LeBron's teams have entered the playoffs as the No. 2 seed five times, each time making it to the NBA Finals. If there was doubt brewing from their seeding, that should wipe it clean out of the equat

They balanced things out and finished the season as the No. 2 seed, then dominated the Eastern Conference. They beat the Philadelphia 76ers (4-1), Boston Celtics (4-1) and Chicago Bulls (4-1) before they were stopped in their tracks by German engineer

Now back with the Cleveland Cavaliers, James is back to his title-winning ways. He led the Cavs to their first-ever title last year and is gearing up to make a run at his seventh-straight NBA Updates|Https://Nbaactioninsight.Com/ Finals this y

The 2011-2012 season was a strange one, though, with the NBA having a shortened regular season following a nasty lockout. Players and league executives engaged in a bitter standoff that cut the NBA season down by 16 games and condensed the schedule sever

Coached by Erik Spoelstra, who is still in charge of the Heat, the 2011-12 squad delivered the first of the back-to-back titles of the Big Three era. Here's where the starting five and key contributors from that year's team are

It didn't take long for LeBron to make his first NBA Finals appearance, accomplishing the feat in just his fourth season since jumping to the league straight out of high school. The Cavaliers did it as the No. 2 s

Hughes is still one of the more puzzling members of those pre-return LeBron teams, as he was looked at as a legitimate sidekick for The King at the time. He had just averaged 22 points per game with the Wizards and led the league in ste

At 31 years old, Deng is getting a career-lows in points with 7.6 per game, the first season out of 12 in the single-digits. He is under contract for the next three seasons at an average of about $18 million per y

A few Rose surgeries, a firing of coach Tom Thibodeau (now in Minnesota), and some fan favorites on the move later, and the Bulls are fighting for their playoff lives this spring after missing the playoffs altogether a year

After spending his entire eight years with the Bulls, the fan-favorite was sent to the Oklahoma City Thunder at the trade deadline, along with Doug McDermott, for an underwhelming package headlined by point guard Cameron Pa

Anthony was a born scorer from the moment he stepped foot in the Rocky Mountains as a rookie. His reputation as a complete offensive force took a second to blossom. His Olympic resume and All-Star appearances speak for themsel

Like Kidd, Hall of Famer Thomas is firmly in the conversation when discussing the best point guards in history, he was a magician with the ball in his hands. However, unlike Kidd, Thomas at least had some rings to show for

The Cavaliers will go to work against Paul George, Lance Stephenson and the Indiana Pacers in the first round, where James has been absolutely dominant his entire career. Not going in as the top-seeded club may seem ominous, but that's never stopped LeBron from succeeding bef

The Spurs were back with payback in their minds after losing to the Heat in a seven-game series the previous postseason. San Antonio jumped all over the Heat, thrashing them in a 4-1 series that was never really close. The Spurs won by double-digits in each of their four victor

The Matrix was pretty much hooked up to a dial-up modem by the time he made his way to Cleveland. He saw minutes early in the season but never really got used by head coach David Blatt, even when his team was gasping for air on offence with 7 bodies in the Fin

After spending last season with the Shandong Golden Stars in China, Cole signed a contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder in March. He is now averaging 2.3 points and 1.1 assists in limited action as the team's third-string point gu

West finished second in the MVP voting four different times, losing out to Wilt Chamberlain in 1966, Willis Reed in '70, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in '71 and again in '72. In the '65 ballot, West finished third, behind only Bill Russell and Oscar Robertson. It's certainly no shame losing out to those na

He was a walking triple-double during his outstanding 19-year career in the NBA. J.Kidd made it to 11 All-Star games with five First Team All-NBA selections, but the MVP award never came his way as a result of tough competition and talent in the league at the t

King James is near the end of season number 14 for him in his career. He’s played almost an additional season of basketball if you count the postseason and the Finals. In the championship rounds he’s had the aid of players like Dwyane Wade and Kyrie Irv

With Russell Westbrook and James Harden battling it out for one of the most hotly contested MVP duels in recent years, it will be a shame to see one of these players miss out on the award after both enjoying incredible seas

Enter Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors. The Cavaliers fell victim to the Splash Bros, the amazing breakout season from Draymond Green, and the veteran Swiss army knife that is Andre Iguodala in a 4-2 NBA Final ser