LoPo
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So, the guy goes back to Cleveland and gets the nickname "LeGM". It may or may not be true that he ran the show there, fine, rumors are rumors. Then he signs with the Lakers and there are rumors about tampering with Davis and the Pelicans,... weird... then everyone on the team quits on him... weird... they all get traded for AD.
Rumors are rumors, sure. But if it acts like a duck, quacks like a duck, walks like a duck...
Yeah
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Does the guy have say in how to make the team work around him? Absolutely. So did Mike, so did many others in the history of the game. And the results are there. He did more with average Cleveland teams than other guys did with more talent. He had power in Cleveland, and you know what, they went to the Finals 4 straight times. His influence is a bad thing? Hell, Kyrie just apologized to LeBron for not respecting how hard a job LeBron had in building that Cleveland team. He apologized because he realized how hard it was as his Boston team underachieved under his leadership.
Last season for the Lakers was just a fiasco. A train wreck. To hang that on LeBron is dumb. The NBA is a business. When LA showed interest in AD, the kids didn't maintain professionalism. They lost focus. They got their feelings hurt while LeBron was actually hurt. It's a business.