Joe DiMaggio is in our midst.
No one snickered, no one laughed when the Cavaliers’ Richard Jefferson made the comparison.
Because the level of consistent excellence, the longevity, the durability that LeBron James displayed in passing Michael Jordan to become the NBA’s all-time leading playoff scorer Thursday night seems like a package that is rarely put together.
So when Jefferson said after the Cavs captured the Eastern Conference championship with a victory over the Boston Celtics Thursday at TD Garden that James’ playoff scoring record is “unbreakable,” no one thought it was all that farfetched.
When the Cavs take on the Golden State Warriors on June 1, it will be James’ seventh consecutive NBA Finals appearance and his eighth overall.