Lebron James stepped onto the court at Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland late last Wednesday night for Game 6 of the NBA Finals knowing that a loss would mean the end of yet another “disappointing” and well, “worthless” season for he and his Cleveland Cavaliers. Lebron James is one of the most renowned figures in sports history and one of the most explosive and electric players the NBA has ever seen, but none of that would really matter to him or anyone else unless he won. Sports fans live and die for legacy and for many (me especially), they wanted to see Lebron win and for Lebron I believe it was more of a need and less of a want. Lebron knew that he needed to win Game 7 on Sunday in Oakland or his career would continue to be nothing but a never-ending story of criticism and complaints…“Lebron can’t perform under pressure,” or “a losing Finals record won’t put him with the greats,” or “he will never be Jordan” are all things the critics say or fans who haven’t quite gotten what they thought the would from the King (i.e The city of Cleveland’s first championship since 1964). The fact is this, Lebron can perform under pressure (clearly), a losing Final record would not have and will hardly taint his legacy and no he is not Michael Jordan, he is Lebron James.
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