Since its inception back in 2024, we rightfully coined Lebron James’ Mind the Game as a propagandacast. Despite its stated purpose of dissecting the “X’s and O’s” of basketball, rather than elucidating the masses on the intricacies of the game of basketball, the show has proven to be merely another vehicle to rewrite history into a pro-LeBron narrative.
In a recent episode, the subject of super teams was being bantered about, and here is what LeBron had to say:
“But I mean the game is going to continue to evolve, you know, like you said, the Big 3 era had its moment. The Big 3 era has always had its moment. You know, way before myself, D Wade, and Bish came together, you had Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, and Elgin Baylor, they played together. Jordan Pippen and Rodman. The Big 3 era will always kind of be there.”
Once again Lebron James is attempting to deflect to avoid addressing head on what is seen by many as a black mark on his legacy. While he brings up other instances of triumvirates of star players, he leaves out much key information in order to equate those situation to this moves he made, particularly in Miami.
When the Lakers traded for Wilt Chamberlain on July 9, 1968 to join Jerry West and Elgin Baylor, Wilt was 32, Baylor was age 34 and Jerry West was 30. While all three were still phenomenal players ( the trio did win a championship in 1972), they certainly were not in the heart of or entering their prime as Lebron James, Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade were when they came together. Lebron and Bosh were both 26 and Wade was 29.
The Bulls’ trio of Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Dennis Rodman is another false equivalency that James is attempting to construct. Jordan was drafted by the Bulls in 1984, and Scottie Pippen was acquired in 1987 via a draft-day swap with the Seattle Supersonics. Dennis Rodman was 34 when the Chicago Bulls traded for him and it was seen as this would be his last NBA opportunity, as his time in San Antonio was checkered, to say the least. As was the case with the previously mentioned Lakers team, this particular group was all in their 30s; Jordan was 32 coming into the 1995-96 season, Pippen was 30 and Rodman was 34. Additionally, unlike the Heatles, this team did not come as a result of collusion between the principal players, a key element that LeBron omitted as he spun his latest yarn.
Once again LeBron, his deranged fans, and his media sycophants have demonstrated that if their mouths are moving then they are undoubtedly tumbling out of them
