Pat Riley Refers To LeBron James As The 'Best Of All Time'
You can call LeBron James a lot of things.
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You can call LeBron James a lot of things.
Armed with his first NBA championship ring, Heat superstar LeBron James has been named Sports Illustrated's 2012 Sportsman of the Year.
Commissioner David Stern said in a statement that the Spurs "did a disservice to the league and our fans" when they didn't bring Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili or Danny Green to Miami for the final game of their six-game road trip.
LeBron James held his index finger aloft, then turned and took a walk nine years in the making.
It's not easy to watch a team in the process of waiting.
The NBA's general manager survey is out and the league's executives are predicting a changing of the guard in the Central Division.
With Derrick Rose out for the majority of the coming season, it seems fitting the Bulls will kick off the season on Halloween.
Chris Bosh is still hurting, and his Olympic plans are being pushed aside so he can heal.
Sometimes, it's just a superstars' time to finally win a championship. It happened a few years ago in Miami when Peyton Manning won his first Super Bowl title. It happened again as the final buzzer sounded in Game 5 of the NBA Finals and LeBron James was a champion of the world.
Now that the 2012 NBA Finals are over, it's time to look back at some of the interesting stats and nuggets from the series that saw the Miami Heat capture its second NBA championship in the last six years.
Now that the Miami Heat are the 2012 NBA World Champions, all that's left is to prepare for the championship parade.
I hope this list helps in you justify your bitterness. Don't accept the Heat as deserving for a nanosecond. Happy hating.
That's how many championships LeBron James promises during his ridiculous party at American Airlines Arena 23 months ago.
With LeBron James finally getting the championship he's sought for so long and plenty of people still unwilling to give him their respect, it's a good time to look back at how he and Chris Bosh wound up joining Dwayne Wade in Miami.
It took around two years, but Thursday night after a completely dominating performance by the Miami Heat, LeBron James and the rest of the Big Three finally won the NBA Championship with a dominating 120-104 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Miami Heat forward Shane Battier has pulled off a feat not many athletes can claim in their career. When the Miami Heat hoisted the Larry O'Brien trophy as NBA champions, it marked the end of a long journey for Battier.
The Miami Heat white hot celebration went from the hard court, to the street, and then to two South Florida premiere hot spots.
No team in NBA history has come back from a 3-1 series deficit to win the Finals. I wonder if Scott Brooks knows that and will do what's worked and only what's worked to try to salvage his team's season.
The Miami Heat moved one game closer to it's second NBA Championship Tuesday night at the AmericanAirlines Arena with a thrilling 104-98 victory in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.
Every superstar who looks to cement a legacy and win a championship has a signature moment. Miami Heat superstar LeBron James needed that moment and he got it late in the fourth quarter of Game 4.
CBS Local Sports was able to get a look at Battier's pregame playlist, and as expected, it's the perfect mix of songs to inspire a veteran playing a for a title.
LeBron James and the Miami Heat are one win away from an NBA championship.
Check out the video below as a six year old kid cries because the Heat defeated the Thunder in Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
The Miami Heat have seen this act before and they are hoping for a much different outcome for the 2012 NBA Finals than what happened in the 2011 NBA Finals.
Last summer, the Miami Heat signed forward Shane Battier looking to bolster an already tough defense and hit a key 3-point shot or two in a game. Battier took a while to get warmed up, but as the playoffs have worn on; his game has started to hit a level not even he probably could have expected.
