"LeBron James has ruined the NBA. He is the anti-jordan" - RobParker

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Real question I'm wondering is that if Jordan was the ultimate winner, would he have left if he didn't have any help and the Bulls front office was trash? Because winning is more important to some people than loyalty to a franchise.

Lots of people argue that pippen was able to develop into the player he was by learning from Mike

If they don't trade for pippen then I'm not sure how they grab another top talent

They would have had better picks for sure
 

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Fax. This wack trend wouldn't have started If it wasn't for Lebron. Bron won cheap championships in his prime by joining two other players in their primes :hhh:

Imagine Bean, MJ or Magic joining up with their conference rivals for cheap rings:hhh:

Yeah imagine bean,magic and mj leaving teams that had Kareem, shaq, cooper, ac green, rambis, Nixon, Wilkes, worthy, rice, Malone, glove, gasoline, Bynum, Odom, arrest, horry, Harper,pippen, grant, rodman, mcadoo, van exel, Eddie jones, riley, Phil, etc etc :coffee: shame on bron for not winning during his first stint in Cleveland were boobi Gibson and mo Williams not enough :palm:
 

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Rob Parker calling out LeBrons game of thrones politics like we all didn't know :mjlol:
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There isn't. At all.

There is no comparison you slack jawed fakkit.

False.

LeBron teamed up with Wade and Bosh to guarantee himself a ring.

Durant teamed up with Curry, Klay and Draymond to guarantee himself a ring.

THAT is the similarity, and its a big one.

Yes Miami was a middling team before the big three formation and GSW was a 73-9 team (that beat KD's team) before KD joined.

Yes that makes the two scenarios different.....

BUT at the core of both player's decision is that similarity - guranteeing the highest possibility of rolling off multiple championships.

A similarity ya'll Bron fanboys fail to acknowledge despite it being obvious to everyone else. Vilify KD all you want for his move. Just stop pretending LeBron "not 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7" James wasn't ring chasing when he took his talents to South Beach. He 100% was and there's nothing wrong with that. Great players need championship hardware to validate their position in the history of the sport. It is what it is.
 

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Absolutely

I personally had no problem with Brawn going to Miami and stacking the deck in his favor as a 25 year old. But the people who make the :scust:face anytime KDs move is mentioned yet act like rooting for Brawn is the morally right alternative are hilarious. Dudes been stacking the deck in his favor 7 years running.
 

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False.

LeBron teamed up with Wade and Bosh to guarantee himself a ring.

Durant teamed up with Curry, Klay and Draymond to guarantee himself a ring.

THAT is the similarity, and its a big one.

Yes Miami was a middling team before the big three formation and GSW was a 73-9 team before KD joined.

Yes that makes the two scenarios different.....

BUT at the core of both player's decision is that similarity - guranteeing the highest possibility of rolling off multiple championships.

A similarity ya'll Bron fanboys fail to acknowledge despite it being obvious to everyone else. Vilify KD all you want for his move. Just stop pretending LeBron "not 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7" James wasn't ring chasing when he took his talents to South Beach. He 100% was and there's nothing wrong with that. Great players need championship hardware to validate their position in the history of the sport. It is what it is.
Wrong.

The biggest difference is what they left behind.
If Lebron has his own top 5 teammate there's ZERO chance he leaves. Cleveland failed to get Lebron a running mate. If Lebron has Westbrook he don't leave.

Lebron didn't go to the team he couldn't beat
Lebron didn't go to the team he just blew a 3-1 lead to
Lebron didn't go to a team with a 2 time MVP
Lebron didn't go to a team with the best regular season Record of all time.

It ain't the same. Stop.
 

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Wrong.

The biggest difference is what they left behind.
If Lebron has his own top 5 teammate there's ZERO chance he leaves. Cleveland failed to get Lebron a running mate. If Lebron has Westbrook he don't leave.

Lebron didn't go to the team he couldn't beat
Lebron didn't go to the team he just blew a 3-1 lead to
Lebron didn't go to a team with a 2 time MVP
Lebron didn't go to a team with the best regular season Record of all time.

It ain't the same. Stop.

You can say I'm wrong all you want, but I'm not lol.

LeBron wanted a guaranteed championship and Durant wanted a guaranteed championship. I already said the circumstances and scenarios were drastically different(did you read my post?), but at the core of it, they both did it for the same reasons. It is what it is.
 
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