Immortality, a word typically only used by one describing a greek god or Hercules if you will. But in professional sports immortality is something very few people will ever get a chance to witness and even fewer people will ever be able to walk around with that title. In Bill Simmons article "King James next stop Immortality" he goes into talking about the persona that Lebron James has started taking on. Lebron James is the best basketball player in the world right now, and is starting to show everyone that he isn't bluffing. With his first championship coming to him last year he has started his quest. I love Lebron and love what he brings to the sportsworld, a Tiger Woods like character that sells tickets and that chance to glimpse something that rarely walks among us. But we can't forget that guy named Michael, who for 20 years took the basketball world and placed it in the palm of his hand and simply said that its his kingdom and he will rule with an iron fist. Now with Lebron entering that picture, people can only sit back and watch. I watched his playoff run last year and could only sit back and wonder "is this real life?" he takes no prisoners and will do anything to keep his team from losing. To me I see Lebron as a god, someone who takes a sport and makes it into a show for everyone to witness. I love him and use him as a model in my sports life, taking his mentality and trying to apply it to my competitions. The article was especially great because of the way Simmons addressed Lebron as a fan even though he watched as Lebron knocked his team, The Celtics, out of the playoffs with heroics that are rarely seen anywhere. The article is biased towards the greatness of Lebron and I think it should be. Lebron is King and people know it, but he has just a strong of a hatred base as anyone and that is simply fuel for this fire. This article is riveting and I loved every second of reading it.
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8555451/lebron-quest-immortality
I couldnt agree more with your response to this article. I also think that Lebron James is going to end up being one of the greatest basketball players to ever play the game and one of the most achieved athlete of all time. I think people need to let go the fact that he left Cleveland, a losing franchise, to go to the Heat and be part of a winning tradition. No matter who the athlete is and no matter what team they were leaving any athlete would do what Lebron James did to earn a NBA title. He failed to do so the first year, but his second year he accomplished that goal and after watching their first game of the season I feel there are many many more championships to be won for Lebron James and the Miami Heat.
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