2021-2022 AROUND the NBA: GSW Champs [ARCHIVED]

[SleepingHero]

What perfect situation has he orchestrated himself into?   The Miami thing was all 3 deciding to play together and he was a FA when he joined them and when he left them. Other than the first year he was the best player on that team.  

I mean Lebron and Wade decided to team up. The plan was to get Carmelo originally but he signed his full max extension. Bosh followed Wade and Lebron's suit of doing only a 3+1 deal. I would say teaming up with 2 other all-stars in their prime in an unprecedented fashion is orchestrating a perfect situation. Miami was by far the favorites to win that year and were the villains for a reason. As for the Lakers, he orchestrated the AD trade. It wasn't a secret that Lebron wanted him. I mean look at the Game of Zones parody episodes of Lebron and AD "tampering". 

Cleveland had Kyrie but ir was not like they were a great team. He carried that team as well. 

Lakers had started to get some young talent but we all laughed when Bron went there. AD played well but again Bron was the centerpiece.

My problem with Lebron isn't that he carries the team. He of course is going to carry the team. He's been a top 3 player in this league the last 15 years. My issue is that he creates the easiest situations for himself to win. He tailor makes the team he signs with. He forced CLE to trade their 1st pick in Wiggins for Kevin Love before he arrived. He made CLE trade for Shumpert+JR Smith. He made them give Thompson a max extension. He wanted the front office trade all of their picks to fix their depleted roster in 2018 (that he created for) one last run. They declined because he wouldn't commit to resigning. Ring familiar? Because it's literally exactly what's happening for the Lakers. 

My problem with Lebron is that the guy is talented enough to win without these crutches but he refuses to do so because he always wants to take the easiest path. That's why I have no respect for Lebron and what my main point was in bringing up the "Lebron Cycle"

Sure winning a championship is always worth the cost of the Lebron Cycle. But I wasn't critiquing the teams bending to Lebron's will. I was critiquing Lebron for having to create the easiest situation for him to win in. Something literally NO other star in the history of the NBA has ever done. Literally none. It makes him unique among the NBA greats. He ushered in this player merry-go-round era where the best stars switch teams every 3 years as soon as the going gets tough. 

I don't find it a surprise that as soon as Lebron doesn't have the absolute perfect team they lose in spectacular fashion and/or miss the playoffs entirely. That's why I have no respect for Lebron and his "Lebron Cycle"