Ha little over a decade ago, Lebron James thus announced his departure to the Miami Heat: “I’m taking my talent to South Beach“That phrase has become one of the most famous of recent times in the NBA for the significance, not of words, but of actions. Somehow, when LeBron decided to join Chris Bosh y Dwyane Wade in Florida, it forever changed the NBA rules.
It is true that after LeBron’s words, and his march to Florida, two very different currents were formed between those who saw that with curiosity and expectation and those who did not approve. LeBron’s march to Miami brought back to the present the super teams that today seem a natural thing in the landscape of the League.
But it is absurd to think that LeBron invented super teams. Before him there were many, some grew up together, like the Celtics or Lakers from the 80s or the Bulls of the 90s, others were formed only for a short time and with the aim of the ring, such as the ‘Fab Four‘of the Lakers in 2004 with Gary Payton y Karl Malone rushing his last days with Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal.
With some formulas more successful than others, the NBA you’ve always seen super teams, maybe not like now, but there always have been. However, the controversy about it will never stop and something that LeBron will always be reproached with is his lack of loyalty with a team, with players like Tim Duncan, Michael Jordan or Allen Iverson in discussion.
All of this comes up from the last and controversial interview of a former LeBron teammate on the Cavs. Iman Shumpert He recently spoke about the day he claims Lebron James ruined basketball and dusted off the controversy:
“Of course ‘Bron’ screwed it up. He thought he was doing his best, and I understand that, “explains Shumpert.” I personally loved the NBA for the loyalty that I thought it had. It basically broke down the organizational wall, we actually do what we want. It was a great business move for sure, but not when you think about it, from the outside looking in. The decision of ‘Bron’ worked, but of course that is the version only of a part “.
Shumpert clearly accuses LeBron of leaving the Cavs looking to win more championships, something that in a way has been in the NBA since its inception. When the former Cavs are asked if it was not the same thing that drove Kevin Durant to go to the Warriors in his day, the answer is this: “It is not a question of KD. The first was LeBron when he went to Miami. He knows he ruined basketball. “
When today we see teams like the Lakers o los Nets Filled with stars in search of the ring, the example of the 2010 Heat is present. But before there were many other similar projects. However, for Iman Shumpert it all started with LeBron.
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