How many players in NBA history are capable of taking weak/average casts to Finals?

[canefandynasty]

Hakeem
LeBron
Jordan
Wilt
Shaq
Kareem
maybe Duncan, but I don't think he has as much scoring firepower as the other guys

...are the only ones I can think of.

[LoveMeOrHateMe]

Jordan couldn't do it without pippen and Kobe would've taken that team in 06 to that finals if it wasn't for that choke job the team had after they were up 3-1 and Lebrons team was far from average it wasn't top 5 good but top 10 forsure

[stawka]

LMAO ^ that response above me. I'll reply properly when I get home

[b@llhog24]

Jordan couldn't do it without pippen and Kobe would've taken that team in 06 to that finals if it wasn't for that choke job the team had after they were up 3-1 and Lebrons team was far from average it wasn't top 5 good but top 10 forsure

[D12 fan]

Dwight Howard took Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis to the Finals, don't tell me they were good players because all they did was spot up and shoot wide open 3pt shots from Dwight getting doubled team.

[Hawkeye15]

I can see why people want to say Jordan, but in order for one player to drag a bad roster to contender status, that player needs to be someone who makes his teammates better, and can get them shots in their correct areas.

Magic and LeBron are the first two that come to mind for me.

[Redskins10]

jordan couldn't do it without pippen and kobe would've taken that team in
06 to that finals if it wasn't for that choke job the team had after they were up 3-1 and lebrons team was far from average it wasn't top 5 good but top 10 forsure

lol..

[alexander_37]

Hakeem
LeBron

Are the only ones who took truly bad supporting casts to the finals that I can think of.

[ManRamForPrez24]

Dwight Howard took Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis to the Finals, don't tell me they were good players because all they did was spot up and shoot wide open 3pt shots from Dwight getting doubled team.

Your eyes were deceiving you. Come to think of it, I think this is a common trend.



LeBron has done it. Hakeem did it. Dwight did do it. Dirk did it. I'm sure plenty others have too.

The rest of those guys up there didn't go as far with less as far as I'm aware. Most probably could, but we don't know for certain.

[jerellh528]

Any team that gets to the finals is far from weak. They earn their spot from talent, good chemistry, and hard work. One player can not take a weak team to the finals or the NBA in general is very sad.

[alexander_37]

Any team that gets to the finals is far from weak. They earn their spot from talent, good chemistry, and hard work. One player can not take a weak team to the finals or the NBA in general is very sad.

Look what Lebron had in Cleveland ... nothing.

[jerellh528]

Look what Lebron had in Cleveland ... nothing.

So if lebron was able to lead a team with "nothing" to the finals, how come he wasn't able to win a ring with a loaded miami team his first year, and only took cleveland to the finals once? it takes more than 1 great player. Lebron is a beast no doubt, but it takes a snow ball of things for a team to reach the finals.

[alexander_37]

So if lebron was able to lead a team with "nothing" to the finals, how come he wasn't able to win a ring with a loaded miami team his first year, and only took cleveland to the finals once? it takes more than 1 great player. Lebron is a beast no doubt, but it takes a snow ball of things for a team to reach the finals.

I never said he could do it every year?

The fact that he did it once with that trash team in Cleveland is 100x more impressive than winning a ring with the Heat.

[jerellh528]

I never said he could do it every year?

The fact that he did it once with that trash team in Cleveland is 100x more impressive than winning a ring with the Heat.

Ok i can see that. I do agree he and shaq are probably the two i can think of that probably contribute the most wins for their teams just based on the "eye" test.

[looka09]

How come Cleveland had the best record in the league if they were so bad outside Lebron ?