LeBron James Free Agency: 5 Reasons why LeBron James should re-sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers this summer

#3 If he forms another superteam, comparisons to Jordan will cease having credence

Will LeBron James sign with the Lakers?

LeBron, even at age 33, seems to be performing as well as he ever has. At his current level of play, the Cleveland Cavaliers are still the preeminent force in the Eastern Conference, despite the Kyrie Irving trade that has reduced their long-term ceiling and only given them Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr to show for it (Isaiah Thomas and Jae Crowder have been traded to the Lakers and the Jazz respectively).

Leaving such a scenario for a loaded team like the Houston Rockets (who have James Harden and Chris Paul), the Spurs (who have LaMarcus Aldridge and Kawhi Leonard) or the 76ers (who have Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid) - as the rumours have been trying to project - would be considered an abject surrender on his part to the super team culture that he has played a large part in popularizing, albeit unwittingly.

It would be seen as a weak move on his part, and he would be labeled a mercenary - words that were never, ever associated with Michael Jordan, whose ghost he has supposedly been chasing all this time.