The king is dead: LeBron won't be the best now
To start this out, I’m a Los Angeles Lakers fan.
I’ll be completely honest, I’ve always been a Lakers fan and always will be.
I literally had so much stress built up for the Lakers – Celtics game 7 this year that I made myself sick with excitement after the Lakers won.
But last week all the excitement and happiness the NBA had put into me only a month ago vanished with a one-hour special about LeBron James and his “decision.”
I’m not a fan of LeBron. Never have been. I think he’s arrogant and conceited.
That being said he has the most talent out of any player ever in the NBA — even Michael Jordan — and could have easily been the best player.
Notice the words “could have” in the above sentence.
Because with his decision to play in Miami on a star-studded team he ruined his opportunity to be the best ever.
Admittedly, whenever the debate about LeBron goes on I’m the first to put out the “he has no rings” point, but I never deny the fact that the man has talent. More talent than any other player, ever.
Yes, he will win championships with this team. Maybe not this year but very soon this team will come together and win.
Chris Bosh, Dwayne Wade and James all made concessions to come to this team and win, so attitudes should not factor against them.
However James gave a clear answer to anyone who enjoys sitting at work having the “Kobe vs. LeBron” argument because James showed everyone he doesn’t have “it.”
He doesn’t have the dedication to stay in his home state and win a championship.
He doesn’t have the guts to go to New York, Chicago or Los Angeles and play on the biggest stages in the county.
He doesn’t have the ability to lead a team by himself to a championship.
He had to piggyback off of two other stars in order to win a championship. That’s clear, he admitted that with his decision.
LeBron teamed up with two other superstars (one who has won an NBA championship) to go after rings.
While the biggest argument for LeBron fans is always “Kobe has Pau Gasol and Michael Jordan had Scottie Pippen,” the argument can’t even be compared because both Scottie Pippen and Pau Gasol became better players because of Bryant and Jordan.
Nobody talked about Gasol when he was playing for the Grizzlies, similar to how Pippen never had any success with the Houston Rockets or Portland Trail Blazers after Jordan retired.
My favorite quote about the entire process still is from Jordan himself, who said, “There’s no way, with hindsight, I would’ve ever called up Larry (Bird), called up Magic (Johnson) and said, ‘Hey, look, let’s get together and play on one team.’”
Because Jordan’s a competitor. He had “it.”
LeBron will look back in 30 years, when he has all kinds of championship rings and realize he could have been the best.
