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05-21-2007, 01:32 AM
SI.com - LeBron James last big star in NBA playoffs (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/nba/wires/05/10/2030.ap.bkn.lebron.s.show.adv11.1115/index.html)
All-Star forward LeBron James might be the only player still on the floor this postseason able to deliver the spectacular. He's surely the only one who can make the most casual hoops fan delay mowing the backyard to spend a glorious spring afternoon glued to the TV.
The spotlight is fixed on James, and he and the Cleveland Cavaliers are center stage
The spotlight is fixed on James, and he and the Cleveland Cavaliers are center stage.
So, what happened to all those one-name wonders? Kobe didn't get enough help from the Lakers. Shaq and D-Wade, the defending champions, got buried by the Bulls on South Beach. Melo and A.I. need more time together. T-Mac, even with Yao alongside, busted in round one - again - and Dirk, this season's likely MVP, got dunked.
Rising stars Chris Bosh and Dwight Howard were sent home, too.
Of the elite members from the famed draft class of 2003, James is flying solo in the 2007 postseason.
"I never thought about it like that,'' the 22-year-old James said. "I've got to hold down the fort, I guess.''
Commissioner David Stern, aka fan No. 1, never publicly would admit it, but there might be a small part of the commish rooting for the Cavaliers to make a deep title run. After all, ratings mean as much as rebounds this time of year.
When I was reading this it occured to me that it should have been title "James the last player with a major shoe deal left"
Even if you don't buy into the Pistons Billups/Hamilton as being valid starts then how can Tim Duncan be discounted? Duncan has had much more of an impact on the Spurs as any Superstar has.
This worries me. What kind of bone job are we going to get from the refs in this series?
All-Star forward LeBron James might be the only player still on the floor this postseason able to deliver the spectacular. He's surely the only one who can make the most casual hoops fan delay mowing the backyard to spend a glorious spring afternoon glued to the TV.
The spotlight is fixed on James, and he and the Cleveland Cavaliers are center stage
The spotlight is fixed on James, and he and the Cleveland Cavaliers are center stage.
So, what happened to all those one-name wonders? Kobe didn't get enough help from the Lakers. Shaq and D-Wade, the defending champions, got buried by the Bulls on South Beach. Melo and A.I. need more time together. T-Mac, even with Yao alongside, busted in round one - again - and Dirk, this season's likely MVP, got dunked.
Rising stars Chris Bosh and Dwight Howard were sent home, too.
Of the elite members from the famed draft class of 2003, James is flying solo in the 2007 postseason.
"I never thought about it like that,'' the 22-year-old James said. "I've got to hold down the fort, I guess.''
Commissioner David Stern, aka fan No. 1, never publicly would admit it, but there might be a small part of the commish rooting for the Cavaliers to make a deep title run. After all, ratings mean as much as rebounds this time of year.
When I was reading this it occured to me that it should have been title "James the last player with a major shoe deal left"
Even if you don't buy into the Pistons Billups/Hamilton as being valid starts then how can Tim Duncan be discounted? Duncan has had much more of an impact on the Spurs as any Superstar has.
This worries me. What kind of bone job are we going to get from the refs in this series?