LeBron James Getting Screwed if NBA Season is Cancelled Will Further Prove He Has the Worst Luck Ever

There's no denying that LeBron James is among the most gifted players ever to pick up a basketball. He has a chance to go down as the GOAT when all's said and done, while plenty of fans think he's already reached that status. But what would LBJ's reputation be like if not for all the unlucky snags that have befallen his career?

From being forced to carry pedestrian Cleveland teams through the NBA Playoffs to being upended in the Finals by some of the most loaded teams in league history, luck has routinely been against King James on far more occasions than we might admit. The potential for this NBA season to be declared over without a true conclusion only adds to this narrative, as LeBron and the Lakers were quite the popular pick to win it all.

Before the suspension of the 2019-20 season last month due to coronavirus, the Lakers positioned themselves as the runaway No. 1 seed out of the Western Conference, James seemed to be on a mission to raise up a championship banner for a third team. If this season never actually finishes, it won't be the first time LBJ got screwed out of a chance to make history.

Toward the beginning of King James' lengthy prime, he was never surrounded by sufficient talent. He was the only reason the Cavaliers were ever relevant, and that was ultimately the reason he took his talents to South Beach in 2010.

Even with the Heat, bad luck got the worst of James. Dirk Nowitzki couldn't miss as Dallas overcame Miami in the 2011 Finals, and when James squared off against the Spurs in 2014, a 23-year-old Kawhi Leonard broke onto the scene and ruined LBJ's chances at a Miami three-peat. When James went back to Cleveland, he continuously found ways to get better but ran into the unstoppable Golden State Warriors in four consecutive Finals appearances. While the Cavs did beat the odds and win it all in 2016, they'd have even more to show for it if they could have avoided key injuries to Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love and 2015 -- and if the salary cap hadn't rocketed up in 2016 to allow the Warriors to sign Kevin Durant.

It's remarkable that as good as James is, there are still so many what-if's throughout his career that could have resulted in even more smashing success if the wind had blown the other way. LBJ has been through it all, but perhaps nothing would be able compare to the utter letdown of seeing the rest of the 2019-20 season called off.