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I can't help but wonder how much it must suck to be a LeBron James hater after games like yesterday. I mean, there are - and will always be - glorified LBJ critics; people that won't admit that, no matter what he does, it'll never be enough for them.
But the guy who many critics argue relies on high-level help (because the suggestion that one man alone could Superman his way through opposing 15-man rosters each night wouldn't be absurd) lifted his team from the bottom of a bottomless well to win that game yesterday.
WHILE the best 2 players on his team not named LeBron James sat and cheered from the bench. It's just absurd.
Couple that with the realization that that performance wasn't even in his top 5 in the Playoffs and you've got to wonder: what's left to hate about?
It almost becomes too transparent if you aren't paying him his dues anymore. I mean the guy is going to be told that he's not the MVP of this league for yet another year and yet he continues to exemplify greatness when greatness is the only prerequisite.
One has to wonder if the Harden's and Westbrook's of the world ever sit back and think: "Man, I should really give trophy this to LBJ. He could put up my numbers, AND win games, AND do it with more efficiency if he really wanted to in the regular season."
It's just a wonderful blessing that we are given to be able to follow a team headlined by a player who - in my mind - will go down at the end of his career unquestionably as the greatest to ever play the game.
But the guy who many critics argue relies on high-level help (because the suggestion that one man alone could Superman his way through opposing 15-man rosters each night wouldn't be absurd) lifted his team from the bottom of a bottomless well to win that game yesterday.
WHILE the best 2 players on his team not named LeBron James sat and cheered from the bench. It's just absurd.
Couple that with the realization that that performance wasn't even in his top 5 in the Playoffs and you've got to wonder: what's left to hate about?
It almost becomes too transparent if you aren't paying him his dues anymore. I mean the guy is going to be told that he's not the MVP of this league for yet another year and yet he continues to exemplify greatness when greatness is the only prerequisite.
One has to wonder if the Harden's and Westbrook's of the world ever sit back and think: "Man, I should really give trophy this to LBJ. He could put up my numbers, AND win games, AND do it with more efficiency if he really wanted to in the regular season."
It's just a wonderful blessing that we are given to be able to follow a team headlined by a player who - in my mind - will go down at the end of his career unquestionably as the greatest to ever play the game.