LeBron James dwells in hyperbole.
He's been the greatest out of high school, the freak of all athletes and he's king of the NBA. These aren't his words, but it's where he lives.
So after the Miami Heat advanced past the Eastern Conference Finals and into an NBA Finals showdown against the San Antonio Spurs, James made an astute point—despite slipping into exaggeration.
"I'm a much better player – 20, 40, 50 times better than I was in the '07 Finals," James told the media, according to Yahoo! Sports, referring to the 2007 NBA Finals loss against the Spurs when he was with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
James was already a top-tier talent in 2006-07, his fourth year in the league, when the young Cavalier averaged 28.2 points, 7.6 assists and 7.8 rebounds in the postseason before being swept by the Spurs.
Stripping away the obvious hyperbole—20, 40 or 50 times better—and yes, James is correct. He is a much more enhanced version of what he was in 2007.
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Article written by Jimmy Spencer