Ranking the 8 teams LeBron James took to the NBA Finals

May 30, 2014; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat forward LeBron James (middle) leads teammates in celebration from the bench during the second half in game six of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2014 NBA Playoffs against the Indiana Pacers at American Airlines Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports /

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Dec 11, 2015; Orlando, FL, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova (8) celebrates with forward LeBron James (23) after scoring against the Orlando Magic during the second half at Amway Center. The Cavaliers won 111-76. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /

6. 2015 Cleveland Cavaliers

Looking back at the 2015 Finals, it’s hard to rank this squad because of the massive injuries in incurred on the road to the Finals.

Kyrie Irving, LeBron and Kevin Love used a lot of this season to figure each other out. It appeared clunky at times, and many a fan questioned whether David Blatt had any idea what he was doing as a head coach in the NBA.

This team had the third best offensive rating in the NBA (111.0), but wasn’t very good defensively, ranking 18th out the 30 teams.

Usually, championship caliber teams rank somewhere in the top 10 defensively.

But when you’ve got LeBron James, you can go ahead and throw everything out the window once the playoffs start.

Kevin Love didn’t make it out of the first round, and Kyrie Irving lasted just two games in the Finals.

Yet LeBron, Matthew Dellavedova, J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert and Tristan Thompson actually had a lead at one point in this series.

Ultimately, the Warriors had too much fire power, but it says something about this team that they were able to take such a great to six games without two of its major players available.

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