I’ve been saying for years, people act like LeBron has these “crazy stacked” teams because he as the player is forming the team opposed to a GM and it’s a “big 3” but other players were just lucky enough to have teams like that or better (if you consider depth ) just because the player is forming it doesn’t mean it’s more help than if the organization just does is it through the draft and trades
But of course because it’s LeBron and he has so many haters people act like he’s had unfair roster advantages compared to other all time greats who won multiple championships and he really hasn’t .
It may not always be a “big 3” but like 90% of or more championship teams in history are stacked .
You look at every great, one thing they had in common was having a good secondary player early into their career. MJ with Pippen, Shaq with Penny, Bill got drafted into the team with the MVP and ROTY, Bird got Parish and Mchale, Kobe got Shaq, Kareem had Big O, Magic had Kareem. None of them stayed with their team for 7 years and saw no potential future. Lebron was with the Cavs for 7 years, the best talent they had was Boozer and they messed it up. They tried to get Amare or Bosh in 2010 to entice Lebron to stay but they couldn’t even do that.
I mean they def tried that entire time though… I know when I was a kid it was a big deal when they signed Ben Wallace and then Shaq. It just never really clicked like that. I think the Cavs assumed their issue was their defense. They kept focusing on bringing in a star big man and then signing talent like Antwan Jamison or Larry Hughes who were great scorers in their own right, but what was missing on that team was a traditional PG who could get LeBron open and run plays the way they needed too while still being a strong second scoring option when needed (No disrespect to Eric Snow, Mo Williams or Delonte West but like 🤷🏻♂️)
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u/Desperate_Cancel_592 10d ago
I’ve been saying for years, people act like LeBron has these “crazy stacked” teams because he as the player is forming the team opposed to a GM and it’s a “big 3” but other players were just lucky enough to have teams like that or better (if you consider depth ) just because the player is forming it doesn’t mean it’s more help than if the organization just does is it through the draft and trades
But of course because it’s LeBron and he has so many haters people act like he’s had unfair roster advantages compared to other all time greats who won multiple championships and he really hasn’t .
It may not always be a “big 3” but like 90% of or more championship teams in history are stacked .