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Here is what I wrote when LeBron announced four years ago that he was “taking my talents to Miami:” It’s important to bear in mind that LeBron’s all-consuming ambition to win a championship is the same ambition that motivated (and still motivates) all great NBA players: winning really is everything to them. And he will surely… Read more.
This championship series got off to a thrilling and promising start when the Miami Heat effectively stole game two from the San Antonio Spurs, in San Antonio, to even their best of seven series at 1-1 heading back to Miami. But after the Spurs froze the Heat out to win games three and four in… Read more.
Not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven and hey I’m not just up here blowing smoke at none of these fans … I’m about business and we believe we can win multiple championships…. (Heat’s welcome party for LeBron, YouTube, July 10, 2010) I was among those who ridiculed LeBron James… Read more.
Two years ago virtually every sports writer criticized LeBron for leaving Cleveland to “take [his] talents to South Beach.” But their criticism had far more to do with the fanfare he made of his announcement than with his leaving. And it did not matter to them that LeBron orchestrated that fanfare so that the millions generated could… Read more.
LeBron James’s announcement last year that he was “taking his talents to Miami” incited a very polarized reaction among sports fans and commentators alike: some cheered as if it were the (sports) equivalent of the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, while others jeered as if it were the equivalent of Judas betraying Jesus Christ. By… Read more.
The moniker “Dream Team” is usually reserved for the group of NBA players who join forces every four years to guarantee Olympic gold in basketball for the United States. Therefore, it’s an indication of their arrogance and disrespect for what this moniker represents that Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, and LeBron James co-opted it when they… Read more.
When Julius “Dr. J” Erving was in his prime, we thought he was the most entertaining player in the history of the NBA and that there would never be another one like him again. Then along came Michael Jordan, and we thought the same about him. Then, with all due respect to Kobe Bryant, along… Read more.
