Magic was 29 in 1988.
Bird was 32.
Isiah was 27.
Malone was 25.
Barkley was 25.
Jordan was 25.
Drexler was 26.
Ewing was 26.
Hakeem was 26.
None of them even had the thought to join up in their primes. It wasn't a thing back then

They wanted to beat each other. Not create supersquads. Get over it nikka. Your boy is a bytch.
If me and you owned franchises. I'd pick Kobe. You'd pick LeBron. After five losing seasons, Kobe would still be there as I put a winning team around him. LeBron would've been bounced on yall and you'd be back in the draft praying Anthony Bennett was the future