John Stockton criticizes LeBron James for joining super teams

John Stockton was an old-school type player even during his old-school era. He still has that mentality to this day and he’s not a fan of LeBron James’ strategy of joining other top players to start super teams.

Stockton spoke about this in an interview, where he claims LeBron has “taken a helicopter to the top,” rather than earning the title the hard way.

“I like where guys tighten their belt up and say, let’s go to work. We just got to get better, got to play harder. We gotta play smarter, instead of just, ‘Huh, where’s the grass greener?’” Stockton said.

“I’m gonna go there and win a championship. I think it devalues that. You’re not climbing the mountain; you’re taking a helicopter to the top.”