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You might remember my mentioning my Pantheon of athletes in an older post. Well, I have a name to add to the Pantheon list that I started back then and I will try to add names to the Pantheon on a more regular basis going forward.

Today’s addition might be a cliched entry, but he deserves it nonetheless: LeBron James. Yeah, hes kind of goofy and this global icon stuff is kind of annoying, but there is little question about what he can do on a basketball court. It is just plain silly. When was the last time that he wasn’t included in the SportsCenter Top 10 on a day after the Cavs had a game? Seriously. He was in there twice the other day. He absolutely cemented his Pantheon status with his ridiculous peformance in Game 5 of the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals against the Pistons, but he has actually gotten even BETTER since then.He can take over a basketball game at just about any point and has basketball IQ (a term I hate, but works for this) gets better each game.

I had my doubts earlier in his career that he was actually going to live up to expectations (like the first 2 games of the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals), but it is safe to say that the ceiling has been completely removed from this guys career. His team is as good this year as it has ever been and I think this just may be the year that he does it. Suffice it to say that if LeBron James is on TV, I will definitely be watching and that remote won’t be used while he’s on.

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