"Honestly, LeBron is the guy who just proved the best that he's capable of playing a different role," the coach said. "None of those other guys has ever really done it."
[The anonymous coach was talking about the other "Sixers" stars, but he could have been talking about other superstars like LeBron. LeBron showed with La-La that he is capable of deferring.]
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"If this goes well, none of those five guys are going to average career highs," the NBA coach said. "They're all going to play a different role than they have in the past or maybe that they want to. So the most important thing is going to be getting everyone to buy in. Getting everyone to forget about how the stats affect their contracts or reputations."
"It all comes down to Joel," one league source close to the situation said. "If it's Tyrese, VJ, Jaylen Brown, LeBron and Adem Bona, that's not a championship team. But if it's those four guys and Joel, that's a championship team.
[Adem Bona was the "somebody" I referred to in a previous post.]
