5 most dominant athletes in sport this week

LeBron James

Twitter drama and action on court

A major portion of last week was headlined by LeBron James’ off-court drama. It involved unfollowing the official Twitter account of the Cleveland Cavaliers and then re-following them within a day. What made fans more suspicious was his failure to answer appropriately when asked about his actions by a reporter in a post-game interview.

Many analysts and past NBA players have criticized LeBron James for such behavior, calling it unnecessary and wrong as the leader of his team. However questionable his off-court actions were, James remained silent in front of the media and let his game to all the talking.

With week averages of 29 points, 8.5 rebounds and 8.5 assists, he led his Cavaliers to a 3-1 record this past week. Those numbers also helped him earn the NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week award. Of the week’s four games, James had triple doubles in two of those after registering just one in the previous 66 games of the season.

Even in the game that Cleveland did lose in the past week against the Brooklyn Nets, James had numbers of 30 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists on 81.3% shooting. He is without doubt the NBA’s best player over the past week.