What does loyalty have to do with being good at basketball?

[KyrieTheFuture]

Serious question. Staying in one arena for 100 years does not make you better at putting a ball through a hoop.

[Mr. Jabbar]

its the opposite of ring chasing, it means through good times and bad times, its about the competitive nature of sports, something lebron and his fanbase havent heard of

[SouBeachTalents]

its the opposite of ring chasing, it means through good times and bad times, its about the competitive nature of sports, something lebron and his fanbase havent heard of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg_lEbanplM

[nathanjizzle]

and making 125k a year being a drug dealer is as respectable as being a doctor that makes 125k right?

retarded thread. i wouldnt expect much from a kid that hasnt even turned 20 yet.

[Ai2death]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg_lEbanplM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrqXDEPu6v8

[RedBlackAttack]

Serious question. Staying in one arena for 100 years does not make you better at putting a ball through a hoop.

An honest question deserves an honest answer. Being loyal to a specific team does not make you better or worse at basketball, but what it can do is show that you can take a team from the lottery to the championship over the course of your career, which can help affirm the greatness of a player.

For guys who jump around and assemble various faux All-Star lineups, their role in those titles become a little less clear and can present a cloudier picture for their legacy. Watching a team/player grow and play together, face obstacles and eventually overcome them over a series of years shows mental and physical fortitude.

When you're talking about the absolute best of the best all-time... the greatest players that have ever lived, there can be such small disparities in terms of their visible, on-court greatness, the things like the circumstances of the title seasons can matter and be taken into account.

I'm of the personal opinion that the journey to becoming a championship team can be as important or moreso than the final outcome.

It isn't so much about "loyalty." That's just one of those buzz words that people like to throw around. But, the circumstances can impact a player's enduring legacy.

We're in sort of an era-specific situation right now, because most of the best teams in the league are not based around a group of guys who were drafted together or players that became stars while playing on the same team. Many of these teams (Clippers, Heat, Cavs) had players who were stars or superstars elsewhere team up in their absolute primes. Prior to 2010, there really was no precedent for that.

That's not to say there weren't great teams or great collections of talent, but with most of those teams, we watched them become great together, on the same team.

That's why it becomes so difficult to compare eras.

My two cents.