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he's almost universally discussed as either the best or 2nd best (and at worst 3rd best with duncan) player in the league. his accomplishments are mentioned all the time. a few know-nothings haven't caught up yet on his defense. big whoop. not sure what you want, other than universal acceptance of him as the undisputed best in the game. accept that the cavs aren't as compelling a story right now as the lakers, so kobe will get a little more press, and likely a little more mvp consideration. sustained greatness doesn't get noticed as much as a string of triple doubles would. something that can easily be appreciated.
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He is absolutely not universally discussed as the best or 2nd best player in the NBA. Do you have backup for this? Lebron is generally mentioned as one of the best players in the NBA, and possibly a person who will go on to become the best player in the NBA. That's it. I don't recall a single time in a national broadcast of a Cavs game that an announcer argued that he could possibly be the best player in the NBA. By comparison, every Lakers game I watch includes "Kobe is the best player in the NBA and he has been for 4 years," "How is it possible that Kobe has not yet won an MVP," "undisputably the best player of our generation." There is a tremendous difference between the sort of attention Kobe gets and the sort of attention Lebron gets. This is independent of team success. It's understandable that the Lakers get attention that the Cavs don't, but we're talking about individual player talk here.
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and plain and simple lebron does get a lot of coverage. tons of it. i cant watch more than two seconds of espn without lebron showing up in some way some form.
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Yeah, he shows up on the highlight reel with a dunk every other game, and some mentions of him getting to 10,000 points. That's it. If anything, your expectations are a little out of whack. This guy is having a historically good season. If you don't understand how good Lebron has been this year, you're not going to have a fair view of how respected Lebron should be.