If I had Chris Paul as my point guard, I would have won the NBA Championship".

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[{"selector":"#anim-079ac78b-43b3-4452-a3ca-a8970cd4d83b [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-30.499267459795316%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google there were tremendous expectations for him to save the Cleveland Cavaliers after they selected him with the number one overall choice in the 2003 NBA Draft.

[{"selector":"#anim-49d43302-a017-4718-bb17-33d0e268baf1 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-35.25781241054498%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google King James has yet to take a struggling team to the championship despite seven years in the league.

[{"selector":"#anim-c79b5c95-acfa-434c-93bd-534985654755 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-21.874999829338588%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google In "The Redeem Team," James outlined his viewpoints at the time and why they diverged so much from those of the 2008 Olympic team:

[{"selector":"#anim-82d2ce7c-8b72-4f00-9f6e-bf6505e0062d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.179687404002955%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google We must work together and not use an excuse. I am aware of my occasional guilt. I'm at home, saying,

[{"selector":"#anim-aaecb5e0-21d4-44de-b7d2-680f496d1736 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.179687404002955%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google I would have won the NBA title if I had Chris Paul as my point guard, Dwight Howard, Carlos Boozer, or any other of those players on my squad.

[{"selector":"#anim-f0c113dd-b424-4caa-ac7d-b2c262a795ad [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.140624903765925%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google I have everything I need on this team. So, what's my current defence? Do we all have a justification? Don't we?

[{"selector":"#anim-dbe8409d-fb01-478e-bd01-d888b920a2d9 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-29.78515612733711%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google Having that guy close to us and succeeding in our endeavours are both something we have always desired. Now I have no justification. Nobody of us.