Paul Pierce only hurts himself with his LeBron James ranking.
I mean, I don’t care where he puts LeBron personally, though the idea of James being outside the top five is ludicrous. Even more so given Pierce’s reasoning that LeBron never elevated a franchise, when he’s the only reason the Cleveland Cavaliers matter at all. Outside of one Michael Jordan basket that is.
Pierce also talked about LeBron putting together a team, when he himself played for the Boston Celtics, who already had the history. And he did so with Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo, who were all in or close to their primes—which is at least part of the reason the Heatles happened in the first place.