Neither is Wades. That's why I asked that question this morning. Wade doesn't get the slighted like Bron though. They played in the same conference at the same time.
Nobody is claiming Wade to be top 5 over guys Like Mike, Magic, Kobe who have all put in more work Vs better opponents.
The stat that is even more telling is that Lebron has played & Beat 7 teams that were either .500 or under .500 in his career. Meaning if they're in the west they are probably 30-35 win teams, So while admittedly he didn't have much "Help" in his Cle days neither did 80-90 % of the Eastern Conference.
Then he goes to MIAMI which talent Wise is head and shoulders above every team in the East and we still saw him go to Several game 6's & 7's against highly mediocre teams.
There is no way to dispute that his teams have constantly played against inferior talent.
In order for Kobe/Duncan to win look at the names of the Superstars they had to go against. Themselves, Prime KG, Prime Dirk, Prime Nash & Stoudemire, Prime Shaq, Prime Gasol Prime TP, Prime Ginobli, Prime CWebb, Peja & those insanely deep Kings squads, Prime Sheed, Pippen, & insanely deep Blazers squads. Malone & Stockton, KD & Russ, Prime Ray Allen, Prime CP3,
Literally if you look at either one of these players (Duncan & Kobe) they had to eliminate ATLEAST 1-2 teams led by Hof'ers EVERY year in order to win a ring.
In The Eastern Conference Lebron has Beat An extremely Good defensive Pistons squad, An Aging Celtics Squad (Which was missing Rondo, who was their best player at that point) & then Who?
D-Rose Coming off two years of Injury and a hobbled Gasol, PG & Hibbert?, Glibert ****** Arenas? The Hawks Led by Al Horford?
Literally since he's gotten talent on his team he's beaten three players in the east who you would consider HOF locks and they were all on the same squad and were 33-35 yrs old When he finally beat em.
Look at that List of HOF'ers in the West & the teams they had & then look at what he's gotten through in the East. Now Think to yourself that he's being compared to SUPERSTAR players who have had much more playoff success & Ask how it's possible that he can leap frog them on an All Time player list having won 2 championships
There is no dispute that LBJ is a Legendary player but he's not top 5 or anywhere near goat status and yet media tries to push this narrative.