IMO, Wade and James are a bizarro version of Pippen/Jordan. As a tandem they are probably going to be as productive as MJ and Pip but neither is as good as MJ, but both are probably better than Pip.

What people forget is that Rodman was the perfect fit for that team. He wasn't necessary for them to win a chip but no other player in the league could have played the Rodman role so well that the team would win 72 games. The closest we've seen since to a player like that was Big Ben.

However, what people fail to realize is how bad the teams are these three have played on. They will each improve just by the nature of the beast. Throw in a top 5 garbage man in the league(Haslem), and a top 5 three point marksman(Miller) and this team could end up being historic. Emphasis on could.

As far as Lebron goes, I think people need to realize that he is not a guard. He is a huge fool who is capable of doing guard things but he is not a guard. He hasn't had a chance to win because he has yet to play along championship level guards. No great big man has ever won without playing alongside a championship level guard. So, lets all stop pretending that Lebron is a guard and reserve judgement for what he does this season and the next 4 or 5 that follow. I can't give him that excuse anymore.

I like to see things that have never happened before. I'm rooting for the first player-gm trio to stick it to the league, players, and fans. I'm sick of great players depending on owners to hire competent gms. Playing for sorry GM's his whole career we never got to see what Kevin Garnett was capable of. We called him sorry and soft. Turns out he might have gone down as an all time great if not for Kevin McHale. There are too many other similar situations to count, but it happens too often. I appluad Lebron for taking the decision out of someone else's hands. Imagine a world where we get drafted by financial planners. How many of you would willingly stick with Bernie Madoff when your contact was up? How many of you would run straight to Warren Buffet if he had a spot open? How many of your peers would be jealous of your luck?