04-15-2021, 02:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-15-2021, 02:11 PM by dynamicalVoid.)
(04-15-2021, 02:00 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: I agree with you. These GM's would be fired on the spot if they didn't sign a player of KD's caliber if he wants to come. A GM's goal isn't parity, in fact its the opposite. He wants his team to beat everyone else's all the time. But thats not the case with what happened with Lebron. It wasn't the GM choosing Lebron but the other way around. Lebron manifested his destiny.
The league as a whole (adam Silver) should want to create a system that makes the most parity so EVERYONE has a chance. That keeps engagement from a fan perspective.
Lebron usurped the status quo. He bucked all the traditionality of the player/team relationship, and he made it so that there was absolutely NO parity in his conference and created on paper the best team in the league overnight.
Again, it's hard to fault Lebron because on paper he made the most logical choice. In fact he's a genius because he became probably the most powerful player the league has ever seen. But in doing so he's tainted his legacy. At least in my eyes and I'm sure many others.
The way I see it...LeBron, and rightfully so, saw himself as having the skill and talent to be the best ever.
He wants that Title.
It is he and Michael in the convo. No one is saying Bill Russell is the best ever because of his rings...its Michael is better than LeBron because of rings.
LeBron wants to end the conversation.
(04-15-2021, 02:05 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: I'll take MJ 10 times out of 10 in that scenario.
I wouldnt.
I think Joel Embiid bodies MJ if MJ's teammates go down and MJ has to guard him.
I think LeBron can challenge Embiid.
LeBron is more of a Swiss Army knife than MJ.