Saturday, November 17, 2007

LeBron's Masterpiece Against Utah

I hope you had a chance to see LeBron's masterpiece against Utah. He proudly sat at his locker stall before the rest of the reporters came in. He smiled and said
“just when you think you've seen it all from me, I fool you guys." I would say the tip pass under the bucket to an open Damon Jones was a beaut...even LeBron doesn’t remember ever doing that before. The only way to describe it, is the guy sees the game slower than mere mortals...he knew where the ball was going, but to make that snapshot decision in the air, like he was shooting a photo...few have that kind of capacity to do that...maybe Magic Johnson...even Pete Maravich before him.

But LeBron's favorite highlight was the stripping of Carlos Boozer with the game on the line...and Mike Brown has to love that, when your superstar is committed to playing defense as LBJ now is...he's capable of winning games almost by himself...and that's not intended to slight Z or Drew or anyone else, but it was a do-everything performance at both ends which is what we are now expecting. #23 has raised his own bar, and even he doesn't know where the limit is. That's what makes this so much fun to watch. We could very well be watching an MVP season in the making.

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