On July 8, 2010, NBA free agency was completely changed. When LeBron James announced that he would be “taking my talents to South Beach, and join the Miami Heat,” he started what many are calling the “Player Empowerment Decade.”
There’s been a huge amount of player movement in the aftermath of The Decision. We went straight from celebrating Dirk playing 21 years with the Mavs and Kobe playing 20 years with the Lakers, to what we have now.
We made fun of Shaq for moving teams so often (although many of those were after his prime years).