A League of Superstars

The last time I watched a NBA game, I came to realize that one player can make quite a significant difference for a team. The NBA is a mostly a league of superstars. You do not hear about anybody playing great defense and grabbed nine rebounds in a game, unless they led the team in scoring that night, or if that person was already well known.

For example, the game I was watching the last game between the Cavaliers and the Lakers. Before this game was even played, sport analysts were talking about two people. Any guesses? Kobe and Lebron. In the end the Lakers beat the Cavaliers. The following day all I heard was how Kobe compared to Lebron. They did not talk about any other player besides them two.

Another example is when Kobe Bryant played against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden. That night he scored 61 points and broke a record at Madison Square Garden, most points scored by a single player at New York. Everybody was chanting MVP, and it was not even at LA. Everybody just looks at how much he scored, and that was 61, but what else did he do? Not a whole lot. He did not grab a single rebound and only had three assists. A player like Kobe can easily get more than three assists a game with all the double teams he draws.

My last example is the Cleveland Cavaliers. Nobody knew who they were, unless you lived in Ohio. When Cleveland drafted Lebron James, it put them on the map. To this day everybody knows about the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Lebron James. Lebron has lead the Cavaliers to the playoffs many times and got them to the NBA Championship game numerous times. He is a superstar, and he shows it by dominating every game.

The NBA has to turn their status around, no defense and more scoring, otherwise; the number of people that watch the NBA are going to drop becasue everybody will be watching college hoops instead. Whoever wants to win the next NBA Finals will be playing as one team, and not as individuals. In this era of basketball, no one has ever won a NBA championship without some help. Cleveland found that out and so did the Lakers.