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Originally Posted by Carnivore
Always great when IT's 15 game sample size makes an appearance.
Wade/Davis/Russell all did just fine with Lebron. Kuzma and Ingram just saw decreased usage, similar to what they'd probably experience playing with Jordan. Westbrook and Jamison were washed up just like Harper or Cartwright was washed up with Jordan. Bosh and Love when from being number 1 options on weak teams to being number 3 options. Larry Hughes numbers with Lebron really don't stand out much from the type of player he always was. He had a couple of slightly better years, but he also had several worse years.
But please repeat yourself for another 5000 words. It was nice to look up these examples and see how empty all of them actually are.
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The horrible fit of Wade and Lebron caused the goat choke in 2011, which caused the "not 6, not 7" expectation to become 2/4 including goat choke and record loss - it was the worst anyone can do... People don't understand that Lebron is an abnormal ball-dominator because he starts at forward, whereas a normal ball-dominator and great shooter like Nash would fit better with Wade/Bosh and win more with them.. Unfortunately, Nash didn't get to team up in his prime - only Lebron did and it yielded a record 6 straight preseason favorites until KD finally responded.
And there's no excuse for Ingram and Kuzma decreasing as young players BEFORE they hit their prime, when Pippen increased every year UNTIL he hit his prime - that's how young player development works, but Lebron imposes spot-up roles, so he never developed a single young player in 21 years - zero young players grew from low-producer to meaningful producer on his watch in 21 years.
So your opinions have become misguided by trying fit them into the Klutch Sports propaganda that you follow.
To fit with Lebron, you must be an elite shooter (Mo, Kyrie, Russell), or simply be BETTER than lebron - AD fit with Lebron because he was better at the time they teamed up - he lifted a lottery team to champion by leading the Lakers in scoring and turning the defense from worst to first - it's literally a GOAT season that AD gets no credit for...
To summarize all this - in spite of nitpicking here and there on a case-by-case basis, the fact remains that ONLY LEBRON has a long list of bad fits like Bosh, Wade, Love, Ingram, Kuzma, Westbrook, Hughes, IT, Clarkson, Jamison, and many more.. This is due to a skill deficit - high-scoring ball-dominators like Luka and Lebron impose spot-up roles, which prevents the elite chemistry and teammate development that expert jumpshooters allow (Curry, Kobe, MJ), who can play OFF teammates instead of dominating the ball excessively.