It would also be more impressive if he did it with only four guys on the court at a time. The whole "superstars don't switch teams" thing makes no sense. Jordan was already in a good market and had a GM that surrounded him with talent. He didn't have to leave. Same with Magic and Bird. Lebron was in a shitty town playing for a GM that surrounded him with shitty talent. His GM was unable to get the necessary pieces for a title to come to Cleveland, so Lebron went to the pieces. Superstars don't make teams. GMs do.
And what title teams aren't "loaded with talent?" Is Magic less impressive because he played with Kareem and Worthy? Kobe because he had Shaq? Bird because he had McHale, Parrish, etc?
The whole "players should stay with their original small town teams and try to win titles" thing just reeks of kstateo.
Lebron was taking that Cavs team to the NBA finals. Is it that far-fetched to think that they were only one player away and that as young as Lebron is, it was far more likely that he would have ended up with a few championships in Cleveland than not? I don't care if it reeks of K-Stateo. Michael Jordan was the Bulls. Kobe is the Lakers. Paul Pierce is the Celtics. Kevin Durant is the Thunder. Lebron was the Cavs. Now he is just some journeyman.
BTW, I absolutely loved "the decision" and wish that everyone who switches teams would do something like that. It's really the only reason I don't absolutely hate Lebron's guts right now.
One player away? Maybe. But that one player was not Antawn Jameson or sideshow bob, and that's who their Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) GM got. Rather than thinking of them as one player away from a title, think of them of as one player away from a 9-win season (or whatever). Because that's what they were when one player (Lebron) left. That tells they were a crap roster of C+/B- players. Lebron should have all the respect in the world for physically dragging that laundry bag of bad news bears to a final.
Jordan was only able to be the Bulls because the piece were brought to him (Pippen, Grant, Kukoc, Rodman, Kerr, Paxon, etc). Paul Pierce is the Celtics because two other superstars "Lebroned" their shitty small market teams so they could go to a "team loaded with talent" and "finally get a ring".
Kobe and LA? Really? You want to compare Kobe's sweet set-up at the most desirable free-agent destination in the league with the greatest coach of all time and constant revolving door of elite, prime-years talent to the clown factory Lebron was shivering through in Cleveland? And OKC just proves another point about the good fortune of having a GM who surrounds you with talent (although it's also ironic since the team itself Lebroned another city).