LeBron James Has Never Faced Stronger NBA Finals Foe Than Golden State Warriors

June 2nd, 2015 by Adam Fromal Leave a reply »

LeBron James claims that he's never been better, and that will need to be an accurate statement if he hopes to add a third Larry O'Brien Trophy to his mantle. He's faced plenty of tough foes during his five previous trips to the NBA Finals, but not a single one of them stacks up favorably against the 2014-15 Golden State Warriors. 

"I think if you put it all together, yeah," the four-time MVP recently told ESPN.com's Dave McMenamin. "If you put everything together as far as my mind, my body, my game. If you put everything in one bottle, this is probably the best I've been."

It's time to prove it. 

James' career in the NBA Finals began when he carried a lackluster—and that's being generous—supporting cast onto the sport's biggest stage and was quickly annihilated by the 2007 San Antonio Spurs, who swept his Cleveland Cavaliers.

Granted, most games were fairly close (86-76, 103-92, 75-72, 83-82), but this was still nothing other than a beatdown. 



Next, he succumbed to the 2011 Dallas Mavericks, a team riding a red-hot Dirk Nowitzki and a whole host of veteran c ...

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