Was LeBron's 2018 Playoffs The BEST He's Ever Been?
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- Опубліковано 21 тра 2024
- Clutch shots, playoff buzzer-beaters, single-handedly getting the coach of the year fired, and one of the best performances in NBA Finals history are just some of the highlights of Lebron’s spectacular 2018 run.
Here’s why the 2018 season was probably the best and most underrated year of Lebron’s storied career.
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LeBron's playoff records are INSANE:
- No. 1 in playoff points.
- No. 1 in playoff steals.
- No. 1 in playoff field goals
- No. 1 playoff free throws.
- No. 1 in Finals triple-doubles.
- No. 1 in playoff minutes played.
- No. 1 in playoff games played.
- No. 2 in playoff two-pointers made.
- No. 2 in playoff 3-pointers made.
- No. 2 in playoff defensive rebounds.
- No. 2 in playoff assists.
- No. 2 in playoff triple-doubles.
- No. 2 in Finals steals.
- No. 2 in Finals points.
- No. 2 in Finals assists.
- No. 2 in Finals field goals.
- No. 3 in Finals appearances.
- No. 3 in Finals 2-pointers made.
- No. 3 in Finals minutes played.
Damn.
👑for a reason
king of king
How is he not the GOAT of the sport.
@@user-to5sq4bk6k cause he’s a finals choke artist and he can’t win with some of the best players ever?
“Lebron was able to drag a group of innocent bystanders to the finals” 😂😂😂 sometimes I forget how ass the cavs really were
When Lebron left they had the worst record 😂
@@soleaye4523 Now the Cavs are playoff contenders, but i dont see them going anywhere past the 2nd round
But they always say Kevin Love is a superstar
And they argue that the cavs are a superteam😂
@@ineedsomemilk6610 the fact that any team lebron is on no matter how ass the supporting cast can be it is expected for him to go to the finals is crazy. It can literally can be lebron and the kings ppl would shit on him if he doesn’t drag em to the finals cuz that’s the standard he has been challenged to meet since he was in hs. This just goes to show just how great he is cuz he actually met the standard and surpassed it. It’s just sad ppl don’t realize his greatness and choose to hate on him cuz they salty he has a good argument to be the goat. Ppl don’t want him to be the 🐐 over mj so they bring him down as much as they can instead of respecting his accomplishments and enjoying his last seasons as the best player in the world.
LeBron is the definition of "You can make no mistakes and still lose" - man did everything humanly possible to will his team to a ring and then some.
And still people hate him because he did not win.... to win a championship team effort is also needed...he did not have a decent support from his team after kyrie left ..
I think that If LeBron played this way and kyrie was there
Cavs would won in 2018
I personaly Will never know why they trade kirye to Boston with player like cp3/west/booker on the table
@@victorbarbosa9701 No they wouldn't have. Kyrie still isn't enough to overtake Steph, KD, Dray, Klay, and then you got goddamn Boogie off the bench. That team was just LOADED as shit.
LeBron played against 5 allstar caliber player by himself, not winning is expected, but people hating on him not winning is really dumbfounding.
@heronanashi5351 ikr it's so sad. Dude had washed k-love as his 2nd option... wtf was bro gonna do 🤣🤣
This is the ultimate version of LeBron. Still freakishly athletic, played high level defense, outside shot, otherworldly passing, basketball IQ off the charts, and CLUTCH!
High level defense?
@@matthieusaade3616 yes
@@matthieusaade3616 Yes
@@matthieusaade3616 yes you clown 🤡
Lmaooo high level defense
LeBron was playing like my 2k player this season I have to run the offense and defense no matter what position I am 😂
Same
bro i’m a point guard averaging like 3 blocks 5 steals and like 35 ppg
@@pandathelegend5095 that means ur the goat😎
@@thefrenchfryguy9959 That means 2k is trash kid.
@@SolusFather kid🤡
2018 Bron was like magic and Jordan combined in one player.
Averaged 34 9 and 9 on 53 percent field goal percentage that entire playoffs. One point and rebounds shy of averaging a triple double for the playoffs
@@sportstalkonly1442 a 30 point triple double at that
@@sportstalkonly1442 he probably wouldve done it too if the cavs could hit their shots. One more player who was slightly better than a role player would've been all he needed
And the rest of the Cavs were like a trash can combined with a bigger trash can.
True
This is why simply counting rings is not an accurate measurement of a player's greatness. There are mediocre players who have loads of rings, and some of the best players of all time have none. Ring count is just one data point. It matters, but it's very far from decisive.
The debate for GOAT center still rages on to this day, even though Kareem is firmly ahead of the others in individual accolades and rings. Wilt and Hakeem only have 2 rings, Shaq has 4. Is Shaq better than Wilt and Hakeem? There's no reason for the other debates to be so one-sided.
@@poly_g6068 I agree with you Kareem is the GOAT of all centers that is facts backed up by accolades and records. Shaq is the strongest Center( If shaq had Kobe's work ethic he would have been the goat of the centers but he's lazy after winning 3 ). Hakeem is the most skilled Center. Wilt is the most record breaking center. While Russell is the winningest center. The Goat debate overall is subjective people needs to stop forcing their own opinions on others thats why I never try arguing with player fans because both sides will never agree.
true.. but the bar is set so high on lebron james, anything short of a championship is a bust.
Imo criteria for s tier player is to have at least 5 playoff runs to the conf finals or finals where they were the best player. Jordan has 8 of those, Lebron has 10. But those two were also the best player in all those playoffs other than maybe Bron in 07 (feel like him and Kobe were fairly even in terms of value in 09 but Kobe had the better team)
@@geordiejones5618 Lebron was way better than Kobe in 2009, Lebron set the record for highest PER in playoffs history (37 PER), he averaged 38/8/8 while playing DPOY defense against the Magic, but his team was just trash, imagine averaging nearly a 40pts triple double and losing … Kobe averaged 32.4ppg, 7.4 assists and 5.6 rebounds against the Magic in the Finals, Lebron was better he just had the worst team, like most of the time.
I`d take 2018 LBJ over anyone, ever.
2018/2013 LBJ & 1968 Wilt are in the top 3 greatest players ever in my opinion
@@sosaraycharles358 88/89 jordan is up there to
@@amdude1015 oh yea without a doubt
@@amdude1015 93 jordan as well, 41pt finals average
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2007 Lebron, 2018 Lebron, and 01’ Iverson are the some greatest playoff runs ever!
2007? He had one of the best games ever against the Pistons but overall he's had many better playoff runs just himself. I get that it was awesome for him to take that Cavs team to the Finals but he didn't really play at an all time level apart from that one game. He averaged about 25, 7, and 7 on like 41% shooting over the course of those playoffs.
And 2020 paulgeorge the best playoff run ever
Don't forget Dirk's 2011 run
@@morganlee2806 he was like 22 or 23 years old with a worse team then the cavs in 2018... 2007 easily a top 5 playoff run for lebron. I'd even say top 15 all time playoff performance from an individual player.
D-Wade in 06 was crazy
The greatest playoff run of all time
2011 mavs
@@raid6862 I meant by a single player. Dirks was amazing. But 2018 was better
Lol very funny.
@@poojiith2361 how in any world? Dirks is the best run
@@BA-hl8dh dirk had a team around him, lebron didnt. its as simply as that.
I believe he 100% knew this was going to be his last season in Cleveland so he gave it everything he had. The second half of that season and all through the playoffs was absolutely amazing
i completely agree
Very true. I actually don’t know y i never heard of that
I still can't believe he got this team out of the first round let alone to the Finals. They had 5 guys in rotation who'd only been there since the trade deadline. I knew the Raptors were fucked right after that trade frenzy. Cavs played them in Toronto with 8 guys on the bench and overcame a 20 point deficit in the 2nd half bc of Lebron. Never expected the sweep tho.
@@geordiejones5618 LeBronto is a real thing lmao. But same. His second best player Love wasn’t even that good
if kyrie wasnt a baby they mightve won lmfao
2018 LeBron is the definition of a perfect basketball player
I know Bron is 2nd best if not the “goat” but I feel he gets the most disrespect compared to other arguable “goats”
You say you know it like its a fact 😂
@@user-on7hg3cy1k so who’s the 2 greatest in your opinion?
@@burgermane1364 he’s just saying that there are many players that you can make a debate for having a better career than lebron. Especially because of how bad lebron failed in 2011.
@@deshawnman3790 I understand that 😂 it’s just known at this time Jordan & Bron or vice versa for majority. Expect for Kobe fans
@@burgermane1364 I think that’s just media narrative to try to promote lebron as that so the nba would get more views. It’s pretty blatant lebron is not on Jordan’s level at all. He did not have a better career then Kareem, Magic, or Bill Russel. Lebron is in the top 5 though no doubt. But I think that can change if Giannis keeps winning mvps and and a couple more rings.
Somehow this great video doesn't do his incredible season justice. I remember a regular season game against Toronto, he had 35 points and 17 assists with 0 turnovers, a NBA record.
LBJ 2018 is the best NBA player I've ever seen
@@sergiopinto766 gotta be the best in history. He was dominating with a bad team and went to the finals inspite of the entire team being traded at the deadline pretty much and the starting lineup only playing a total of 5 minutes before the playoffs started. 🐐 dare I say.
Wish they would have won game one! They literally had them
I mean it wouldn’t matter anyway
@@imsleep6706 it would have given them a real belief, that can take you a long way. Would have still been unlikely as lebron would have had to average 40+ but he could have. How they lost game 1 just drained the life out of them
@@imsleep6706 they think game 1 would save their clown ass
@@imsleep6706 a broken hand doesn't matter i guess
on god! first thing i'd do with a time machine is remind jr the score LMFAO
I couldn't believe this greatest playoff run was 3yrs ago
Almost 4 years now
4 years wow
5
5 now bout to be 6
LeBron played a total of 104 games in the 2017-18 season.
*He played the entire 48 mins. of Game 7 in the East Finals vs the Celtics.
Just madness.
Pretty sure him and Jordan played the most games as starters ever in one year. Bron with 104 and Jordan with 103.
His stamina is just so damn insane he did that at 35 too insanity my goat
@@nolimitmatthew211 33, he was 35 in 2020
This man was in a whole different lane. How was he in year 15 playing like that???
Year 15?
@@21dxminic13 yeah, he was 33 in Year 15.
Them roids
@@21dxminic13 yeah.
Experience
Watching every single Bron game of the playoffs that year, really cemented him as the greatest player I personally have ever seen. (Disclaimer this is not a goat debate)
He is the goat
@@couragecrusader7649 exactly
the most dominant player in basketball history throughout the playoffs
Same
This was Lebron’s Final Form. Kevin Love was the 2nd best scorer with 19 a game on 40% shooting and their third best scorer was JR Smith 9.5 a game on 32% shooting. No one ever could drag this team to the finals. Maybe only Jordan
Lowkey greatest playoff run ever
Averaged 34pts 9reb 9 assists
but it felt like he was averaging 60 20 20
@@powerhardy1 with a little bit better teammates he'd average 20 assists lmaooo
That’s crazy, damn near 35 point triple doubles he was averaging on crazy efficiency. Mind you in the regular season he carried them to 50 wins and average 28 9 and 9. Goated season and he should have won MVP imo.
Should have been MVP. I still stand by this. I also still can't get over game 1 of the championship. NBA refs truly gutted him.
Reverse charge call on Durant was the biggest bs I ever seen.
Big facts
nah harden gets MVP this year still but hes definitely second, he did get robbed of like 4 other mvps tho lmfao
MVP should account for playoffs as well imo.
@@livingrentfree9596 Why? It's regular season MVP.
And there are awards like ECF/WCF finals MVP & also NBA Finals MVP.
Why don't these teams understand they just need 5 lebrons🤦♂️
5 LeBrons Would win it all
@@maxistewens5996 5 LeBron's would have about 10 or more championships. Most teams can't handle 1 LeBron.
@@persistentlypathetic6820 True The lebrons could pass score rebound and play defense
Agreed. 5 LeBrons wouldn't even fight over the ball, since LeBron 4 and 5 can just play defense in the frontcourt while LeBron 1 and 3 handle the playmaking with LeBron 2 shooting everywhere.
@@idkpls18if I wanted to be the perfect basketball player I’d pick LeBron. Only thing I’d need to work on is my free throw shooting which is 74%
his 2018 post season run was the greatest player I've ever seen
2018 Bron was different ! LEGENDARY ! Imagine if he ended winning a chip that year ! He deserved that ! It was the greatest playoff run by a player I have ever seen !
if he actually did that he would have been the goat undoubtedly
You ain't deserving anything infornt of the legendary warriors team!
Too bad KD was on the other team. Flanked by the Splash Bros, a DPOY, and an FMVP.
Imagine if the Cavaliers won 2018 and Lebron still chose to leave. They would’ve been left in an awkward position.
It angers me how so many basketball fans just ignore and gloss over this dominant run. Watching this run live was phenomenal
This is what I needed right now. Just like LBJ, I am carrying a bunch of head scratchers just to get us out of this semester. I don't know if I will be able to do this but I just need to go into full on Lebron mode right now.
U got this 👑
It was too much to ask for a 37 year old LeBron in his 19th season
Team project
We need to accept reality bruh Father time is unbeatable. Bron can still have 40+points but not on a consistent basis anymore. AD was suppose to be the option 1 but he's made of glass sadly.
@@GetdonkedOn he averaged 30 ppg, he can probably still keep going but id like him to win a ring at 40, that would be literally insane
LIKE REAL SHIT DID YALL SEE WHAT THIS MAN DID TO GET TO THE FINALS??? SMH HES THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME
W
💯
Fax
he isn't but he's one of them.
nah he aint
You gotta highlight that game 2 of the LeBronto series was not just a blowout, but a devastating blow to the Raptors morale. Lebron was blowing them out with fading, heavily contested, and deep 2's that the Raptors WANT him to take later in the 3rd and throughout the 4th!
I was at that game. As a Raptors fan I was demoralized but as a basketball and LeGoat fan I was going crazy! Legit witnessed him take the game over while he was hotter than a burning house. That game is forever a great memory for me personally.
He definitely deserved the MVP over Harden that season, Harden got it out of pity not from deserving it
Exactly, LeBron deserved 2018 and then harden had to get 2019 not giannis
Idk because harden was dropping 50+ every other game
@@jahniers.7835 Bro the only reason to justify his MVP award is the standings
LeBron was dominant as always
Harden was winning games🤷♂️
@@larellinton1429 with a better team CP3, better shooters, better defenders, better play makers, better staff, etc
I mean 2018 Bron is up there so many game winners, insane shots and clutch plays that year
The 2018 playoff LeBron was the best playoff version ever.
2013 Lebron was the best overall
I remember watching the cavs in 2018 and was disappointed when dwade didn’t do more as a playmaker. When the playoffs rolled around, I realized that I was witnessing true greatness. Nobody could dominate like that. He truly can step on the gas pedal when he wants to.
Is 2018 Lebron really underrated? I’m pretty sure it’s widely regarded as one of the best individual playoff runs ever. Its always brought up, so can it really be underrated?
some people dont regard it as one of LeBrons best season. I think he meant the regular season was underrated as it's forgotten due to the fact he didn't win mvp
among my colleagues, 2018 is only remembered as the time Lebron got swept in the finals and how the East was weak at the time. I guess that's how socmed affects people's perception
@@abdulbook It wouldve been a travesty if he won MVP that year. Glad they made the right choice.
it's underrated, many try to discredit that run because it's lebron lol
It’s always used against him.
it's hard to get these Cavs LeBron jerseys now.
What a year that was. I have nothing but respect and love for lebron. Go Cavs!
I'm a recent basketball fan and this was the first time I followed a team throughout an entire playoff run. I truly witnessed greatness 🙌🔥 and I've been a LeBron fan since
2018 playoff LBJ is just crazy. I was so in awe that I could get my eyes off the TV
His numbers were so crazy this season
This season ?
@@mrboombastic63 Well it's tho
@@mrboombastic63 Yeah, if he just play the most of the games, he would be on the mvp and also if they won most of the games. Westbrick whose salary is 30+ million dollars putting up a below average role player stats. We can see the 2018 lebron in 2021-2022 reg season lakers.
It was so fun watching him carry the Cavs in every game. And completely destroying the raptors was hilarious
This is true in game 7 against Boston he played every single second of that game
He very literally _couldn't take a break._
He was more active on the defensive end in his heat days, but that's understandable with age. But offensively this was the most lethal lebron we've ever seen. When he gets his jumper and mid range game going like that he really is unstoppable
It was something to watch man it was basically 2012 bron with a developed game crazy
Imo one of the 2 best playoff's performance from James was game 2 vs Toronto (and the other one was game 6 vst the Celtics in 2012). His 2nd half was magnificent.
My favorite Lebron's playoff run was the 2012 one because it was when I just started hooping so I watch all of the Heat playoff games on Live tv. I got to witness when he straight up kill all the Cetics in that game 6
2018 Lebron was amazing, that Game 1 performance was the best version of himself! A warrior cornered but still outdueling everyone, fighting for his life at every second. If the Cavs stole that game, it was a different story. My brother said it best, “Lebron is turning into Michael Jordan” seeing him score time and time and time again in that game, unstoppable!
Still wouldn't have mattered if Cavs won game 1.
He was no way taking 3 games after that from the legendary Warriors team.
Steph, Klay, Durant, Green they're just too much to handle!
@@redeyexxx1841 they could have done it, psychology. By winning game 1 away, they proved that their enemy is human and bleeds. Also goinf back home with a tied series puts no pressure on you. By losing game 1 in a stupid manner after Lebron dropped a godly performance, you go back deflated af, game 2 was another huge hill to climb but with less motivation and going back home down 2-0 with pressure to somehow beat an unbeatable team is too much for some, that's why after game 1, the Cavs were not the same and Lebron played with less fire. It was noticeable
@@Justinian43 I really don't believe they could have won the series. They could have won 2 games at best.
Curry, Thompson, KD even if one has an off night it's still doesn't matter because rest will cover it up.
Cavs it's just LeBron who has to play great every single game and yet no surety of wheather they'll win or not.
GSW was just a mountain in 2017-18 which you ain't overcoming.
@@redeyexxx1841 crazier things have happened, nobody gave the raptors a shot and then 2 people went down with injuries. That game 1 victory opens a lot of possibilities, maybe Lebron becomes unstoppable and inspired and the shooters by his side actually have spacing to keep pace while Lebron is doubled or tripled. Also with all of Cleveland behind their back at the Q in games 3 and 4, they had a chance to go up 3-1 even. But the way game 1 ended was so ridiculous that even in overtime, the Cavs and Lebron totally fizzled out
You had me at "innocent bystanders."
I missed a very important piece of information: if I remember correctly, he played all the 48 minutes in that game 7 in the TD Garden. Cavs were trash without him on the court.
As soon as i seen 2018 Lebron i immediately click that szn was arguably the best i eva see him play & im 26
I remember during the Warriors series, people were giving him shit for occasionally taking it easy on defense, or switching off the ball carrier in order to catch his breath on the court. He was facing the Avengers-like Warriors team, while running the entire offense, being the top scorer and playmaker, all with little to no help and playing nearly full games with barely any rest time. He also led the entire playoffs in points and assists and minutes played, but unfortunately, people will overlook that entirely and only focus on the fact he got swept by an insanely talented and superior Warriors team.
This was the last season that I closely followed the nba, Lebron during that season was just greatness. It was easily his best year
It was that 2018 season that made me strongly consider lbj to be the goat
I couldnt believe what i was witnessing game in game out truly a basketball god 🤯
This year 18 Lebron to me is why he is the greatest of all time even tho he aint win the chip, imagine if he got lucky like giannis and kawhi and the warriors got hurt or he faced a bunch of injured teams. Don’t understand how ya could say curry, kawhi or giannis is better than bron we’ve seen what lebron did wit a bunch of nobodys its crazy
2015 was a similar situation. Kevin Love got injured against the Celtics and Kyrie got injured in the first game of the finals. His best teammate ended up to be Timofey Mozgov averaging 14 points in the series. His first finals too were a bunch of role players. Only Larry Hughes was reasonable.
yes. i was looking for this video and it finally showed up to me. when it comes to lebron's prime times, everybody talks about 2012/ 2013 era. that's not true. the real god mode was in 2018 play-offs.
I remember watching this series as a Raptors fan I watched his game 3 buzzer beater live on tv and cried myself to sleep that day.
if he’s not your goat by now then he’s my goat 💯
Bruh I watched this whole thing and the regular season and the playoff Lebron was UN FREAKING BELIEVABLE!!! 👏🏿💯💪🏿
Even though the Pacers and the Celtics were inches away from ending these 2018 playoffs. LeBron played out of his mind in 2018, came up clutch when needed most and more importantly, carried a team full of scrubs on his back to the NBA finals
I can’t emphasize this enough Lebron James is the greatest basketball player of all time
Jordan’s stats
He really isn't
LeBron snitches.
Jordan simply plays with anger .
Lmao stop
@@durRealBills Jorbum snitched to get Isaiah Thomas off the dream team🤣
those last twenty seconds really sum it up really nicely, great choice and i did not remember that quote from kerr
People forgot he had 8 straight finals appearances that is so hard to achieve, its like manny pacquiao having 8 Division world titles.
Imagine comparing finals APPEARANCES to someone else's actual titles.
To the ppl who still think Bron didn’t break his hand, Jordan Clarkson said it happened and he’s not really a friend of Bron’s 🤷🏽♂️💯
Nah man - that hand wasn’t broke
@@fatboy5926 it clearly was if you watched the games.
@@sharifbrown3567 How did he play ?
@@MakaveliDior because he didn't give AF.
@@sharifbrown3567 yeah nah. There’s so many clips of Lebron doing all kinds of shit between after game 1 and the end of game 4. No way was it broken
Even tho he got swept against the legendary warrior in 2018, 3 of 4 games where close, game 1 went even to overtime him scoring 51
That game against the warriors in the finals when he scored 50 points, has been the greatest human effort I have ever seen. The way he dominated 5 hall of famers and lose in overtime is just hilarious. with that cast of nobodys, this guy scored 50 and lost in ot. nuts
I will watch that raptors game every now and again then. The reactions are so good haha
It’s crazy, it legitimately felt like the nba as a whole vs Lebron back then.
2016 playoffs just cant be topped man beat who everybody knew were going to win after going down 3-1 in the finals which has never been and most likely wont ever win again 🐐
"innocent bystanders" lmaoo
My favorite Lebron season and I’m not even a Lebron fan
Watching him that season was like watching a god among men.
That whole season he was balling 🔥
Love the vids
love the videos
2018 was amazing but 2013 bron was a mythical creature.
It’s a shame the front office couldn’t do anything that year
Kind of like the Lakers this year...
Great stuff
His 15th year nba mixtape was fire👌🏾
This is when lebron convinced me that he was the greatest to ever do it. Was never a fan but after watching this man carry a team filled with bums to the finals after the kyrie trade was enough to convince me that he is the goat. Dude scored so many points and was so clutch throughout the entire playoffs.
After that 2018 playoffs I had Lebron as the best player I’ve seen (was Kobe.. never watched Jordan play) it was pretty fun watching him go off even though I’m not a Cleveland or Lebron fan.
9:40 que jogada absurda. Mito.
You guys should do “The Mt Rushmore of Every Position in the NBA”
this run dosent get the credit it deserves 🙏🏾
"complete inability of the rest of the team to do anything" "innocent bystanders" 😂😂😂😂
Man I remember watching the pacers series during spring break
great vid but y'all omitted the 15 point game 2 vs Boston, a great accomplishment at the time for the Cs
2018 Lebron was built different
This version beats any version of mj and any player ever
Glad I got to see 2018 bron live in the flesh
Hope you can produce playoff rondo vid
Don’t talk about game 1 of the 2018 finals
Refs sold at the end. Cavs would’ve won
@@leultrainstinct406 true
Is it really that underrated? Everyone arguing on the LeBron camp in the GOAT convo always brings this very season up. Basically traded away literally the majority of the team in the middle of the season, led them to 50 wins and carried them to the Finals.
And dropped 51 on golden state game 1 and wasn’t for JR would’ve got the win
Definitely a beast season. But the roster construction is on Lebron. He ran Kyrie off and brought in his washed boys who couldn't play defense. The Cavs then tried to trade for youth which obviously didn't help either. Very similar to the Lakers this season.
I wouldn't call it underrated in the slightest. The fact that people are seriously arguing whether or not this is his best season of LeBron's career (or the best version of any player ever) makes me believe it's the most overrated individual season ever. The only season that may be as overrated is 1962 Wilt.
@@cuiveirwin how is it overrated? Tell me the player that averaged 34 9 and 9 for an entire playoff run. Had one player outside of himself average double digits for an entire playoff run, got their team traded at the deadline and starting lineup only playing a total of 5 minutes together before the playoffs, and still get them to finals? Take your hating 4ss on somewhere.
@@sportstalkonly1442 because people look at the basic box score, personnel around LeBron and the end result of the Cavs’ run without adding any context to it whatsoever.
YES YES 2018 LEBRON IS DIFFERENT AND THE BEST AND MY FAVORITE MOMENT
His teammates were like my teammates in 2k My Career.
Two things. Wade trade was a mistake. You know that in finals Dwayne would sacrifice himself to win another ring, especially with LBJ. I do not care about the reasons why he was traded. He still had fuel in the tank and he knows how to win in big games.
Second thing is that Lebron injured his hand after game 1 of the finals. That affected his game. I saw how he missed multiple easy layups and could not figure out the reason for it. If it was not for the hand i think he was ready to play 48 minutes in every game and average 40+ points just to have a chance.
In my opinion if Wade was in Cavs and Lebron was healthy the finals would have more intrigue in them. Not saying that Cleveland could win in 2018 but they could won one or two games.
Lebron in 2018 was cold asf amazing playoff run until JR smith sold him in game 1 of the finals
Maybe jr sold him for few bottles of beers😆😆😆
@@edmarbundoc4998 oh, and the george hill's missed free throw.
That game still went to OT, Bron jus quit, coulda been avoided had he not gave up the ball with Curry on him
@@TreWimsical If LeBron did have a historically dominant performance the Cavs never have a chance in Game 1. You guys have no idea how utterly helpless his supporting cast was that season.
@@the757general2 That’s what he gets for trading away half the team.
I think this was the peak of iq and athleticism for bron. Iq is basically beyond coach wise and he still had someone one of a kind athleticism. Iq might go up every year but so does athleticism. I think this was the best overall
what is this music at the intro, I love it
“Lebron was able to drag a group of innocent bystanders to the finals”
Now that hurts for someone like his team mates🤣
J.R Smith what have you done🤣
Said it before and I’ll say it again, Jordan maybe the greatest when you factor in influence, globalization of the brand and the iconic shoes. But when it comes purely down to basketball and who’s the better player, it’s LeBron. No arguments whatsoever. Well-rounded game, defied the odds more times than you can think of throughout his career. Even with all the hate, the scrutiny and the pressure.
watching this playoff series during this time was such a crazy feat. this is the best version of lebron james
Who else remembers when 2k put a LEBRONTO jersey in the raptors uniforms that shit was coooollld