it is lose/lose for lebron (1 Viewer)

[huevonkiller]

In 20 years, none of this will be relevant. Almost no one today even cares about Boozer "tricking a blind guy." In 20 years, circumstances won't matter to those fans, who didn't necessarily "live through" this (and many of those that did will have long since moved on to new outrages and will no longer care). What will matter to those fans will be stats and championships. If some 50 year old basketball fan at that point says, "Well, LeBron James was a coward and had to go be Dwyane Wade's sidekick, " he/she will be refuted by a bunch of 20-30 year old fans who say, "Considering James was producing more, Wade was pretty clearly the sidekick, no matter who was there first."

The only quasi-moral judgment about players that sticks long-term is "loser" if they didn't win titles. James has made a business decision to minimize the chances of that (and as a bonus, gets to win with friends and play with other talented guys, which is always a nice experience). He may take criticism from some fans today...but the more years pass, the more his legacy will be enhanced by the titles, as long as his individual numbers remain great. Outrage passes, statistics and championships stay in the books forever.

Well, you beat me to it congrats.

It doesn't matter if Jesus Christ was on Miami first. If LeBron outplays him, gets Finals Mvps, and is a superior playoff player, he'll be regarded as "the guy". ( By the way he's missed 7 games in an entire season, that's his worst injury.)

All these people trying to say Wade's 3-peat Kobe is better than LeBron's 3-peat Shaq will just be bitter. Nor does it matter that Kobe has more rings than Shaq, Shaq has the Finals MVPs. That's why you should not judge people just on rings. But the next decade will certainly be fun for me.


A recap of their recent value:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/tiny.cgi?id=Ph8n6

 

[oldmangrouch]

This is shaping up to be a bad war movie.

LeBron is Lt. Starchedcollar, the nominal CO of the outfit.

Wade is Sgt Rock Brassballs, they guy the grunts actually follow when things get tough.

What would Bosh be? The spooky sniper who listens to Hendrix, drops acid, and scares both sides to death?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Well, he does get to leave Cleveland and live in Miami. That in itself is a win.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

LeBron is Kermit; Bosh is Scooter, and Wade is Fozzy.