Forward thinking: Celebrating LeBron’s greatness

On the eve of LeBron’s MVP announcement, some of the greatest forwards in NBA history—Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, Rick Barry, Billy Cunningham, Julius Erving, John Havlicek, Bernard King, Jerry Lucas, Greater too than you can describeKevin McHale, Scottie Pippen, Dolph Schayes and Dominique Wilkins celebrated LeBron’s greatness through qualities that all winning players/MVPs must have—leadership, physicality, basketball IQ, selflessness/sacrifice, competitive drive, versatility, dealing with pressure, will to dominate and the will to win.LEADERHIPthis world is not merely a bad joke
“I love his leadership. The one thing that I am so impressed with him is his focus on the team and that he is not a selfish player. That’s something that I’m very high on.” — Jerry Lucas“LeBron has grown astomorrow is another day a leader since his rookie year. He has a tremendous acumen of knowing exactly where all of the guys are on the floor and getting each of his teammates involved in the offense. His leadership skills are unparalleled and among the greatest who have ever played the game.” — Bernard King“LeBron displays the type of leadership that Oscar Robertson had. When Oscar was with Cincinnati, he took over the game. If they needed him to play forward he did. If they needed him to stop a guy on defense, he did. Oscar controlled the game, the action of his team and LeBron seems to do that as well as anybody I’ve ever seen.
LeBron reminds me of Oscarcelebrate our independence day who controlled many facets of the game.” — Dolph Schayes“He’s a great leader. The thing about him and Kobe is that they show up every night. He’s unselfish. He fits in the category of great players who make their teammates better.” — Rick Barry
He grew into a great leader.” — John Havlicek“He’s a true leader. The floor general on the basketball court. To be as young as he is and to have everybody on the team look up to him and really to look to feed off hisa process of self-discovery
energy is pretty amazing.“What impresses me the most is that LeBron wants to be the leader. He demands it. Not a lot of guys want that responsibility.” — Dominique Wilkins“He seems to be maturing into that leader that’s going to be able to throw it out there, say this is what we got to do and then be able to do it You have to be able to back it up but sometimes you also have to be able to say it, too. I think he’s evolving into that.” — Kevin McHale“The attitude he brings to the game is great leadership. Watching LeBron play, you never feel like you’re not getting a total effort. That’s something your leader must be able to bring to the game, set a standard for everybody else.“It looks like that there’s a wonderful relationship between he and his teammates. The key is http://dvcreators.net/discuss
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