Lemme tell you a story about this kid who could've gone to play college ball as Steve Kerr believes everyone should, but chose instead to jump straight to the NBA, where he carried otherwise crappy teams into the playoffs for years, winning a couple of MVP awards along the way, but otherwise couldn't win a championship (causing folks to question whether he was truly great) before jumping to a loaded team in free agency**. He won a 3rd MVP award and his first NBA championship in the same year, his 9th in the league.
Sounds a lot like LeBron James***, but I'm talking about Moses Malone.
** Okay, technically the Rockets traded him, but only after Malone had signed an offer sheet with the 76ers and the Rockets then presumably bargained for more than they'd get if Malone left via free agency.
*** If he wins that championship this year; also note, though, that the 1983 76ers w/o Malone are considerably better than the 2012 Heat w/o James.
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