re: This game summed up Lebron’s whole career and the reason he will never be the goat

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It's hilarious that people think it's better to lose in the Conference Finals, early in the playoffs, or miss the playoffs, than lose in the Finals.

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When it is accomplished by playing in an awful awful conference at the time, yes.

It reminds me a lot of the Bills and Broncos runs in the AFC in the 80s and 90s. Sure they went to a ton of Superbowls but like 1 was close and the rest were blowouts. Hell the AFC lost 13 straight Super Bowls from 1985-1997 with only two games within double digits. That is the result of shitty confèrence.

LeBron got into all of those finals he lsot because HoF how shitty the East was. You can’t say the same about Jordan and hell eve Magic in their primes.

So yea, you can hold losing Finals against him. He never had to face a Pistons or Celtics level team to get to the Finals. The only reason he has a ring in the West is the joke of a bubble season and the fact he never won shite with a homegrown team that didn’t trade for a superstar or two to pair with him. Even Cleveland had ti build their Super Team with the love trade.

Great player, but deserving of all the in court and GM criticism he gets.