“You get all the doubters and people who have never stepped in the arena, who has never played basketball, put on a tank top and shorts always want to kill my teammates. I learn that from when I first picked up a basketball at age nine,” James said. I know I get a lot of the headlines, win lose or draw. “In order to succeed, it has to be a team effort. That is LeBron James, nearly a triple-double in game seven of the Eastern Conference finals. The number one attribute that you get from the most significant players who have played the basketball game is that they will never cheat the fans.

The four-time league MVP played 48 minutes, scored 35 points with 15 rebounds and nine assists, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to an 87-79 win over the Celtics and eliminating Boston from the Eastern Conference finals in the decisive seventh game. What is fascinating he gets no credit for his conditioning. James is adding more to an impressive resume He is my number two on Mount Rushmore in the sport of basketball history. These are just a few items on his resume before he hangs up the Nikes. The icing on the cake James passed Kareem Abdul Jabaar on the all-time 30-point game list. In the process, this regular season James became the first player in league history to win ten straight division titles (two in Cleveland, four straight in Miami, and another four straight with Cleveland). For the first time in his royal 15-year NBA career, James played in all 82 regular-season games. I have always been humble that I can see other athletes mimic some of the things that I do.” “It is great when you have other athletes not only in your own respective sport but other sports that respect what you do and know the meaning behind it. “I have had opportunities to do it obviously lately,” James said. It’s the best signature celebration in the NBA. It all comes together to create “The Silencer” because James did something incredible it quieted a hostile crowd.

The double-tap of the right hand over the chest. The pushing down of the hands three times, palms facing the floor, as if the air were so thick you could touch it. It’s violent yet straightforward, intense enough to represent the enormity of the moment, but not so over the top that it bothers you. 1 show of expression in sports.ĭebuted in Cleveland on March 20, 2013, when James was still a member of the Miami Heat, the King’s victory dance has been copied by guys like Ohio State’s Braxton Miller at the time, ex-Pittsburgh Steelers’ William Gay, and LeBron’s son. If so, it’s no wonder LeBron James’s signature celebration lands as my No. They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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