Today’s column from CBS Chicago …
(CBS) He arrived in Miami predicting “Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven” NBA championships, which leaves us to assume that LeBron James bolted Cleveland for South Beach to win eight crowns with the Heat.
And if King James ever truly expects his hoops legend to sit on a throne above Michael Jordan’s in the court of public opinion, he just might need every last one of them.
Today in a piece for NPR, columnist Gene Demby mixed summer blockbusters – flicks and Finals – and delved into that topic when he shared his belief tthat “LeBron James is Superman to Michael Jordan’s Lex Luthor.”
“That’s going to sound blasphemous,” Demby continued, “but more than the San Antonio Spurs whom he faces for all of the marbles in tonight’s NBA Finals, or any other team he might face in the future, James’ biggest foil is actually Michael Jordan, The Greatest Basketball Player Ever.”
It’s difficult to disagree. After all, during Game 6 when LeBron was fumbling and airballing his way down the stretch against the Spurs, Twitter went wild with a flurry of tweets not so much about the miscues but rather about how LBJ is no MJ and never will be.
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