Kevin Garnett made Lebron's decision

I disagree with the strong sediment that Lebron made his decision following the 2008 Olympics. I really believe that at the time he felt he would win a championship in Cleveland. Anyway after the Cavs were eliminated by Boston this past season Lebron and KG had a conversation. It was right after game 6 and KG elaborated on that conversation during his press conference. When asked KG said "I told him I've been there before" Garnett said later that looking back on his career he would have done a lot of things differently.

And one of those things was to leave the Minnesota Timberwolves a lot sooner than he did. KG also talked loyalty in addition to saying that Lebron could stay in Cleveland and deal with the limitations of a smaller market and somewhat inferior franchise, or make a move now while he is still young enough to establish a tradition with a new team. One quick question I have is: How do you interpret KG's comments? My interpretation of that would have landed me in NY with Amare. You get another superstar in a major market (if not the biggest) along with rich tradition. Lebron appeared to take KG's advice, but in my opinion in the wrong context. Lebron basically did what KG did and joined two other superstars, but at the younger age KG wished he would've done it at.

The difference between KG and Lebron is one appears to be concerned about legacy and the other doesn't. KG took sir Charles's advice and stuck it out in "sota" trying to cement his own legacy while Lebron is saying the heck with my legacy I want to win. I personally don't have a problem with Lebron doing this and feel like Barkley is "hatin" to a degree. How will this impact Lebron's legacy has yet to be determined and may not be determined for years to come. However the fact is that an asterisk will always be on his legacy no matter what. Because if he wins 8 titles it will always be noted that he did it with Wade and Bosh. If he wins 1 title the whole thing could be considered a "failure".

Now let me say I do think that KG's advice was the most valuable over anyone else's including MJ or Barkley. While MJ did have to wait for the situation in Chicago to build such as what Lebron was trying to do in Cleveland, I feel like this is a new day and age plus Lebron had much higher expectations than even MJ. MJ wasn't on the cover of SI in high school and wasn't the genetic freak that Lebron is. Lebron also had the puppet promotions that were aimed to build up a championship matchup with Kobe that would never happen. On the other hand if he went to NY he may have ended up like Barkley in Phoenix, different city, still the man, but NO TITLE. KG went to Boston and achieved what Karl Malone and Sir Charles tried but didn't. Please let's end the speculation that this was a long term plan and recognize that Lebron took some worthy advice. Now he may achieve multiple titles at a young age, which is what KG wishes he would've done. Ray Rogers

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PS: I'm aware that Lebron and KG only exchanged words briefly while shaking hands after the game and most of KG's thoughts came during the presser. That's just for you nay sayers that will disagree and say they never really spoke. Also look out for Will T's weekly blogs LOL Love ya man!!!!!!!

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