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Posted by Nick Vitrano on

I know, I know, I posted this a few weeks ago, but tell me it doesn’t get better every time you watch it:

I’m happy for LeBron James.  We trash individualism in team sport, then measure individual success on the grounds of team championships won.  It’s a glaring double-standard that is unfair to athlete and team alike. 

Though many individuals have taken over a contest, none has single-handedly won a team title.  But even in that analysis, we are selective.

You know what no one ever says: Robin Yount never won a World Series.  

LeBron James conducted an ill-advised television special and made some foolish remarks at a pep rally.  It’s tough to defend the fact that James presented himself unlikeable.  And I get it that it’s tough to pull for a guy as such.  But on the court, the dude is a freak of NBA nature, and I’m glad we can finally get back to talking about that, and not “The Decision.”

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