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On Lebron's teams, it is usually best for him to have the ball in his hands. Luka is a better player on offense, with higher bball IQ, better passing, better shooting, better handles. You want the ball in the better player's hands, i.e., Luka. So what is Lebron going to do off-ball on Luka's team? And are they going to take turns taking timeouts on defense?

If Lebron would at least hook Luka up with his training regimen and teach him how get in shape or have a long, injury-free career... that would be great. He does not seem to have done that with AD, D'lo Russell, etc though.

Agreed you want the best dude with the ball in his hands the majority of the time, but Luka has copy-catted a lot of Lebron's game up until this point especially with how he distributes the ball.

Theoretically Lebron would allow Luka to rest throughout the game, possession by possession, and the Mavs wouldn't really lose much, if anything, scoring/facilitating pressure. They wouldn't even have to switch up their game style when Lebron has the ball vs. Luka. 

Lebron has also sneakily become a solid 3pt shooter and would probably be the ultimate short roll guy ever. I'm not sure there is any defense for a Luka-Lebron PnR with Lively waiting in the dunkers spot. 

If teams double Luka, well you have Lebron wide open at the top of the key playing 4 on 3. If you aren't doubling Luka, then you have arguably one of the most gifted scorers we've ever seen with all the space to operate and will probably drop 50 on you. 

Add in Kyrie as an off ball pressure relief and PJ as the versatile forward who can do a bit of everything and that is a very very VERY scary team. 

It's easy to talk yourself into the idea.