Way back in the 2007 playoffs, after LeBron James had just finished dismantling the Detroit Pistons in a Game 5 that became known as a benchmark in his elevation to greatness, former teammate Drew Gooden famously referred to Akron’s favorite son as “Video Game James.” Though he preferred monikers like “The King” and “The Chosen One” instead, James liked the new nickname enough to endorse it publicly.
“I absolutely know exactly what he means,” James said before Game 6 of that series. “You do a lot of stuff on video games that you sometimes can’t do in real life.