Public opinion is whiplash-level fickle. Dwight Howard used to be a beloved goofball and now you can’t think of him without thinking of either a whoopie-cushion or existential dread. Kevin Love went from potential Top 5 player to garbage man to redeemed role-player in the space of...two seasons? But towering over them all is LeBron James. LeBron has been sanctified as a hometown hero, then cursed as a traitor, he’s been called a choke-artist, he’s both failed and prevailed on the biggest stage in the world. LeBron has been ripped to ******* shreds, spending too much of his prime loathed as a coward by blowhards who were personally affronted he wasn’t Michael Jordan. He’s not Jordan, and neither is Curry, and that’s a good thing. Jordan was the Ronald Reagan of the NBA. Jordan never lost in the Finals, and this may have poisoned our perspective on how the greatest players are remembered. Most Republicans don’t really give a **** about Reagan’s policy positions on gun control or immigration or what-have-you. No, what really gets them hard is that Reagan beat the **** out of Democrats in elections, winning in landslides that were just disrespectful. Had Reagan lost in the Finals to Walter Mondale, the current crop of losers trying to graft onto his legacy would be far fewer.