Monday, June 01, 2015

Ranking LeBron's Best and Worst Supporting Casts

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/where-this-years-cavs-rank-among-lebrons-nba-finals-supporting-casts/

Very, very interesting stuff.  What this will tell you is that LeBron's supporting casts have generally sucked.  But it also tells you this:

2007 -- 61st best team versus 1th best team the Spurs -- Spurs sweep.

2011 -- 10th best team versus 58th best team the Mavs -- Mavs in 6 - it really was as terrible of a choke job as we imagined.

2012 -- #21 versus the #25 OKC club -- easy win, so a better win that we imagined.

2013 -- #39 club versus the #2 Spurs -- you wonder why the Spurs were SOOOOO pissed that they lost?  They were much better than the Heat.

2014 -- #53 versus #7 Spurs -- Spurs in 5.  Spurs were way better.


2015 -- #60 versus #14 Warriors.     Looks like it should be Warriors in 5.

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