LeBron James has been making superhuman feats of athleticism appear routine for nearly two decades now. Watching him throw home a vicious dunk or chase down a defender in the open court doesn’t feel startling as much as it feels familiar.
Eighteen years into his NBA career, he’ll still regularly do something every game that makes you stop and appreciate how special he is. In Sunday night’s loss to the Nuggets.
LeBron received a pass in his own end, breezed right by four Denver players who apparently had no interest in defending him, going coast-to-coast with a grand total of two dribbles, and proceeded to dunk it from just in front of the free-throw line.