Michael Jordan was drafted 3rd.
Won 38 year one
30 year two
40 year 3
This allowed him to have multiple top 10 picks. Two of those picks were used to get Horace Grant and one was used to acquire Scottie
This set him up for success
LeBron was drafted 1st overall
Won 35 year one
42 year two
50 year 3
Because of this, he was only able to get one pick inside the top 15
With a bad front office compared to MJ with arguably the best GM in history
It hurt Bron to contribute so much to winning so early