NBA Playoffs 2011: True NBA MVP LeBron James Cruises Heat Past Celtics in Game 2
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.”
Can you see it America? Is this what you wanted?
A LeBron James hell bent on not just winning, but dominating.
For so long people criticized James for not being clutch. For never winning a ring and always losing the big one.
Well, that’s all about to change with a royal coronation in June, if this Heat team continues to play as they have in Games 1 and 2.
When asked on how he felt after the game James stated, "I have no emotion right now, not getting too high or too low." Just feels good "having options on the court, guys who can take over a game besides me. That takes a load off of you and it's the vision I saw this summer."
Now you have a situation in which James doesn’t need to single-handedly lead his team night in and night out in order to win. With Dwyane Wade being able to lead as he did in Game 1, it enables James to affect the game without having to dominate it.
Still, on nights like today, it sure is sweet as a Heat fan to know that he can just seemingly put on a cape and convert into Superman.
LeBron is unlike any player before him, but now he has figured out that being the "Chosen One" doesn't mean you have to be the only one every night.
Why hasn't there been more press about how well James has adapted to a team first role/mentality?
The scary part is that while he played a complementary role on Sunday, this game he seemed to decide that it was time to beast. Like an 800-lb Silver Sack Gorilla, one could see James pounding his chest all but shouting out, "King Kong ain't got nothing on me."
James led Miami with 35 points and seemed more animated and determined than ever before in a Heat uniform.
He showered fans with hard dunks, accented with the rub-it-in-your-face swing on the rim. Blocks in which he looked as though he was trying to decapitate the ball. Picking up and one, then strolling over to Boston's bench in a wrestler like strut.
Poor Kevin Garnett, it almost didn’t even seem fair to watch James defy gravity as KG realized he was no longer 26. That was the kind of evening that it was for James; he came out and showed why he is the true league MVP.
On a day where Derrick Rose was officially announced as the league's top player, James showed why the award is little more than a popularity contest.
Ask any of those writers who voted for Rose who they would take right now if they were a league GM and had the pick of the litter. It would be hard to believe that James wouldn’t come out on top of that poll.
Despise him for his choices and antics, envy him for his fortune and skills. Whatever the case, admit to yourself that James may well be on his way to being one day regarded as the G.O.A.T. But is he even the best player on his team?
On to Game 3, and as James stated, "just really looking forward to going to Boston."
Something tells me the people of Boston suddenly don't feel the same.
