3ba11
06-24-2025, 09:48 PM
History shows that prior to KD's Warriors, Lebron's big 3 was the standard for stacking the deck and having an unprecedented advantage over the league.
Specifically, Lebron's 2011 cast superseded Kobe's championship cast from 2010 by having a better player than Pau at THIRD option (bosh) and sidekick that was actually a much bigger producer than Kobe at that time (wade)... Lebron's "decision" put the top 3 PER's in the NBA on 1 team, which produced several unprecedented advantages like 6 straight preseason favorites and a sidekick to outplay the MVP.
It would be considered entirely unfair if Jokic teamed up with Sengun and FMVP Shai, yet that's exactly what Lebron did with Bosh and FMVP Wade... Lebron's unprecedented advantage lasted twice as long as KD's (11-16' vs 17-19').
Ultimately, Lebron isn't top 10 because winning as his team's 1st option required teaming up with multiple opposing franchise players.. His skillset of imposing spot-up roles lacks the chemistry, young player development, or strategic capacity/coaching to win with "normal" rosters of 1 franchise player, aka organically.
Specifically, Lebron's 2011 cast superseded Kobe's championship cast from 2010 by having a better player than Pau at THIRD option (bosh) and sidekick that was actually a much bigger producer than Kobe at that time (wade)... Lebron's "decision" put the top 3 PER's in the NBA on 1 team, which produced several unprecedented advantages like 6 straight preseason favorites and a sidekick to outplay the MVP.
It would be considered entirely unfair if Jokic teamed up with Sengun and FMVP Shai, yet that's exactly what Lebron did with Bosh and FMVP Wade... Lebron's unprecedented advantage lasted twice as long as KD's (11-16' vs 17-19').
Ultimately, Lebron isn't top 10 because winning as his team's 1st option required teaming up with multiple opposing franchise players.. His skillset of imposing spot-up roles lacks the chemistry, young player development, or strategic capacity/coaching to win with "normal" rosters of 1 franchise player, aka organically.