When I was a kid, I’d ask my dad questions about what it was like to watch the great Jim Brown play football. Since things like the internet and Youtube didn’t exist, he’d do his best to explain before falling back on a simple yet profound two word description… greatness personified.
Those exact two words echoed through my brain as LeBron James added yet another incredible volume to his seemingly endless library of highlights and records, ending Game 5 against the Indiana Pacers with a resounding flourish. The comparisons began to flow almost instantaneously amongst pundits and admirers far and wide… from his own buzzer-beating dagger to end Game 2 of the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals against the Orlando Magic… to Michael Jordan’s heartbreaker in Game 5 of the 1989 Eastern Conference first round against the Cavaliers.