Two NBA championships and three Finals appearances ago, LeBron James signed with the Miami Heat. He teamed up with Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade—two NBA All-Stars who complemented James' game, executed fast breaks as dangerous as category 5 Hurricanes and allowed the Heat to play "position-less" basketball.
What drew him to the Heat was the idea of playing with Wade, a top-5 player at the time, and Bosh, an excitingly athletic big who was hiding in Toronto under dreadlocks and irrelevancy.
James had not yet developed the killer instinct needed to become the NBA's alpha dog. The daily competition with Wade would force him to carefully craft his talents and mentality to truly become the leader of the Heat and the unquestioned best player in the league.
Bosh's inconsistent and undeveloped post game forced James to come down from the wing and into the post, where he developed robot-like efficiency. Bosh's ability to spread the floor with his length and outside shooting gave James more room to operate.
Wade and Bosh, in a lot of ways, were the perfect teammates for him.
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LeBron James: Constructing the Perfect Teammate for LeBron
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