@@joshwallace7734 That’s literally one game which took place 2 years ago. Mitch is good but he wasn’t like Victor… Victor was just more refined as a player. He could score, defend, rebound, & lead a team. Victor in that playoff run was a monster.
NO VERSION OF LEBRON IS THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOAT AND THAT IS MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN 63 AGAINST BOSTON - I WAS THERE! THE LAST DANCE I WAS THERE! 38.5 PPG IN '88 BACK WHEN BIG DADDY KANE WAS AINT HALF STEPPIN - I WAS THERE! THE NEAR TRIPLE DOUBLE SEASON WHEN HE RAN POINT AND AVERAGED 32 8 & 8 - I WAS THERE! THE NBA FINALS AGAINST PHOENIX WHERE HE AVERAGED 41 11 & 11 WITH 3 STEALS AND 2 BLOCKS - I WAS THERE! WHERE YOU? THE ONLY THING YA'LL BRONS WERE THERE FOR WAS WHEN THE CHOSEN ONE BECAME THE FROZEN AND GOT LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA WOULD MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN GET LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA? WOULD HE LOSE TO DIRK WITH CHRIS BOSH AND D WADE ON HIS TEAM? NO! MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN WOULD GO 6-0 IN THE FINALS (8-0) IN THE "LEBRON" ERA THE BRON ERA IS REALLY STILL THE JORDAN ERA BECAUSE JORDAN HANGS OVER EVERYTHING LEBRONNNNNNNNS DOES I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT!
He's the goat and the best game 7 performer ever. And the best elimination game performer ever. The stats back it up. And he also got the most playoff buzzer beaters. Truly one of a kind.
Victor in 2017-19 was tough as hell himself. Shame he had the injuries to deal with. He was entering the conversation of the best 2 way player at the time. He's still a very talented guy and I think Miami has fit him well.
Second stint in Cleveland Bron probably the best overall version of him. Not as defensively sound as Miami Bron but was pretty much unstoppable on offense.
NO VERSION OF LEBRON IS THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOAT AND THAT IS MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN 63 AGAINST BOSTON - I WAS THERE! THE LAST DANCE I WAS THERE! 38.5 PPG IN '88 BACK WHEN BIG DADDY KANE WAS AINT HALF STEPPIN - I WAS THERE! THE NEAR TRIPLE DOUBLE SEASON WHEN HE RAN POINT AND AVERAGED 32 8 & 8 - I WAS THERE! THE NBA FINALS AGAINST PHOENIX WHERE HE AVERAGED 41 11 & 11 WITH 3 STEALS AND 2 BLOCKS - I WAS THERE! WHERE YOU? THE ONLY THING YA'LL BRONS WERE THERE FOR WAS WHEN THE CHOSEN ONE BECAME THE FROZEN AND GOT LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA WOULD MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN GET LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA? WOULD HE LOSE TO DIRK WITH CHRIS BOSH AND D WADE ON HIS TEAM? NO! MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN WOULD GO 6-0 IN THE FINALS (8-0) IN THE "LEBRON" ERA THE BRON ERA IS REALLY STILL THE JORDAN ERA BECAUSE JORDAN HANGS OVER EVERYTHING LEBRONNNNNNNNS DOES I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT!
It’s always interesting listening to people who truly played against Bron or been around him talk about his greatness in a series. Then you compare it to people who act like it no big deal. The respect level for players seeing it first hand be different.
That series is probly in the conversation for the most underated series ever. Nobody cared too much afterward cuz it was a first round series and people had declared already thr rockets or warriors as champs already but man people should go back and watch this one Vics rigjt it was a war. What a banger of a first round series
2018 playoff bron was different i haaaate it gets overlooked cause they lost to the warriors in the finals but that was 1 of the best playoff runs EVER
@@Wuncler fr bron would have at least 6-7 rings rn think about 2015 k love n kyrie go down bron still takes em 6 games 2016 same team cavs win 2017/18 warriors not beating cavs kyrie had became kyrie bron was bron the role players did their job that kd move really changed history for himself, bron and steph cause without how many rings would steph n kd have
I will never forget watching every minute of 2018 Bron. One person averaged over double digits on that roster besides him. He was truly the man in the arena.
People don't realize Kevin Love was averaging 11 points per game in the playoffs up until the finals. There hasn't yet been another human who could have taken that team to the finals.
@@NicolasAlcalde he was a god amongst men that playoffs. I'll never forget it. I used to be a lebron hater when I was younger. Now I've learned to just appreciate his greatness and be grateful we get to watch.
@@JamesBrown-pn1jw shut up lol. You naming players like they ain't have the deepest teams in the league that year. Raptors won 60 games that season, victor was going crazy with the pacers and the celtics were probably the deepest teams besides the warriors that season.
Once he came back to Cleveland 2015-2018 the game became more so mental for him. He controlled the entire pace of the game, knew when to take over in certain situations, dissect defenses/plays during the game🤯, & even bringing in particular role players he knew would play good. Draymond Green even called him the smartest player ever & described those finals matchups as Chess matches. That Cleveland Lebron was a Different Monster.
I remember that year he single-handedly beat the Celtics watching that just thinking it looks like a man amongst boys. Never seen anything like it before. He was just backing players down scoring easily and then telling everyone what to do.
Victor was actually pretty crazy that series in his own right. Imagine being responsible for keeping your team even with arguably peak LeBron and actually doing it consistently. That's an insane feat for oladipo. I became a fan of him that series. Obviously LeBron is a machine.
Man, people now forget just how tough Victor was....When he was with Indiana, and he finally sort of found himself (he put up decent numbers in Orl & OKC, but Indy really was where he blossomed), he was one of the best guards in the league. Could really score, was super athletic and could strap up like crazy. It's a shame the injuries took so much from him, because he was on his way to becoming an even bigger star than he was.
I remember Bogdanovic being on fire and eventually hitting like a super deep 3 I believe it was in Game 3, hit it from like the hash mark over JR Smith and the Pacers won the game late - he had 32 or something - what a time to be a Pacers fan
@@ChrisWilliams-ur7fn Yeah, that's idiotic. People don't realize it's not just playing for 20 years. It's averaging 27PPG for 20 seasons straight playing atleast 70 games a season...
Lebron averaged 34 10 and 7 on 56% FG that series. His next teammate Kevin Love averaged 11ppg on 33% FG. That 2018 Lebron run was crazy. The numbers looks unreal. Even he get swept by the warriors, his stats is 34 8 10 on 53% FG. The cavs has no business being in the Finals. And Lebron drag that garbage team literally by himself. This video below explains it in only 10 minutes perfectly. th-cam.com/video/uZHNOdXoBI8/w-d-xo.html
NO VERSION OF LEBRON IS THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOAT AND THAT IS MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN 63 AGAINST BOSTON - I WAS THERE! THE LAST DANCE I WAS THERE! 38.5 PPG IN '88 BACK WHEN BIG DADDY KANE WAS AINT HALF STEPPIN - I WAS THERE! THE NEAR TRIPLE DOUBLE SEASON WHEN HE RAN POINT AND AVERAGED 32 8 & 8 - I WAS THERE! THE NBA FINALS AGAINST PHOENIX WHERE HE AVERAGED 41 11 & 11 WITH 3 STEALS AND 2 BLOCKS - I WAS THERE! WHERE YOU? THE ONLY THING YA'LL BRONS WERE THERE FOR WAS WHEN THE CHOSEN ONE BECAME THE FROZEN AND GOT LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA WOULD MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN GET LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA? WOULD HE LOSE TO DIRK WITH CHRIS BOSH AND D WADE ON HIS TEAM? NO! MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN WOULD GO 6-0 IN THE FINALS (8-0) IN THE "LEBRON" ERA THE BRON ERA IS REALLY STILL THE JORDAN ERA BECAUSE JORDAN HANGS OVER EVERYTHING LEBRONNNNNNNNS DOES I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT!
@@benmack4525 yeah we would’ve had one in the pg era for sure only team stopping us was miami. And both teams were pretty even but we had one superstar and they had 3. Guys like G hill Roy Hibbert and d west were amazing for us.
Don't look now but Jimmy buckets had 2 30 (1 40 piece involved) pt triple doubles in the bubble finals. Bron went crazy and hit like 7 3s one of them games and Jimmy still outperformed him down the stretch. That series went 6 and Jimmys 2nd and 3rd best players were compromised & didn't play in half the series. I'd call that going toe-to-toe, but that's just me personally.
@@Travsice Paul George went toe to toe with 2013 Lebron who was like a video game player because he was at his athletic physical strength peak, Victor went toe to toe with 2018 Lebron who was a man among boys or Thanos because of the mind and athletic abilities put together, Jimmy went toe to toe with 2020 Lebron who was good but wasn’t as athletically dominant.
It was definitely goal tending, however, the play before that, Thaddeus Young was the last to touch the ball out of bounds & they gave it to Indiana, so you can say it was justifiably not called.
@@LeHitler "some" is an odd way to spell "Skip Bayless"... but only people with memory issues think that lol. LeBron has hit plenty of game winners while being down. Only LeBron can hit 2 game winning shots in his FIRST playoff series and be called un-clutch his whole career. I don't get it.
@@Xzei yeah, the LeBron standards seem to have always been unfair & unrealistic. It's the classic case of the media building someone up with all the hype & tearing them down when they live up to it. Even to this day, LeBron at 38, in his 20th season, is still expected to be great every minute he's on the floor. He's not allowed to have defensive lapses, bad games, etc. People expect him to ball out & winning championships every year while simultaneously saying he's overrated & won't win. So he fails to them either way.
As a pacers fan having to relive this makes me sad. We should’ve beat the the Cavs that series but.. it’s all good it was 4yrs ago I just know I’ll never forget how great Dipo was for us.
lebron willed a lot of unexpected teams to the finals whether it’s 2007 cavs or when kyrie left, and the times he played without love and kyrie(played game1) against gsw and still won 2 games with mozgov as his 2nd best player and jr smith as 3rd, just never been seen that greatness
Earned the name king James that 2nd stint.. Cleveland 2015-2018 maybe the most inspirational basketball I’ve ever seen. It was amazing and I don’t think I’ll be lucky enough to be into a sport/team like I was those lebron lead cavs 🎉
That series was spectacular and one off the best first round matchups ever. But don't forget that the rest off the Cavs sucked and they still won the series. The second leading scorer on their roster was Kevin Love with 11.4 points on 33 % FG. The second leader in assists was George Hill with 2.0 assists per game. LeBron was great and at his best. The rest were horrible. Oh and Love was the only one who averaged more then 10 points per game. Indiana had 7 players with double digit points per game.
Nobody underestimated. 2017, Kyrie and K Love had some bad games. 2018 team just straight up wasn’t good. Before 2018 it was next to impossible to beat LeBron 4 times before he could beat you.
Sitting Vic at that time in the game when he was HOT and Bron was out for that ENTIRE 9-0 run was the dumbest decision ever. I remember screaming at my TV about that 😂
2018 LeBron James is the greatest basketball player to ever touch a court. He was INCREDIBLE that season & the team around him was awful. I'm a Cavs fan and I would've rather we kept all the guys we started the season with, regardless of how we were performing 40 games in. I think we still could've gotten in and those guys had experience and were better built for the playoffs
NO VERSION OF LEBRON IS THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOAT AND THAT IS MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN 63 AGAINST BOSTON - I WAS THERE! THE LAST DANCE I WAS THERE! 38.5 PPG IN '88 BACK WHEN BIG DADDY KANE WAS AINT HALF STEPPIN - I WAS THERE! THE NEAR TRIPLE DOUBLE SEASON WHEN HE RAN POINT AND AVERAGED 32 8 & 8 - I WAS THERE! THE NBA FINALS AGAINST PHOENIX WHERE HE AVERAGED 41 11 & 11 WITH 3 STEALS AND 2 BLOCKS - I WAS THERE! MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN HAS 13 FULL SEASONS DEFINITIVELY BETTER THAN LEMICKEY LAMES AND HE WAS EVEN BETTER THAN LEMICKEY WHEN HE WAS OUT OF SHAPE OUT OF RETIREMENT ON THE WIZARDS! WHERE YOU? THE ONLY THING YA'LL BRONS WERE THERE FOR WAS WHEN THE CHOSEN ONE BECAME THE FROZEN AND GOT LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA WOULD MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN GET LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA? WOULD HE LOSE TO DIRK WITH CHRIS BOSH AND D WADE ON HIS TEAM? NO! MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN WOULD GO 6-0 IN THE FINALS (8-0) IN THE "LEBRON" ERA THE BRON ERA IS REALLY STILL THE JORDAN ERA BECAUSE JORDAN HANGS OVER EVERYTHING LEBRONNNNNNNNS DOES I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT!
It was definitely goal tending, however, the play before that, Thaddeus Young was the last to touch the ball out of bounds & they gave it to Indiana, so you can say it was justifiably not called.
My favorite year of Bron. That year made me go now I'll entertain your GOAT debates. There was no quit in that man and that's all I've ever wanted from him if he's to dethrone any GOAT and he provided.
Victor forgets that the pacers actually got a big break either the play before the goal tend or a few plays before where the ball was out on Indy but they gave back to them anyways which ultimately led to the block
It’s just them two. By the time it’s all said and done, they will be 1A and 1B all time. It’ll come down to complete personal preference on what type of player you prefer.
Damn that huge scar on his right knee tells a sad story. He was a monster in Indy. I remember people comparing him to prime D Wade and that was a pretty good comparison back then. Sadly the injuries took him from us.
That series was legendary for Bron and Oladipo but Bron in those playoffs was the scariest thing iv seen in basketball the way he went 7 games putting up numbers like that then turning around and clean sweeping the raptors like he juss had 2 weeks rest was insane
No player in history even comes close to the level of dominance and ability to literally control a game or have as much of an impact on a game as only an individual.
I remember watching that replay so many times to see if it was really a block and even in slow mo I couldn't tell because of the angle the cameras caught it in. Sometimes I see it and it looks like a goaltend because the ball hit the glass and other times it looks like Victor did a finger roll and the ball didn't actually hit the glass. Either way that was a great sequence to watch and LeBron hit that 3 which would've won them the game either way. Great series
It was definitely goal tending, however, the play before that, Thaddeus Young was the last to touch the ball out of bounds & they gave it to Indiana, so you can say it was justifiably not called.
I think anyone here can agree than it was a blessing to be able to watch Bron in the playoff series that year. Will never see anything like that again .
THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF PLAYOFF SERIES BY OTHER GREATS. NOTHING BRON DID IN 2018 WAS ANYWHERE NEAR MJJ OR EVEN GIANNIS AGAINST THE SUNS NO VERSION OF LEBRON IS THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOAT AND THAT IS MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN 63 AGAINST BOSTON - I WAS THERE! THE LAST DANCE I WAS THERE! 38.5 PPG IN '88 BACK WHEN BIG DADDY KANE WAS AINT HALF STEPPIN - I WAS THERE! THE NEAR TRIPLE DOUBLE SEASON WHEN HE RAN POINT AND AVERAGED 32 8 & 8 - I WAS THERE! THE NBA FINALS AGAINST PHOENIX WHERE HE AVERAGED 41 11 & 11 WITH 3 STEALS AND 2 BLOCKS - I WAS THERE! WHERE YOU? THE ONLY THING YA'LL BRONS WERE THERE FOR WAS WHEN THE CHOSEN ONE BECAME THE FROZEN AND GOT LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA WOULD MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN GET LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA? WOULD HE LOSE TO DIRK WITH CHRIS BOSH AND D WADE ON HIS TEAM? NO! MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN WOULD GO 6-0 IN THE FINALS (8-0) IN THE "LEBRON" ERA THE BRON ERA IS REALLY STILL THE JORDAN ERA BECAUSE JORDAN HANGS OVER EVERYTHING LEBRONNNNNNNNS DOES I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT!
They won't validate it because he didn't win a chip but that 2018 postseason run by Bron is the best I've witnessed live. And I've seen a lot of ball being 42
the way he mentioned it by the game one series where he started with 51 just shows if they win that first game the series could’ve went a lot different not saying they’d win but they were defeated after losing the way they did the first game
2018 Bron looked like a gotdamn nightmare in the playoffs. Nobody wanted that problem… except Golden State simply because they had more firepower. But if KD wasn’t there, I don’t think even they beat Bron that year.
I can’t help but get annoyed by KD for joining a already really good warriors team and making them unbeatable at that time. Lebron run was so legendary and he was doing what KD should’ve been trying to do and has never done. That run should’ve been capped off with a ring and I believe he would’ve won had he not gone to the warriors.
S/o to that 2017-18 Pacers team because even with LeBron putting up videogame numbers, the Cavs still only defeted them *after 7 games...* by just _four points. If that Pacers team faced literally any other team bar the Celtics, with the way they played that Cavs series, I could see them making the ECF.
I hear you but I completly disagree, that cavs team was quite awful because of all the trades they made in the offseason then mid season.. they never quite became a team, lebron just took over and had to take nights off and pick his moments in order to win these series. if you watch back you'll see lebron being very lazy in several games.. Vic also kinda explains that lebron picked his moments in this interview
2012 Miami heat LeBron James was a different animal he could literally do everything at an insanely high clip that was probably his most athletic prime but 2018 LeBron James was absolutely incredible
yes it was a goaltend but no one talks about them fouling lebron the play before and it not being called..in the mean streets we call that even Steven 🤷🏽♂️
@@justsomedudewithnoneck8329 KD is the better scorer. I think he and Steph are the most efficient 27-30 point game scorers in NBA history. When KD shoots 25 times a game he scored 30-35 points just like lebron.
2017-18 LeBron is the Best Basketball Player to ever set foot on a basketball court. Bigger, Stronger, Faster, Smarter, more Clutch.
Not a lie, sometimes I go back to watch that playoff run on TH-cam incredible
Facts
No doubt, we were definitely witnessing peak bron
The way he would just barrel to the basket at 25mph every other possession and make the basket was Absolutely insane
The dagger jump shots
No lie that 2015-2018 LeBron was terrifying for every team to play 🔥🔥 that man was violating the East
He was violating the east since ‘03.
@@Killmeinchrome facts. 2011 is when the chokehold was solidified
This dude writing this like there were elite teams in the East
@@wayneman_ LeBron's only had one bad playoff series. To bad it happend in the finals.
@@TekkLuthor Violation is violation in the eyes of the victims.
It’s a real shame that Oladipo got hurt after this. His career looked to be headed for super stardom after that playoff series.
He was something else. He was basically what Donovan Mitchell is right now, but except with lockdown defense
I remember watching him in college at Indiana and I said this guy is going to be a beast in the NBA
@@rueservin hell no lol, Victor back in 2017-18’ gave mfs nightmares… Spidar couldn’t mess with Vic man.
@@saanyofficial6154 Mitchell has a 57 point playoff game
@@joshwallace7734 That’s literally one game which took place 2 years ago. Mitch is good but he wasn’t like Victor… Victor was just more refined as a player. He could score, defend, rebound, & lead a team. Victor in that playoff run was a monster.
2018 Bron was A MONSTER
I remember getting high watching his highlights after every game that year and his passing looked otherworldly 😂
@@r.i.p.kobeandnipsey8647 I was high when he got swept by golden state
@@king2025-i not tragic thing when ur facing the #2 and #3 best players in the entire world on the same team with other all stars
NO VERSION OF LEBRON IS THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOAT AND THAT IS MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN
63 AGAINST BOSTON - I WAS THERE!
THE LAST DANCE I WAS THERE!
38.5 PPG IN '88 BACK WHEN BIG DADDY KANE WAS AINT HALF STEPPIN - I WAS THERE!
THE NEAR TRIPLE DOUBLE SEASON WHEN HE RAN POINT AND AVERAGED 32 8 & 8 - I WAS THERE!
THE NBA FINALS AGAINST PHOENIX WHERE HE AVERAGED 41 11 & 11 WITH 3 STEALS AND 2 BLOCKS - I WAS THERE!
WHERE YOU?
THE ONLY THING YA'LL BRONS WERE THERE FOR WAS WHEN THE CHOSEN ONE BECAME THE FROZEN AND GOT LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA
WOULD MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN GET LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA?
WOULD HE LOSE TO DIRK WITH CHRIS BOSH AND D WADE ON HIS TEAM?
NO! MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN WOULD GO 6-0 IN THE FINALS
(8-0) IN THE "LEBRON" ERA
THE BRON ERA IS REALLY STILL THE JORDAN ERA BECAUSE JORDAN HANGS OVER EVERYTHING LEBRONNNNNNNNS DOES
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT!
@@ILLCLAPYOCHEEKSBOI You must really be an angry kid to be posting all caps thinking that would change everybody else's opinion.
No one ever talks about how clutch Bron is in Game 7s
He's the goat and the best game 7 performer ever. And the best elimination game performer ever. The stats back it up. And he also got the most playoff buzzer beaters. Truly one of a kind.
@@sportstalkonly1442 last time he lost a game 7 was in 2008
Edit Meant last two times he lost game 7 was in 08 and 06.
@@FireAngelChris I thought it was 2008 vs the Celtics
@@youngsavage9874 My bad you are correct meant to say last two times was pistons and Celtics
@@foreign9959 lol dang y’all really be finding me. 🤣
I’ll never forget that series , it was great!
I WAS THERE!
Had they have another shooter they would have won.
I've been watching the NBA since the mid 80's. 2018 Lebron was the most complete basketball player I've ever witnessed.
And 2018 wasn’t that long ago either
FACTS NBA LIVE 19 HE WAS LITERALLY OP AF 🤣
@@r.i.p.kobeandnipsey8647 Who even bought that game
Wow. And then he got swept
@@bigolehamburger173 he drop 52 on warriors.
That was a crazy matchup it proved victor when he was healthy could lead a team to the playoff 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
In the east....
@@user-jv6pl1pc7t In the nba …
Wtf??
@@user-jv6pl1pc7t dude stfu with this east shii the most dumb shii I’ve heard
@@user-jv6pl1pc7t against Lebron
Victor in 2017-19 was tough as hell himself. Shame he had the injuries to deal with. He was entering the conversation of the best 2 way player at the time. He's still a very talented guy and I think Miami has fit him well.
Second stint in Cleveland Bron probably the best overall version of him. Not as defensively sound as Miami Bron but was pretty much unstoppable on offense.
I'm in complete agreement with u he couldn't keep it all year but his 2016 finals defense was epic out performed Draymond.
@@tupacalypse88 oh yeah, no question. He can lockdown when he really need’s to.
Yeah his best defensive years was in miami. After that he just coasted on d in regular season
Should’ve had the 2013 DPOY but the voters are haters
@@garrettshelton5788 yeah that was a clear robbery
It’s refreshing to see players tell the truth about the GOAT💯
NO VERSION OF LEBRON IS THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOAT AND THAT IS MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN
63 AGAINST BOSTON - I WAS THERE!
THE LAST DANCE I WAS THERE!
38.5 PPG IN '88 BACK WHEN BIG DADDY KANE WAS AINT HALF STEPPIN - I WAS THERE!
THE NEAR TRIPLE DOUBLE SEASON WHEN HE RAN POINT AND AVERAGED 32 8 & 8 - I WAS THERE!
THE NBA FINALS AGAINST PHOENIX WHERE HE AVERAGED 41 11 & 11 WITH 3 STEALS AND 2 BLOCKS - I WAS THERE!
WHERE YOU?
THE ONLY THING YA'LL BRONS WERE THERE FOR WAS WHEN THE CHOSEN ONE BECAME THE FROZEN AND GOT LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA
WOULD MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN GET LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA?
WOULD HE LOSE TO DIRK WITH CHRIS BOSH AND D WADE ON HIS TEAM?
NO! MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN WOULD GO 6-0 IN THE FINALS
(8-0) IN THE "LEBRON" ERA
THE BRON ERA IS REALLY STILL THE JORDAN ERA BECAUSE JORDAN HANGS OVER EVERYTHING LEBRONNNNNNNNS DOES
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT!
You be quiet. No one is buying what you are selling. King James is the best
It’s always interesting listening to people who truly played against Bron or been around him talk about his greatness in a series. Then you compare it to people who act like it no big deal. The respect level for players seeing it first hand be different.
Facts... Mfs out here trying to downplay his run, and most of them are Jordan nut huggers.
@@Ghost-rb6cw Yup Jordan,Kobe and men certain era olds head fans aways downplay what he be doing.
@@FireAngelChris can lowkey add curry fans in there as well especially since the 4th ring
@@lorddj9910 lol oh yeah they definitely in it
Exactly lol
That series is probly in the conversation for the most underated series ever. Nobody cared too much afterward cuz it was a first round series and people had declared already thr rockets or warriors as champs already but man people should go back and watch this one Vics rigjt it was a war. What a banger of a first round series
and two series later another Epic 3-2 against Boston
2018 playoff bron was different i haaaate it gets overlooked cause they lost to the warriors in the finals but that was 1 of the best playoff runs EVER
I can’t help but get frustrated at KD for joining the warriors at the time and pretty much making them unbeatable. It ruined lebron’s best years.
@@Wuncler fr bron would have at least 6-7 rings rn think about 2015 k love n kyrie go down bron still takes em 6 games 2016 same team cavs win 2017/18 warriors not beating cavs kyrie had became kyrie bron was bron the role players did their job that kd move really changed history for himself, bron and steph cause without how many rings would steph n kd have
I will never forget watching every minute of 2018 Bron. One person averaged over double digits on that roster besides him.
He was truly the man in the arena.
People don't realize Kevin Love was averaging 11 points per game in the playoffs up until the finals. There hasn't yet been another human who could have taken that team to the finals.
@@NicolasAlcalde he was a god amongst men that playoffs. I'll never forget it. I used to be a lebron hater when I was younger. Now I've learned to just appreciate his greatness and be grateful we get to watch.
I was mentally preparing for them to get bounced first round. That whole season was absolutely bonkers.
@@OmertaWar victor, derozan, And Kyle was lebron’s toughest comp to make the finals lol stop it he was suppose to make the finals.
@@JamesBrown-pn1jw shut up lol. You naming players like they ain't have the deepest teams in the league that year. Raptors won 60 games that season, victor was going crazy with the pacers and the celtics were probably the deepest teams besides the warriors that season.
Once he came back to Cleveland 2015-2018 the game became more so mental for him. He controlled the entire pace of the game, knew when to take over in certain situations, dissect defenses/plays during the game🤯, & even bringing in particular role players he knew would play good. Draymond Green even called him the smartest player ever & described those finals matchups as Chess matches. That Cleveland Lebron was a Different Monster.
The fact the Cavs won that series with how bad everyone else was playing besides LeBron is crazy
I remember that year he single-handedly beat the Celtics watching that just thinking it looks like a man amongst boys. Never seen anything like it before. He was just backing players down scoring easily and then telling everyone what to do.
Victor was actually pretty crazy that series in his own right. Imagine being responsible for keeping your team even with arguably peak LeBron and actually doing it consistently. That's an insane feat for oladipo. I became a fan of him that series. Obviously LeBron is a machine.
Love Victor Oladipo 🙏🏿Huge inspiration and praying for healthy szns 👏🏿😁
Lmao hearing him transition to “game 7” felt like hearing real trauma
Man, people now forget just how tough Victor was....When he was with Indiana, and he finally sort of found himself (he put up decent numbers in Orl & OKC, but Indy really was where he blossomed), he was one of the best guards in the league. Could really score, was super athletic and could strap up like crazy. It's a shame the injuries took so much from him, because he was on his way to becoming an even bigger star than he was.
I remember Bogdanovic being on fire and eventually hitting like a super deep 3 I believe it was in Game 3, hit it from like the hash mark over JR Smith and the Pacers won the game late - he had 32 or something - what a time to be a Pacers fan
Yes it was GREAT TIME. Our time is coming back tho my brotha
It was a bad time lol, got cheated that series... respectfully Indy in 6 but was for sure most complete Bron
Bron is going to be missed. Even by the haters.
0:51 bruh was traumatized reliving that 15-0 run by one person
And people really say LeBron is not a scorer
@@von502 crazy right
@@von502 The "not scorer" is gonna be the all time scoring leader real soon... then what will they say
@@Flyhr they're already discrediting it before he even wins it as a longevity award as if every guy that played 20 seasons can get it. Nope.
@@ChrisWilliams-ur7fn Yeah, that's idiotic. People don't realize it's not just playing for 20 years. It's averaging 27PPG for 20 seasons straight playing atleast 70 games a season...
Lebron averaged 34 10 and 7 on 56% FG that series. His next teammate Kevin Love averaged 11ppg on 33% FG.
That 2018 Lebron run was crazy. The numbers looks unreal. Even he get swept by the warriors, his stats is 34 8 10 on 53% FG. The cavs has no business being in the Finals. And Lebron drag that garbage team literally by himself.
This video below explains it in only 10 minutes perfectly.
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If Boston was full healthy he'd get smoked in 5 games
@@Aloading11 notice how u used he instead of the cavs? Lmao literally proves the point
@@Aloading11 🤡🤡🤡
NO VERSION OF LEBRON IS THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOAT AND THAT IS MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN
63 AGAINST BOSTON - I WAS THERE!
THE LAST DANCE I WAS THERE!
38.5 PPG IN '88 BACK WHEN BIG DADDY KANE WAS AINT HALF STEPPIN - I WAS THERE!
THE NEAR TRIPLE DOUBLE SEASON WHEN HE RAN POINT AND AVERAGED 32 8 & 8 - I WAS THERE!
THE NBA FINALS AGAINST PHOENIX WHERE HE AVERAGED 41 11 & 11 WITH 3 STEALS AND 2 BLOCKS - I WAS THERE!
WHERE YOU?
THE ONLY THING YA'LL BRONS WERE THERE FOR WAS WHEN THE CHOSEN ONE BECAME THE FROZEN AND GOT LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA
WOULD MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN GET LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA?
WOULD HE LOSE TO DIRK WITH CHRIS BOSH AND D WADE ON HIS TEAM?
NO! MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN WOULD GO 6-0 IN THE FINALS
(8-0) IN THE "LEBRON" ERA
THE BRON ERA IS REALLY STILL THE JORDAN ERA BECAUSE JORDAN HANGS OVER EVERYTHING LEBRONNNNNNNNS DOES
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT!
@@ILLCLAPYOCHEEKSBOI Didn't Jordan go 3-18 or something down 0-2 to the Knicks? And I guess you've never heard of Nick Anderson...
As a pacers fan this guy was the man
I feel y’all would’ve got at least 2 rings if it wasn’t for bron
@@benmack4525 yeah we would’ve had one in the pg era for sure only team stopping us was miami. And both teams were pretty even but we had one superstar and they had 3. Guys like G hill Roy Hibbert and d west were amazing for us.
@@smootthh I watch basketball I no my friend
He was basically the 2nd coming of DWade
2018 LeBron was a one man show
Better den 2015 LeBron?
Yes sir
No one ever has gone toe to toe with leking James but you had a great series victor
Don't look now but Jimmy buckets had 2 30 (1 40 piece involved) pt triple doubles in the bubble finals. Bron went crazy and hit like 7 3s one of them games and Jimmy still outperformed him down the stretch. That series went 6 and Jimmys 2nd and 3rd best players were compromised & didn't play in half the series. I'd call that going toe-to-toe, but that's just me personally.
@@Travsice Jimmy definitely went toe to toe. Davis had an incredible series for them so Jimmy should be proud #HeatNation
Paul George in his paces stint???????
@@Travsice Paul George went toe to toe with 2013 Lebron who was like a video game player because he was at his athletic physical strength peak, Victor went toe to toe with 2018 Lebron who was a man among boys or Thanos because of the mind and athletic abilities put together, Jimmy went toe to toe with 2020 Lebron who was good but wasn’t as athletically dominant.
@@davelouie131 Just because a series goes 7 games doesn't mean someone went toe-to-toe with LeBron.
JJ manifesting that bron interview 💯💯
They couldn't review the play because it wasn't called goaltending on the floor, but it was goaltending for sure! And I'm a Bron fan!
It was definitely goal tending, however, the play before that, Thaddeus Young was the last to touch the ball out of bounds & they gave it to Indiana, so you can say it was justifiably not called.
@@LeHitler plus it wouldn’t have mattered anyway
@@carterbilbro4615 Some have said LeBron would've shot it with less confidence if the Cavs were down, opposed to being tied. But I agree with you.
@@LeHitler "some" is an odd way to spell "Skip Bayless"... but only people with memory issues think that lol. LeBron has hit plenty of game winners while being down.
Only LeBron can hit 2 game winning shots in his FIRST playoff series and be called un-clutch his whole career. I don't get it.
@@Xzei yeah, the LeBron standards seem to have always been unfair & unrealistic. It's the classic case of the media building someone up with all the hype & tearing them down when they live up to it. Even to this day, LeBron at 38, in his 20th season, is still expected to be great every minute he's on the floor. He's not allowed to have defensive lapses, bad games, etc. People expect him to ball out & winning championships every year while simultaneously saying he's overrated & won't win. So he fails to them either way.
0:29 my gawd😭
i really need a chapter with bron, at least 5 hours long
Keep dreaming. Aint nobody spending 5 hours on no podcast when they have a career, a brand and a family to run
@@silewis9396 andrew tate🤷🏽♂️
@@kam_12_ I don't know what podcast he was on for 5 hours. Feel free to enlighten me.
Also does he have a family and a career?
JJ is such a good listener! Thank you.
This interview was sick. Oladipo is legit
I'm excited for when JJ brings Bron to the show
Hands down that Miami heat version of Bron was most dominant.
As a pacers fan having to relive this makes me sad. We should’ve beat the the Cavs that series but.. it’s all good it was 4yrs ago I just know I’ll never forget how great Dipo was for us.
And he was great loved that series.
lebron willed a lot of unexpected teams to the finals whether it’s 2007 cavs or when kyrie left, and the times he played without love and kyrie(played game1) against gsw and still won 2 games with mozgov as his 2nd best player and jr smith as 3rd, just never been seen that greatness
Earned the name king James that 2nd stint.. Cleveland 2015-2018 maybe the most inspirational basketball I’ve ever seen. It was amazing and I don’t think I’ll be lucky enough to be into a sport/team like I was those lebron lead cavs 🎉
I miss Victor Oladipo in Indy!!!
when Lbj came back to the cavs, thats when i respected lbj’s game more! He leaned towards skill vs just athletic dominance during his heat years..
Same.
That series was spectacular and one off the best first round matchups ever. But don't forget that the rest off the Cavs sucked and they still won the series. The second leading scorer on their roster was Kevin Love with 11.4 points on 33 % FG. The second leader in assists was George Hill with 2.0 assists per game. LeBron was great and at his best. The rest were horrible. Oh and Love was the only one who averaged more then 10 points per game. Indiana had 7 players with double digit points per game.
Which is why I'm still so shocked lebron got his team to the finals. The dude is just different
I love how he's so cool about the goaltend. If it happened to me, I might be salty for a long time to come, bro. He's so cool.
It wasnt tho
I was at that game 7, it was electric in there. Didn’t sit don the whole game! Bron was already my goat but that solidified it for me
Nice perspective but a lot of people underestimated those Cavs teams who fell short to golden state 3 times
Nobody underestimated. 2017, Kyrie and K Love had some bad games. 2018 team just straight up wasn’t good. Before 2018 it was next to impossible to beat LeBron 4 times before he could beat you.
@@deez9805 Before 2018? Well they lost the Finals in 2017 so 😂
Before Illuminati warriors
@@roboninja3194 I think he meant any team besides the Warriors
@@jdelgado216 I think Houston would give em a run idk who woulda won but that Houston team was something up 3-2 be4 injury to those same warriors
What he said was "I just walked off like this nigga man" when talking about that 3pt from Lebron. lmfaooo
2018 the beast is unleashed 🔥
Old man and the three= Goats
VICTOR DESERVES ANOTHER CHANCE DONT @ me
2018 playoff bron was a demon
Awesome sweater!
Sitting Vic at that time in the game when he was HOT and Bron was out for that ENTIRE 9-0 run was the dumbest decision ever. I remember screaming at my TV about that 😂
2018 LeBron James is the greatest basketball player to ever touch a court. He was INCREDIBLE that season & the team around him was awful. I'm a Cavs fan and I would've rather we kept all the guys we started the season with, regardless of how we were performing 40 games in. I think we still could've gotten in and those guys had experience and were better built for the playoffs
NO VERSION OF LEBRON IS THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOAT AND THAT IS MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN
63 AGAINST BOSTON - I WAS THERE!
THE LAST DANCE I WAS THERE!
38.5 PPG IN '88 BACK WHEN BIG DADDY KANE WAS AINT HALF STEPPIN - I WAS THERE!
THE NEAR TRIPLE DOUBLE SEASON WHEN HE RAN POINT AND AVERAGED 32 8 & 8 - I WAS THERE!
THE NBA FINALS AGAINST PHOENIX WHERE HE AVERAGED 41 11 & 11 WITH 3 STEALS AND 2 BLOCKS - I WAS THERE!
MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN HAS 13 FULL SEASONS DEFINITIVELY BETTER THAN LEMICKEY LAMES
AND HE WAS EVEN BETTER THAN LEMICKEY WHEN HE WAS OUT OF SHAPE OUT OF RETIREMENT ON THE WIZARDS!
WHERE YOU?
THE ONLY THING YA'LL BRONS WERE THERE FOR WAS WHEN THE CHOSEN ONE BECAME THE FROZEN AND GOT LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA
WOULD MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN GET LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA?
WOULD HE LOSE TO DIRK WITH CHRIS BOSH AND D WADE ON HIS TEAM?
NO! MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN WOULD GO 6-0 IN THE FINALS
(8-0) IN THE "LEBRON" ERA
THE BRON ERA IS REALLY STILL THE JORDAN ERA BECAUSE JORDAN HANGS OVER EVERYTHING LEBRONNNNNNNNS DOES
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT!
I remember that series that was def a goal tend but fr that series was tough
It was definitely goal tending, however, the play before that, Thaddeus Young was the last to touch the ball out of bounds & they gave it to Indiana, so you can say it was justifiably not called.
My favorite year of Bron. That year made me go now I'll entertain your GOAT debates. There was no quit in that man and that's all I've ever wanted from him if he's to dethrone any GOAT and he provided.
The one and only real good season oladipo ever had
Block was clean
Victor forgets that the pacers actually got a big break either the play before the goal tend or a few plays before where the ball was out on Indy but they gave back to them anyways which ultimately led to the block
Oladipo probably the most underrated in the league, always been a workhorse
I was at game 7 one of the best games I ever seen in person
Cool video bro
Bron the GOAT. MJ & Bron. No disrespect to any other legend.
It’s just them two. By the time it’s all said and done, they will be 1A and 1B all time. It’ll come down to complete personal preference on what type of player you prefer.
Love that "it was a goaltend, it is what it is"
Damn that huge scar on his right knee tells a sad story. He was a monster in Indy.
I remember people comparing him to prime D Wade and that was a pretty good comparison back then. Sadly the injuries took him from us.
That series was legendary for Bron and Oladipo but Bron in those playoffs was the scariest thing iv seen in basketball the way he went 7 games putting up numbers like that then turning around and clean sweeping the raptors like he juss had 2 weeks rest was insane
JJ they started using instant replay in 2002, so of course they had replay since Victor been in the league.
“Did they have the reply back then”
damn JJ how old do you think Victor is lol
Man I thought vic was gone be the next all time great after watching that series
The king the goat
No player in history even comes close to the level of dominance and ability to literally control a game or have as much of an impact on a game as only an individual.
That was a crazy matchup and it proved Victor, when healthy, could lose to a team in the playoffs👏👏👏
Lebron: I played victor in the play offs? Don’t remember. Lol
I remember watching that replay so many times to see if it was really a block and even in slow mo I couldn't tell because of the angle the cameras caught it in. Sometimes I see it and it looks like a goaltend because the ball hit the glass and other times it looks like Victor did a finger roll and the ball didn't actually hit the glass. Either way that was a great sequence to watch and LeBron hit that 3 which would've won them the game either way. Great series
It was definitely goal tending, however, the play before that, Thaddeus Young was the last to touch the ball out of bounds & they gave it to Indiana, so you can say it was justifiably not called.
I think anyone here can agree than it was a blessing to be able to watch Bron in the playoff series that year. Will never see anything like that again .
THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF PLAYOFF SERIES BY OTHER GREATS.
NOTHING BRON DID IN 2018 WAS ANYWHERE NEAR MJJ
OR EVEN GIANNIS AGAINST THE SUNS
NO VERSION OF LEBRON IS THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOAT AND THAT IS MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN
63 AGAINST BOSTON - I WAS THERE!
THE LAST DANCE I WAS THERE!
38.5 PPG IN '88 BACK WHEN BIG DADDY KANE WAS AINT HALF STEPPIN - I WAS THERE!
THE NEAR TRIPLE DOUBLE SEASON WHEN HE RAN POINT AND AVERAGED 32 8 & 8 - I WAS THERE!
THE NBA FINALS AGAINST PHOENIX WHERE HE AVERAGED 41 11 & 11 WITH 3 STEALS AND 2 BLOCKS - I WAS THERE!
WHERE YOU?
THE ONLY THING YA'LL BRONS WERE THERE FOR WAS WHEN THE CHOSEN ONE BECAME THE FROZEN AND GOT LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA
WOULD MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN GET LOCKED UP BY JJ BAREA?
WOULD HE LOSE TO DIRK WITH CHRIS BOSH AND D WADE ON HIS TEAM?
NO! MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN WOULD GO 6-0 IN THE FINALS
(8-0) IN THE "LEBRON" ERA
THE BRON ERA IS REALLY STILL THE JORDAN ERA BECAUSE JORDAN HANGS OVER EVERYTHING LEBRONNNNNNNNS DOES
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT!
4:20 is where Victor became Kawhi
1:14 bro had a Kawhi moment 😂
They won't validate it because he didn't win a chip but that 2018 postseason run by Bron is the best I've witnessed live. And I've seen a lot of ball being 42
That nigga said he averaged 45 that series!!! 😂😂😂 Bron got real estate in these boys head
that was the series of his life. but for lebron it was just another series crazy.
And then he went on to carry against Boston like it was nothing, another game 7 and he played the entire game. Just another series for LeGoat.
His tlkin the true that’s facts 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 respect him for keeping it 💯
the way he mentioned it by the game one series where he started with 51 just shows if they win that first game the series could’ve went a lot different not saying they’d win but they were defeated after losing the way they did the first game
4:30 Lebron said "he's in his prime rn y'all got him fucked up" JJ🤣
The whole 8 year run he came up on some big games many times
I mean he might have goltended but they won by 3 so it wouldnt have mattered either way
I laughed when he said Bron averaged 45 points. Its just wild how one can do that 😂 & ppl say he’s not a scorer????
2018 Bron looked like a gotdamn nightmare in the playoffs. Nobody wanted that problem… except Golden State simply because they had more firepower. But if KD wasn’t there, I don’t think even they beat Bron that year.
They never mention this series!
Averaging 45 is crazy
I can’t help but get annoyed by KD for joining a already really good warriors team and making them unbeatable at that time. Lebron run was so legendary and he was doing what KD should’ve been trying to do and has never done. That run should’ve been capped off with a ring and I believe he would’ve won had he not gone to the warriors.
Victor still looking up at the top of back bales when talking about Bron block/goal tending.
2018 Bron was a beast
Krazy no matter what year or player that y’all about playing Bron they say it was his best year 😂😂💯🐐 think about it
S/o to that 2017-18 Pacers team because even with LeBron putting up videogame numbers, the Cavs still only defeted them *after 7 games...* by just _four points.
If that Pacers team faced literally any other team bar the Celtics, with the way they played that Cavs series, I could see them making the ECF.
I hear you but I completly disagree, that cavs team was quite awful because of all the trades they made in the offseason then mid season.. they never quite became a team, lebron just took over and had to take nights off and pick his moments in order to win these series. if you watch back you'll see lebron being very lazy in several games.. Vic also kinda explains that lebron picked his moments in this interview
2012 Miami heat LeBron James was a different animal he could literally do everything at an insanely high clip that was probably his most athletic prime but 2018 LeBron James was absolutely incredible
Lakers get JJ Reddick and oladipo for sure Lakers must happy to watch
Let’s not forget the bogus out of bounds call against the Cavs before the goaltend.
That’s why they let it go
Yeah make up calls happen at all levels hs, college , pro , lol even rec
yes it was a goaltend but no one talks about them fouling lebron the play before and it not being called..in the mean streets we call that even Steven 🤷🏽♂️
Where to buy oladipo shorts
Bron averaged 40 but he ain't a scorer 🤔🥶
Bro finna have more points but Durant a better scorer people get blinded by the flashiness tbh
@@justsomedudewithnoneck8329 KD is the better scorer. I think he and Steph are the most efficient 27-30 point game scorers in NBA history.
When KD shoots 25 times a game he scored 30-35 points just like lebron.
False. He averaged 34, with no Kyrie.
Love was next highest with 11.
There's a lot of players in the league that could score 30+ in that scenario.