November 23, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious
Lebron James can’t be a human being. Either that or he is some highly evolved version of a human being that is way ahead of his time. He is my clear favorite right now in the race to the 2009 MVP award. Not only is he putting up ridiculous stats night in and night out, but his Cleveland Cavaliers are also winning at a high percentage and looking like one of the top 2 or 3 teams in the Eastern Conference.
LBJ had multiple ‘eye-popping’ plays in tonight’s Cavaliers 110-96 win over the Atlanta Hawks, however there were two that stuck out in my mind as indicative of how far above the rest of the star players Lebron is in the area of athleticism. The first play in question he drove hard to the cup on Al Horford and Solomon Jones and was fouled hard by both big men. Not only did Lebron still score the bucket for the And1, but the score was a vicious dunk with his off-hand. That’s sooo not right, sooo sick!
On the second ‘eye-popping’ play, Lebron drives to the cup on Maurice Evans, he cups the ball and fakes a behind the back pass, then continues to the rim for a huge tomahawk dunk. It’s the type of play you’d normally see from a flashy point guard for a lay-up at best. But for Lebron it’s a highlight reel dunk. If you missed the game, here is video footage of both plays:
