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[QUOTE="Fireball Jr., post: 1794861, member: 404"]
His skills on the court aside, he's a leader, a player who was able to even help an erstwhile knucklehead like JR to see the light, grow up and see how good things could be if he just checked himself before he wrecked himself. He knew LeBron has no time for b.s (although the shoe-untying was classic) and he was on a short leash.

LeBron convinced a self-assured, cocky kid, Kyrie, he could be Uncle Drew and still share the rock and share the spotlight. I don't think Tristan Thompson, as great as he's been, would be performing at this level without the on-and-off the court influence of his "big bro."
 
  And people put so much into every facial expression, every sound bite, all that sports-talk and sports-fan fodder, I thought, fwiw, it was pretty telling that Kevin Love was the first teammate to grab LeBron in a big bear hug at the buzzer and flash a huge cheshire cat grin and hold onto LBJ for dear life.

I apologize to Love, I wanted him waived a few games ago, traded to Starbury's team in China. He didn't hit some shots that woulda been nice to see go in last night, but he was aggressive, all-out on the boards and, at crunch time, went out on the perimeter and manned up against Curry and shut his little non-shimmying tush down. He threw up an awful shot with a big guy with a no-d rap  on him.

I've been a believer since LeBron was in high school. We've watched him grow up, he's now an old head with flashes of gray in his beard, but he has plenty of tread left, and, while I don't know him personally, he's always struck me as a good guy, family man. all things considered, a special athlete and individual.
  
  What's not to like about this?
       
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