CLEVELAND - LeBron James, the demigod forward of the Cleveland Cavaliers is the best player in the league. Amazing considering that today marks only his 24th birthday.
That's right. James has finally eclipsed the venerable Kobe Bryant as basketball's top dog and with today being the anniversary of his birth, I felt it necessary to bring up how far he's come. The Cavs, a perennial NBA laughingstock prior to his arrival has stunned the world this season with their blistering early season success. At 26-4, they are easily having the best season in franchise history.
Birthday boy James is the catalyst.
Of course, the acquisition of Mo Williams has done wonders for the team, as well as the outstanding play of Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Delonte West. But with LeBron's stunning improvement on defense, his career best free throw shooting and his always splendid scoring and playmaking, he has given Cleveland an elite identity and killer instinct that they've never possessed.
It should be mentioned that no player, not Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan or the aforementioned Bryant is on LeBron's level of basketball superiority right now. That amazing skill set of his will only continue to seperate him from everyone else as time goes on.
Tonight, James leads his team into Miami for the completion of a home and home with the Heat. A couple days ago, he out dueled Miami superstar, Dwyane Wade to push the Cavs' home record to 16-0. Whether or not Cleveland wins their first ever NBA title in June remains to be seen. But win, lose or draw, James is still # 1 in the game.
The championship would just be icing on his cake.
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