Goaltend call Game 7 he should have got bounced in the first round to Victor Oladipo if called correctly... and Oladipo was the great player standing in Lebrons way in the East that year, just like Demar Derozan was for a couple years, wow , great competition, what a joke. Lebron Most overrated player not just in NBA history but all of sports history. Lebron has always had superteams and still even then BARELY won the times that he has to generally weak competition. Warriors maybe the exception but the Cavs played the single best game of the Finals in 2017 Game 4, if he had true will and determination and relentlessness and truly made his teammates better he could have won that series. .. and eerybody talking about Going 16 points to none of his teammates only proves that Lebron doesnt make his teammates better.
lmao when that shii happened, watching the whole series i even thought his legacy was secured well enough but people just focus on hating him so it was forgotten quickly
Man I am so glad I got to watch this run live - I was amazed at the time of his greatness but man watching it again 5 years later.. I am even more amazed..
It's too bad that some people have selective memory. They just chose to remember him getting swept by the Warriors but not the way he carried the Cavs to the Finals.
thats a fact. 3 times he was swept in the play off...meaning loosing 4 consecutive times in a row. now is it 8 or 9 loosing streak...oh he carries the cavs back then, ok lets forget everything.
Who'd he carry his team to beat in the 2018 East? Raptors series his team mates were all excellent. But yeah Bron carried them for sure vs the Victor Olidipo led Pacers and the rookie Tatum led Celtics I agree with that
@@micapalma9532 bron fans cant face facts thats why they depend on highlight reels so we forget about his finals record with most turnovers and now approaching most missed field goals
@@fmbbeachbum8163 He Cries too much.. Tried to Trade Kyrie after 2016 season tried to tried Erik S during 2011 season.. and yall be gulping this guy all crazy..
Lebron averaged 34 ppg on 54% from the field throughout the entire playoffs, including 8 consecutive 40+ point games and 3 game winners. Just for added context his second best player Kevin Love averaged 15 ppg on 39% shooting. (bench player level production)
I won't even lie to yall, I was a Bron hater at first but after he went back to back and a very impressive 2013 Season I started becoming a fan. 2016 coming back from 3-1 was what solidified it for me, and this 2018 playoff run crystalized it for me. I'm sorry but in my entire life of hooping, I don't think a prime Kobe or prime Jordan could carry a team to the Finals by themselves. I know it's a team game, but he had no business even getting to the ECF let alone the Finals. I'll take 2018 Bron over anyone. When Bron isn't playing the game and just hoops with a clear mind, he is literally unstoppable bro!
I don't understand why would anyone hate this guy,when he hasn't raped People or done anything other despicable acts like some other People..and he plays for his team unlike many others..he has never deserved to be hated..
in my opinion its debatable whether Kobe and MJ would get this team to the Final. I say they have a good chance. Yes it was a great run but to be fair lets name competition Cavs faced. Oladipo, Bogdanovic , Turner, Lowry, DeRozan and Ibaka, rookie Tatum 13.9 PPG in the regular season, Jaylen Brown 14.5 PPG in the regular season and Horford. That is arguably the easiest road to the Finals . Cleveland had 2 All Stars , Toronto 2 , Indiana and Boston only 1. Kevin Love was 17.5PPM, 9RBG , you could argue he was as good as any name above.
@@cezaryadamski8786 Idk about the easiest but the east was def weaker than the west. But, why are you mentioning regular season stats when talking about the playoffs? Jaylen brown average 20 pts, tatum 18 pts, Horford 13.6 Pts, Rozier 13.6 pts, Smart 12.7 pts. These were the starting 5 for the Celtics. Now look at this, in the cavs, only 2 player averaged double digit in pts, bron and Love. Love averaged 12.5 pts, literally less than marcus smart who is the 5th option for the celtics. Cmon now, this is some goat shit.
@@tmub23 He made the NBA unwatchable. Well, Silver helped along the way with the rule changes to make scoring so much easier. His hate is deserved. I tuned in a few nights ago because I was bored, saw him take 7 steps, commit and offensive foul on Nurkic, and not get called for the foul or for traveling. Turned it off again. There is a reason viewership is down...
As much I would like to watch it I don’t know do I want to go though this pain again. The greatest playoffs run ever until game 1 finish vs Warriors. GOAT James 👑🐐
Queen James? Wow,1 year.....1 year where heplayed great and the fan boys call him the Goat and King. Wow,. Did yous fan boys know Jordan had years like that and even better almost every single playoff year? Total Domination. You guys are talking about 1 freakin year 😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅. Pathetic. Jordan The G.O.A.T. period.
@@Ke1Creatz 🤣🤣🤣🤣 le queen doesnt have a dynasty ! le flop never had a 3 peat. MJ total trophies and awards is = 37. MJ even retired twice in his prime. Magic Johnson = 19 le queen ( Lebron) = 18. has been playing for 21 yrs. he can play for another 20 yrs and still, he can not surpass MJ's accomplishment ! and you can google that. its not an opinion ! are YOU high ?
@@micapalma9532bro the warriors were a super team built to beat Lebron of course he doesn’t have as many trophies also Lebron is a team player more then Mj being an assassin type mentality. There both goats of their era
le queen doesnt have a dynasty ! le flop never had a 3 peat. le queen was a chicken in game 4 NBA finals against the Mavs. only 8 points MJ total trophies and awards is = 37. MJ even retired twice in his prime. Magic Johnson = 19 le queen ( Lebron) = 18. has been playing for 21 yrs. he can play for another 20 yrs and still, he can not surpass MJ's accomplishment. let that sink in ! the last 2 decades, Laker Shaq and Kobe had 3 peat. the Spurs Duncan has 5. the Warriors Steph has 4. where did Le queen dominate?! longevity is not and can never be the measure of true greatness and that is not an opinion, literally You can google that michael..
Umm Hakeem from 1995 (when he faced basically 4x 60 win teams) or 1994 Hakeem and MJ from 1997 just walked in, maybe you mean the greatest run since you started watching basketball in 2010's
Lebron James has overtaken Jordan long time ago. Jordan's 6-0 and 3 peats were an old generation's record and doesn't count anymore. The last time a team won a 3 peat was 21 years ago with Kobe Bryant. There's a compelling reason for this. Post Kobe's era, basketball teams and players have grown so talented and very competitive it is virtually impossible for a single team to dominate and mount another 3 peat. And yet despite this, no other player has dominated this game for so long and so consistent except for Lebron James. As for MJ's fans, so sorry to say that all you've got are nostalgia from old videos and footages from the past including records won out of weak opponents.
Perfectly said. What Lebron has accomplished in this generation is just as good as what Jordan accomplished in his generation. In MJ’s generation it was easier to dominate with one team and create a dynasty. The closest thing we’ve had to a dynasty like that in this generation were the warriors and even they had to do something crazy to keep that dynasty building.. which was bringing one of the best players in the league KD to a 73-9 stablished team. And even they couldn’t achieve a three peat. It’s just to difficult. Injuries or not, the competition in todays nba is unmatched and nobody will ever dominate a whole decade like those bulls teams did in the 90s unless someone creates a superteam even worse than the KD warriors. Yea the bulls were what they were in the 90s because of MJ but they were a superteam for their time.
Team dominance and accomplishments shouldn’t be a factor in GOAT conversations. It’s not fair that an all time great player had the opportunity to have the best team in the league as well while other all time great player had to carry his team most of the time. On the MJ vs Lebron conversation we always bring the 6-0 and the bulls dominance as a factor. Shouldn’t be like that. It’s a teams sport and MJ wasn’t alone in that 6-0 90s run. He had plenty help. If we compare by just the player give me lebron any time. There’s never been a guy more dominant and all around greater than him
How is he not the greatest of all time?! Lebronto era was something special to watch. Jordan had points but never had 40+ points and 10+ assists, Kobe just never trusted his teammates like that. LONG LIVE KING JAMES!!!!
@@enzocarlo-liu1265 kd averages more points, more rebounds, more blocks than LeBron. Kd kick LeBron ass back to back Finals. Kd overall better than LeBron 💯💯
Watching this today and just realized Travis Kelce was at this legendary game and got screen time right after the Lebronto one hand floater game😂😂 1:07:35 talk about being cemented in history. That 1 hour perimeter of Cleveland has some Goats for real
I think these highlights compile the greatness of LeBron. Usually, in team sports, the better team wins, even if the other team has the best player. This happens because the opposing team can make someone else beat you which they don't four times out of seven games. The best player can carry his team to wins in singular games, but not playoff series. Great players like Wilt Chamberlain, Kevin Garnett and Tracy McGrady had a really hard time with this. The same happened with young MJ who couldn't beat the Celtics and Pistons at first despite being the best player. However, LeBron James is the only player who consistently were on worse teams but still managed to win. The experts were like "The pacers/celtics/raptors have a better team, but the Cavs have LeBron James...."
Lol he beat oladipo, defrozan and baby celtics with no Kyrie. Dont forget he had all star Love. But Lebron also lost when he had better teams/records. 2009, 2010 and 2011. Young Lbj didnt beat Celtics and Pistons except the 2007 53 win pistons. Cavs only had 3 less wins. In 1989 MJ as a 6 seed beat 2 higher seeds and took the champ pistons to 6 games.
@@scoop2448 You're absolutely right. LeBron is one of the worst players to ever play. He only gets contracts because his social platform. Whenever he played and won, he was just a marginal bench warmer happy to be along for the ride. He is not the NBA total scoring champion, and his impact on the game is minuscule. Furthermore, he is also the smallest, weakest and dumbest player to ever grace the basketball floor. He can't score, pass, rebound or defend. His closest rival was some rookie who got cut. Finally, he has no fans, and there are no highlight that are being watched over and over again.
@@MrClebophd So basically you didn't address any of my points and made a ridiculous over the top sarcastic comment that had nothing to do with anything. Bravo.
@@scoop2448 I'm sorry. I never said that LeBron always won every series he played in, but he is the first to consistently win with a lesser team multiple times. Also, the 2011 Mavs were a better, more experienced team than the 2011 Heat. I remember the sports experts feeling torn: "X has a better team, but the Cavs have LeBron James". Before LeBron, there was no such discussions.
MJ and the chicago bulls dont beat 2007 spurs,2012 okc, 2013 spurs, 2016 warriors, 2017 warriors, or 2018 warriors, Mj and chicago bulls also would have a hard time with the 2020 heat, he actually has no chance
This was a dope reel, but the title is a little misleading I remember Iverson in 2001 carrying his team to the finals.. Jason Kidd (was not a scorer) lead NJ Nets to back to back finals appearances.
Anyone who doesn't think LeBron James is in the top 3 seriously needs a mental evaluation or is just insanely biased. I have never seen a playoff run this amazing in my life! LeBron put this team on his back against all odds and dominated the East while not even being in his prime anymore.
Me a Warriors fan watching this and still in awe after 6 years. I didn't have him beating Boston in the ECF. When he did I was sure we won the finals. Boston woulda taken a game or two from us. The Cavs were a lottery team without Bron.
Everything really came full circle for LeGoat James. He ended his time with Cleveland the same way he started. This was the best playoff run by any one player ever, and if not for KD, he would’ve got finals MVP on a losing team. Thanks for the awesome video FreeDawkins. This must’ve taken forever, it wasn’t easy and we appreciate your efforts.
That's arguably the best LeBron version during his whole career. In 2018, during that playoff run, he was hitting amazing shots, using actual post game and post moves that I've never seen him do before that, if only he played like that during his whole career, there could have been an argument of him being the Goat.
father's time is catching up, but Lebron is still very skilled and smart to preserve his energy. Not as dominant but still controlling the game as how he like.
In my view, Hakeem in 1994 is the largest individual load that anyone has carried for a Title or FInals run. He became the first player to lead a Finals/Title team in 5/5 categories for the ENTIRE Playoffs. Think about that for a second. Hakeem was the best scorer, rebounder, passer, stealer, shot-blocker, and best overall defender on his team for the playoffs... and won the title. The other remarkable thing about this title run is that Hakeem became the only player to win the title without another Hall of Famer and without another player who made the all-star team.
sure but was the offensive talent as great as it is today? and how many plays did they run? keep in mind, the triangle offense that the bulls and lakers ran was considered new and special during that time, nowadays its just a norm. and every team has a massive playbook to use. I see what youre saying and tbh its what the player does in his era with what hes got that defines greatness so i can concede that Hakeem was indeed an immense force - unfortunately, where i disagree with you is lebrons early cav days and 2012/2018 were simply a much more harder scenario to get past than what Hakeem had to. think about it, the early cavs teams are not even talked about because no one even remembers who played on those teams other than lebron, and lebron willed that team to the finals lol. and lebrons continued to do this for 2 decades. thats just insanity. with the tools lebron was given, he easily outshined kobe himself. was AN MVP OVER KOBE himself! just saying. If kobe is considered todays jordan then lebron has a 16-6 record against him - that has to mean something. Honestly, i wish we saw a kobe+lebron team - those team USA games where both were on the same team was just truly insane.
@@quicktoreason2722 Strongly disagree. I don't think you've done much research on Hakeem. In his 2nd season he carried the 1986 team to the Finals without starting guard John Lucas past Magic/Kareem's defending champ Lakers and took the 1986 Celtics to 6 games with Sampson ejected in Game 5. From 1987 to 1994, Hakeem played with one of the worst supporting casts of all-time as Sampson was injured in 1987 and left soon after. In 1987 Hakeem lost to the Sonics in the WCSF despite putting up 30-13 with 4 bpg on 60%. In 1988 he put up 2000 Finals MVP Shaq-type numbers with 38-17-2-2-3 on 57% yet his garbage team couldn't get him out the first round. As for early Lebron, he was carrying them but not vs good playoff teams. He only beat one 50 win team in the playoffs during his time on Cavs from 2003 to 2010. From 2006 to 2010, 4 of 8 teams LeBron beat in the Playoffs were 0.500 or worse 2007 - two 0.500 teams, the 53 win Pistons without Ben Wallace (17-13 record vs West) 2012 - he had Wade and Bosh. He beat a couple good teams but old Celtics had a losing 7-11 record vs West, no Avery Bradley due to injury "and lebron willed that team to the finals lol. and lebrons continued to do this for 2 decades" This is just absurd. He only carried 2 teams to finals (07 and 18). And his competition was weak compared to west. The other years he had 1-2 other all stars. Hakeem on the other hand had to beat 3 50+ win teams in the 1994 title run and FOUR 57+ win teams (and 2 60+ win teams) in the 1995 title run, which has never been done before or since. Kobe only has 1 MVP and even Steve Nash won 2 MVPs over him so that's not saying much. And regular season record vs kobe doesnt mean much. Lebron had two 1 seed 60+ win teams in 2009 and 2010 yet couldnt get to the finals vs Kobe. That would have been great to watch.
@@scoop2448 are you going to forget that wade was hurt for a some of it and bosh became a role player? and by the way. its not my words, nba players themselves say that he carried the 2012 team - and 2018 by far is the biggest carry job of them all - i acknowledge your points about Hakeem but unlike hakeem - lebron played in multiple eras where there were more than 3 players on the court that were an offensive threat - in the current era of the nba - all 5 are an offensive threat - while being in that era - he carried a team full of injured players against a YOUNG celtics team, an overly successful raptors team that were the NUMBER 1 seed in the league at that time and simply walked past them- to say this wasnt the best carry job is a joke- i remember they were even saying during the game that lbj's performance that year was the single greatest playoff performance ever -
Yet the Lebron haters count 18’s final loss against him. They shouldn’t have even made the playoffs. One of the greatest runs ever. Remember watching it all unfold. Doesn’t seem that long ago!
man...BRON's 2018 run will be unforgettable bcs of good and bad reasons... the good being LEBRON carried the CAVS to the finals, the bad.. KD and the warriors broke the game and JR's braindead moment on game 1
Michael jordan is my goat, but because of his iconic 2 3-peats and the bulls culture he created, and became world famous and propelled basketball to new heights. As far as the best player to ever touch a basketball, it is, without a shadow of a doubt, Lebron.
This is why la bron and cavs won they're first chip because the king was absolutely amazing in 2018 and in the playoffs congrats to the cavs for winning they're first chip that season la bron said he was going to bring Cleveland they're first chip and he delivered that year 💪😁😉💯
he doesn't always carry his teams. but he did 2007, 2015 and 2018. nobody including yourself can deny that. but carrying literally implies you don't have much help genius
@@sportstalkonly1442 It's still a team sport and if you want to give LeBron credit for his performances in those situations(which he deserves), it doesn't have to be at the expense of his teammates. People literally don't give any credit to those 2007 or 2018 Cavs teams apart from LeBron. 2007 team had an elite defense and some good players who've contributed in a big way offensively. LeBron can't play one man defense, nor can he score every point. 2018 team had elite shooting all over the place and that spacing helped LeBron with his offensive production.
@PushVOD Kawhi did it and won the championship Besides that team was what he asked for. They traded everyone and got the new young long fast guys that lebron could stretch the floor with. I still remember Cowherd saying give LeBron those young players and he can make it work after their first two easy wins after the trade . You are full of excuses sorry.
FreeDawkins is the undisputed, absolute and infinite GOAT of the NBA highlight game. Honorable mention for the late great Ximo Pierto paving the way.
What happened to him past 5 months?
Ximo 4ever a legend 🥇
Don't forget Maxamillion710
I think dawk was out before ximo
Evin Gualberto too
LeBron - 13
Nine other players - 0
What an absurd start to a game.
16 actually
16 - 1@@Jp-vj8vx
It reminds what Luka does sometimes and I suspect many more times. These 2 players are different with the eye tests.
@@ryanschmidt2181 boy u crazy, lebron played in 3 or 4 era, luka just started, luka a rookie at this point
16 ?????
Them fadeaways from game 2 vs Toronto was crazy 😂😂
Ate they souls
Ah yes the Lebronto game
bro had 7 fades in the 4th quarter alone he was killing them on the whole team
I've never seen such a soulless team before
And he swept toronto...
Can’t believe he really brought them to the finals that year.
And that roster had been turned over so much from the start of that a season.
the east completely was trash that year
its a team sport
I mean, the East wasn't good, so yeah, it was believable.
@@inevalose1693 casual. its always trash whenever Lebron plays em, coincidence much?
the fact that bron got a 2 hour long highlight reel in ONE PLAYOFF RUN is outrageous, this is exactly why he my goat
in only one playoff run.
@@2chainz4president-s2c nah facts
His whole career highlights would be a long ass Netflix series 💀
I mean .. if you go to the finals as the main man on your team? It’s gonna happen
@@JKlutz3 facts, well he's been on a streak of loosing now...how is that a goat ?
That off-the-glass, one-handed shot will forever be one of the sickest game winners of all time.
Going away from the basket and on one leg
Goaltend call Game 7 he should have got bounced in the first round to Victor Oladipo if called correctly... and Oladipo was the great player standing in Lebrons way in the East that year, just like Demar Derozan was for a couple years, wow , great competition, what a joke. Lebron Most overrated player not just in NBA history but all of sports history. Lebron has always had superteams and still even then BARELY won the times that he has to generally weak competition. Warriors maybe the exception but the Cavs played the single best game of the Finals in 2017 Game 4, if he had true will and determination and relentlessness and truly made his teammates better he could have won that series. .. and eerybody talking about Going 16 points to none of his teammates only proves that Lebron doesnt make his teammates better.
Jordan ist the most overrated player of all time@@bizmerger5018
@@bizmerger5018 watch the video lol quit being buttt hurt
Super facts.....i watched it live it was actually incredible to witness
They forgot how scary and dominant 18' bron carrying his team on his back. For me one of the best version of bron's career🙏🐐
True and the 2012-13 season
lmao when that shii happened, watching the whole series i even thought his legacy was secured well enough but people just focus on hating him so it was forgotten quickly
people (haters) mostly think of the finals sweep
The goat 🐐 Lebron James
so having a loosing streak now is not part if his career...?
There has never been a more "x player or bust" playoff run in existence. Nobody had the workload this man did in 2018.
Man I am so glad I got to watch this run live - I was amazed at the time of his greatness but man watching it again 5 years later.. I am even more amazed..
It's too bad that some people have selective memory. They just chose to remember him getting swept by the Warriors but not the way he carried the Cavs to the Finals.
thats a fact. 3 times he was swept in the play off...meaning loosing 4 consecutive times in a row.
now is it 8 or 9 loosing streak...oh he carries the cavs back then, ok lets forget everything.
@@micapalma9532 cause he was playing against kd, steph and klay?
@@micapalma9532 KD got a free rings after joining a stacked warriors :D
Who'd he carry his team to beat in the 2018 East? Raptors series his team mates were all excellent. But yeah Bron carried them for sure vs the Victor Olidipo led Pacers and the rookie Tatum led Celtics I agree with that
@@micapalma9532 bron fans cant face facts thats why they depend on highlight reels so we forget about his finals record with most turnovers and now approaching most missed field goals
the way LeBron moves with the ball is so satisfying for no reason
Bro he looks big af yet so fast and smooth like being in the zone this whole playoffs 😂
Lebron is the goat but this type glaze bro 💀 there’s probably a reason it’s so satisfying just admit he’s a big sexy piece of chocolate
@@IdioticHoboCowayooooo 😭😭😭😭
@@IdioticHoboCowhe's a big sexy piece of Willy Wonka's chocolate 🥵
Oohhh he hit you differently ey?
2018 bron was legendary. Maybe his most underrated season of all time! I’m from Cleveland he should’ve won mvp that year.
HE SHOULDVE WON MVP ABOUT A 50 X'S
He should have at least 1 more than Magic, that guy had a super team almost his entire career.
@@Truthtruth144 Yeah MVP of flopping.. But you got a point
@@fmbbeachbum8163 He Cries too much.. Tried to Trade Kyrie after 2016 season tried to tried Erik S during 2011 season.. and yall be gulping this guy all crazy..
@@79jgibbsyou sound like an idiot lmfao
Lebron averaged 34 ppg on 54% from the field throughout the entire playoffs, including 8 consecutive 40+ point games and 3 game winners. Just for added context his second best player Kevin Love averaged 15 ppg on 39% shooting. (bench player level production)
A bench player averaging 15 ppg? Are you delusional
@@ChaoticOCE What exactly do you think a 6th man is? Are you remedial?
(bench player level production) and a 6 man level production are too very different things. casual viewer @@adh2298
@@ChaoticOCE klove was like a role player that year
A bench player and a 6th man are two very different levels@@adh2298
Rip to the commentator of the Cavs, man's legend with his partner.
that was the best duo. I could listen to both of them all day. tragic
I won't even lie to yall, I was a Bron hater at first but after he went back to back and a very impressive 2013 Season I started becoming a fan. 2016 coming back from 3-1 was what solidified it for me, and this 2018 playoff run crystalized it for me. I'm sorry but in my entire life of hooping, I don't think a prime Kobe or prime Jordan could carry a team to the Finals by themselves. I know it's a team game, but he had no business even getting to the ECF let alone the Finals. I'll take 2018 Bron over anyone. When Bron isn't playing the game and just hoops with a clear mind, he is literally unstoppable bro!
I don't understand why would anyone hate this guy,when he hasn't raped People or done anything other despicable acts like some other People..and he plays for his team unlike many others..he has never deserved to be hated..
you should know by now things are never what they seem in the land of entertainment @@hemulinkulli
in my opinion its debatable whether Kobe and MJ would get this team to the Final. I say they have a good chance. Yes it was a great run but to be fair lets name competition Cavs faced. Oladipo, Bogdanovic , Turner, Lowry, DeRozan and Ibaka, rookie Tatum 13.9 PPG in the regular season, Jaylen Brown 14.5 PPG in the regular season and Horford. That is arguably the easiest road to the Finals . Cleveland had 2 All Stars , Toronto 2 , Indiana and Boston only 1. Kevin Love was 17.5PPM, 9RBG , you could argue he was as good as any name above.
@@cezaryadamski8786 Idk about the easiest but the east was def weaker than the west. But, why are you mentioning regular season stats when talking about the playoffs? Jaylen brown average 20 pts, tatum 18 pts, Horford 13.6 Pts, Rozier 13.6 pts, Smart 12.7 pts. These were the starting 5 for the Celtics.
Now look at this, in the cavs, only 2 player averaged double digit in pts, bron and Love. Love averaged 12.5 pts, literally less than marcus smart who is the 5th option for the celtics. Cmon now, this is some goat shit.
@@cezaryadamski8786Lol 😂
They sweep the top seed in the east and boston is top2 seed , what are you talking about ? Haha
Lebron is such a good player people just choose to hate on his success for no reason.
Greatest of all time nobody can walk in his shoes bron been dealing with this kind of hate since he was 17 year old kid
@@tmub23 He made the NBA unwatchable. Well, Silver helped along the way with the rule changes to make scoring so much easier. His hate is deserved. I tuned in a few nights ago because I was bored, saw him take 7 steps, commit and offensive foul on Nurkic, and not get called for the foul or for traveling. Turned it off again. There is a reason viewership is down...
@@nathancook2852Made it unwatchable by dominating for 2 decades 😂 shut yo bum hater ass up
@nathancook2852 you sound like a whiny child
@@nathancook2852 just making stuff up lol keep being miserable
Indy game 5 is where he became the goat for me.. absolutely unreal.. i was in literal awe when it happened.
isn't this the year he got swept and was scared to guard KD?
@@pablosnackbar6417bro lebron got injure do ur research hes hand got mess up he got mad when he loss game 1
@@pablosnackbar6417 if KD never went the GSW bron would’ve had those two nd KD would’ve never won a ring
@@DmoneyyTMif Lebron never ran to Miami?
@@amenx to bad they didn’t have 73-9 wins better then the bulls
They had this man out here with Jeff Green or Kyle Korver being his best teammate on different nights
Don’t forget jR
@@kylestewart8317oh we wont...
@@StrengthIncarnate That final 4.3 seconds of game 1 of the 2018 final where George Hill and JR Smith absolutely failed him will live on in infamy.
As much I would like to watch it I don’t know do I want to go though this pain again. The greatest playoffs run ever until game 1 finish vs Warriors.
GOAT James 👑🐐
Queen James? Wow,1 year.....1 year where heplayed great and the fan boys call him the Goat and King. Wow,. Did yous fan boys know Jordan had years like that and even better almost every single playoff year? Total Domination. You guys are talking about 1 freakin year 😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅. Pathetic. Jordan The G.O.A.T. period.
@@LuisGallegos-fh1vq LeBron took a team way farther than Jordan did
@@Ke1Creatz 🤣🤣🤣🤣 le queen doesnt have a dynasty ! le flop never had a 3 peat.
MJ total trophies and awards is = 37. MJ even retired twice in his prime.
Magic Johnson = 19
le queen ( Lebron) = 18. has been playing for 21 yrs. he can play for another 20 yrs and still, he can not surpass MJ's accomplishment !
and you can google that. its not an opinion !
are YOU high ?
@@micapalma9532bro the warriors were a super team built to beat Lebron of course he doesn’t have as many trophies also Lebron is a team player more then Mj being an assassin type mentality. There both goats of their era
@@hamzaepps2497 what era is Lebron? what decade or even 5 years he dominated the NBA ? NADA !
The greatest playoff run by a single player ever by
And it happen to be by the greatest player of all time LEBRON JAMES!!!
le queen doesnt have a dynasty ! le flop never had a 3 peat. le queen was a chicken in game 4 NBA finals against the Mavs. only 8 points
MJ total trophies and awards is = 37. MJ even retired twice in his prime.
Magic Johnson = 19
le queen ( Lebron) = 18. has been playing for 21 yrs. he can play for another 20 yrs and still, he can not surpass MJ's accomplishment. let that sink in !
the last 2 decades, Laker Shaq and Kobe had 3 peat. the Spurs Duncan has 5. the Warriors Steph has 4. where did Le queen dominate?!
longevity is not and can never be the measure of true greatness
and that is not an opinion, literally You can google that michael..
@@micapalma9532No need to hate with other people's opinions my guy 💪🏾
@@gutstheman65 that aint hate bro..its fact !
@@micapalma9532 Yo bro my bad
I'm smoking too much lmao
Umm Hakeem from 1995 (when he faced basically 4x 60 win teams) or 1994 Hakeem and MJ from 1997 just walked in, maybe you mean the greatest run since you started watching basketball in 2010's
Lebron James has overtaken Jordan long time ago. Jordan's 6-0 and 3 peats were an old generation's record and doesn't count anymore. The last time a team won a 3 peat was 21 years ago with Kobe Bryant. There's a compelling reason for this. Post Kobe's era, basketball teams and players have grown so talented and very competitive it is virtually impossible for a single team to dominate and mount another 3 peat. And yet despite this, no other player has dominated this game for so long and so consistent except for Lebron James. As for MJ's fans, so sorry to say that all you've got are nostalgia from old videos and footages from the past including records won out of weak opponents.
Perfectly said. What Lebron has accomplished in this generation is just as good as what Jordan accomplished in his generation. In MJ’s generation it was easier to dominate with one team and create a dynasty. The closest thing we’ve had to a dynasty like that in this generation were the warriors and even they had to do something crazy to keep that dynasty building.. which was bringing one of the best players in the league KD to a 73-9 stablished team. And even they couldn’t achieve a three peat. It’s just to difficult. Injuries or not, the competition in todays nba is unmatched and nobody will ever dominate a whole decade like those bulls teams did in the 90s unless someone creates a superteam even worse than the KD warriors. Yea the bulls were what they were in the 90s because of MJ but they were a superteam for their time.
Team dominance and accomplishments shouldn’t be a factor in GOAT conversations. It’s not fair that an all time great player had the opportunity to have the best team in the league as well while other all time great player had to carry his team most of the time. On the MJ vs Lebron conversation we always bring the 6-0 and the bulls dominance as a factor. Shouldn’t be like that. It’s a teams sport and MJ wasn’t alone in that 6-0 90s run. He had plenty help. If we compare by just the player give me lebron any time. There’s never been a guy more dominant and all around greater than him
@@user-oh4jd7ku2dwade and bosh and ray allen/ kevin love and kyrie/ anthony davis
STILL self-proclaimed over WORLD RECOGNISED!!!😅🤣😂
Absolute masterpiece of a comment lol couldn’t have explained it any better myself
How is he not the greatest of all time?! Lebronto era was something special to watch. Jordan had points but never had 40+ points and 10+ assists, Kobe just never trusted his teammates like that. LONG LIVE KING JAMES!!!!
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Maybe the best season I’ve seen by one player with basically an average team and went to the finals
From the opening buzzer of Round 1 Game 2 lebron went absolutely GOAT mode and didn’t stop.
Game 1 though. Triple double
@@enzocarlo-liu1265kd better than LeBron 💯💯
Kd better than LeBron 💯💯
@@JuwwnDunbar Lebron surpasses kd in every stat
@@enzocarlo-liu1265 kd averages more points, more rebounds, more blocks than LeBron. Kd kick LeBron ass back to back Finals. Kd overall better than LeBron 💯💯
16-1 Lebron vs. Pacers in game two ECR1 in the first 9 minutes was fire
Insane!
All Jr smith had to do is remember the score and this would’ve been the greatest playoff run in NBA history
@stefan_____ momentum means everything
@stefan_____ like i said momentum means a lot there’s no telling how the series would’ve gone if the Cavs got game 1
If it's and buts 😂 lechoke
They wouldn't have won the series....
Lol do you think it's easy to make a game winner?
54:12 lebron finishes over CJ Miles
"You're too little man, get off me."
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Best 2hrs of my life
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@32:11... best thing I've ever seen in my life.. way to go kid 👏👏👏... even if you have to stand alone against none other than your own Pops
I never seen Lebron so relaxed and chill before
He beats scrub East teams.
I don't know why they thought this is impressive lol
@@Nor-e8tYou’re only saying that because he won. 🤡
@@Nor-e8tthe goat Lebron womp womp
Watching this today and just realized Travis Kelce was at this legendary game and got screen time right after the Lebronto one hand floater game😂😂 1:07:35 talk about being cemented in history. That 1 hour perimeter of Cleveland has some Goats for real
Can’t wait for 2012 Bron 😈 🔥 🏆 👑
no doubt I never liked that he left Cleveland but that run when he came back was one of the most impressive runs I seen from a player.
FreeDawkins has always been the GOAT of this highlight ishhh 🔥
This was the best playoff performance I've seen. He really carried this team through the east.
This was a crazy run I still remember this like it was yesterday 🔥
44:45 funny how Vanvleet tryna attack Lebron James as if he can do something 😂
I swear when you have Lebron on your team you ain’t worried about strategies or other players that’s how great he is
That year’s LeBron was the BEST player ever in NBA history 🐐
@freedawkins, you guys are amazing..
22:24 Kendrick ready to whop Lance Stephenson ahh lmaoo
I think these highlights compile the greatness of LeBron. Usually, in team sports, the better team wins, even if the other team has the best player. This happens because the opposing team can make someone else beat you which they don't four times out of seven games. The best player can carry his team to wins in singular games, but not playoff series. Great players like Wilt Chamberlain, Kevin Garnett and Tracy McGrady had a really hard time with this. The same happened with young MJ who couldn't beat the Celtics and Pistons at first despite being the best player. However, LeBron James is the only player who consistently were on worse teams but still managed to win. The experts were like "The pacers/celtics/raptors have a better team, but the Cavs have LeBron James...."
Lol he beat oladipo, defrozan and baby celtics with no Kyrie. Dont forget he had all star Love.
But Lebron also lost when he had better teams/records. 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Young Lbj didnt beat Celtics and Pistons except the 2007 53 win pistons. Cavs only had 3 less wins.
In 1989 MJ as a 6 seed beat 2 higher seeds and took the champ pistons to 6 games.
@@scoop2448 You're absolutely right. LeBron is one of the worst players to ever play. He only gets contracts because his social platform. Whenever he played and won, he was just a marginal bench warmer happy to be along for the ride. He is not the NBA total scoring champion, and his impact on the game is minuscule. Furthermore, he is also the smallest, weakest and dumbest player to ever grace the basketball floor. He can't score, pass, rebound or defend. His closest rival was some rookie who got cut. Finally, he has no fans, and there are no highlight that are being watched over and over again.
@@MrClebophd So basically you didn't address any of my points and made a ridiculous over the top sarcastic comment that had nothing to do with anything. Bravo.
@@scoop2448 I'm sorry. I never said that LeBron always won every series he played in, but he is the first to consistently win with a lesser team multiple times. Also, the 2011 Mavs were a better, more experienced team than the 2011 Heat. I remember the sports experts feeling torn: "X has a better team, but the Cavs have LeBron James". Before LeBron, there was no such discussions.
MJ and the chicago bulls dont beat 2007 spurs,2012 okc, 2013 spurs, 2016 warriors, 2017 warriors, or 2018 warriors, Mj and chicago bulls also would have a hard time with the 2020 heat, he actually has no chance
That game 3 vs Indiana, Love had that rebound after the Collison missed FT but Smith WANTED that ball and for no reason at all lmao
couldn't imagine Jordan carrying this cav team
Cant stop thinking what would happened if they get a W in game 1 vs warriors. He deserved it so much
His fadeaway jumpers are beautiful, esp in the Raptors Cavs series
LeBron James did all he could that's all I can say
LeBron choked in the finals as usual
@@JuwwnDunbarWhat could he do against the greatest team assemble ever with average player on his team? Keep hating old man
@@AivanAsuncion-m8u LeBron had 2 whole all star players on his team no excuses LeBron CHOKED in the finals
@@JuwwnDunbar who ? Jr smith?
@@JuwwnDunbar Kevin love is not all-star caliber at that time , literally a bunch of mediocre against the greatest team assemble
Casuals say getting this team to the Finals and losing against arguably the best team ever is a stain on his legacy.😂
MJ stans honestly think losing earlier in the playoffs doesnt matter because '6-0 in da finals derrrrrrp'... smfh
couldnt win a championship with those teammates, but bringing them to the finals is craaaazy
This was a dope reel, but the title is a little misleading I remember Iverson in 2001 carrying his team to the finals.. Jason Kidd (was not a scorer) lead NJ Nets to back to back finals appearances.
The best prime for lebron fans..but 2007-2009 lebron is my favorit...👑👑👑👑
People need to understand what it took for him to lead this roster to the finals
Nothing the east was a$$ bruh
Anyone who doesn't think LeBron James is in the top 3 seriously needs a mental evaluation or is just insanely biased. I have never seen a playoff run this amazing in my life! LeBron put this team on his back against all odds and dominated the East while not even being in his prime anymore.
This was literally the greatest basketball player that ever played in the playoffs. And it's really not even close.
There will never be another player that can carry a bunch of dogwater washed vets to the finals
Greatness is more than just winning championships on a great team.
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Me a Warriors fan watching this and still in awe after 6 years. I didn't have him beating Boston in the ECF. When he did I was sure we won the finals. Boston woulda taken a game or two from us. The Cavs were a lottery team without Bron.
Korver hit some crazy shots
peak lebron and the greatest peak ever
We love FreeDawkins❤️
Greatest basketball player ever in between the lines! No debate!
Everything really came full circle for LeGoat James. He ended his time with Cleveland the same way he started.
This was the best playoff run by any one player ever, and if not for KD, he would’ve got finals MVP on a losing team.
Thanks for the awesome video FreeDawkins. This must’ve taken forever, it wasn’t easy and we appreciate your efforts.
Nope even if kd wasn’t on the warriors he wouldn’t have gotten fmvp after what happend in 2015
They can't stop 2018 lebron...they need superteam to beat that old man..
That's arguably the best LeBron version during his whole career. In 2018, during that playoff run, he was hitting amazing shots, using actual post game and post moves that I've never seen him do before that, if only he played like that during his whole career, there could have been an argument of him being the Goat.
Crazy the difference 2018 to 2022 you can see how much speed abd agility lebron has lost in that span
father's time is catching up, but Lebron is still very skilled and smart to preserve his energy. Not as dominant but still controlling the game as how he like.
Soloman Hill did sum evil shit bron was still fast up until that
This was great! I wasn't planning on watching the entire video, but here I am about 50 minutes in
Extremely well deserved (vid)title
2021 and 2023 curry carried the warriors for full season and 2018 LeBron carried the cavs for full playoffs both goats 🐐 🐐
In my view, Hakeem in 1994 is the largest individual load that anyone has carried for a Title or FInals run. He became the first player to lead a Finals/Title team in 5/5 categories for the ENTIRE Playoffs. Think about that for a second. Hakeem was the best scorer, rebounder, passer, stealer, shot-blocker, and best overall defender on his team for the playoffs... and won the title.
The other remarkable thing about this title run is that Hakeem became the only player to win the title without another Hall of Famer and without another player who made the all-star team.
sure but was the offensive talent as great as it is today? and how many plays did they run? keep in mind, the triangle offense that the bulls and lakers ran was considered new and special during that time, nowadays its just a norm. and every team has a massive playbook to use. I see what youre saying and tbh its what the player does in his era with what hes got that defines greatness so i can concede that Hakeem was indeed an immense force - unfortunately, where i disagree with you is lebrons early cav days and 2012/2018 were simply a much more harder scenario to get past than what Hakeem had to. think about it, the early cavs teams are not even talked about because no one even remembers who played on those teams other than lebron, and lebron willed that team to the finals lol. and lebrons continued to do this for 2 decades. thats just insanity. with the tools lebron was given, he easily outshined kobe himself. was AN MVP OVER KOBE himself! just saying. If kobe is considered todays jordan then lebron has a 16-6 record against him - that has to mean something. Honestly, i wish we saw a kobe+lebron team - those team USA games where both were on the same team was just truly insane.
@@quicktoreason2722 Strongly disagree. I don't think you've done much research on Hakeem.
In his 2nd season he carried the 1986 team to the Finals without starting guard John Lucas past Magic/Kareem's defending champ Lakers and took the 1986 Celtics to 6 games with Sampson ejected in Game 5.
From 1987 to 1994, Hakeem played with one of the worst supporting casts of all-time as Sampson was injured in 1987 and left soon after.
In 1987 Hakeem lost to the Sonics in the WCSF despite putting up 30-13 with 4 bpg on 60%. In 1988 he put up 2000 Finals MVP Shaq-type numbers with 38-17-2-2-3 on 57% yet his garbage team couldn't get him out the first round.
As for early Lebron, he was carrying them but not vs good playoff teams. He only beat one 50 win team in the playoffs during his time on Cavs from 2003 to 2010.
From 2006 to 2010, 4 of 8 teams LeBron beat in the Playoffs were 0.500 or worse
2007 - two 0.500 teams, the 53 win Pistons without Ben Wallace (17-13 record vs West)
2012 - he had Wade and Bosh. He beat a couple good teams but old Celtics had a losing 7-11 record vs West, no Avery Bradley due to injury
"and lebron willed that team to the finals lol. and lebrons continued to do this for 2 decades"
This is just absurd. He only carried 2 teams to finals (07 and 18). And his competition was weak compared to west. The other years he had 1-2 other all stars.
Hakeem on the other hand had to beat 3 50+ win teams in the 1994 title run and FOUR 57+ win teams (and 2 60+ win teams) in the 1995 title run, which has never been done before or since.
Kobe only has 1 MVP and even Steve Nash won 2 MVPs over him so that's not saying much. And regular season record vs kobe doesnt mean much. Lebron had two 1 seed 60+ win teams in 2009 and 2010 yet couldnt get to the finals vs Kobe. That would have been great to watch.
@@scoop2448 are you going to forget that wade was hurt for a some of it and bosh became a role player? and by the way. its not my words, nba players themselves say that he carried the 2012 team - and 2018 by far is the biggest carry job of them all - i acknowledge your points about Hakeem but unlike hakeem - lebron played in multiple eras where there were more than 3 players on the court that were an offensive threat - in the current era of the nba - all 5 are an offensive threat - while being in that era - he carried a team full of injured players against a YOUNG celtics team, an overly successful raptors team that were the NUMBER 1 seed in the league at that time and simply walked past them- to say this wasnt the best carry job is a joke- i remember they were even saying during the game that lbj's performance that year was the single greatest playoff performance ever -
You guys have both made some great points. I haven’t looked at hakeem as much so I’m going to,
Kobe in 2008-2010 is the biggest carry job ever Hakeem had Clyde 22PPG 5/5 in 1995 and Otis Thorpe was a all star PF in 1992
Me: "Mom please let me watch one more video before bed"
Mom: "Okay fine, but just one"
Me:
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Instead of everyone loving his greatness everybody was to busy hating him and nows hes bout to retire 😔
JJ Redick is the reason lebron cant be like this on the lakers
The greatest player of all time, in any sport. At his PEAK.
Greatest playoff game I seen in my 33 years of living
the year Bron took on the entire NBA by himself………jordan never did that
that game 2 against the Raptors was absolutely INSANE😱
The greatest player of all time
2018 bron is built different!✨🏀
Yet the Lebron haters count 18’s final loss against him. They shouldn’t have even made the playoffs. One of the greatest runs ever. Remember watching it all unfold. Doesn’t seem that long ago!
That 2018 Finals run was probably the worst that could've happened to Cleveland that year.
Yes and yes
Bringing this team to a finals deserve a chip
1:09:00 damn that look from raptors bench.. They want to kill bron😂
5th game vs indiana, he block, he called time out, and he got 3 point
THE GOAT 👑
Hakeem Olajuwon in 94 is the best individual playoff run ever.
He carried them to the WCF only because after that he got swept against real competition
This idiot haters don't even know about basketball
Really🤔
You on a bron video to hate y’all sad 😂😂😂
man...BRON's 2018 run will be unforgettable bcs of good and bad reasons... the good being LEBRON carried the CAVS to the finals, the bad.. KD and the warriors broke the game and JR's braindead moment on game 1
Michael jordan is my goat, but because of his iconic 2 3-peats and the bulls culture he created, and became world famous and propelled basketball to new heights.
As far as the best player to ever touch a basketball, it is, without a shadow of a doubt, Lebron.
We always knew it was impossible to win the NBA alone, but because of AI and Bron twice we know you can get to the Finals...
2016 and 2018 lebron went to another level
2013 & 2020 bron better than 2016 bron
This is why la bron and cavs won they're first chip because the king was absolutely amazing in 2018 and in the playoffs congrats to the cavs for winning they're first chip that season la bron said he was going to bring Cleveland they're first chip and he delivered that year 💪😁😉💯
Greatness king James 🔥🔥
How can they say this man is not clutch? 28:07
LeBron is the goat
8:06 "Lebronnn had a mouse in the house" 😂
This why he the G.O.A.T
You, Sir, are TH-cam royalty!
LeBron always carries his teams...until he doesn't have enough help. It must be fun being his teammate, you never get any credit for TEAM success.
Spelled Jordan wrong
he doesn't always carry his teams. but he did 2007, 2015 and 2018. nobody including yourself can deny that. but carrying literally implies you don't have much help genius
Jordan played with 2 HOF most of his career. What you talking?@@MrComputertrends
Yeah, you’re right. People aren’t giving LARRY NANCE enough credit for taking the Cavs to the finals…
@@sportstalkonly1442 It's still a team sport and if you want to give LeBron credit for his performances in those situations(which he deserves), it doesn't have to be at the expense of his teammates. People literally don't give any credit to those 2007 or 2018 Cavs teams apart from LeBron. 2007 team had an elite defense and some good players who've contributed in a big way offensively. LeBron can't play one man defense, nor can he score every point. 2018 team had elite shooting all over the place and that spacing helped LeBron with his offensive production.
I see you....hold dem J😂😂😊
To a loss? In the weak eastern conference? Barely beating Pacers? LOL.
lets see someone else do it with Korver as their second best player lol.. blind
@PushVOD Kawhi did it and won the championship
Besides that team was what he asked for. They traded everyone and got the new young long fast guys that lebron could stretch the floor with.
I still remember Cowherd saying give LeBron those young players and he can make it work after their first two easy wins after the trade .
You are full of excuses sorry.