Gaige
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Win 55 games and come a shitty call away from the ECF? Not much of a drop-off from losing the greatest ever.
Truth is Jordan won nothing until he was surrounded by other Hall of Fame players with a Hall of Fame coach.
From your description of the Finals BOTH teams are great and right at the cusp so you're literally losing to the best team that year if you're in the Finals and not win it. So there is shame in that but not shame in getting swept out of the first round.
I guess.
LeBron also took a terrible squad to the ECF at 22, the age Jordan was getting tossed in the first round.
LeBron has played 14 seasons and gotten to the Finals 8x, 7 in a row.
Jordan played 15 seasons and got their 6x, with an 18 month layoff in between.
Let's not forget the East was so good back in those seasons Jordan was getting tossed the first round that they were making the playoffs with 30ish win seasons lol.
Truth is Jordan won nothing until he was surrounded by other Hall of Fame players with a Hall of Fame coach.
From your description of the Finals BOTH teams are great and right at the cusp so you're literally losing to the best team that year if you're in the Finals and not win it. So there is shame in that but not shame in getting swept out of the first round.
I guess.
LeBron also took a terrible squad to the ECF at 22, the age Jordan was getting tossed in the first round.
LeBron has played 14 seasons and gotten to the Finals 8x, 7 in a row.
Jordan played 15 seasons and got their 6x, with an 18 month layoff in between.
Let's not forget the East was so good back in those seasons Jordan was getting tossed the first round that they were making the playoffs with 30ish win seasons lol.
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