Lebron James is 1000x better than Michael Jordan

As the evidence mounts it doesn't look good for Lebron...............................

MJ in his 1st finals 1991..........................

Worst 3 game run.

11 - 28 = 39.3% scored 29

12-23=55%, yep his worst 3 , scored 28 pts 

12-23=52.2%, scored 30 pts

3 game ave 47.9%, 6% below his regular season ave

ave 29.8 pts , just 1.7 below his regular season ave.

Lebron worst 3 games in his 1st finals shooting 38.6% ,  a huge 9.3 % below MJ's.

Lebron scoring ave 14 pts a whopping 15.8 pts below MJ

MJ 2cd finals 1992........................

worst  3 game run shot  47.5%, 4.4 % below reg season ave

his worst 3 game run playing the top competition is just 4.4 % his reg season ave, a far, far cry from Lebron.

 and scored 32.3 pts,  2.2 pts ABOVE season ave

Because Lebron played soooo poorly his team lost. There's a big diff between playing well and losing and playing poorly and losing.

Lebron in 2012 winning the title................................

worst 3 game run..................shot 46.4%, 6.7% below reg season ave,

scored 29 pts, 1.8 pts ABOVE his season ave

You can clearly see that now his worst games aren't so bad in the year they won the title.

It's because of his much better play they won the title and because of his horrendous play the lost it...............................................

Everybody has off games but your missing the point, Lebron's odff games at least to this point of the research shows his off games to be far, far worse then others.

And yes he did play better in 2012, but how do you figure 1 good NBA Finals negates 2 bad ones ??

More to come......................................

Quote Originally Posted by ct1016:

My initial reaction is no

But good question?

Really did not want to dig through all that data

But if it was the worst performance we would of heard something by now. And.....as bad as folks think lbj is playing....he is heat leading scorer, rebounder, assists in this series.

Also his 33 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks had not been done in NBA finals  since 1997...by mj

I think I get what is bothering his critics...it is his scoring....less than his regular season average

The strength of lbj is not just scoring....he is the total package

Like Barkley says....lbj is a nuclear weapon

But I asked a question and u answered it

So let me do some digging.

He had 1 great game so that somehow erases what likely will turnout to be one of the worst 3 game runs in NBA Finals history ?

Consistency is the sign of greatness, not a great game every blue moon............................................

Quote Originally Posted by ct1016:

My initial reaction is no

But good question?

Really did not want to dig through all that data

But if it was the worst performance we would of heard something by now. And.....as bad as folks think lbj is playing....he is heat leading scorer, rebounder, assists in this series.

Also his 33 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks had not been done in NBA finals  since 1997...by mj

I think I get what is bothering his critics...it is his scoring....less than his regular season average

The strength of lbj is not just scoring....he is the total package

Like Barkley says....lbj is a nuclear weapon

But I asked a question and u answered it

So let me do some digging.

Lebron does many things well for sure. But that stat line got me thinking, what makes it special so the pundits can say no-one has ever done it in years ?

Many players have gotten 33 pts and 11 rebs in finals games. Getting those 2 steals and 2 blocks adds something other players who get pts and rebs can't do.

How much impact on determining the winner does 2 steals and 2 blocks have ?

I'd say a very small impact when compared to shooting a high or low % and scoring more or less pts. Had Lebron ave 52% in the 1st  3 games instead of 38.8% it's very likely the Heat would of led 2-1 instead of trailing 2-1, regardless of whether or not he got an additional 2 steals and 2 blocks.

Shooting 14% higher from the field will impact the game quite a bit more than getting an additional 2 steals and 2 blocks.

I'm not trying to discredit Lebron from being an all-around player but were he can have the biggest impact he clearly has failed.

And that brings us to this.............................................

How often does a player shot his regular season ave or better and how often does a player score his regular season ave in pts ?

MJ in his 1st 2 finals....................shot his regular season ave or better 6 of 11 times 54.5%

Lebron.................3 of 11 , 27.2%

MJ pts scored at reg season ave --- 7 of 11, 63.6%

Lebron --- 2 of 11, 18.2 %

Games a player shot  below 5% of reg season ave....................

MJ --- 2 of 11,  18.2%, wow MJ rarely had a bad shooting game

Lebron --- 7 of 11, 63.6 % of games Lebron shot worse than 5% below is reg season ave

While MJ is the smybol of scoring consistency Lebron is the complete opposite.

And Lebron is at it again in this years final.................................

1 of 4 games 25% above reg season ave %

1 of 4 games 25% above reg season ave pts

Shot worse than 5% in 3 of 4 games 75%,  has shot 10% worse in 3 of 4 games , ouch !!!

This would seem to indicate that yes Lebron does build his stats against the weaker teams.

1985 NBA FINALS................................LA beat Boston

Lakers leading scorer was Kareem.

worst 3 games in % --- 59%, just .9% below his regular season ave, but he scored 28.7 pts in those 3 games, 6.7 pts above his season ave.

1 of 6 , 16.7%games he shot worse than 5% below his regular season ave.

Bird the leading scorer on Boston

worst 3 games in % --- 43.1 % , 9.1% below his reg season ave

scored 25.3 pts, 3.4 below his reg season ave.

The info seems to indicate as your best player goes, so does your team......................Bird's worst games still were much better than Lebrons worst games.