This is way different and we both know it. Three all stars going against a team with only one or two has been a thing forever..
One player fucking the parity of an entire league in the ass because he's a sore loser, despite having a good team around him already, and going to a team that could have already been considered to be an all time great team... Totally different. Lebron doing what he did changed the NBA. But the east was already a massive shitshow to begin with at the time. Kevin Durant essentially secured five NBA titles for himself with no avail. The Cavs are not even a moderate challenge for this warriors squad. They weren't with Kyrie on the team either. You've missed the point entirely. That Big 3 Heat team was good but was clearly beatable.. The only way this warriors team could possibly lose a seven game series to anyone in the league right now is if one of their guys get hurt.. And even then there's no fucking chance.
I hate Lebron James.. But the situation is totally different. Lebron formed a team down in Miami because Cleveland did(and has done again) a TERRIBLE job building around him. KD was a little bitch.
Fuck Durant, Fuck Lebron, Fuck Harden. No denying the greatness of Lebron though. KD basically screwed over the NBA to get at least another 3 rings... And Harden. Well the fact that he's the best SG in the NBA right now proves that this league is an utter joke.
Yeah if Peyton Manning went and joined the Patriots before 2006, then I'd call that about equivalent to what K.D. did. I mean even if him and Russ didn't gel, he had 28 other teams to go to but he just happened to want to go to the one he lost a 3-1 lead to.
I won't defend LeBron doing what he did or how he handled it but at least he didn't go join the Celtics. And LeBron made things right by coming back to Cleveland and getting them a championship. People that try to compare what either player did and say they are equivalent are just missing the point of K.D. straight up joining his rival.
What angers me though is the parity that it just destroys. I mean the NBA has never had much but even MJ's teams had to go against the Jazz and we got some great moments from that. If KD had stayed in OKC we would have had some awesome battles between them and Golden State. The Cavs would have posed more of a threat, same with the Rockets, things would be a lot more open ended. Now we are stuck with hoping Boston can take the next step, Houston keeps the team together, or Lebron forming some other super team and that is just so we can get a series that lasts more than 5 games. Just makes the NBA more predictable than it already is at the top.