I don't disagree that Boston over achieved, but to act is if the team made the ECF this season was absolute shit is a discredit to their roster.

They made the ECF last season without Kyrie, Tatum, or Hayward.
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I was so quick to respond I missed the part about Manning

:-)

8 years vs. 2

And the Steelers/Jags are still more competitive than these teams in the East.
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It's the problem with the false binary nature of sports hot takes. There can exist a reality where LeBron is otherworldly that doesn't detract from Jordan's greatness. Meanwhile, Boston's roster can be "meh," but they can be made a very good team by a phenomenal coach. Instead, to support Jordan or LeBron, people feel the need to destroy the other, or denigrate Boston or the 90's East after the fact.
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2 years of shit competition since Manning left. Blake Bortles. Blake motherfucking Bortles was the best competition the conference could give Tom Brady last year :-)

I can only imagine the type of scrutiny LeBron would get if he lost the Finals like Brady lost a fucking backup in February.

Imagine if KD blows his knee out in the next game and Lebron still got embarrassed in the finals? I swear to God people hate LeBron bc they are so protective of MJ.
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Talented team? :-)

Wade's knees were shot and he was finished as an good NBA player, Bosh was a third banana who was past his peak himself, and they had nothing else after that.

As it should be. If he stuck with Cleveland indefinitely, he'd be criticized for not having the drive to win a championship (because it is certainly not going to happen there again any time soon).
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And honestly, watching the evolution of the game the last 3-4 years... I can very easily see a future where there's somebody in the next 25 years that's easily better than Jordan or LeBron. You see guys like Giannis, Anthony Davis, Ben Simmons. Guys who have that kind of skill set in a 7 footer's body.
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If I needed one score at crunch time, I want Jordan, every time. However, LeBron is the best, most complete player in NBA history. His FT shooting is his only real weakness. It's too bad some people are so defensive of Jordan's legacy that they down grade the accomplishments of Lebron. On top of his statistical dominance, by all accounts, he's a first class human being. He's made 2 major mistakes as far as I'm concerned, the decision and losing to Dallas.
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Leaving Cleveland for Miami was 100% the right move.

How he announced it wasn't.
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I have a lot of reasons why I don't put Lebron at GOAT. but denying his greatness is absurd at this point. Its possible to like Jordan and Lebron at the same time
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Agreed.
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It is literally the only reason. Just like those people who hold on to archaic traditions in vain at the expense of progress, the people who want to hold on to the infallible ideal of MJ being the GOAT don't want to accept that somebody is passing him as a player 20 years later (and refusing to give that somebody credit for his incredible, unmatched accomplishments is part of that).
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Indeed.
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The best ever doesn’t lose to Joe Flacco at home in the conference championship.

That wasn’t even the first time. Remember when Flacco blew Brady out at home in the divisional round?
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None of those guys you named are going to have anything like a LeBron career, but obviously there could come a time where somebody is again on that level. I don't know if it will be in my lifetime, but one could hope (and that's the difference between me and the MJ backers, I would absolutely love to see somebody come along in 20 years and pass LeBron, greatness in sports is fun).
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I know KCC won't like this but KD could be that player at least to challenge Lebron. He may win a few more championships and the way he scores he will probably end up breaking alot of the scoring records.
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