But the Heat, a team featuring two superstars in James and Wade and a third superstar wannabe in Bosh, is getting beat by a Dallas team with just one true star, Nowitzki, and a bunch of solid role players who are doing their job spectacularly.
James and the Heat return home for a must-win Game 6 tonight. LeBron gets another chance to establish his legacy as one of the game's all-time greats, to show that the "Chosen 1" tattoo across his back is more than just body-art ink.
He has an opportunity to step up, to prove all those critics wrong if he can help the Heat come back from that discouraging 3-2 deficit and win two do-or-die games to claim the crown.
But up until now, Nowitzki has indeed displayed "the heart of a champion."
And James, much to the dismay of his fans and the city of Miami, has definitely not.
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The author must have been left off a team as a youth. LeBron took Cleveland from nothing (again where they are this year) to the playoffs regularly. The entire franchise was nothing without him.
The author mentioned Kobe, that was the More..
LeBron is not even on the same level as Michael Jordan as Michael elevated his team and did it with mediocre role players around him. He went about things wrong last year and his legacy will be one od selfishness and greed.
As much as I dislike the Heat and James, more than anything now I just want to see Dirk win one. He has shown that "heart of a champion". He's had his fair share of angry tirades, but overall the guy just shuts up and plays. He has stayed More..