Bron is the first superstar of the participation award era. In a time were every kid gets a trophy or a ribbon just for showing up, Bron benefits from this same flawed logic. He is praised for going to the finals a bunch of times and in some circles has passed other all time greats in the all time discussion; greats that have actually won more on the big stage. It’s crazy honestly. I used to think it was just trolling, but people really think it’s cool just to show up, versus showing up and completing the task.
He has no doubt lived up to the hype, and is a top 3 player of all time, but for the amount of years he’s played, he only has 4 rings to show for it. Before y’all put your capes on and run back to disrespecting his cavs roster (1st run), after the 7 years in Cleveland, Bron has in some form or fashion constructed the teams he’s been apart of. For the math challenged people, that means the last 13 yrs he’s been in control of the teams he plays on.
He’s been chasing MJ since the beginning, (he even has said this himself) but until he passes Kobe(RIP), the conversation is over. The difference between MJ, Kobe, Bron isn’t the mythical killer instinct argument, it’s the fact that when the other two won championships, they won them consecutively, multiple time aka were dominant for a sustained period of time. Bron has only repeated 1x. The rest of the time, he’s been trying to stack the deck, but that just goes to show us how hard it is to win in June consistently.
