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Originally Posted by nik-
His third trip to the finals and doing it in back to back years, plus being the best player in the league. The media attention is earned.
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How many titles does he have again? At least Wade has one, but he will get far less media coverage then LeBron. Then you have Durant who should be a great story, and is nearly as good as James is (he might even be better eventually), but the attention James receives dwarfs Durant as well.
Jordan got a similar amount of attention, maybe even more since he actually earned it. But, actual winners who consistently made the finals like O'Neal, Robinson, Garnett, Duncan, Wade, or even Bryant did not receive the same amount of coverage as LeBron. I blame the both the league and ESPN for the fact that they have been trying to make one player bigger than the game. That is all fine and dandy for players like Jordan, Kareem, Johnson, Bird, etc who actually deserved the acclaim, but James isn't there yet.