When you strip away the hype and the money and the accolades, when you pause for a moment, not to Obey Your Thirst but merely to closely examine just exactly where this 21-year-old man-child stands in his journey toward his preordained destiny as an NBA legend, then you realize that LeBron James still has a ways to go. (Full article: 1277 words)

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