re: Lebron fans are the biggest excuse making people in sports

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If Lebron makes everyone around him much better, why does his team lose so many finals?

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Because he plays tougher competition. Here're Jordan's and LeBron's opponents in the finals ranked by SRS:

'17 Warriors 11.35
'16 Warriors 10.38
'15 Warriors 10.01
'07 Spurs 8.35
'14 Spurs 8.00 (This is a team that was regularly resting its starters. IIRC they were 10+ with everyone playing)
'97 Jazz 7.97
'96 Sonics 7.40
'92 Blazers 6.94
'91 Lakers 6.73
'13 Spurs 6.67
'12 Thunder 6.44
'93 Suns 6.27
'98 Jazz 5.73
'11 Mavs 4.41

Outside of that one ugly series against the Mavs his losses have been suffered against GOAT-level teams while his own surrounding casts have been subpar in those years.