1997-98 season: 1. Utah Jazz 62-20 2. Seattle Sonics 61 -19 3. La Lakers 61 - 19 4. SA Spurs 56 - 26 5. Phx Suns 56 -26 This is the competition the Jazz had in the 1998 playoffs before meeting the Bulls in the Finals. When is the last time you seen a conference where three teams won over 60 games? ...How quickly we forget
Jordan played his greatest opponents in the same conference, vs playing weaker opponents in the Finals. Lebron has had much greater competition in the Finals.
Solomon Hayes lol yall kids go look at the rosters do some home work..them teams mj beat was stacked an way better then these teams today..it wasnt jus a big 3 like most teams today.....compition today is joining up....
Solomon Hayes .....Detroit....lakers.....the suns....super sonics.....jazz....all was stacked up....hall of famers....how many hall of famers labron went threw on his championships runs none cause he played with them lol .....mj went threw plenty.....to say the 90s was weak is like sayin labron didnt need to team up with wade to win lol......
No, the East was never good (at least for the past few years). You can't be a good conference with only one contender and your 1-seed only winning 53 games.
No one was saying "oh the east is good" everyone was saying "oh the cavs look weak". Put them in he west with how they played with a western schedule they might not of made it to the playoffs. But again they're in the east didn't try at all in he ref season showing how bad the east really is
Didn't you watch game 1 of the WCF? You probably didn't because you only check the boxscore every single time and make that your argument. Spurs were most definitely about to win that game 1 until Kawhi went down! They were up by 20 in the middle of the 3rd. Come on now. As far as I am concerned, a healthy Spurs vs healthy Warriors is the NBA finals matchup for me, two teams with the best RS record.
Aaron Koh Nah, I have NBA League Pass with all the teams and playoffs included. I don't watch highlights like majority of people. I've watched every team this season at least 45 times. We don't know what would've happened during that series. Just because the spurs were up during that game doesn't mean they would've defeated the Warriors. The Warriors and Spurs are way better than every team in the West. I consider the Rockets a mid level team. I wasn't hyped on them like everyone else was.
It's funny to me how when the cavs was playing bad at the end of the regular season everyone on this show except for Colin was saying lebron might not make it out the east this year now this man destroying everyone it's too easy no one can stop lebron the east is weak I'm just so confuse by these people lebron is too good and people just afto face the fact raptors was gonna stop lebron they got swept
Johnny On the Spot exactly. It wasn't because we were saying the east was good it was because they were playing so bad and people thought that it would carry over to playoffs.
You and everyone who has said this is the reason Alexander Hamilton believed not everyone should vote. You can't even understand that the reason ppl were saying the cavs might not make it or it'll be tough is because the way the cavs looked, no one was saying how good the east looked they were only talking about the cavs not looking good. Lbj is showing how weak the east really is and has shown that with his 3-4 record in the finals. If he was truly that great he would win at least 5 of those rings, but he didn't because he ran through the weak east and matched up with the superior west teams. 2011 multiple teams in the westcould've beat that Miami team too which is embarrassing to think about if you're lbj
East is trash since 1999 when a #8 got into Finals. And yet Tracy McGrady never won playoff series, Vince carter didnt make Conf Finals, Iverson made Finals once, Pierce got a ring because he had 3 other HoFs.
For the last 5-6 years he has been on the most talented team in the conference period. I blame it more on the inability of other eastern conference teams to form superteams like lebron has twice.
What makes the Western Conference "better". Better players? Better coaches? Better organizations? So what people are saying is that if Lebron had better players, and a better coaching staff he would be worse? Sounds stupid
matt williams Thank you someone finally gets it. I hate this arguement because they basically want to put him on the lottery teams in the West or they just want to pluck Cleveland out of the East. Then they use his finals record to justify it like a whole different team and system wouldn't affect that.
matt williams are you dumb? Nobody is saying LeBrons skill level will worsen. He just simply wouldn't be playing hopscotch like he is in the east now. You can't even comprehend that?
matt williams the argument isnt that golden state doesnt have a cakewalk its that the west is just stronger.GSW havent really met a challenge either but thats because of injuries THE WEST IS STILL BETTER.Think about it like this the jazz were the 5th seed in the west if they played in the east they would be tied for 1st seed.
so biased, you're literally glossing over the fact that CLE has 3 All Stars. Love had 32 last night, and no one can guard Kyrie in iso. yea, that's a super team bro. Paul George would have LOVED to have Kyrie and Love
if they started doing 1 v 1 tournaments at the all-star competition would LeBron win? just asking because in regular everyday basketball at the park to see who is better they play each other 1 v 1 personally I think if the nba did this I don't think LeBron would participate
All this talk about whether LeBron is better than mj makes me think the NBA(Silver) is gonna make sure LeBron wins his 4th. The NBA, LeBron and the sports bettors (Vegas) wins. 🤔😕
bulls wizard were getting better and both team beat cavs in regular season. reaosn why lebum and cavs tank the season to avoid being #1 seed so they didnt have to play those 2
People may say that the East is weak, but last year Cavs beat not only the best Western Conference team, but the best winning record team in history.....
People don't use there brains if lebron was in the west he would have a better team why does no one bring that up he wouldn't have the same players he would have betters players
Javin C he If lebron went to the west he would go to a playoff team put him on any of those teams and they make the finals love is not a top 20 player kyrie can be
So MJ, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman wasn't a super team? How about Magic Johnson, Kareem and James worthy?? Whitlock always brings the same argument
Worthy/Johnson were draft picks. I wouldn't call OKC with KD/Russ/Harden a "super team" if they all got drafted. LeBron and his "super teams" are all friends that got together to win a championship. It's a lot different.
pippen wasn't a already established star when he got DRAFTED to the Bulls , and Rodman was going down the crazy road in his life when he finally got there.
Christian R. Yea but those teams were built through the draft and developing players not like these teams. And rodman a HOF but I wasn't say he was part of a big 3 cuz he had no offensive game
gerardgag If the weak competition is aiding him, explain LeBron's Finals dominance in the Finals last year against a 73 win team. Go ahead. No matter the competiton, LeBron raises his game above it....especially since he returned to Cleveland.
lets see a suspensión and 3 players injured on court, i know you dont like it but as an explanation for his dominante its a pretty good one, explain why he was even down 3-1 in last years finals when the warriors were healthy then? the east is plain trash its that simple
Its helping his path to the finals its helping his playoff stats its helping him in the finals with extra rest but it doesnt take away from his greatness in the playoffs.
"The East is running through coaches".....what? When is the last time a coach in the NBA got fired? This was the first year since 1970 that NO....ZERO coaches were fired. You might want to get some new stat check guys Colin!
Being obsessed with getting a top draft pick has weakened the entire league. Too many teams are intentionally tanking in hopes of getting top picks. How are teams supposed to develop into winners when they are being told to lose on purpose. Losing is habit forming.
Lawrence McDonald - You don't remember Lebron dominating against the GS the past 2 Finals?!? WTF?!? You need to check the stats. He dominated so much against GS 2 years ago, he took a fully healthy GS to game 6 w/o Kyrie and Love (Dellavedova was his #2 in the series). The man finished 2nd in FMVP voting even though his team lost in 6 gms. Last year, Lebron became the first player in NBA history to lead both teams in Points, Rebounds, Assist, Steals and Blocks. Lebron dominated against the Spurs in the 2013 and 2014 Finals, even though his "team" didn't show up in 2014. He was in the FMVP discussion, even though his team got crushed in 5 games. He dominated against OKC in the 2012 Finals. His first 2 Finals appearances (2007 & 2011) are the only times he wasn't the best player in the series. Educate yourself before spewing idiocy.
Why NBA stars running from the East if it's such a easy road, Superstar free agents from teams in the West don't bother joining a Eastern team because they know they'll never get past a LeBron led team in the playoffs.
Just for a comparison, by winning percentage for both conferences every year, here are the dominant conferences in Jordan's career vs James's career: Jordan - 9 seasons (West), 6 seasons (East) James - 13 seasons (West), 1 season (East) Going by this, Jordan definitely had tougher competition on his way to the finals... Of the 6 seasons Jordan got to the finals, 5 of them had a tougher Eastern Conference. Of the 8 seasons James got to the finals (assuming he will be in the finals this year), all of them were dominated by the Western Conference.
I love KD and Steph, but they've faced injured teams. Portland was without Nurkic, they're a completely different team with him on the court and Blazers C's were all injured. Jazz- George Hill. Offense can't run smoothly without PG. Spurs- Kawhi and TP. no explanation needed.
I really hate how they keep saying "LeBron started the super teams" but if I do recall didn't Boston teamed up with KG, Paul and Ray Allen before LeBron did ???
I honestly think its a lose/lose situation for the Lebron lead Cavs. If they had a tough 6 or 7 game series with the Raptors and Pacers people would've said they should've swept them or won in 5. Now that they're sweeping good teams, people are claiming it's just a cake walk. I honestly don't think that's fair at all. Let this man be great.
It's just that the Cavaliers have way more talent than anyone else in the East. They should be dominating. In a vacuum, Teams like Toronto and Boston aren't terrible but they aren't elite nor close to being on Cavalier's level.
Can someone tell me what Jordan was the best at? He wasn't the quickest, strongest, fastest, or smartest player ever. He wasn't the best shooter in any regard. He wasn't the best post player, didn't have the best footwork. Wasn't the best scorer, wasn't the best winner, wasn't the best defender. Wasn't the best rebounder, wasn't the best dribbler, wasn't the best at stealing the ball, wasn't the best shot blocker, wasn't the most competative since it's impossible to quantify competativeness. Wasnt the best passer or teammate. What was Jordan the best at besides selling shoes? Lol.
The East is trash the media tries to hype it up & hype us & up & some of us become victims of believing teams led by isaiah thomas, kyle lowry & john wall can actually beat lebron, lebron is the most unstoppable biggest SF ever & he cant get to the rim on mismatches with small guards or big men then he can simple kick out to a shooter like Kyrie, Love, Frye, Korver, Shumpert, RJ, Jr smith, Dwill, he literally builds his teams & half his roster are players he told the gm to either trade for or sign, IMAGINE if kobe or Jordan handpicked their teams & were able to have depth like lebron has JUST imagine
Broussard said "LeBron is relaxed like a father playing with his sons". lmao 😂 😂 😂. That's takes the cake lol
lawreneph that has to be quoted!!! it's so true!
Specially when he made his kids Kyrie and Love sit down during his 25-point comeback against Pacers lmao.
lawreneph , yes because the East is a cake walk
I thank god everyday for having a smart analysts like Chris Broussard participate in these FS1 debates.
Chris doesn't have issues with snacks.
Thank you Broussard...someone needs to be honest about the East. Christ sakes...
swalker0731 nah
1997-98 season: 1. Utah Jazz 62-20
2. Seattle Sonics 61 -19
3. La Lakers 61 - 19
4. SA Spurs 56 - 26
5. Phx Suns 56 -26
This is the competition the Jazz had in the 1998 playoffs before meeting the Bulls in the Finals. When is the last time you seen a conference where three teams won over 60 games? ...How quickly we forget
cyber6sapien I would love to see the East that season.
Jordan played his greatest opponents in the same conference, vs playing weaker opponents in the Finals. Lebron has had much greater competition in the Finals.
Chris Taggart you need to do your home work cause u do not no what u sayin...
demetrius 2000 is he really wrong though? No lol
Solomon Hayes lol yall kids go look at the rosters do some home work..them teams mj beat was stacked an way better then these teams today..it wasnt jus a big 3 like most teams today.....compition today is joining up....
Solomon Hayes .....Detroit....lakers.....the suns....super sonics.....jazz....all was stacked up....hall of famers....how many hall of famers labron went threw on his championships runs none cause he played with them lol .....mj went threw plenty.....to say the 90s was weak is like sayin labron didnt need to team up with wade to win lol......
demetrius 2000 i got an update u responded but I don't see it.....try again so I can laugh at ur response
when they were playing bad during the regular season, oh the east was good , they would work hard to get out. Now oh the east is weak. FOH
matheo bavogui in regular season he was face the west also
No, the East was never good (at least for the past few years). You can't be a good conference with only one contender and your 1-seed only winning 53 games.
No one was saying "oh the east is good" everyone was saying "oh the cavs look weak". Put them in he west with how they played with a western schedule they might not of made it to the playoffs. But again they're in the east didn't try at all in he ref season showing how bad the east really is
matheo bavogui no one said that bro lmao
matheo bavogui WTF, from the beginning everyone knew Cavs was coming out the east with ease
broussard is the most rational person there
Colin is such a homer for East and Lebron.
Don't people see what's going on in the West. The Golden State Warriors are clearly the best team. The same goes for the Cavs.
Man you have to be smart to get to that conclusion.
Nico Milà LMAO
Didn't you watch game 1 of the WCF? You probably didn't because you only check the boxscore every single time and make that your argument. Spurs were most definitely about to win that game 1 until Kawhi went down! They were up by 20 in the middle of the 3rd. Come on now.
As far as I am concerned, a healthy Spurs vs healthy Warriors is the NBA finals matchup for me, two teams with the best RS record.
Aaron Koh Nah, I have NBA League Pass with all the teams and playoffs included. I don't watch highlights like majority of people. I've watched every team this season at least 45 times. We don't know what would've happened during that series. Just because the spurs were up during that game doesn't mean they would've defeated the Warriors. The Warriors and Spurs are way better than every team in the West. I consider the Rockets a mid level team. I wasn't hyped on them like everyone else was.
Johnny On the Spot The Rockets would've got drug by the Cavs and maybe wouldn't beat the Celtics because they actually split the season series.
Colin again trying to convince us that LeBron is better than Jordan.. that didnt work
Lebron has always been physically gifted but his IQ has risen to a whole other level now
colin is so biased toward lebron it's sickening
jthyn44 Was hoping someone else felt that way
It's funny to me how when the cavs was playing bad at the end of the regular season everyone on this show except for Colin was saying lebron might not make it out the east this year now this man destroying everyone it's too easy no one can stop lebron the east is weak I'm just so confuse by these people lebron is too good and people just afto face the fact raptors was gonna stop lebron they got swept
Kyle Francis exactly, hypocrites
Johnny On the Spot exactly. It wasn't because we were saying the east was good it was because they were playing so bad and people thought that it would carry over to playoffs.
You and everyone who has said this is the reason Alexander Hamilton believed not everyone should vote. You can't even understand that the reason ppl were saying the cavs might not make it or it'll be tough is because the way the cavs looked, no one was saying how good the east looked they were only talking about the cavs not looking good. Lbj is showing how weak the east really is and has shown that with his 3-4 record in the finals. If he was truly that great he would win at least 5 of those rings, but he didn't because he ran through the weak east and matched up with the superior west teams. 2011 multiple teams in the westcould've beat that Miami team too which is embarrassing to think about if you're lbj
Because people weren;t talking about the acquisitions of Ibaka and Tucker improving the Raptors from last year
East is trash since 1999 when a #8 got into Finals. And yet Tracy McGrady never won playoff series, Vince carter didnt make Conf Finals, Iverson made Finals once, Pierce got a ring because he had 3 other HoFs.
He started this trend of the east being weak when he teamed up with two the top 5 players in the east in Miami
Biv East was weak since 1998 summer! 99-2003 they won 0 rings from 2004-2011 they won 3 rings. And from 2012-2018 they won 3 rings!
For the last 5-6 years he has been on the most talented team in the conference period. I blame it more on the inability of other eastern conference teams to form superteams like lebron has twice.
Jordan got pushed to game 6 in the finals Cowherd!?!?While Lebron has been pushed to game 7s and lost in the finals lololololol
"Its gonna come down to the last 3 or 4 mins of game 7" lmao 😂
What makes the Western Conference "better". Better players? Better coaches?
Better organizations? So what people are saying is that if Lebron had better players, and a better coaching staff he would be worse?
Sounds stupid
matt williams Thank you someone finally gets it. I hate this arguement because they basically want to put him on the lottery teams in the West or they just want to pluck Cleveland out of the East. Then they use his finals record to justify it like a whole different team and system wouldn't affect that.
matt williams are you dumb? Nobody is saying LeBrons skill level will worsen. He just simply wouldn't be playing hopscotch like he is in the east now. You can't even comprehend that?
Day Time Steph and the Warriors are literally running through the West. So Lebron wouldn't do the same thing on a Western Conference team?
matt williams the argument isnt that golden state doesnt have a cakewalk its that the west is just stronger.GSW havent really met a challenge either but thats because of injuries THE WEST IS STILL BETTER.Think about it like this the jazz were the 5th seed in the west if they played in the east they would be tied for 1st seed.
AD GOAT #betterthankat 2018 NBA CHAMPION jazz still wouldn't beat the Celtics or Cavs or raptors for that matter
Whitlock is terrible
Courtland Williams it's the snacks
Courtland Williams he's dumber than rocks
More of Rapaport pls
Shitlock says the Cavs are a "super" team when it's just Lebron and Kyrie while GSW has 4 all-stars and a SHAQTIN a Fool 2 time MVP.
#FACTS
if you have at least three all stars on your team, you're a super team. which the cavs and the warriors have.
LeWinning James They have more talent than any team not named named Golden State and waaay more talent than anyone in the East.
Kyrie hasn't done anything in the playoffs. Love has done so much more!
so biased, you're literally glossing over the fact that CLE has 3 All Stars. Love had 32 last night, and no one can guard Kyrie in iso. yea, that's a super team bro. Paul George would have LOVED to have Kyrie and Love
Xi Kyrie was averagin 23+ ppg in the playoffs, Love got 13+ ppg with one 30 point game
3 guys telling Colin that the East is weak and he still refuses to budge
Riten Dhawan it would diminish his bronsexual narrative
Flashyfinancier of course. my bad.
kemba walker made allstar avg 22 and didnt make the playoffs
damian lilliard made the playoffs and avg 27..
ItsTruth you literally make no point here. all star selections have no bearing on the strength of a conference.
ItsTruth facts
I only came here for the Whitlock snack roasts lol
Thanks for Chris Broussard impartiality!!
1:44 ...I'm dead
You tell the Colin!!!!
if they started doing 1 v 1 tournaments at the all-star competition would LeBron win? just asking because in regular everyday basketball at the park to see who is better they play each other 1 v 1 personally I think if the nba did this I don't think LeBron would participate
This is how you debate sports. way better then first take and undisputed
I was wondering that myself.
No disrespect to his monster performances.
Out of the four of them a semi-retired actor is the one that makes the most sense.
I hate that they keep talking about the Ray Allen shot. There's literally a player in the NBA nicknamed big shot bob....
Holy cow did I just stumble upon the male version of The View?
Chris Broussard is my favorite..so objective. It's refreshing not to just listen to fanboys.
respect greatness
All this talk about whether LeBron is better than mj makes me think the NBA(Silver) is gonna make sure LeBron wins his 4th. The NBA, LeBron and the sports bettors (Vegas) wins. 🤔😕
The hole time this season they say the east getting better
Now lebron demolish his opponents and they say the east is weak
bulls wizard were getting better and both team beat cavs in regular season. reaosn why lebum and cavs tank the season to avoid being #1 seed so they didnt have to play those 2
tim duncan vs karl malone lol
why nobody is saying anything about golden state playing injured teams
a little bit of both
0:11 is that about snacks?
compared to the past few years this is weaker.
People may say that the East is weak, but last year Cavs beat not only the best Western Conference team, but the best winning record team in history.....
I'm convinced that Colin is just trolling.
Colin's really trying to argue the west isnt more dominant than the east lmao. This guy does anything to ride lebron
this show should be renamed "True Housewives of LeBron and Fatlock"
Colin's suit lookin fly today
it's a combination of both
the talent was more spread out back than. the competition was more leveled out
East is getting worse. This is clear fact. No competition
super teams have been in the NBA since the beginning. Its just that now, players are learning they have more power than they previously thought.
Mj is tha best ever tha west couldn't win when he played
Colin is ok as long as you agree with him.
People don't use there brains if lebron was in the west he would have a better team why does no one bring that up he wouldn't have the same players he would have betters players
MR NICEGUY um no he wouldn't there's a thing called salary cap he's not going to join up with kawhi or steph curry either they are rivals
aravind sridharan he doesn't have to join up with them if he goes to Portland they are the best team if they add one more player to the bench
Johnny On the Spot I said better teams as I said if he went to Portland they would make the finals adding lebron and 1 more bench player
Javin C he If lebron went to the west he would go to a playoff team put him on any of those teams and they make the finals love is not a top 20 player kyrie can be
put lebron any of the good teams in the west and they easily win the west. Put lebron on any of the bottom teams in they make it to the WCF
So MJ, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman wasn't a super team? How about Magic Johnson, Kareem and James worthy?? Whitlock always brings the same argument
Christian R. yeah hes always starts every argument, "they got this superteam thing starting"
Worthy/Johnson were draft picks. I wouldn't call OKC with KD/Russ/Harden a "super team" if they all got drafted. LeBron and his "super teams" are all friends that got together to win a championship. It's a lot different.
pippen wasn't a already established star when he got DRAFTED to the Bulls , and Rodman was going down the crazy road in his life when he finally got there.
Christian R. Yea but those teams were built through the draft and developing players not like these teams. And rodman a HOF but I wasn't say he was part of a big 3 cuz he had no offensive game
Christian R. lebron is playing with dame near 6 all stars. kover.kyrie.love.j williams.
Who is better: Lillard or Paul George? Hayward or Derozan? So far, the competition between east and west this year, isn't that much different.
I'm just confused about what they're even arguing about here. This was all over the place
man i just love criss destroying colin on lebron everytime
gerardgag He didnt destroy him😒. Chris is just finding a reason to hate on Lebron.
he absolutely wrecked him, only reason you would not see it is you yourself are a lebron fan i personally don't care for him at all i just hate bias
gerardgag If the weak competition is aiding him, explain LeBron's Finals dominance in the Finals last year against a 73 win team. Go ahead. No matter the competiton, LeBron raises his game above it....especially since he returned to Cleveland.
lets see a suspensión and 3 players injured on court, i know you dont like it but as an explanation for his dominante its a pretty good one, explain why he was even down 3-1 in last years finals when the warriors were healthy then? the east is plain trash its that simple
The Eastern conference isn't weak... the western conference is beyond overrated. They're both one team conferences
Its helping his path to the finals its helping his playoff stats its helping him in the finals with extra rest but it doesnt take away from his greatness in the playoffs.
"The East is running through coaches".....what? When is the last time a coach in the NBA got fired? This was the first year since 1970 that NO....ZERO coaches were fired.
You might want to get some new stat check guys Colin!
Cris brussard I've said the same thing you've just said for years he wouldn't have 7 straight finals appearances playing in the west
I actually agree with Colin about the West being a little overrated.
Briar Bradshaw the West has been better in previous years than this year for sure
I respect Broussard for being a big Bron supporter but still keeping it real. Idk wtf Cowherd be thinking
Being obsessed with getting a top draft pick has weakened the entire league. Too many teams are intentionally tanking in hopes of getting top picks. How are teams supposed to develop into winners when they are being told to lose on purpose. Losing is habit forming.
It's the east, without question. There was more competition when he was in Miami.
Wasn't he also doing this against the Warriors in the last 2 finals?
Why do people hate Whitlock so much?? The guy is just stating his opinion.
so we all going to act like kobe, fisher, ariza, and Pau wasn't a super team of the century???!
Colin just doesn't want to give the West credit
These fools talking like Lebron hasn't done the same thing to the west's best in the Finals. Lebron has been dominating both conferences.
Cornell Cannon lol 3-4 Lebron
Cornell Cannon and I don't think he's been on a team that's had the best record overall yet
Lawrence McDonald - You don't remember Lebron dominating against the GS the past 2 Finals?!? WTF?!? You need to check the stats. He dominated so much against GS 2 years ago, he took a fully healthy GS to game 6 w/o Kyrie and Love (Dellavedova was his #2 in the series). The man finished 2nd in FMVP voting even though his team lost in 6 gms. Last year, Lebron became the first player in NBA history to lead both teams in Points, Rebounds, Assist, Steals and Blocks. Lebron dominated against the Spurs in the 2013 and 2014 Finals, even though his "team" didn't show up in 2014. He was in the FMVP discussion, even though his team got crushed in 5 games. He dominated against OKC in the 2012 Finals. His first 2 Finals appearances (2007 & 2011) are the only times he wasn't the best player in the series. Educate yourself before spewing idiocy.
Cornell Cannon that's some powerful drugs ur on buddy
Cornell Cannon with his barely 3-4 record sure
Lebron is the whole team I guess. They rarely say the Cavs.
Ephalanx When you lead a superteam in all statistical categories in the Finals last year, you kind of ARE the team.
they beated the best team in the west last year. in the finals. 4 times. appreciate greatness.
Both
Why NBA stars running from the East if it's such a easy road, Superstar free agents from teams in the West don't bother joining a Eastern team because they know they'll never get past a LeBron led team in the playoffs.
Just for a comparison, by winning percentage for both conferences every year, here are the dominant conferences in Jordan's career vs James's career:
Jordan - 9 seasons (West), 6 seasons (East)
James - 13 seasons (West), 1 season (East)
Going by this, Jordan definitely had tougher competition on his way to the finals...
Of the 6 seasons Jordan got to the finals, 5 of them had a tougher Eastern Conference.
Of the 8 seasons James got to the finals (assuming he will be in the finals this year), all of them were dominated by the Western Conference.
I love KD and Steph, but they've faced injured teams. Portland was without Nurkic, they're a completely different team with him on the court and Blazers C's were all injured.
Jazz- George Hill. Offense can't run smoothly without PG.
Spurs- Kawhi and TP. no explanation needed.
Colin asking if he wrong and I'm just like: " yeah "
I really hate how they keep saying "LeBron started the super teams" but if I do recall didn't Boston teamed up with KG, Paul and Ray Allen before LeBron did ???
Ivan Jaimes through trades and not free agency?
If he is doing this because the competition in the East is weak, explain last year's Finals dominance. I'll wait.
Whitlock you make perfect sense!!
Brussard, is on point, he would not be going to his 7 straight Finals if he was in the West, and that's just facts
East is better this year than last year. Last year these dudes may have had a point.
I honestly think its a lose/lose situation for the Lebron lead Cavs. If they had a tough 6 or 7 game series with the Raptors and Pacers people would've said they should've swept them or won in 5. Now that they're sweeping good teams, people are claiming it's just a cake walk. I honestly don't think that's fair at all. Let this man be great.
how can Colin argue that the West is not considerably better than the east?!?!
Chris Broussard is a realistic Lebron fan
It's just that the Cavaliers have way more talent than anyone else in the East. They should be dominating. In a vacuum, Teams like Toronto and Boston aren't terrible but they aren't elite nor close to being on Cavalier's level.
How strong is the West when, GSW played Portland, JAZZ and now and injured Spur team.
Can someone tell me what Jordan was the best at? He wasn't the quickest, strongest, fastest, or smartest player ever. He wasn't the best shooter in any regard. He wasn't the best post player, didn't have the best footwork. Wasn't the best scorer, wasn't the best winner, wasn't the best defender. Wasn't the best rebounder, wasn't the best dribbler, wasn't the best at stealing the ball, wasn't the best shot blocker, wasn't the most competative since it's impossible to quantify competativeness. Wasnt the best passer or teammate. What was Jordan the best at besides selling shoes? Lol.
Indiana should be proud of their series, they put on a fight. Boston should get Paul George.
regular season: LeBron is in trouble
post season: east is weak
East is definitely not getting worse
The latter of the two is the answer. Lebron has been great but a lot of the east teams are weak
The East is trash the media tries to hype it up & hype us & up & some of us become victims of believing teams led by isaiah thomas, kyle lowry & john wall can actually beat lebron, lebron is the most unstoppable biggest SF ever & he cant get to the rim on mismatches with small guards or big men then he can simple kick out to a shooter like Kyrie, Love, Frye, Korver, Shumpert, RJ, Jr smith, Dwill, he literally builds his teams & half his roster are players he told the gm to either trade for or sign, IMAGINE if kobe or Jordan handpicked their teams & were able to have depth like lebron has JUST imagine
Dude you literally said Cavs would have trouble getting to the finals. Cmon man....
3'Angelo Russell
I preach this all the time
inflated legacy but he is a great player
lets keep it 1000 lebron is great but the east is just badddd!!
Combo of both but the east is definitely getting worse
Broussard is a beast knows too much
Broussard next to Snacklock. The gap in knowledge between the two aha