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Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP
Lets see.. The Celtics had to acquire KG & Ray Allen.
The Lakers and Kobe had to trade for Pau. The Lakers also had to acquire Shaq before that.
Not every team is fortunate enough to draft two of the top 50 NBA players of all time (Jordan/Pippen) or have their star go down to injury so they can get a once-in-a-decade prospect (Spurs-DRob & Duncan).
No doubt Lebron made a bad decision in the way he announced he was leaving Cleveland and the Heat made a poor choice to hold the signing celebration. It's been almost 2 years now and they've all admitted the mistake and apologized. People need to get over it.
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Jfc. Enough with the bullshit that people need to get over it. No fan base is ever really happy about a player leaving. Let alone in this way. Telling fans to not hate a guy is kind of ridiculous. We hate lots of ex chiefs.
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This argument is stupid.
Jordan, Magic, Isaiah, Bird all played in a different era. They also were all fortunate to be surrounded by studs. Lebron didn't have a single teammate while in Cleveland even close to the caliber of a Pippen, Worthy, Kareem, Parish, McHale, Dumars. The closest Lebron ever got to playing with a HOF caliber player in Cleveland was a broke-dick Shaq in 2009.
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You are really reaching here. First of all, lebron had some very good teams in Cleveland. The team he took to the finals was stacked defensively and had a deep bench of solid role players. Secondly, lebron is partially to blame for lacking a supporting cast. Jordan and Kobe got their superstars because they committed to their team. Lebron had the opportunity to court teammates. In Miami, he courted battier, Nash, etc.... In Cleveland, he didn't even try to get anyone. And no player knew if lebron was going to stay so they steered away from Cleveland.
But most of all, you're nuts if you don't think the decision is going to weigh big time on his legacy. The story will remain that lebron couldn't win a championship by his own means, so he had to form an artificial superpower to do it. It's the arod narrative. This championship certainly helps his legacy. But the decision will always out him in a distant class from the greats.