I'm so confused by Kevin Durant, which I think is why I like him. And why so many people dislike him.
For all his greatness, LeBron James is quite easy to figure out. He wants to be considered the greatest basketball player in history, and for that he needs championships. Six of them, to be exact, and even then we may not give him his due because of the way he has gone about it. That hasn't stopped him from trying.
There is a formula to what James has done. He leverages every asset his team has, present and future, to give himself the best chance to win in the moment, and when he has extracted every ounce of value, he goes to the next team.