After a rather shaky regular 2007-2008 season, the Cleveland Cavaliers have managed to enter the playoffs and go on to beat the Washington Wizards 4-2. But it wasn’t just a walk in the park for this relatively young and promising team. Despite jumping to an early 3-0 lead against the Wizards, the Cavs lost two straight games in the succeeding matches, with superstar LeBron James missing a crucial lay-up that could have nailed the coffin for the Wizards. However, in game 6 LeBron stepped up to the challenge and came out with a monstrous triple double, winning the game 105-88, and sending the boys from Washington back to their homes until next season.

At present, the Cavs seem to be struggling with the formidable Boston Celtics. After a hard fought game yesterday (May 8), the Cavs are now trailing behind 2 games to none. But all hope is definitely not lost. One could argue that playing as a visiting team had something to do with it. After all, the Boston Garden has been infamously known to be one of the loudest and most rambunctious arenas in NBA history. Maybe the Cavs were just distracted, right? With that said and done, obviously the series is not over yet. It’s Cleveland’s turn this coming Saturday, so we can expect one hell of a fight between the two teams.

With a championship worthy line-up, it wouldn’t be long until we see the Cavs coveting that sought after trophy and raise it with all its golden, shining glory. This season’s playoff statistics are surely something to go by. The Lithuanian giant Zydrunas Ilgauskas is shooting over 51.2 percent with an average of 15.6 points and 8 rebounds per game, the sophomore from Texas, Danny Gibson is proving that he’s not some scared little rookie anymore with an almost 46 field goal field goal percentage and contributing an average of 11.1 points per game. Defensive Juggernaut Ben Wallace is only warming up with 7.4 rebounds per game, while there’s Wally Szczerbiak with an impressive shooting of 100 percent from the line and 11.1 points per game together with Danny Lewis.

Last but not least there’s LeBron James. The chosen one needs no introduction with his 27.3 points, 9.4 rebounds, 7.9 assists, and 43.5 field goal percentage all in the span of 41.1 minutes per game. James has led his team to a 45-37 regular season record, and a promising playoff run that is starting to smell like the sweet stench of a championship ring. This year marks his fourth consecutive All-Star first team pick along side names such as Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash, Tim Duncan, and Kobe Bryant. After being named All-Star MVP for the second time in his career, carrying the torch of leadership for the East with a 134-128 win he has also become just the third player in NBA history to average 30 points, 7.9 rebounds, 7.2 assists, and 1.8 per game in a regular season. The two others joining him are Oscar Robertson and his Royal Air-ness Michael Jordan.

During the past few years, LeBron has undoubtedly become a household name. People don’t need to know a thing about basketball to recognize who he is, and why exactly he is dubbed “The Chosen One,” and “King James.” Lebron’s aspirations extend much further to reaching basketball legendary status. One day, he hopes to be the first billionaire athlete and overall global icon. With the way things are going now, it looks like somebody’s dreams are just a few whopping contracts away. Since his debut as a professional basketball player, LeBron has been the poster boy for Nike, Sprite, Powerade, Bubblicious, and Upper Deck. Also, the Hollywood scene has also had a piece of “King James.” He hosted the 33^rd season premier of Saturday Night Live, and was the very first black model to pose for the cover of Vogue magazine, together with Giselle Bundchen. Truly a story of one that has taken the Hollywood Opportunity as also most of us could.

In the end, with all this talent and charisma leading the Cleveland Cavaliers this season, together with a solid team at his side, it’s only a matter of time before they reach the top.