LeBron James dragged 4 guys and a bench that only the most hardcore NBA fans can name 2 of to the NBA finals in his fourth year in the league.
3/5 starters were all stars, not much different than Jordan Pippen Rodman. Kobe + Gasol or Shaq was honestly much more impressive than either.
lebro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyYmJnM9eQs
kobe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzwCh3qbpp4&pbjreload=10
Maybe I just miss kobe tho...
I'm not talking about his time in Miami. I'm talking about when he dragged Cleveland past Detroit in the Eastern to play the 3-time finals winning Spurs. LeBron and Jordan are both beasts and trying to compare them is futile, but there is a lot of disrespect for LeBron.
Just because LeBron is featured below Jordan in player rankings that doesn't mean LeBron is being disrespected. I mean, is Tim Duncan being disrespected by those who insist in calling LeBron one of the best players ever eventhough Tim Duncan has 5 under his belt and LeBron had to buy his way into 3?
> LeBron James dragged 4 guys and a bench
That counts as one championship, and a performance that's in line with the likes of Kawhi Leonard or Dirk Nowitzki.
Winning a single championship is barely evidence of being superior to Michael Jordan.
Dwane Wade is arguably more accomplished than Pippen, and LeBron also enjoyed the help of the likes of Chris Bosh and Ray Allen. This means that 2 of the 3 championships won by LeBron counted with 3 or 4 all stars and all of famers, either current or future.
While Wade and Bosh were seasoned leaders who respectively carried their teams single-handedly, Pippen never really reached that level. In fact, arguably he disappointed in that domain during Jordan's retirement.
And let's not forget, that unlike Jordan, LeBron shopped around rather intensely to hand-pick which players would pick up the slack.
If he was on a fantasy league that would be a kin of getting the cheat codes to the game and burying the competition.