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LeBron James – Being the Greatest Ever Means Winning At Least Six Rings
Talent and even individual accomplishments like MVP awards and incredible statistics won’t help LeBron James on his quest to become recognized as the greatest player in NBA history, unless he wins that sixth NBA championship ring.
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NBA Stars When They Were Kids
Those NBA stars making millions of dollars, winning NBA titles and MVP awards and deciding the fates of franchises? They all were kids once, including living legends like Michael Jordan and Magic Johsnon, or even someone known for being a destructive force of nature like Shaquille O’Neal and still active LeBron James.
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Players With Regular Season & NBA Finals MVP at the Same Time
By winning the NBA title, regular season MVP and NBA Finals MVP for a second consecutive time, LeBron James became one of the few players to win the awards in the same season more than once, joining Michael Jordan and Larry Bird, while Willis Reed, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O’Neal and Tim Duncan did it once as well.
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Miami Heat – Dwyane Wade Holds the Key to LeBron James’ Legacy
The legacy of LeBron James will be determined by how many championships he wins with the Miami Heat and maybe with another team later in his career. For his legend to continue to grow, he needs Dwyane Wade playing like he did in game 4. Without him, all his individual greatness gets thrown away.
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NBA Rumors – Charlotte Bobcats Might Put Patrick Ewing Working Under Michael Jordan
The new Charlotte Bobcats head coach? Steve Clifford, who spent last season as an assistant with the Los Angeles Lakers. His arrival might bring in a former NBA legend to work under someone who was one of his biggest rivals during their playing days, even back in college, as Michael Jordan, the team’s owner, might get to hire Patrick Ewing as one of Clifford’s assistants.
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Four-Time NBA MVP Winners
It’s not official yet, but the NBA aren’t going to give the 2013 regular season MVP award to anyone else, so LeBron James can now set himself apart from Moses Malone, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson (who have won three), joining an elite club including only himself, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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Closest Scoring Title Races in NBA History
The NBA’s scoring title race is getting quite a twist over the last few weeks, as a red hot Carmelo Anthony, averaging 28.56 points per game, is threatening to break the hold of Kevin Durant, winner of the last three, surpassing the Oklahoma City Thunder player, who is currently stuck at second with 28.25 points, making it one of the closest scoring races in NBA history.
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Only Michael Jordan Can Beat What Kobe Bryant is Doing This Season
You don’t have to like Kobe Bryant as a person or as a player to appreciate his incredible 2012-2013 NBA season, which is extremely special considering it’s his 17th NBA season, while playing more than all but four other players around the league. Only Michael Jordan has done this well, not to mention better, at the age of 34 while still playing so much every night.
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Kobe Bryant Moves to Fourth on All-Time Scoring List
With 30 points in a much needed win for the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant moved up another spot on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, surpassing Wilt Chamberlain and ending up, for now, with 31,415 points, leaving him behind only Michael Jordan, Karl Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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NBA Players That Caused Rule Changes
It doesn’t take a great player to make rules change in the NBA, but quite often, it has to do with someone quite famous, like Wilt Chamberlain, Shaquille O’Neal, Michael Jordan and in more recent years, someone like Kevin Durant.