One of the biggest fallacies when it comes to Lebron’s career is that it’s somehow more impressive that he’s won championships with three different teams, rather than, say, Russell or Jordan who won them with the same team.
In reality, what he’s simply done is strong-arm every organization he’s played for (including Cleveland twice) into putting all their chips on the table in a bid to win during the short window he’s on the team. (Usually the players picked lean heavily to Klutch Sports clients, of course.) Then, when the cupboard is bare in terms of assets, the earth fully scorched, and the bills come due, he just goes on to the next fertile ground. He doesn’t build anything. He consumes. He is the equivalent of a basketball nomad with no regard for how he leaves the land after he’s passed through. He will do the same with LA, if given another opportunity.
