Have you ever wondered what defines greatest? If I were to use one person to define it, I would use LeBron James. LeBron James, a NBA legend, is arguably the greatest basketball player to walk the earth. He is often brought down by the idea that in order to be great you need to win titles, which isn’t necessarily true. It is also said that when he left the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2010, to join a stacked squad of players in Miami, was a weak move and proves that he couldn’t win on his own. I believe that LeBron is the greatest, not only because of his skills, but the fact that the players have become more athletic since the 1980’s and 1990’s. LeBron is the best of these athletes, and is the most dominate of our generation.
LeBron’s greatness can be backed up by his insane statistics since he arrived in the NBA. LeBron has been averaging over 27 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists over 15 seasons in the NBA(Basketball Reference).It doesn’t seem like he is going to slow down. His stats have been great over the past three seasons, when the …show more content…
The 2015-2016 NBA finals was a crazy series between the greatest team of all time the Golden State Warriors. This team won the NBA regular season record 73 out of 82 games. LeBron’s team was considered a really good team, but weren’t at the level of greatness to beat the Warriors. LeBron proved the entire world wrong during this series. His team came back to win the series, despite starting down 3-1 in it. No team has ever came back from a 3-1 lead in the finals, let alone done it against the greatest team of all time. LeBron’s statistics in this series were the best the finals has ever seen. LeBron led his team in blocks, steals, assists, points, and rebounds during the series. No other player can say that they pulled off the greatest comeback, against the greatest team, leading all statistical
LeBron’s greatness can be backed up by his insane statistics since he arrived in the NBA. LeBron has been averaging over 27 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists over 15 seasons in the NBA(Basketball Reference).It doesn’t seem like he is going to slow down. His stats have been great over the past three seasons, when the …show more content…
The 2015-2016 NBA finals was a crazy series between the greatest team of all time the Golden State Warriors. This team won the NBA regular season record 73 out of 82 games. LeBron’s team was considered a really good team, but weren’t at the level of greatness to beat the Warriors. LeBron proved the entire world wrong during this series. His team came back to win the series, despite starting down 3-1 in it. No team has ever came back from a 3-1 lead in the finals, let alone done it against the greatest team of all time. LeBron’s statistics in this series were the best the finals has ever seen. LeBron led his team in blocks, steals, assists, points, and rebounds during the series. No other player can say that they pulled off the greatest comeback, against the greatest team, leading all statistical