Ranking the Biggest NBA Finals Carry Jobs
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Ranking the Biggest NBA Finals Carry Jobs
By Russell Goldenberg August 2021
LeBron haters should stop reading now.
Despite being a team sport, some NBA teams rely on a star to get them to the finals more than others. Did Giannis do it without help? Not really. Did MJ carry Pippen? Sometimes. Is LeBron amazing? Yes.
There are plenty of opinionated articles and videos debating this already. So I figured I would add my data-driven take to the mix. What do the data say about ranking the biggest Finals carry jobs in NBA history?
The data say that LeBron’s (losing) effort with the 2018 Cavaliers reigns supreme.
Advanced stat haters should stop reading.
To answer this I used the all-in-one advanced stat RAPTOR WAR (WAR) created by 538, a good measure for how many wins a player contributed vs. what a replacement level player would. But we can’t just measure who had the highest WAR in isolation since both games and minutes played factor in. It needs to be relative to the rest of the team.
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