LeBron James is the greatest basketball player of the 21st century. Since high school, he has been deemed “The Chosen One” and has met that expectation and more. As an ambassador for the National Basketball Association he has represented the game with dignity and respect. His selfless attitude on the court has led him to be one of the most successful athletes of his generation. His athleticism, leadership ability, and on-court efficiency are the reasons why he is the greatest to play the game of basketball since the turn of the new millennium.
LeBron James was born with elite athleticism; by the ninth grade he was already 6’3”. This God given gift has made him impossible to stop on the court. ESPN’s Sport Science conducted numerous experiments on him. “The average NBA player takes 13 strides to cover the length of the court; LeBron takes only nine” (Glasspiegel 2013). At the peak of a jump shot his hand is over nine …show more content…
He has a career player efficiency rating (PER) of 27.59-- the second highest in NBA history behind Michael Jordan. Ever since his second season in the league, he has finished top five in scoring each season. Since his third season, he has finished at least top five in MVP voting each year, winning the award four times in his career. He has played in seven total NBA Finals, but has played in the last six, having won three. Playing in six straight NBA Finals has never happened in the modern era of the NBA. James makes it look all too easy. “Box Plus/Minus (BPM) is a box score-based metric for evaluating basketball players' quality and contribution to the team” (Myers 2016). LeBron is the all-time career leader in BPM. He has seven career triple doubles in the NBA finals only second behind Magic Johnson and is the youngest player to reach 28,000 points. No other player of his generation has come remotely close to these statistics; his efficiency is his most impressive
LeBron James was born with elite athleticism; by the ninth grade he was already 6’3”. This God given gift has made him impossible to stop on the court. ESPN’s Sport Science conducted numerous experiments on him. “The average NBA player takes 13 strides to cover the length of the court; LeBron takes only nine” (Glasspiegel 2013). At the peak of a jump shot his hand is over nine …show more content…
He has a career player efficiency rating (PER) of 27.59-- the second highest in NBA history behind Michael Jordan. Ever since his second season in the league, he has finished top five in scoring each season. Since his third season, he has finished at least top five in MVP voting each year, winning the award four times in his career. He has played in seven total NBA Finals, but has played in the last six, having won three. Playing in six straight NBA Finals has never happened in the modern era of the NBA. James makes it look all too easy. “Box Plus/Minus (BPM) is a box score-based metric for evaluating basketball players' quality and contribution to the team” (Myers 2016). LeBron is the all-time career leader in BPM. He has seven career triple doubles in the NBA finals only second behind Magic Johnson and is the youngest player to reach 28,000 points. No other player of his generation has come remotely close to these statistics; his efficiency is his most impressive