No Phil. No Scottie. No dynasty.
The moment Jordan didn't have that comfort zone, he quit.
Meanwhile, LeBron has spent nearly his entire career adapting to new coaches, new systems, new teammates, and new expectations. Different rosters, different organizations, different eras—and still winning, still making Finals, still breaking records.
One guy thrived in a perfectly built situation. The other proved he could succeed in almost any situation.
That's why LeBron is the goat 🐐👑.
LeBron James says he doesn’t know when the most important person in the summertime was the trainer and not the player:
“Like the basketball trainer is the most important guy in the summer. I don’t know when that dynamic shifted because you know we used to play and a lot of my friends can attest to this like even when I got in the NBA you know, I built a little basketball court in my backyard in Akron at my house. I would get nine other guys and we would play in the summertime on a black court like we would play, like two or three times a week. You know, just get up and run and feel like the demands of being outside and also demands of another body like bumping and grinding and things of that nature. And this was like in July. I think it’s very important though. I think guys if you’re listening, you got to play more. If it’s not five on five, at least, twos on twos, three on threes, you got to get physical contact.”
(Via @mindthegamepod)