Is LeBron The Most Powerful Player In NBA History From An Organizational Standpoint?

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

I was referencing Steph as a star. Bron is a superstar.

Point taken.

 

[904]

I would say yes

Even more so than Jordan... I've seen somewhere where Jordan wanted to play until he lost in the Finals..

According to Phil, Krause broke up the team on an ego trip basically...

 

[Da_Eggman]

Does jerry west count

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

Does jerry west count

Jerry had power when he was playing?

 

[jaguar paw]

@Blackthoughts

Throw me a link to that Delonte interview

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

@Blackthoughts

Throw me a link to that Delonte interview

 

[Da_Eggman]

Jerry had power when he was playing?

He was lo key already working as there gm

 

[Majestic Pape]

If he had so much power, why did he not recruit the players he wanted the first time in Cleveland?

And when talking about 1st overall picks, it's not like we're talking about Chris Webber or Shaquille O'neal.

shyt, he was recruiting then, just nobody wanted to come. It's not like he's asking guys to come to Los Angeles or Miami () or New York or something.

But I don't think there's ever been an athlete in team sports who has both recognized and USED the leverage that he has like LeBron has done. Hell, from here on out LeBron will probably have player options for each season of his contract... I think we're going to, thirty years down the line, look at LeBron as the guy who changed the game for players from a financial/business/contractual standpoint.

 

[SuperNintendo Chalmers]

Yep. This type of shyt has NEVER happened before.

Lol.

You nikkas need real male role models.

 

[Majestic Pape]

I'm not sure why people keep mentioning Michael Jordan.

Jerry Krause stayed ignoring Michael Jordan's pleas to draft certain players (usually UNC guys) like Joe Wolf and shyt. And Mike wanted the Bulls to bring back Phil and Pippen and 'em after they won the sixth title and they decided the move was Tim Floyd.

Imagine a GM saying after LeBron's team won the title... "Players don't win championships, organizations do."

LeBron literally has the Cavs in a stranglehold.

But it does need to be said that BECAUSE of Michael Jordan and superstar players before him, LeBron is able to do the shyt he's doing now.

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

They say before LeBron left Cleveland Dan Gilbert was giving dude free access to his private jet and LeBron and his crew was taking that shyt everywhere which is why Gilbert was so mad when LeBron left because he was giving him total power over the organization.

They even built their practice facility close to LeBron's house in Akron to appease him. That's bigger than the Lakers having helicopters to pick up Kobe.

 

[Big Boss]

Read up on Magic. He had MUCH more pull than LeBron.

didn't he get a coach fired?

 

[labrokejames]

Hard to say...it's either him or Jordan...I mean Jordan literally "industrialized" the NBA...

Lebron has caused seismic shifts that were unheard of though based on his personal decisions....

I remember when Jordan first retired in 1994....and the media coverage of that was NOTHING compared to when Lebron first decided to go to Miami...or when he decided to go back to Cleveland.

I swear the Earths axis shifts a little whenever Lebron has a "decision" to make.

Breh 1994 = No twitter, no Facebook, no Smartphones, no social media of any kind. Can you imagine if that was around when Jordan retired? The country would have shut down.

 

[Majestic Pape]

didn't he get a coach fired?

Paul Westhead's ego got him fired, but yeah, Magic pushed for it and sealed the deal. Magic was Jerry Buss's best friend basically.

 

[Big Boss]

even Jordan didn't even have this type of power when he was with the bulls