I have to ask, since this is a baseball site with people who have incredible understanding of statistics, is it fair to use championships as an indicator of success in basketball. If LeBron puts up great stats his whole career but never wins a title can we still put him up in the list of greatest ever? The reason I ask this is because I feel like more statistical savvy people and the meat heads both have it right when it comes to basketball and I am trying to draw the line between statistical success in a very team oriented sport like basketball, and team success. (If this makes no sense I apologize. I've been drinking.)