5 best athletes for the week 23 May - 30 May

Gareth Bale Champions League 2016
Bale won his second Champions League title with Real Madrid

LeBron James

LeBron James Cavs Raptors NBA 2016
The Cavaliers legend has buoyed the team in his thirteenth year in the NBA

The Cleveland Cavaliers are a far different team from last year, much healthier and a lot closer together as a group on and off the floor. Still, that has not stopped them from putting the onus on LeBron James night in and night out to carry them.

His numbers this post-season, even when his entire team is healthy and firing, is phenomenal to say the least and they are almost at par with his performance last year in the Playoffs.

This past week, James led Cleveland to a 2-1 record against the Toronto Raptors, helping them win the Eastern Conference Finals 4-2 and advance to their second straight NBA Finals in as many years.

In these three games, James averages 28.3 points, 8.6 rebounds and 7.3 assists on an efficient shooting percentage of 61.8% while averaging 40 minutes a game.

That kind of efficiency in your 13th year in the NBA while logging those many minutes is a rare feat.

The 2016 NBA Finals, will be James’ sixth in a row, a feat no NBA player has achieved since the 1950’s. He’s also the first non-Boston Celtics player to do it ever.

Quick Links

Edited by Staff Editor
Sportskeeda logo
Close menu
WWE
WWE
NBA
NBA
NFL
NFL
MMA
MMA
Tennis
Tennis
NHL
NHL
Golf
Golf
MLB
MLB
Soccer
Soccer
F1
F1
WNBA
WNBA
More
More
bell-icon Manage notifications