One of the more ridiculous ideas being bantered around the past couple of weeks is the idea that Lebron might be better than MJ, or at least better at this point in his career. It would be worth hardly much more than an eye-roll except "experts" are taking Lebron's side on this issue. Look, I understand game 5 was amazing. It was, it was beyond amazing. But take a look at the rest of his series. Just as much as he won game 5 single-handedly, he basically lost game 1 for the Cavs. Yes, the pass at the end was iffy but I wouldn't kill him over that (though watching the replay it looked as if he could've elevated over the defenders pretty easily). More the 0 FTs and 5-15 shooting. Game 2, again another huge letdown with only 19 points and 6 turnovers. Only games 3 and 5 can anyone really get that excited about. Yeah he was good in 4 but the Pistons should've overcome that performance. He didn't even make a FG in the first half of game 6. And this was the first real series they had. I'm pretty sure the Florida Gators could've beaten the Wizards and then the Nets somehow took the Cavs to 6 with Lebron really not playing that well. Lebron is only shooting 43% in the playoffs from the field, and that's before factoring in the no show in game 1 against the Spurs. I know I know it's about W's not FG% but they've played 2 roll overs and then a Pistons team that quit. I didn't understand that series at all. The Pistons had advantageous matchups EVERYWHERE. It really made no sense to me that they lost.
On to Michael's stats. In his 4th season in the league, in 10 playoff games guess what his PPG was...36.3 on 53% from the field. Wow. Sure, the Bulls got dismantled by a Pistons team that had legends, Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars but the Cavs will meet a similiar fate as the '88 Bulls in a week or so. His first 4 playoff runs MJ never averaged below 29 and even went as high as 44. The one season his FG% dipped to 42% he raised his FT% to 90%. I don't understand how he can even be compared to MJ in his present form at 3 or 4 great games (and yes, one for the ages). The efficiency and consistancy are still not even close.
I'll close with how abysmal he looked in game 1 against the Spurs. I guess it's a little different when he's not ushered to the rim by the Pistons gaping interior defense. Sure he created but he doesn't get knocked down at least once at the end of regulation or OT? Put those tired legs on the FT line. The Spurs didn't even look good. Jump shots didn't fall and the ball handling was rather sloppy but it still wasn't even close. Bowen did a great job but I'm surprised Lebron didn't at least try to bull in to the rim more in the 4th. Put the onus on the officials, as much as that sucks for the fans (NBA is the worst officiated sport). I'm sure he'll come out more aggressive in game 2 but really, what more can he do besides hoist up runners and leaners, unless he draws some fouls. Alright that's enough for now.
Tomorrow I might attempt to bash Shef more than he already has been.
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I see a lot of your arguement, and this Cavs team probably would have made it past the first round in the west. Just remember though that Jordan hadn´t even made the playoffs at 22. I think it´s fair to say that Lebron is better at this age, but that might be more due to the fact that he was built like a 30 year old by his 16th birthday, and I certainly can´t say if he´ll end up improving to the level of Jordan´s prime, but he´s gonna be damn good. I like the blog a lot, hope you´re having a good summer.
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