John Stockton recently spoke about LeBron James again on a podcast. Last year, he talked about the NBA's all-time best player, arguing that LeBron James' team ruined LeBron James' chances of becoming the all-time best player.
He thinks that LeBron James and his team put too much pressure on the team, and often interferes in the team's operations, and also shows his greatness by belittling other teammates and the team, which makes John Stockton think that LeBron James is not great enough.
"I don't know what it's like to sit in an office and let things dictate to you as planned, and LeBron seems to be that," John Stockton said. I can't say for sure he is, but it seems so. I think as a teammate, it would be maddening to know that you could fall victim to a player who he thinks needs to play with. ”
Apparently, John Stockton thinks LeBron James' teammates often fall victim to trades for who he wants to play with. Moreover, LeBron James often calls the shots and asks management to make up for it according to its own requirements.
"The uncertainty he brings to the team, the uncertainty he brings to the top. I don't like it either. I'll bring it up, Michael Jordan here, we're the same kind of people as Jazz. I like men tightening their belts and saying, you know what? Let's get to work, we just want to get better. Playing harder, we have to play smarter. ”
"And not just, um, where the grass is greener, I'm going to go there and win the championship. I think that makes it less valuable. You're not climbing, you're taking a helicopter to the top, I'm not a fan of him, but who cares what I think. ”
John Stockton thinks the real all-time best is not undue to where the roster is good, or directing the team to make some great trades to get better teammates and win NBA championships.
John Stockton doesn't think LeBron James is trying to climb the mountain and get to the top of the all-time best position. Instead, I want to take a helicopter to the top of the mountain directly to the top of the mountain and become a god directly.
To put it bluntly, John Stockton just doesn't approve of LeBron James' way of winning championships, he thinks that to become great by winning championships, you have to be on the same team all the time like Michael Jordan. It's not that you've been on a different team, and you've made yourself successful and won a championship by asking for reinforcements from the team.