Originally Posted by futuristxen

At various points in what has been the best season of his career, people have said KG, Dwight, Kobe, Chris Paul are more valuable then him.

His run to the finals is considered a fluke. People talk openly about the East only being two teams deep, even though the Cavs have proven they can play with both Boston and Detroit.

His team was one of the hottest in basketball coming out of christmas, but no one said anything(certainly not nearly as much as they are saying about Kobe and the Laker's current hot streak).

He's averaging basically 30/8/8. Has a historical PER. Has hit game winner after game winner. Beat Kobe both times he played him. Has worked like a maniac on defense this year(and yet in today's Weekend Dime Chris Paul and Kobe are DPOY candidates with no mention of Lebron, who probably won't even make second team).

For all of the hype about Lebron. He's become underrated, underwatched, and largely ignored.

Why?

Can you imagine if Kobe Bryant was doing what Lebron is doing this year?