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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
It happened back then too TBH - free agency was just more restrictive back then.
Barkley tried to team up with Hakeen and Clyde.
Grant went to Orlando to try to team up with Shaq and Pippen. (Actually beating Jordan and the Bulls in the playoffs).
Which led to Rodman joining up with Pippen and Jordan after Grant left.
Malone and Payton joined Shaq and Kobe.
Garnett, Allen, and Pierce.
Kobe trying to get Chris Paul and Pau Gasol to LA with him and Lamar Odom.
Then of course Lebron, Wade, and Bosh.
Funniest part is Lebron gets all the hate for it, when really it had been happening for 2 decades already before he did it.
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Some of these are wrong.
Pippen never played for the Magic.
Pau Gasol was traded for Chris Paul. That trade would have seen a lot of good players leave the Lakers.
Payton and Malone came in washed up and Malone was trying to have sex with Kobes wife.
The difference is Wade Bosh and Lebron all schemed together to go to free agency at the same time and team up. This was the first of its kind super team.
Lebron has always whined about getting trades. He got half the Lakers traded for Anthony Davis.
He got Wiggins traded for Kevin Love.
Kevin Durant to the Warriors was some great management by Bob Meyers to plan cap space when the cap got a huge jump due to the TV deal money. It doesn't happen without that plus they had to trade away depth. The core 3 are drafted players as well. If you have the cap space and have the chance to land that type of player you would be foolish not to chase it.