LeBron James: Why his 3-6 NBA Finals record shouldn’t be held against him
By IC San Pedro
LeBron James’ 3-6 record in the NBA Finals shouldn’t be a knock on his legacy
LeBron James has won three NBA championships and has been to the Finals 10 times throughout his already historic and hall of fame worthy career. Many view this feat as a sign of his greatness, but critics use this as an argument against him.
LeBron’s biggest criticism is that he’s *only* 3-6 in the NBA Finals. Three wins and six losses. Which, in fairness, is true. That’s factual. LeBron has a losing record in the NBA Finals. Also factually true. His record is too far from Michael Jordan‘s 6-0 and Kobe Bryant‘s 5-2 NBA Finals records. This means MJ has a perfect winning percentage in the Finals, Kobe won 71 percent of the time in the Finals, while LeBron is sub-.500 at winning 33 percent of the time he’s made the NBA Finals.
Also factually true.
Critics then conclude that LeBron James shouldn’t even be in the GOAT (greatest of all-time) conversation. Now, OK. Wait a moment. As LeBron James finds himself in another NBA Finals, we’ll look at three reasons why his NBA Finals record shouldn’t disqualify him from the GOAT converstation.