The Los Angeles Lakers have one of the deepest and most talented rosters heading into the 2023-24 NBA season.
The Lakers managed to re-sign their key free agents as well as add quality role players to surround LeBron James and Anthony Davis with.
Los Angeles has legitimate title aspirations, but any hope of them winning it all still hinges on James remaining as good as ever.
James has managed to defy Father Time for years now and despite entering Year 21 he is poised to once again lead the Lakers.
At this point of his career, James has nothing left to prove and will go down as one of the, if not the, best player to ever step foot on the court.
However, former players like John Starks believe he has hurt his legacy by switching teams via Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson of Bally Sports.
“LeBron is hurting his legacy by switching NBA teams so much that it will affect his standing when it comes to LeBron vs. Jordan debates,” Starks said. “Mike didn’t move around. He wanted to play against the best. He felt like he didn’t need to go chase players to join his team to beat the best because he felt like he was the best, and I think that’s the difference.”
John Starks:
“LeBron is hurting his legacy by switching NBA teams so much that it will affect his standing when it comes to LeBron vs. Jordan debates. Mike didn’t move around. He wanted to play against the best. He felt like he didn’t need to go chase players to join his team to… pic.twitter.com/CAqCcg8pXt
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) September 6, 2023
James is largely credited with starting the player empowerment movement and to Starks’ point he has done what he felt was necessary to win more titles.
Regardless of Starks’ opinion, though, James’ legacy is safe no matter what happens from here on out.
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