I don’t care about basketball or LeBron, but being a member of a team is different than being a lone wolf.
LeBron must be a good team player, passing the ball to somebody else when they have a better shot.
Lone wolf is a good one-on-one player keeping the ball to himself.
Apples and oranges.
Sports media, when the Lakers win: Theyfocus on all the Lebron highlights even when other teammates had a better game.
Also them: They focus on how badly the other teammates did when they lose a game, even when Lebron played horribly or worse than the other starting 4.
MJ had to face a 60 plus win team first round of the playoffs early in his career, had a dynasty to get by (the Larry Bird Lakers) then get by another dynasty right after them (the Bad Boys Pistons) on the way to a three peat.
Lebron never had to face that.
Plus Jordan, in totality, throughout all of his career, played with less total All Star players than Lebron has, in totality, throughout his career, and had two three-peats, 6 championships in 8 years.
My dad was getting very sick, but while he could still do it I took him to a Lakers game. LeBron made 1 basket in the entire first half. In the opening of the 3rd quarter he hit a 3 pointer. My dad, who was losing it, had the sense to tell me that he scored more points in that one shot than the entire first half. Then we shared an ice cream sandwich God bless my father and I will love LeBron for that memory of him.
All high -faluting coaching aside … about the weak side and pick and roll and boxing out and then fast break and transition…. I think this is what basketball boils down to.
Im no fan of James - mainly for his kowtowing to the CCP and his faux racism stances - but he is undeniably one of the greatest ever and would excel in any format in any era.
Admire Tracy McGrady too - he is one of the few - Kevin Garnett being another - who made the jump from high school directly to the NBA and excelled.
I dislike him for being a tool of the ChiComs.
Mr. Softie would try to play defense, flop, and it’d be over.
But he's not really a winner. Three championships (the one in the bubble didn't count)
Give me a superstar who is the consummate team player over a selfish one-on-one player. no matter how good he is, any day of the week.
Big Hairy Deal.
Pistol Pete Maravich could have beaten any human then walking the planet in a game of HORSE. He was a superstar from High School to the NBA, yet in more than 20 years of playing organized basketball never once was on a team that won a championship.
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What an absolute LoL!