One thing that James hasn’t been able to shake is the piling on of former NBA stars, the most recent being former LA Lakers star Magic Johnson who have taken the liberty to take unprovoked shots at James for leaving Cleveland for Miami.
“There’s no way, with hindsight, I would’ve ever called up Larry, called up Magic and said, ‘Hey, look, let’s get together and play on one team. But that’s…things are different. I can’t say that’s a bad thing. It’s an opportunity these kids have today. In all honesty, I was trying to beat those guys,” Michael Jordan said.
