Mc5RingsAndABeer
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If LeBron had stayed on the Cavs, he'd still be ringless. That team was a lottery team without him. It's a testament to LeBron's ability that they were able to make it to the finals.Not everyone goes running off like a coward when things are too hard to go join a new super-team. Jordan didn't run off to join Magic on the Lakers, he suffered with the Bulls and took his lumps until he had a half way decent team around where the Pistons could not just triple team him constantly and win (barely).
Once that happened, nothing was stopping the Bulls. If he had been drafted by the Blazers who took Sam Bowie instead (lol, biggest screw up in modern pro sports), he'd have had Clyde Drexler as a no.2 option from day 1 and maybe wins 7-9 titles because you don't have to wait as long for Pippen to develop.
He chose to stay in Chicago and compete even when the deck was not stacked in his favor because that's what character and competitiveness is about.
Nobody in basketball can do it alone. Jordan couldn't even win a single playoff series without Pippen, let alone a championship. It wasn't just Pippen either. Rodman, Kerr, etc.. That team was excellent.