As ESPN wrote, a small forward has to be versatile, often taking up scoring responsibilities along with rebounding and defence, and could be more important than any other position on the court. He is a physical marvel, built to dominate his opponents on court as a small forward. So what makes LeBron James a great basketball player? There is no doubt that he has lived up to the hype, and on the way has set and continues to set a legacy that few people in sporting history can claim. As of June 2016, James has four ‘Most Valued Player’ awards, two championship rings and two Olympic Gold medals. Many, however, fade into oblivion, becoming NBA journeymen like Joe Smith, or get riddled by injuries and never come close to realising their full potential like Greg Oden. Many go on to achieve that greatness: Hakeem Olajuwon, Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson and Shaquille O’Neal being prime examples. NBA first-draft picks, chosen first among a battery of rising talents, usually come preordained with the tag of greatness. Picked as the first overall pick in the 2003 draft, James joined the Cleveland Cavaliers, his home team. Every decade usually has a defining basketball player – Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, and this current age arguably belongs to James.

To find the last time someone appeared in as many consecutive finals, we would have go all the way back to the 1960s’ Boston Celtics, to the great Bill Russell, whose achievements may never be emulated in today’s über-competitive league. It is an incredible achievement, worthy of much praise, matched by no one in a generation that has seen many of basketball’s greatest players. On May 26, James led the Cavaliers in a rout of the Toronto Raptors, sealing a place in the NBA finals for a sixth consecutive time, a seventh final in his still far-from-finished twelve-year career. Most of the news bytes on him have focused on his alleged role in the firing of Cleveland Cavaliers’s ex-coach, David Blatt his lifetime deal with Nike and his cryptic tweets. The current National Basketball Association (NBA) season has been an uncharacteristically quiet one for LeBron James. But for the last two years, that is in fact what has happened, courtesy a gifted, once-in-a-generation sharp-shooter named Steph Curry. Since his breakout rookie season in 2003, very rarely has LeBron James been away from the spotlight.

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