No, sorry, but today is not the day that the 2015 NBA Finals will begin. Believe it or not, we've still got two more days to go until they start. So in the meantime, let's compare Michael Jordan and LeBron James again, shall we?
OK, OK, so even we're getting tired of the MJ vs. LBJ debate at this point (JUST START THE FINALS ALREADY!). But FiveThirtyEight just put together a pretty interesting infographic that illustrates the best and worst supporting casts in the NBA Finals over the last 30 years. And while it was designed to show that LeBron has his second-worst NBA Finals supporting cast this year, it also shows that LeBron has had way worse supporting casts overall than MJ ever had during his runs to the Finals. Just take a look at where MJ falls on the list compared to LBJ:
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What does it prove? Well, we'd recommend heading over to FiveThirtyEight to get the full breakdown and to read about how LBJ has done more with less in the Finals. But as a whole, the infographic proves that, during at least three seasons, MJ had some of the best supporting casts ever in the Finals—just in case you LeBron stans need another stat to throw out during your MJ vs. LBJ debates.
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[via The Big Lead]
