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LeBron forfeited the GOAT title There’s an ongoing debate about whether Michael Jordan or LeBron James is the NBA GOAT. I picked Michael years ago. There’s no denying LeBron’s talents. And they certainly make him worthy of contention. However, he forfeited all claims to this title in 2010 when he abandoned Cleveland and took his talents to Miami to chase his first… Read more.
Victor Wembanyama’s tall expectations LeBron James entered the NBA Draft in 2003 as “The Chosen One.” Everyone expected him to be “the heir to Air Jordan.” And no one can deny that he met those expectations. Victor Wembanyama is entering this year’s draft with similar media hype. Granted, no one is hailing him as the chosen… Read more.
Nobody outside knows what goes on inside a marriage. But, like most people these days, Tom and Gisele shared much of what was going on inside theirs on social media. Tom and Gisele Divorcing That’s why their announced divorce settlement today surprised no one. Never mind the folly inherent in their horses-already-left-the-barn request for privacy. The only wonder… Read more.
Episode 32: You Need to Build Your Own Super (Home) Team to Be Like Mike… Related commentaries: LeBron and KD… Listen.
I knew LeBron James’s decision to “take my talents to Miami” would haunt his legacy. And I’m not just saying that today. Because here is how I expressed disappointment and cast judgement, in real time, in “LeBron Abandons Cleveland for Miami,” July 13, 2010. ________ It’s important to bear in mind that LeBron’s all-consuming ambition… Read more.
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And Clyde the glide takes my side. (That’s Frazier … with apologies to Drexler.) I took a lot of flak for pooh-poohing LeBron James’s (presumed) greatness after he made that fateful decision to “take his talents to Miami.” Here is how I explained my disappointment and cast my judgement in “LeBron Abandons Cleveland for Miami,”… Read more.
It had been five seasons since Kevin Durant had reached the NBA Finals, a basketball eternity, but the star forward certainly made the most of his first trip since then, leading the Warriors to a championship – his first – while winning Finals MVP honors. Durant, 28, received the honor Monday after the Warriors’ 129-120… Read more.
You’re probably wondering why a “second chance.” After all, LeBron James led the Miami Heat to consecutive NBA Championships in 2012-13. Well, here is an excerpt from “LeBron Abandons Cleveland for Miami,” July 13, 2010, which explains why even he must have realized that none of those championships will really matter when he looks back… Read more.
