Classic Posters 2008: Volume LeBron

Regular readers of The Legend, know that from time to time, we run a Classic 80's/90's sports posters piece taken from readers submissions of nutty posters like Eric Dickerson Robo-Back. Today's posters lack the delightful cheese factor of their 80's and 90's predecessors, but when some blogger whips up a, Classic Turn of the Millennium Posters, blog post from his grandmother's basement in 2020, LeBron dunking over Garnett last night will be featured prominently.

By now you've heard about LeBron's dunk last night and seen highlights of it. Just in case you haven't:

Yes, that dunk really happened last night. He did lose Pierce on the screen and he did fake Posey out of his jock. And, he did throw down an "Eat Sh** " dunk, despite Garnett's (you know, the 6'-11", 253lb., NBA Defensive Player of the Year, and most intense person on the planet guy) forearm to the chest . As the resident Cavs fan here, I apologize for the slow reaction, but I've been in a state of elated shock since last night. A phone call to a friend confirmed that there was no way to describe that play.

Thank you LeBron, for finally getting my mind off of those ass clown Wizards fans (and some Celtics fans late in game 2) who were chanting overrated at you. Overrated? If LeBron is overrated, than why have he and the Cavs demolished the Wizards for the past 3 years in the playoffs? Does the "overrated" chant imply that Drew Gooden, Larry Hughes, Sasha Pavlovic, Eric Snow, Ira Newble, Donyell Marshall and the rest of LeBron's supporting cast from the past couple of seasons are underrated? Morons.

Anyway, that dunk was off the hook, it's worth watching over and over. I'm glad that LeBron pulled that out, it gives sportswriters something to talk about besides his field goal percentage in this series. After game 3 (which I thought LeBron dominated despite his numbers), a lot of writers focused on Lebron's shooting woes. A few good ones pointed out the other things he brought to the table in Game 3 (like his sick defense), but many just harped on his shooting slump.

I thought his performance in Game 4 was similar to his Game 3 efforts, except for the nasty dunk. He played great defense in both games and was unbelievable setting up his teammates. In both games his shot wasn't falling, so he stepped up on D, and created countless opportunities for his teammates by using his superior passing ability to smoke double and triple teams. A ton of the plays where LeBron didn't get assists the past two nights were result of a sharp first pass from LeBron which led to a wide-open teammate on the second pass (if they kept assists like NHL stats where 2 guys get an assist per goal, LeBron would have had 30 in each of the last 2 games).

I'm fine with LeBron's shot being off. It'll come around. Now if LeBron wasn't playing nasty D, grabbing boards, and setting up 97% of the Cavs offense, then it'd be worry time. Right now its optimism time, just imagine how lethal LeBron is going to be throughout the rest of the playoffs once his shot comes around. If you'll excuse me, I need to watch LeBron's dunk about 350 more times. And no, LeBron does not play with any regard for human life.