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00:00You can rank players however you want, but I don't know how you can say any individual
00:08has more impact on a team than LeBron James, as he is essentially a dynasty by himself.
00:14No team James has ever left was a contender the next season like the Bulls were when Michael
00:19Jordan went to play baseball.
00:21Just saying.
00:22In fact, when LeBron leaves, the squad he was on goes from the finals to the lottery.
00:28His last year in Cleveland the first time, the Cavs won 61 games.
00:31The next season, 19.
00:34As far as the encore, Cleveland went from a 50-win team and an NBA Finals appearance
00:38without Kyrie Irving to again winning just 19 the following campaign.
00:44The Miami fall-off was not quite as severe since they had more organizational structure,
00:48but the Heat still went from their fourth straight trip to the championship round to
00:52under .500.
00:53And even now, in his healthy season in LA, the Lakers are on top of the supposedly mighty
00:58West after years of being inept.
01:01In NBA history, only six teams have made the Finals four straight times.
01:06LeBron was on two of them, and went to eight straight individually.
01:10Only the Celtics of the 60s have matched that feat, and then there were just over a handful
01:14of teams.
01:15Sure, James has had some help along the way, but even the Warriors had to go get KD after
01:20what he did to their 73-win squad in 2016.
01:24So while we're all enjoying the last dance, the eventual LeBron James documentary could
01:29very well be titled, One Man Dynasty.