NBA 2010-11
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It all comes down to a team effort - LeBron, Wade, Bosh, et al cannot do it by themselves - any great team has a cohesiveness that drives them to success.
I would argue that Jordan's career successfulness was augmented by the arrival of Pippen - hell even Rodman did his part by probably being the best box out guy in the league at the time. Not even Jordan could drive the entire team to the championship. Kobe? Hell, a great, great player, but post-Shaq and all of that, he has had to have a terrific supporting cast in order to be as successful as he has. The Celtics? Where was Bird without a Parrish or McHale? That was one hell of a team.
Ask Julius Erving what it was like to try and carry a team and how much better he was when he had the team-mates he needed. I mean, somebody has to pass the ball, right?
Post "the decision" the question has remained: can they play as a team as opposed to three stars trying to solve a team's problems? This game tonight will go a long way to answering that question.