James' Scoring King Record Night

James' Scoring King Record Night

Some players spent their entire careers with one team, and that was certainly admirable.

Take Nowitzki, for example. He spent his entire career in Dallas.

Duncan spent his entire career with the Spurs.

But that was a privilege reserved for superstars.

For the vast majority of players, clinging to the idea of spending their entire career with one team was ridiculous.

If a team could trade a player whenever it suited them, without even telling him first, then what was wrong with players teaming up for their own benefit and to win a championship?

So from that perspective, James hadn't been wrong to go to the Heat. He just shouldn't have made such a big show of it by announcing his decision on live television.

Durant hadn't been wrong to go to the Warriors, either. People just couldn't accept the way he'd joined them after failing to beat them. They called him "Traitor Durant."

But if you put yourself in his shoes, what would you do? You'd chased a championship for more than ten years. Every year, you were one of the hottest stars in the league, but you still couldn't win one.

Would you join your rivals and win a championship ring in your prime, or go your whole life without a title and regret it forever?

Most people's first instinct, of course, would be to choose the latter.

They'd rather go their whole lives without a title than join the enemy.

But if you really put yourself in his shoes, 90 percent of people would choose the former.

You might regret choosing the former for a while, but choosing the latter would leave you with regrets for the rest of your life.

So Wang Yi had long anticipated this question about James.

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