Opinion: After breaking the NBA scoring record you can’t say LeBron James is definitely the greatest ever, and you can’t say he’s not, either. It’s the greatest basketball compliment, as another lost Lakers season melts away, writes bruce_arthur
It was nice to remember, as his tenure with the Lakers spins in limbo, that
No, LeBron got his moment, and it was a testament to not just his talent but to decades of true dedication to the craft, to ambition, to the game. The way he pushes franchises to maximize him might be a reason the Lakers are where they are, but right now he’s also the only reason the Lakers are worth a damn at all.when he passed Michael Jordan
LeBron did that, and it’s harder than it sounds: tattooing CHOSEN1 across your broad shoulders and then carrying the heaviest expectations in the sport from the time you are a teenager. That was his way of chasing. Passing the great Kareem doesn’t make LeBron the greatest player of all time, any more than playing for these sad-sack Lakers disqualifies him. It just adds to his argument.
And if he hadn’t gone to L.A. to grab one bubble title and then vanish into what Martin Amis once called the strange obscurity of stardom, LeBron would probably matter more to today’s NBA on a day-to-day basis, in a wide-open West. Maybe he even could have found another Finals.
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