Not to pick you out, but just as a jumping off point on the topic - Do we honestly think it’s any different than any other sport? Didn’t we recently have Pali openly talking about recruiting someone in his last couple years (I’m forgetting who it was? Hanley maybe?)
It’s different in a few ways, sure, but mostly only because other leagues don’t have caps on ridiculous contracts and the affinity to go play with your buddy doesn’t impact your check all that much, end of day; plus, it’s so much more impactful to build a ‘super team’ that’s it’s almost a necessity if you want to compete.
Otherwise, I’d be pretty willing to pay a large bet that it’s just as prevalent, it’s just publicized more because it’s Lebron and it’s more successful in the NBA. Other sports you can do it, but you have a much higher chance of a guy saying ‘yeah man, I’d love to team up, but team x is offering y more dollars; sorry man; need to make it while I can’.