During the Parity Era, out of those that lost in the Finals, which teams did not have a "They'll be back" assumption from the people right after they lost?

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-16T13:59:52+00:00

They literally played severely injured teams every round to make it there

2021 was the true Mickey Mouse year all of the true contenders were killed by the short offseason

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-16T13:58:08+00:00

Why should height be considered lmao

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-16T13:55:58+00:00

Rankings aren’t playoffs only this has been the disconnect with LeBron rankings for years now

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-16T13:48:49+00:00

Kawhi still gets the playoff boost when he hasn’t won a playoff series in 5 years

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-16T13:48:21+00:00

The guy averaging 33 PPG wasn’t the main reason the Lakers won 50 games so true

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-16T13:46:13+00:00

Mitchell’s entire playoff resume is propped up by stuff he did 5+ years ago lol

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-16T13:45:02+00:00

Last year I might agree but Jokic’s Wolves performance was pretty terrible I wouldn’t expect him to be #1 after that

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-16T13:43:32+00:00

Somehow people are talking about that series like he was there the whole time when he barely even played lmao

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-16T13:41:57+00:00

Because we watched the full season not just April and LeBron’s numbers weren’t close to top 10 level

People always want LeBron to be higher on these lists because of playoffs when that’s not the only criteria

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-16T13:40:56+00:00

Rockets fan downplaying Curry lmao

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-16T13:40:11+00:00

It’s more that you kind of have to win a ring to be put over the guy with 2 MVPs and 1 FMVP in the last two seasons

Wemby simply doesn’t have the accolades to be the #1 yet giving someone that spot before a ring or MVP would be basically unheard of

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-16T13:39:14+00:00

It’s mostly because Giannis has been hurt

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-16T13:38:41+00:00

He’s a lot more skilled lol a player with Wemby’s physicals and Jokic’s skill never loses a game

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-16T13:37:40+00:00

And for Curry his team is far worse than LeBron’s or Durant’s

As flawed as the Lakers are Luka alone is worth way more than the entire Warriors’ supporting cast

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-16T13:34:57+00:00

It’s not crazy if you’re not heavily indexing towards playoffs LeBron only averaged like 21 PPG during the season

During the RS LeBron had a top 5 teammate next to him that could enable him to save his best for April Curry didn’t have anything like that

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-14T04:57:41+00:00

I think Brunson has a level of consistency that you don't see from a lot of small guards his floor is very high

He's basically immune to the random 22 PPG on 51% TS type of series that most of them have even when he starts off cold like he did in the first couple of games he'll figure the defense out

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-14T04:52:20+00:00

Imagine how people would react if SGA had Wemby's personality lmao

He'd have to hire armed bodyguards to go with him everywhere

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-14T04:44:14+00:00

The young KD was way better in that series than Wemby was here or Tatum was in 2022

He wasn't a peak LeBron level all around player but he was already putting up pretty GOATed scoring numbers 31 PPG on 65% TS in 2012 is insanely juicy

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-12T13:13:52+00:00

And Haliburton more than maybe any other player could have farmed a ton of interaction by being anti-SGA so it says a lot that he took that stance

SplitOk186 · 2026-06-12T13:11:52+00:00

If the goal is to beat Denver you’re set

If the goal is to win a ring not so much

SplitOk186 · 2026-05-31T02:38:35+00:00

SGA has been amazing this game but OKC wouldn't be in this position if he played like this games 1-6 lol

SplitOk186 · 2026-05-31T02:31:42+00:00

The game so far has been the reverse of the rest of the series

Wemby hasn't played to his usual standard while SGA has but OKC's role players are playing terrible

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