Sixth Straight Finals For Lebron

The Cavaliers put away the Raptors 113-87 in Game 6 in Toronto Friday night. The game wasn't close at any point past the 9 minute mark in the 1st quarter. The Big 3 in Cleveland scored 83 of those 113, and dominated every aspect of the game. The Cavaliers looked good. Really good. Good enough to beat whichever team comes out of the West good. But, bigger than the Cavaliers going to the Finals looking for their first championship there was another stat that really is mind blowing.

Love that hat.

How crazy is it that Lebron James has made 6 straight NBA Finals? The last time Lebron wasn't in the NBA Finals, Kobe won his last championship back in 2010, and Lebron left town with "The Decision". Since Lebron took his talents to South Beach, he's been destroying the East. In the previous 5 Finals appearances for Lebron, he's 2-3. Both wins were with the Heat, beating Thunder in 2012 and Spurs in 2013. The losses are the Mavs in 2011, Spurs in 2014, and Warriors in 2015.
Lebron has now done something that hasn't been done since the 1960's. Lebron is the only player to do this that didn't play for Boston when the Celtics won 11 championships in 13 years (1957, 1959-66, 1968-69). None of the greats has this accomplishment on their resume. The game has changed so much, but Lebron doesn't care. All Lebron cares about is being an all-time player, and he's making the case for just that.

In the last two years, Lebron has become sort of a pansy cry baby, and that saddens me. I was a huge Lebron fan when everyone turned on him for "The Decision". I agree that may not have been the best way to do a free agency signing, but you can't deny the charity money, and the way he changed any kind of signing for the rest of history (any recruitment signing). Ever since he's returned to Cleveland Lebron has been still ruling the NBA world. Even after writing this I'm changing the way I feel about Lebron.

I'd love to see Kevin Durant and the Thunder play Lebron and the Cavs again. That would be a battle against two teams that love to run and come right at you. Can't wait for the Thunder to beat the Warriors on Saturday.

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I, like most of America, forgot that James Jones of the Cavaliers is also in this 6 straight NBA Finals club. He has nowhere near the stats of Lebron James, but does deserve a mention.

Golden State Ruined the NBA

 

Hear me out on this one. Yes, Golden State plays the fun brand of basketball that we all loved as kids where we could line up and jack 3s all day long. Does that make me jealous? Slightly. It reminds me of a time back in elementary school when my team had 4 shooters who lived behind the line and an overgrown 7th grader who lacked coordination. We were essentially the Dwight Howard teams in Orlando. We had strong performances and played the fun style of basketball. Did we win the title? Nah bro. We were just out there shooting 3s and having fun.

How does this relate to Golden State? Funny you should ask that. You aren't supposed to be able to have that much fun and dominate like they are. Have all of these years watching the boring Spurs dominate taught them nothing?! I want an investigation into the Warriors because something should be illegal out of this. These guys are jacking shots up that I don't even throw up in games of 21. It's madness!!

LeBron is my boy, but I don't see him even being able to mess with these Warriors barring a Steph injury. Coming off back to back MVPs, it seems like an injury is the only thing that could keep Steph from having his way with the league for years. The only other option would be a massive scandal that derailed him and the Warriors. I'm not recommending that you start a rumor about Steph, but I'm not going to stop you if you make that decision. Feel free to send all hot tips to smithbrossports@gmail.com.

All my love,

@corbeech