Yes I know Jordan was in the East too, but still an interesting stat that ESPN put up yesterday when everyone in the media was enamored with LeBron making 5 straight Finals (still pretty impressive);
Number of 50+ win teams they've eliminated in the postseason:
1. Kobe - 24
2. Jordan - 20
3. Duncan -18
LeBron - 7
when i look around on real gm, everyone is talking about how "he can't help it if he doesn't have any competition." Or "it's not his fault the east sucks"
Yes, it is his fault
He made the east suck BIG time when he took bosh from a playoff team, took himself from a playoff team, and went to a different playoff team, dismanling the east in the process. Taking most of the best players in the east with him.
THEN ditching those guys to be with some of the newer best players and pretending he's doing it out of honor
Neither Bosh nor Wade were on teams close to winning 50 games at that point.
Lebron lack of top competition in the East has everything to do with the running of those other teams, not Lebron personal FA choice.
whether they were on top teams or not, they were all top 10 players at the time and two of them left their teams
If a top ten player leaves a team with nothing in return, i'd say that team got weaker
Lebron knew what he was doing
Just like lebron knew what he was doing when he chose the number 6 in miami
He said he wanted a number with less historical significance. Straight shot at russell (and dr. J for that matter)