Roy Hibbert and d west were amazing for us.

    • @benmack4525
      @benmack4525 Год назад

      @@smooth2053 I watch basketball I no my friend

    • @rueservin
      @rueservin Год назад

      He was basically the 2nd coming of DWade

  • @user-qp3bj5vj2y
    @user-qp3bj5vj2y Год назад +5

    JJ manifesting that bron interview 💯💯

  • @LovingYouDaily
    @LovingYouDaily Год назад +3

    I miss Victor Oladipo in Indy!!!

  • @dorianlawson6094
    @dorianlawson6094 Год назад +1

    I was at that game 7, it was electric in there. Didn’t sit don the whole game! Bron was already my goat but that solidified it for me

  • @NoorKhanNY
    @NoorKhanNY Год назад +1

    This interview was sick. Oladipo is legit

  • @Ran_Ryaz
    @Ran_Ryaz Год назад +2

    That nigga said he averaged 45 that series!!! 😂😂😂 Bron got real estate in these boys head

  • @territron
    @territron Год назад +2

    My favorite year of Bron. That year made me go now I'll entertain your GOAT debates. There was no quit in that man and that's all I've ever wanted from him if he's to dethrone any GOAT and he provided.

  • @user-jv6pl1pc7t
    @user-jv6pl1pc7t Год назад +2

    The one and only real good season oladipo ever had

  • @michaelperez9156
    @michaelperez9156 Год назад +3

    that was the series of his life. but for lebron it was just another series crazy.

    • @ChrisWilliams-ur7fn
      @ChrisWilliams-ur7fn Год назад

      And then he went on to carry against Boston like it was nothing, another game 7 and he played the entire game. Just another series for LeGoat.

  • @Heatlifer77
    @Heatlifer77 Год назад

    Love that "it was a goaltend, it is what it is"

  • @Amb252
    @Amb252 Год назад +1

    2012 Miami heat LeBron James was a different animal he could literally do everything at an insanely high clip that was probably his most athletic prime but 2018 LeBron James was absolutely incredible

  • @RevoZtuns
    @RevoZtuns Год назад

    I think anyone here can agree than it was a blessing to be able to watch Bron in the playoff series that year. Will never see anything like that again .

    • @ILLCLAPYOCHEEKSBOI
      @ILLCLAPYOCHEEKSBOI Год назад +1

      THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF PLAYOFF SERIES BY OTHER GREATS.
      NOTHING BRON DID IN 2018 WAS ANYWHERE NEAR MJJ
      OR EVEN GIANNIS AGAINST THE SUNS
      NO VERSION OF LEBRON IS THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOAT AND THAT IS MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN
      63 AGAINST BOSTON - I WAS THERE!
      THE LAST DANCE I WAS THERE!
      38.5 PPG IN '88 BACK WHEN BIG DADDY KANE WAS AINT HALF STEPPIN - I WAS THERE!
      THE NEAR TRIPLE DOUBLE SEASON WHEN HE RAN POINT AND AVERAGED 32 8 & 8 - I WAS THERE!
      THE NBA FINALS AGAINST PHOENIX WHERE HE AVERAGED 41 11 & 11 WITH 3 STEALS AND 2 BLOCKS - I WAS THERE!
      WHERE YOU?
      THE ONLY THING YA'LL BRONS WERE THERE FOR WAS WHEN THE CHOSEN ONE BECAME THE FROZEN AND GOT LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA
      WOULD MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN GET LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA?
      WOULD HE LOSE TO DIRK WITH CHRIS BOSH AND D WADE ON HIS TEAM?
      NO! MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN WOULD GO 6-0 IN THE FINALS
      (8-0) IN THE "LEBRON" ERA
      THE BRON ERA IS REALLY STILL THE JORDAN ERA BECAUSE JORDAN HANGS OVER EVERYTHING LEBRONNNNNNNNS DOES
      I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT!

  • @8Trails50
    @8Trails50 Год назад +1

    When its all said and done the lebron stories gonna be crazy

  • @pauljose268
    @pauljose268 Год назад +2

    2018 lebron was a terminator. best playoff ever despite outcome.

  • @CalvinCambridge12
    @CalvinCambridge12 Год назад +1

    Victor glitches at 1:40 😂

  • @johnyusuff7973
    @johnyusuff7973 28 дней назад

    2017-2018 LBJ, he was at his physical peak. Strong and fast. He was a beast, too bad, GSW were elite killers

  • @raeedi1527
    @raeedi1527 Год назад

    Even if it was a goaltend, the play before should have been Cavs ball (it was out of bounds off Thad Young not Bron). So we would not have even gotten to the goaltend point.

  • @rottishake
    @rottishake Год назад +3

    He did not average 45 that series. He averaged 34

    • @NBAStatsGuru
      @NBAStatsGuru Год назад

      Maybe he meant minutes?

    • @silewis9396
      @silewis9396 Год назад +1

      @@NBAStatsGuru Lol no he's talking points for sure

  • @mondelucre333
    @mondelucre333 Год назад

    dont sleep on oladipo tht year either bro was playin like jordan

  • @mosadik4496
    @mosadik4496 Год назад +2

    He averaged 28.8 but it did feel like 45
    Edit: Checked the wrong stat site. Real answer below

  • @iamlegend1482
    @iamlegend1482 Год назад +1

    correction. it was 13-0 lol King James was on different time

  • @Paperbagman555
    @Paperbagman555 Год назад

    I wonder if JJ is ever gonna interview lebron

  • @_marcgarcia
    @_marcgarcia Год назад

    Bring Bron in your Pod

  • @davidokorie7349
    @davidokorie7349 Год назад

    At this point JJ, you gotta Bron on here 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @packedup2128
    @packedup2128 Год назад

    To this day as a 20 year old in Naptown I have never heard an oldhead give LeBron his props

  • @edboiinavasca1703
    @edboiinavasca1703 Год назад

    You could really debate that block on oladipo was a goal tend no cap

  • @kennethstone4590
    @kennethstone4590 Год назад

    And Ja Morant will soon be speaking these same words!!!!

  • @heuneutron
    @heuneutron Год назад

    2018 Lebron in the playoffs was the best player I've ever seen with my own eyes

    • @torijones9992
      @torijones9992 Год назад

      Facts me too!!! I still go back and watch all of those play off games with 2018 Lebron and it’s the best I’ve ever seen in my life!!!!

  • @drewjohnson6487
    @drewjohnson6487 Год назад +2429

    2017-18 LeBron is the Best Basketball Player to ever set foot on a basketball court. Bigger, Stronger, Faster, Smarter, more Clutch.

    • @toledoatkins
      @toledoatkins Год назад +280

      Not a lie, sometimes I go back to watch that playoff run on RUclips incredible

    • @renegade1491
      @renegade1491 Год назад +43

      Facts

    • @BLINDIAN1995
      @BLINDIAN1995 Год назад +115

      No doubt, we were definitely witnessing peak bron

    • @ChaddeusPrime
      @ChaddeusPrime Год назад +103

      The way he would just barrel to the basket at 25mph every other possession and make the basket was Absolutely insane

    • @Eddie0102
      @Eddie0102 Год назад +61

      The dagger jump shots

  • @honestfan420
    @honestfan420 Год назад +596

    It’s a real shame that Oladipo got hurt after this. His career looked to be headed for super stardom after that playoff series.

    • @rueservin
      @rueservin Год назад +55

      He was something else. He was basically what Donovan Mitchell is right now, but except with lockdown defense

    • @Amb252
      @Amb252 Год назад +2

      I remember watching him in college at Indiana and I said this guy is going to be a beast in the NBA

    • @saanyofficial6154
      @saanyofficial6154 Год назад +2

      @@rueservin hell no lol, Victor back in 2017-18’ gave mfs nightmares… Spidar couldn’t mess with Vic man.

    • @joshwallace7734
      @joshwallace7734 Год назад +4

      @@saanyofficial6154 Mitchell has a 57 point playoff game

    • @saanyofficial6154
      @saanyofficial6154 Год назад +5

      @@joshwallace7734 That’s literally one game which took place 2 years ago. Mitch is good but he wasn’t like Victor… Victor was just more refined as a player. He could score, defend, rebound, & lead a team. Victor in that playoff run was a monster.

  • @g.o.a.tsports2880
    @g.o.a.tsports2880 Год назад +467

    No one ever talks about how clutch Bron is in Game 7s

    • @sportstalkonly1442
      @sportstalkonly1442 Год назад +78

      He's the goat and the best game 7 performer ever. And the best elimination game performer ever. The stats back it up. And he also got the most playoff buzzer beaters. Truly one of a kind.

    • @FireAngelChris
      @FireAngelChris Год назад +20

      @@sportstalkonly1442 last time he lost a game 7 was in 2008
      Edit Meant last two times he lost game 7 was in 08 and 06.

    • @youngsavage9874
      @youngsavage9874 Год назад

      @@FireAngelChris I thought it was 2008 vs the Celtics

    • @FireAngelChris
      @FireAngelChris Год назад

      @@youngsavage9874 My bad you are correct meant to say last two times was pistons and Celtics

    • @FireAngelChris
      @FireAngelChris Год назад

      @@foreign9959 lol dang y’all really be finding me. 🤣

  • @bennbeckman247
    @bennbeckman247 Год назад +540

    2018 Bron was A MONSTER

    • @r.i.p.kobeandnipsey8647
      @r.i.p.kobeandnipsey8647 Год назад +23

      I remember getting high watching his highlights after every game that year and his passing looked otherworldly 😂

    • @kingsleyjackson8287
      @kingsleyjackson8287 Год назад +3

      @@r.i.p.kobeandnipsey8647 I was high when he got swept by golden state

    • @moneymoney3235
      @moneymoney3235 Год назад +13

      @@kingsleyjackson8287 not tragic thing when ur facing the #2 and #3 best players in the entire world on the same team with other all stars

    • @ILLCLAPYOCHEEKSBOI
      @ILLCLAPYOCHEEKSBOI Год назад +1

      NO VERSION OF LEBRON IS THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOAT AND THAT IS MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN
      63 AGAINST BOSTON - I WAS THERE!
      THE LAST DANCE I WAS THERE!
      38.5 PPG IN '88 BACK WHEN BIG DADDY KANE WAS AINT HALF STEPPIN - I WAS THERE!
      THE NEAR TRIPLE DOUBLE SEASON WHEN HE RAN POINT AND AVERAGED 32 8 & 8 - I WAS THERE!
      THE NBA FINALS AGAINST PHOENIX WHERE HE AVERAGED 41 11 & 11 WITH 3 STEALS AND 2 BLOCKS - I WAS THERE!
      WHERE YOU?
      THE ONLY THING YA'LL BRONS WERE THERE FOR WAS WHEN THE CHOSEN ONE BECAME THE FROZEN AND GOT LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA
      WOULD MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN GET LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA?
      WOULD HE LOSE TO DIRK WITH CHRIS BOSH AND D WADE ON HIS TEAM?
      NO! MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN WOULD GO 6-0 IN THE FINALS
      (8-0) IN THE "LEBRON" ERA
      THE BRON ERA IS REALLY STILL THE JORDAN ERA BECAUSE JORDAN HANGS OVER EVERYTHING LEBRONNNNNNNNS DOES
      I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT!

    • @mikmaks7393
      @mikmaks7393 Год назад +6

      @@ILLCLAPYOCHEEKSBOI You must really be an angry kid to be posting all caps thinking that would change everybody else's opinion.

  • @yrnxkj7607
    @yrnxkj7607 Год назад +95

    The fact the Cavs won that series with how bad everyone else was playing besides LeBron is crazy

  • @k-cx7137
    @k-cx7137 Год назад +201

    I’ll never forget that series , it was great!

  • @dylanferguson2248
    @dylanferguson2248 Год назад +59

    Lmao hearing him transition to “game 7” felt like hearing real trauma

  • @Sangfroid.
    @Sangfroid. Год назад +50

    2018 playoff bron was different i haaaate it gets overlooked cause they lost to the warriors in the finals but that was 1 of the best playoff runs EVER

    • @Wuncler
      @Wuncler Год назад +1

      I can’t help but get frustrated at KD for joining the warriors at the time and pretty much making them unbeatable. It ruined lebron’s best years.

    • @Sangfroid.
      @Sangfroid. Год назад +2

      @@Wuncler fr bron would have at least 6-7 rings rn think about 2015 k love n kyrie go down bron still takes em 6 games 2016 same team cavs win 2017/18 warriors not beating cavs kyrie had became kyrie bron was bron the role players did their job that kd move really changed history for himself, bron and steph cause without how many rings would steph n kd have

  • @true1enuff
    @true1enuff Год назад +215

    Second stint in Cleveland Bron probably the best overall version of him. Not as defensively sound as Miami Bron but was pretty much unstoppable on offense.

    • @tupacalypse88
      @tupacalypse88 Год назад +23

      I'm in complete agreement with u he couldn't keep it all year but his 2016 finals defense was epic out performed Draymond.

    • @true1enuff
      @true1enuff Год назад +16

      @@tupacalypse88 oh yeah, no question. He can lockdown when he really need’s to.

    • @johnjones7405
      @johnjones7405 Год назад +10

      Yeah his best defensive years was in miami. After that he just coasted on d in regular season

    • @garrettshelton5788
      @garrettshelton5788 Год назад +7

      Should’ve had the 2013 DPOY but the voters are haters

    • @true1enuff
      @true1enuff Год назад +6

      @@garrettshelton5788 yeah that was a clear robbery

  • @bobbydigital1747
    @bobbydigital1747 Год назад +43

    Bron is going to be missed. Even by the haters.

  • @Chiraq872
    @Chiraq872 Год назад +45

    It’s refreshing to see players tell the truth about the GOAT💯

    • @ILLCLAPYOCHEEKSBOI
      @ILLCLAPYOCHEEKSBOI Год назад +1

      NO VERSION OF LEBRON IS THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOAT AND THAT IS MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN
      63 AGAINST BOSTON - I WAS THERE!
      THE LAST DANCE I WAS THERE!
      38.5 PPG IN '88 BACK WHEN BIG DADDY KANE WAS AINT HALF STEPPIN - I WAS THERE!
      THE NEAR TRIPLE DOUBLE SEASON WHEN HE RAN POINT AND AVERAGED 32 8 & 8 - I WAS THERE!
      THE NBA FINALS AGAINST PHOENIX WHERE HE AVERAGED 41 11 & 11 WITH 3 STEALS AND 2 BLOCKS - I WAS THERE!
      WHERE YOU?
      THE ONLY THING YA'LL BRONS WERE THERE FOR WAS WHEN THE CHOSEN ONE BECAME THE FROZEN AND GOT LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA
      WOULD MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN GET LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA?
      WOULD HE LOSE TO DIRK WITH CHRIS BOSH AND D WADE ON HIS TEAM?
      NO! MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN WOULD GO 6-0 IN THE FINALS
      (8-0) IN THE "LEBRON" ERA
      THE BRON ERA IS REALLY STILL THE JORDAN ERA BECAUSE JORDAN HANGS OVER EVERYTHING LEBRONNNNNNNNS DOES
      I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT!

    • @verawallace9055
      @verawallace9055 Год назад +3

      You be quiet. No one is buying what you are selling. King James is the best

  • @FireAngelChris
    @FireAngelChris Год назад +59

    It’s always interesting listening to people who truly played against Bron or been around him talk about his greatness in a series. Then you compare it to people who act like it no big deal. The respect level for players seeing it first hand be different.

    • @Ghost-rb6cw
      @Ghost-rb6cw Год назад +8

      Facts... Mfs out here trying to downplay his run, and most of them are Jordan nut huggers.

    • @FireAngelChris
      @FireAngelChris Год назад +7

      @@Ghost-rb6cw Yup Jordan,Kobe and men certain era olds head fans aways downplay what he be doing.

    • @lorddj9910
      @lorddj9910 Год назад +4

      @@FireAngelChris can lowkey add curry fans in there as well especially since the 4th ring

    • @FireAngelChris
      @FireAngelChris Год назад +3

      @@lorddj9910 lol oh yeah they definitely in it

    • @tech_ninja
      @tech_ninja Год назад

      Exactly lol

  • @gazzgaspay4841
    @gazzgaspay4841 Год назад +124

    Lebron averaged 34 10 and 7 on 56% FG that series. His next teammate Kevin Love averaged 11ppg on 33% FG.
    That 2018 Lebron run was crazy. The numbers looks unreal. Even he get swept by the warriors, his stats is 34 8 10 on 53% FG. The cavs has no business being in the Finals. And Lebron drag that garbage team literally by himself.
    This video below explains it in only 10 minutes perfectly.
    ruclips.net/video/uZHNOdXoBI8/видео.html

    • @Aloading11
      @Aloading11 Год назад +2

      If Boston was full healthy he'd get smoked in 5 games

    • @justinyan7938
      @justinyan7938 Год назад +14

      @@Aloading11 notice how u used he instead of the cavs? Lmao literally proves the point

    • @Ghost-rb6cw
      @Ghost-rb6cw Год назад

      @@Aloading11 🤡🤡🤡

    • @ILLCLAPYOCHEEKSBOI
      @ILLCLAPYOCHEEKSBOI Год назад

      NO VERSION OF LEBRON IS THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOAT AND THAT IS MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN
      63 AGAINST BOSTON - I WAS THERE!
      THE LAST DANCE I WAS THERE!
      38.5 PPG IN '88 BACK WHEN BIG DADDY KANE WAS AINT HALF STEPPIN - I WAS THERE!
      THE NEAR TRIPLE DOUBLE SEASON WHEN HE RAN POINT AND AVERAGED 32 8 & 8 - I WAS THERE!
      THE NBA FINALS AGAINST PHOENIX WHERE HE AVERAGED 41 11 & 11 WITH 3 STEALS AND 2 BLOCKS - I WAS THERE!
      WHERE YOU?
      THE ONLY THING YA'LL BRONS WERE THERE FOR WAS WHEN THE CHOSEN ONE BECAME THE FROZEN AND GOT LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA
      WOULD MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN GET LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA?
      WOULD HE LOSE TO DIRK WITH CHRIS BOSH AND D WADE ON HIS TEAM?
      NO! MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN WOULD GO 6-0 IN THE FINALS
      (8-0) IN THE "LEBRON" ERA
      THE BRON ERA IS REALLY STILL THE JORDAN ERA BECAUSE JORDAN HANGS OVER EVERYTHING LEBRONNNNNNNNS DOES
      I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT!

    • @Xzei
      @Xzei Год назад +1

      @@ILLCLAPYOCHEEKSBOI Didn't Jordan go 3-18 or something down 0-2 to the Knicks? And I guess you've never heard of Nick Anderson...

  • @kylemelendez358
    @kylemelendez358 Год назад +36

    That series is probly in the conversation for the most underated series ever. Nobody cared too much afterward cuz it was a first round series and people had declared already thr rockets or warriors as champs already but man people should go back and watch this one Vics rigjt it was a war. What a banger of a first round series

    • @tupacalypse88
      @tupacalypse88 Год назад +6

      and two series later another Epic 3-2 against Boston

  • @ChrisWilliams-ur7fn
    @ChrisWilliams-ur7fn Год назад +18

    Victor was actually pretty crazy that series in his own right. Imagine being responsible for keeping your team even with arguably peak LeBron and actually doing it consistently. That's an insane feat for oladipo. I became a fan of him that series. Obviously LeBron is a machine.

  • @YvngGoat_
    @YvngGoat_ Год назад +55

    2018 LeBron was a one man show

  • @JohnnyDahabra
    @JohnnyDahabra Год назад +381

    I will never forget watching every minute of 2018 Bron. One person averaged over double digits on that roster besides him.
    He was truly the man in the arena.

    • @NicolasAlcalde
      @NicolasAlcalde Год назад +65

      People don't realize Kevin Love was averaging 11 points per game in the playoffs up until the finals. There hasn't yet been another human who could have taken that team to the finals.

    • @JohnnyDahabra
      @JohnnyDahabra Год назад +42

      @@NicolasAlcalde he was a god amongst men that playoffs. I'll never forget it. I used to be a lebron hater when I was younger. Now I've learned to just appreciate his greatness and be grateful we get to watch.

    • @omertawar6348
      @omertawar6348 Год назад +18

      I was mentally preparing for them to get bounced first round. That whole season was absolutely bonkers.

    • @JamesBrown-pn1jw
      @JamesBrown-pn1jw Год назад +3

      @@omertawar6348 victor, derozan, And Kyle was lebron’s toughest comp to make the finals lol stop it he was suppose to make the finals.

    • @manmohitsingh5241
      @manmohitsingh5241 Год назад +30

      @@JamesBrown-pn1jw shut up lol. You naming players like they ain't have the deepest teams in the league that year. Raptors won 60 games that season, victor was going crazy with the pacers and the celtics were probably the deepest teams besides the warriors that season.

  • @kingluke6007
    @kingluke6007 Год назад +22

    Once he came back to Cleveland 2015-2018 the game became more so mental for him. He controlled the entire pace of the game, knew when to take over in certain situations, dissect defenses/plays during the game🤯, & even bringing in particular role players he knew would play good. Draymond Green even called him the smartest player ever & described those finals matchups as Chess matches. That Cleveland Lebron was a Different Monster.

  • @thespeedster7700
    @thespeedster7700 Год назад +32

    Love Victor Oladipo 🙏🏿Huge inspiration and praying for healthy szns 👏🏿😁

  • @danielgibson971
    @danielgibson971 Год назад +4

    Bron the GOAT. MJ & Bron. No disrespect to any other legend.

    • @connorsmith6517
      @connorsmith6517 Год назад +1

      It’s just them two. By the time it’s all said and done, they will be 1A and 1B all time. It’ll come down to complete personal preference on what type of player you prefer.

  • @blackretro2684
    @blackretro2684 Год назад +54

    They couldn't review the play because it wasn't called goaltending on the floor, but it was goaltending for sure! And I'm a Bron fan!

    • @LeHitler
      @LeHitler Год назад +15

      It was definitely goal tending, however, the play before that, Thaddeus Young was the last to touch the ball out of bounds & they gave it to Indiana, so you can say it was justifiably not called.

    • @carterbilbro4615
      @carterbilbro4615 Год назад +1

      @@LeHitler plus it wouldn’t have mattered anyway

    • @LeHitler
      @LeHitler Год назад

      @@carterbilbro4615 Some have said LeBron would've shot it with less confidence if the Cavs were down, opposed to being tied. But I agree with you.

    • @Xzei
      @Xzei Год назад +1

      @@LeHitler "some" is an odd way to spell "Skip Bayless"... but only people with memory issues think that lol. LeBron has hit plenty of game winners while being down.
      Only LeBron can hit 2 game winning shots in his FIRST playoff series and be called un-clutch his whole career. I don't get it.

    • @LeHitler
      @LeHitler Год назад +1

      @@Xzei yeah, the LeBron standards seem to have always been unfair & unrealistic. It's the classic case of the media building someone up with all the hype & tearing them down when they live up to it. Even to this day, LeBron at 38, in his 20th season, is still expected to be great every minute he's on the floor. He's not allowed to have defensive lapses, bad games, etc. People expect him to ball out & winning championships every year while simultaneously saying he's overrated & won't win. So he fails to them either way.

  • @LJ_in_VR
    @LJ_in_VR Год назад +62

    I remember Bogdanovic being on fire and eventually hitting like a super deep 3 I believe it was in Game 3, hit it from like the hash mark over JR Smith and the Pacers won the game late - he had 32 or something - what a time to be a Pacers fan

    • @trev2k153
      @trev2k153 Год назад +2

      Yes it was GREAT TIME. Our time is coming back tho my brotha

    • @tmay4896
      @tmay4896 Год назад

      It was a bad time lol, got cheated that series... respectfully Indy in 6 but was for sure most complete Bron

  • @federicomozzon1181
    @federicomozzon1181 Год назад +18

    i really need a chapter with bron, at least 5 hours long

    • @silewis9396
      @silewis9396 Год назад

      Keep dreaming. Aint nobody spending 5 hours on no podcast when they have a career, a brand and a family to run

    • @kam_12_
      @kam_12_ Год назад +5

      @@silewis9396 andrew tate🤷🏽‍♂️

    • @silewis9396
      @silewis9396 Год назад

      @@kam_12_ I don't know what podcast he was on for 5 hours. Feel free to enlighten me.
      Also does he have a family and a career?

  • @armin38822
    @armin38822 Год назад +13

    That series was spectacular and one off the best first round matchups ever. But don't forget that the rest off the Cavs sucked and they still won the series. The second leading scorer on their roster was Kevin Love with 11.4 points on 33 % FG. The second leader in assists was George Hill with 2.0 assists per game. LeBron was great and at his best. The rest were horrible. Oh and Love was the only one who averaged more then 10 points per game. Indiana had 7 players with double digit points per game.

    • @sportstalkonly1442
      @sportstalkonly1442 Год назад +4

      Which is why I'm still so shocked lebron got his team to the finals. The dude is just different

  • @codyeble0713
    @codyeble0713 Год назад +3

    that was a goaltend but they shouldn't even have had the possession anyways.. the previous play the ball went out of bounds and they gave it to pacers even tho it should have been Cavs ball.. so 2 bad calls at the end of the game

  • @Wuncler
    @Wuncler Год назад +4

    I can’t help but get annoyed by KD for joining a already really good warriors team and making them unbeatable at that time. Lebron run was so legendary and he was doing what KD should’ve been trying to do and has never done. That run should’ve been capped off with a ring and I believe he would’ve won had he not gone to the warriors.

  • @horse-4598
    @horse-4598 7 месяцев назад +2

    I remember that year he single-handedly beat the Celtics watching that just thinking it looks like a man amongst boys. Never seen anything like it before. He was just backing players down scoring easily and then telling everyone what to do.

  • @CoolTy23
    @CoolTy23 Год назад +2

    & JJ will still say KD was better than Bron in 17’ & 18’ 😂😂😂 dudes a clown

  • @DRGOAT999
    @DRGOAT999 Год назад +9

    Bron averaged 40 but he ain't a scorer 🤔🥶

    • @justsomedudewithnoneck8329
      @justsomedudewithnoneck8329 Год назад

      Bro finna have more points but Durant a better scorer people get blinded by the flashiness tbh

    • @Christopher._M
      @Christopher._M Год назад

      @@justsomedudewithnoneck8329 KD is the better scorer. I think he and Steph are the most efficient 27-30 point game scorers in NBA history.
      When KD shoots 25 times a game he scored 30-35 points just like lebron.

    • @silewis9396
      @silewis9396 Год назад

      False. He averaged 34, with no Kyrie.
      Love was next highest with 11.
      There's a lot of players in the league that could score 30+ in that scenario.

  • @BirdBrain22
    @BirdBrain22 Год назад +16

    2018 LeBron James is the greatest basketball player to ever touch a court. He was INCREDIBLE that season & the team around him was awful. I'm a Cavs fan and I would've rather we kept all the guys we started the season with, regardless of how we were performing 40 games in. I think we still could've gotten in and those guys had experience and were better built for the playoffs

    • @ILLCLAPYOCHEEKSBOI
      @ILLCLAPYOCHEEKSBOI Год назад

      NO VERSION OF LEBRON IS THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOAT AND THAT IS MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN
      63 AGAINST BOSTON - I WAS THERE!
      THE LAST DANCE I WAS THERE!
      38.5 PPG IN '88 BACK WHEN BIG DADDY KANE WAS AINT HALF STEPPIN - I WAS THERE!
      THE NEAR TRIPLE DOUBLE SEASON WHEN HE RAN POINT AND AVERAGED 32 8 & 8 - I WAS THERE!
      THE NBA FINALS AGAINST PHOENIX WHERE HE AVERAGED 41 11 & 11 WITH 3 STEALS AND 2 BLOCKS - I WAS THERE!
      MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN HAS 13 FULL SEASONS DEFINITIVELY BETTER THAN LEMICKEY LAMES
      AND HE WAS EVEN BETTER THAN LEMICKEY WHEN HE WAS OUT OF SHAPE OUT OF RETIREMENT ON THE WIZARDS!
      WHERE YOU?
      THE ONLY THING YA'LL BRONS WERE THERE FOR WAS WHEN THE CHOSEN ONE BECAME THE FROZEN AND GOT LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA
      WOULD MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN GET LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA?
      WOULD HE LOSE TO DIRK WITH CHRIS BOSH AND D WADE ON HIS TEAM?
      NO! MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN WOULD GO 6-0 IN THE FINALS
      (8-0) IN THE "LEBRON" ERA
      THE BRON ERA IS REALLY STILL THE JORDAN ERA BECAUSE JORDAN HANGS OVER EVERYTHING LEBRONNNNNNNNS DOES
      I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT!

  • @Fettman07
    @Fettman07 Год назад +7

    I mean he might have goltended but they won by 3 so it wouldnt have mattered either way

  • @yz2553
    @yz2553 Год назад +4

    Put 2018 lebron on this laker squad they become the favorites to win it all.

    • @solo_0001
      @solo_0001 Год назад

      Bro 2019 was the year but that damn crotch injury ruined it, I reckon they were bound for a deep playoff run before that.

  • @marquesekj
    @marquesekj Год назад +2

    yes it was a goaltend but no one talks about them fouling lebron the play before and it not being called..in the mean streets we call that even Steven 🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @solo_0001
    @solo_0001 Год назад +7

    Earned the name king James that 2nd stint.. Cleveland 2015-2018 maybe the most inspirational basketball I’ve ever seen. It was amazing and I don’t think I’ll be lucky enough to be into a sport/team like I was those lebron lead cavs 🎉

  • @OnlyCairo
    @OnlyCairo Год назад +2

    give kyrie to lebron in 2018 they could of won the chip

  • @louvagod
    @louvagod Год назад +9

    I'm excited for when JJ brings Bron to the show

  • @KurokoVision-
    @KurokoVision- Год назад +30

    No one ever has gone toe to toe with leking James but you had a great series victor

    • @Travsice
      @Travsice Год назад +13

      Don't look now but Jimmy buckets had 2 30 (1 40 piece involved) pt triple doubles in the bubble finals. Bron went crazy and hit like 7 3s one of them games and Jimmy still outperformed him down the stretch. That series went 6 and Jimmys 2nd and 3rd best players were compromised & didn't play in half the series. I'd call that going toe-to-toe, but that's just me personally.

    • @silewis9396
      @silewis9396 Год назад +1

      @@Travsice Jimmy definitely went toe to toe. Davis had an incredible series for them so Jimmy should be proud #HeatNation

    • @rickydee4414
      @rickydee4414 Год назад +2

      Paul George in his paces stint???????

    • @davelouie131
      @davelouie131 Год назад +1

      @@Travsice Paul George went toe to toe with 2013 Lebron who was like a video game player because he was at his athletic physical strength peak, Victor went toe to toe with 2018 Lebron who was a man among boys or Thanos because of the mind and athletic abilities put together, Jimmy went toe to toe with 2020 Lebron who was good but wasn’t as athletically dominant.

    • @Xzei
      @Xzei Год назад

      @@davelouie131 Just because a series goes 7 games doesn't mean someone went toe-to-toe with LeBron.

  • @zacharydavidvbangura9873
    @zacharydavidvbangura9873 Год назад +2

    LeBron James was the only player that put fear into the Golden state worries.. argu that even Curry green new they need another super star to beat LeBron James

  • @marksines1246
    @marksines1246 Год назад +4

    lebron willed a lot of unexpected teams to the finals whether it’s 2007 cavs or when kyrie left, and the times he played without love and kyrie(played game1) against gsw and still won 2 games with mozgov as his 2nd best player and jr smith as 3rd, just never been seen that greatness

  • @lairjmjcccb
    @lairjmjcccb Год назад +1

    When you check the stats Cleveland should lose the series. It’s incredible how the GOAT refuse to lose and pushed the Cavs team to second round. I will always regret that playoff run to be wasted. Who knows what would happened if Cavs survive game 1 vs Warriors. Everyone is remembering JR mistake but no one is talking about refs mistakes late in the game in Warriors favor. 2018 was LeBron’s best playoff run for sure but leaving that year empty handed hurst a lot.

  • @JustMy0pinion
    @JustMy0pinion Год назад +7

    The king the goat

  • @izzaelofficial6103
    @izzaelofficial6103 Год назад +2

    All stats of Lebron were 99 rating when he stepped on the court.

  • @farrellcityking1
    @farrellcityking1 Год назад +1

    2018 Bron looked like a gotdamn nightmare in the playoffs. Nobody wanted that problem… except Golden State simply because they had more firepower. But if KD wasn’t there, I don’t think even they beat Bron that year.

  • @Brooklyn94269
    @Brooklyn94269 Год назад +5

    Let’s not forget the bogus out of bounds call against the Cavs before the goaltend.
    That’s why they let it go

    • @da2552
      @da2552 Год назад

      Yeah make up calls happen at all levels hs, college , pro , lol even rec

  • @renegade1491
    @renegade1491 Год назад +20

    That series was epic. Yet clown discredit LBJ for making it LOOK easy💯🔥

  • @DFWFOODNETWORK
    @DFWFOODNETWORK Год назад +4

    VICTOR DESERVES ANOTHER CHANCE DONT @ me

  • @henryviiifake8244
    @henryviiifake8244 Год назад +3

    S/o to that 2017-18 Pacers team because even with LeBron putting up videogame numbers, the Cavs still only defeted them *after 7 games...* by just _four points.
    If that Pacers team faced literally any other team bar the Celtics, with the way they played that Cavs series, I could see them making the ECF.

    • @elliottmcparland8786
      @elliottmcparland8786 Год назад

      I hear you but I completly disagree, that cavs team was quite awful because of all the trades they made in the offseason then mid season.. they never quite became a team, lebron just took over and had to take nights off and pick his moments in order to win these series. if you watch back you'll see lebron being very lazy in several games.. Vic also kinda explains that lebron picked his moments in this interview

  • @bronisthegoat8915
    @bronisthegoat8915 Год назад +3

    No player in history even comes close to the level of dominance and ability to literally control a game or have as much of an impact on a game as only an individual.

  • @elliemyers6435
    @elliemyers6435 Год назад +3

    Man, people now forget just how tough Victor was....When he was with Indiana, and he finally sort of found himself (he put up decent numbers in Orl & OKC, but Indy really was where he blossomed), he was one of the best guards in the league. Could really score, was super athletic and could strap up like crazy. It's a shame the injuries took so much from him, because he was on his way to becoming an even bigger star than he was.

  • @Lalambz
    @Lalambz Год назад +18

    when Lbj came back to the cavs, thats when i respected lbj’s game more! He leaned towards skill vs just athletic dominance during his heat years..

  • @mike_oxhurt154
    @mike_oxhurt154 Год назад +3

    2018 playoff bron was a demon

  • @bluecheckmiya
    @bluecheckmiya Год назад +2

    Sitting Vic at that time in the game when he was HOT and Bron was out for that ENTIRE 9-0 run was the dumbest decision ever. I remember screaming at my TV about that 😂

  • @golurk9521
    @golurk9521 Год назад +4

    That was a crazy matchup and it proved Victor, when healthy, could lose to a team in the playoffs👏👏👏

  • @Pierremedia
    @Pierremedia 7 месяцев назад +2

    Hands down that Miami heat version of Bron was most dominant.

  • @HighStakesBBall
    @HighStakesBBall Год назад +1

    For folk to say Miami LeBron was the best LeBron shows they are casuals. 2nd Cleveland stint LeBron is otherworldly. That playoff run was a masterpiece, on part (if not better) with Jordan for that post season

  • @pranavmanie1479
    @pranavmanie1479 Год назад +1

    if I had to pick one player in one particular year as the best ever to do it, 2018 LeBron is that dude. not 2012/13 LeBron, not 2019 Kawhi (who's my favorite player), and no version of MJ. LeBron was THE complete player in 2018. MyCareer 2K couldn't build that player.

    • @PA-zt6xu
      @PA-zt6xu Год назад

      That game 7 vs the Celtics is the greatest game I have ever seen an individual play who was out manned. Lebron literally beat the Celtics with his mind the first half setting up his teammates until the second half where he could take over offensively. Dude put on a pure clinic from an IQ and skill level

  • @idc20627
    @idc20627 Год назад +1

    What he said was "I just walked off like this nigga man" when talking about that 3pt from Lebron. lmfaooo

  • @ryanona967
    @ryanona967 Год назад +1

    i admit it bron got away with that goaltend. but that winning shot that by bron.

  • @trev2k153
    @trev2k153 Год назад +3

    As a pacers fan having to relive this makes me sad. We should’ve beat the the Cavs that series but.. it’s all good it was 4yrs ago I just know I’ll never forget how great Dipo was for us.

    • @mflevia
      @mflevia Год назад

      And he was great loved that series.

  • @harleminthebuildn9234
    @harleminthebuildn9234 Год назад +1

    HOW THE HELL DOES 1 PLAYER LOCKDOWN THE EAST FOR 8 YEARS STRAIGHT???
    LEBRON IS A BEAST. PERIOD!!!!

  • @greg2797
    @greg2797 Год назад +3

    I remember watching that replay so many times to see if it was really a block and even in slow mo I couldn't tell because of the angle the cameras caught it in. Sometimes I see it and it looks like a goaltend because the ball hit the glass and other times it looks like Victor did a finger roll and the ball didn't actually hit the glass. Either way that was a great sequence to watch and LeBron hit that 3 which would've won them the game either way. Great series

    • @LeHitler
      @LeHitler Год назад +4

      It was definitely goal tending, however, the play before that, Thaddeus Young was the last to touch the ball out of bounds & they gave it to Indiana, so you can say it was justifiably not called.

  • @geessaess1707
    @geessaess1707 Год назад +1

    Lebron: I played victor in the play offs? Don’t remember. Lol

  • @Keviekev115
    @Keviekev115 Год назад +1

    “Did they have the reply back then”
    damn JJ how old do you think Victor is lol

  • @cravenmoorehead6265
    @cravenmoorehead6265 Год назад +1

    Nah nah, not to discredit Oladipo, but I think the true massacre could be explained by 1 of the the Raptors that faced him in 2018 to illustrate how it felt getting swept by LeBronto😭😭😭😭

  • @marcmason165
    @marcmason165 Год назад +1

    They won't validate it because he didn't win a chip but that 2018 postseason run by Bron is the best I've witnessed live. And I've seen a lot of ball being 42

  • @Mike24Williams
    @Mike24Williams Год назад +18

    Nice perspective but a lot of people underestimated those Cavs teams who fell short to golden state 3 times

    • @deez9805
      @deez9805 Год назад +15

      Nobody underestimated. 2017, Kyrie and K Love had some bad games. 2018 team just straight up wasn’t good. Before 2018 it was next to impossible to beat LeBron 4 times before he could beat you.

    • @roboninja3194
      @roboninja3194 Год назад +1

      @@deez9805 Before 2018? Well they lost the Finals in 2017 so 😂

    • @isthatnasir6862
      @isthatnasir6862 Год назад +1

      Before Illuminati warriors

    • @jdelgado216
      @jdelgado216 Год назад +2

      @@roboninja3194 I think he meant any team besides the Warriors

    • @tupacalypse88
      @tupacalypse88 Год назад +4

      @@jdelgado216 I think Houston would give em a run idk who woulda won but that Houston team was something up 3-2 be4 injury to those same warriors

  • @ripesince88
    @ripesince88 Год назад +1

    I haven’t seen the nba in a while. What happened with this guys career?