Lebron James and the GOAT
Recently Lebron James stated that he was the greatest of all time because of his epic championship comeback win against the 73 win Golden State Warriors in 2015-2016. I want to dissect his sentiment and put it under the light of real scrutiny. I’m open to the possibility that Lebron is the greatest of all time. After that we will expand the argument further to see if Lebron really is the GOAT. So what was Lebron saying here? Was he saying that this victory ALONE made him the greatest of all time? That in fact by beating such a historically good team and in the fashion he did that he was the greatest ever? I don’t think so. There is more to it. Lebron also added that it was even more special because of the history of Cleveland sports. Cleveland hadn’t experienced a championship in a major U.S. Sport since 1964. Maybe that’s what Lebron meant. The victory was so incredible, to come back from down 3-1, against a 73 win team, along with his cities histor...