Originally posted on 03/04/2017:

yeah its a bit of semantics mixed in with circumstances, and every voter looks at it a bit differently

hell

Michael Jordan left hoops to play some baseball for a year and a half

the year before he left the Bulls were 57-25 and the next year they were 55-27 without him

Lebron's last year in Cleveland they were they won 61 games, the years he was gone Cleveland won

19
21
24
33

Lebron comes back they win 53 and lose in finals, then win 57 and win in finals


Last year with Heat for Lebron they win 54 and lose in finals. next year without Lebron they only win 37 and aren't a playoff team


Lebron is MVP every year until he starts to show decline from age