And I'm the one being obtuse?? I'm not following. Whether the player came across awesome teammates from leaving by free agency, or his GM actually being good doesn't make a difference. The whining about Lebron comes from the fact that he can't do it himself, and needs help, well so did everyone, even St. Michael. You honestly think Jordan would have sat around wasting his career with Jamario Moon and Wally Szczerbiak if that's what Krause surrounded him with? Wasting your career with Jamario Moon and Wally World is one thing and going to team up with your natural rival is something else. Would Jordan have stuck around in Chicago if he continued to play with the Brad Sellers' of the world? Maybe not. But he wasn't going to call up Isiah and Magic to team up either. And that's not something that is specific to Jordan either. There's just a level of fraternization between all the stars these days that didn't exist even 10 years ago. They play AAU ball together, text/tweet all offseason, etc. It's all buddy buddy now. So the issue isn't that Lebron left Cleveland, it's that he went to too good a team. Is there a cap for how many wins the team he went to could have? The Heat won 47 last year, is 45 few enough? I'm certain 41 would have been acceptable. Is it a level of superstar he's not allowed to play with? Would San Antonio have been allowed? Is it only the MVP that can't play with another good player or were Grant Hill and Tracy McGrady rat bastards too when they signed with the Magic? Why won't somebody formalize these rules??