And how did Grant and Pippen fair without Jordan? You dont know shit about basketball it seems. You're old too so you have no excuse having watched Jordan his whole career. Lebron might be comparable to Magic at the end of his career, Jordan though? GTFO. You ever play the game at any level?
Pippen was one of the 50 best players of all time. He was MVP of the all-star game the year after MJ left, and they kicked ass in the playoffs despite losing MJ.
Heat without leBron.... LMAO... they'd be horrible. Look at Cleveland... from Finals to Lottery with LBJ leaving town. Lebron got to the finals with scrubs. MJ needed Pippen to do it. Pippen was a greater player than Wade. Pippen was just SICK awesome in his prime. He played for 11 seasons with the bulls... so he was OLD when MJ left. Looking at how he did with portland, that's not fair, he was mid to late 30s by then, and drank like a mofo.
Jordan is an awesome tale of working your ass to the top.
LeBron is an awesome example of handed everything and spoiled rotten and "king james" before he finished high school.
But LeBron is better, his legacy will be better. He just has a better body, takes better care of self, and got an earlier start thanks to no college.