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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
How many superstars of LeBron's calibre had to manufacture a team in this way?
He's the ARod of basketball. There isn't a more perfect comparison (purely from a performance standpoint).
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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).
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Originally Posted by notorious
If I were surrounded by below average co-workers and an idiot boss I would want to get the **** out of there, too.
I understand Lebrons decision to leave Cleveland, I just hate how he acted afterwards.
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Originally Posted by luv
This. I don't blame him for leaving, but have some class.
That said, I still hate the Heat.
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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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Originally Posted by tredadda
How many? Not Jordan, nor Magic, nor Isaiah, nor Kobe, nor Hakeem, nor Bird, nor Duncan etc..... They stayed with their team, Lebron bailed on his. He was the superstar and should have rode it out in Cleveland. He did not and this will be part of his legacy. I agree with your comparison of him to ARod.
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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.