The last two years of NBA coverage have been saturated in reporting and analysis related to the perception of LeBron James. How Clevelanders, basketball fans and even fellow NBA players viewed James became a story in itself. The backlash to James' move to Miami, play and on-court antics was chronicled, as was the backlash to the backlash and the backlash to the backlash to the backlash.
The LeBron James narrative had become a self-contained and self-sustaining entity, in the process illustrating the obsessive tendencies of sports fans and the media bodies that both guide and oblige them.
But now that James has won the prize that many foolishly claimed he never could, much of the interest in those narrative lines appears to have died out.
James may be no more likable today than he was a few months ago, but the panacea of winning seems to have somehow made him more palatable to audiences at large. For two years, James has filled a dual role as the league's best player and its most controversial figure. In light of how his story has trudged on, he may finally be able to drop the latter tag while only solidifying his claim as the league's finest.
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LeBron James: The Best Basketball Player Around on the Simplest Terms
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