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Topic subjectLebron made it to the Finals in his 4th year, his status was cement...
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2029303, Lebron made it to the Finals in his 4th year, his status was cement...
Posted by ThaTruth, Wed Sep-05-12 11:00 AM
in the ECF that year against Detroit, people had just been waiting on him to follow up and that and he finally did.


>and that carrying significantly more weight than anything
>else is being shortsighted. Was LeBron not the best player in
>the league when he kept losing in Cleveland?
>
>If you watch a random game of basketball you can tell who is
>better than who without taking into consideration the teams'
>record or past successes or failures. Chris Paul has a more
>complete game than any other pg. Westbrook may drive the lane
>better, and you could argue Rondo is a better passer, but Paul
>is undoubtedly a better floor general and passer than
>Westbrook, and much better offensively than Rondo. So would
>you rather have one of them run point on your team because
>they've been to the Finals before?

And both of those guys are better defenders than Chris Paul, unfortunately defense doesn't show up in PER and win share stats.

>Stats and common sense support the idea the Paul is better
>than any other point in the league.

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