KramerDSP wrote:Ericb5 wrote:Superstars don't have to conflict. The best player will be whoever the best player is, and as long as the other superstar doesn't play the same position, then everything should be fine. Winning should solve all ego problems.
The only cases where this doesn't work is where the secondary superstar is mentally ill like in the case with Kobe who just couldn't stand playing second fiddle to Shaq. I don't see that happening with Simmons, or if Lebron or George came here.
I think that they would all recognize what they had in Embiid. They would be winning, and they would all have plenty of room for their games to flourish.
The best player on the Warriors is Kevin Durant, but it isn't like the league was talking about how Durant made them win the title. They won the title because they were the best team. If they won the title the way that the Cavs did the previous year where Lebron dragged the team to the title then the talk would be about the player that did the dragging and it would be self evident who the best player was.
It was self evident who the best player was when Shaq left the Lakers, but Kobe couldn't handle it, and didn't want to wait a couple more years for him to become the best player so he blew it up, and it probably cost the Lakers a couple of titles because of it. so unless the second banana is someone like Kobe then it shouldn't be a problem.
Not disagreeing with you, but isn't "mentally ill" a tad bit harsh when describing Kobe? I'm guessing you would also use it to describe Jordan's insane competitive nature? If that's the case, Embiid's also mentally ill in his own way.
Well maybe instead of mentally ill I would say having a personality disorder.
Kobe and Jordan aren’t similar emotionally. Jordan was the real deal that was just hyper competitive, and demanding. Kobe was competitive and demanding too but he also had some Terrell Owens like megalomania and emotional instability. He was a poseur who tried to project what he thought you wanted from him instead of just being real.
You know how Hillary Clinton had to sort of act like a human being because she knew what was expected of her, but in reality she wasn’t a naturally social person at all? Kobe is like that. He acts like a regular person, but he actually isn’t one.
Teammates hated him, and teammates revered Jordan.
Jordan could have played with Shaq easily, but Kobe couldn’t handle it. Jordan was all about winning, and Kobe was all about being the REASON that the team won.
My point is that he had psychological issues that made him not able to play nicely with others, and there is no reason that it would have to be that way between Simmons and Embiid or whichever third star that we find, even if it was Lebron.
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Except Oden manged to play over 100 games in the NBA, I don't think Embiid will play more.
