Opinion: The Devil Wears Green by Olivia Albright

According to the ancient Greeks, “Happiness is the joy that we feel when we’re striving after our potential" (Khoddam). Aristotle thought that happiness is “a state of activity” (Khoddam). Modern day Psychologist and author Dr. Shefali Tsabary believes we feel happy “when we fill our own need and feel satiated from within” (Khoddam). Everyone has their own definition of happiness and how one reaches it. However, the underlying themes behind these meanings are the ideas of loving who you are and what you are doing. Today, in a society that is all about money and fame, people seem to have lost their true meaning of happiness and rely on wealth as their primary source of satisfaction or fulfillment. Money seems to bring people joy. However, there are many misconceptions when it comes to the correlation between the number of zeros in a bank account and joy. Money can not always buy happiness.

What is Happiness?

The first step in understanding why money can not be a person’s sole source of happiness is to understand where happiness comes from. We feel happiness when our bodies release certain feel-good hormones, like serotonin, endorphins, dopamine, and oxytocin (Buckner). These hormones get released when we perform activities such as working out, eating, or helping others. Different people release these hormones on other occasions too, based on what they enjoy (Buckner). Therefore, happiness might not be a single emotion, but rather a collection of experiences and feelings that we go through that affect us positively. A “happy person” is not someone who always feels happy, but someone who has a large amount of continuous positive and joyous experiences.

Money and Misconceptions

However, in a culture today where everything moves at one hundred miles per minute and we value our position on the economic totem pole more than anything else, our idea of happiness has shifted. Essentially, we believe that the more monetary wealth we own, the happier we will be. For example, we associate money with material items. We believe that having the newest iPhone or coolest fashion is going to make us feel better. Possessions give us a temporary positive attitude, until we begin to hate our old phone and despise the ugly clothes in our closet. The objects that give us some happiness for a short amount of time become a burden in the long run. Therefore, materials are not a good source of happiness.

Advantages of the Wealthy

Still, there is the idea that more money leads to the ability to have a safer life with better opportunities. Those with more money can afford to go on amazing memorable vacations and can feel satisfaction from writing a fat check for a children’s charity. Some might argue that since money gives people these experiences in which they can feel happy, money is buying their happiness. Even though money does give people opportunities for things like this, it is the events making them happy, not the money itself, even if it is a factor. Money brings the opportunities, not the emotions.

A Miserable America

Even for those who argue that their money makes them happy, there are many statistics going against that. We earn money by working, but when we feel miserable with the work we are doing, is it really worth it? Over 70% of Americans are unsatisfied with their careers (O’Donnell). This statistic might sound mind boggling, but it makes sense considering that today people are picking careers based on the paycheck rather than the interest. So if we feel happy for the moment that we get our paychecks at the end of every other week, but feel miserable at our jobs for forty hours a week, I’d say it is not a fair balance.

The World’s Happiest Man

Matthieu Ricard, a French academic turned Tibetan Buddhist monk, has been tagged the title “The world’s happiest man” (Shontell). He is a humble, selfless, benevolent, and modest man who lives a simple life. This man lives such a happy and content life that scientists and doctors do brain studies on him— including a huge twelve year clinical study with neuroscience Richard Davidson from the University of Wisconsin (Shontell). According to Riccard, “‘Our life can be greatly transformed by even a minimal change in how we manage our thoughts and perceive and interpret the world. Happiness is a skill. It requires effort and time’” (Barnes). Never has he mentioned the role money has played in his journey toward becoming happy. Matthieu Ricard represents how to truly feel felicity.

Stop Looking

I could go on forever about how we need to find our passions and live life to the fullest in order to be happy. It all sounds cheesy, I know. Happiness ultimately comes down to the individual. There is no model or process for how to “find” it because humans are not perfect. Perhaps this is because if we try to find happiness, we become consumed with searching and miss some of life’s greatest joys. However, happiness can be formed by the individual by practicing simple positive habits and doing things we truly love, not focusing on money. Those who create their own happiness are the richest in the end.

Report: Is Hands Free Driving Really Risk Free? by Eric Schuster

Roughly 100 people die per day in car accidents. In 94% of these accidents driver error is the cause (2). To avoid this driver error, people need to put their full attention towards driving. At any given time, around 7% of drivers are using cell phones (2). These devices while driving, even hands-free devices take away the attention that people can put toward driving.

First, to address this issue, hands-free devices must be defined. Hands free devices are devices that let a person talk to another person without directly using a cell phone to communicate. Examples of these devices include earpieces, dashboard systems, and speakerphone systems (2). One poll where participants were asked if they use hands free devices and why they did, found that 70% of people use hands free devices while driving for safety reasons. (4). Yet, these devices that people feel make them safer are actually just as dangerous as using an actual cell phone while driving.

There are three things that are essential for a driver. A driver needs eyes on the road, hands on the wheel, and a mind on driving. When you are listening or speaking while driving, your brain’s ability to process moving images decreases by one-third. A driver that is listening or speaking while they drive also overlooks 50% of what is going on around them (1). These hands free devices take away one of the essential and possibly most important tool for driving: the mind. The lack of these essential abilities can not only put at risk the driver, but also the others on the road.

There have also been many studies and experiments to see how dangerous driving with hands-free devices really is. A 2006 study by the University of Utah tested how dangerous talking on a cell phone is compared to drunk driving. This study found that adults who were intoxicated while driving had fewer crashes then people who were talking on a cell phone. An additional study by Touro University found that level of impairment while driving for drunk drivers was almost the same as the people who were driving with hands-free devices (1).

The famous “MythBusters” show also did an experiment on this same situation. They found the same results as the universities studies, the drivers on hands-free devices did worse then intoxicated drivers. Then the two hosts, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman took the experiment a little further. They created a driving simulator with pedestrians, dogs, bicycles, and many other obstacles. In a group of 30 drivers, only two were able to pass while talking on a cell phone. Of the fifteen who used handsets: one passed, five failed because they drove the wrong way, and nine failed because they crashed. Of the fifteen who used hands-free devices: one passed, six failed because they drove the wrong way, and eight people failed because they crashed (3). There is obvious statistical evidence that using hands-free devices while driving is just as dangerous as driving while intoxicated or just using a normal cell phone.

Some people may argue that these conversations on hands-free devices are just as dangerous as talking with a person in a car. Yet, this is false. When a driver is having a conversation with someone in a car, a passenger has many benefits that make them safer to talk with. A passenger gives the driver another set of eyes. They are able to point out hazards and obstacles that the driver may have missed. A driver is also more aware of the road situation then a person on the phone. They can see when the traffic is challenging and difficult to the driver. With this level of awareness, the passenger can know to stop talking (2).

Driving hands-free does not necessarily mean risk free. When you drive hands-free, drivers lose the ability to react to things around themselves. Also, driving hands-free is just as dangerous as driving with a regular cell phone or even driving intoxicated. Wouldn’t it just be safer to hold off on the phone call for five minutes and just focus on the road?

Report: Are Rights Truly Exercised by All Parties? by Allison Murray

Is America really a free country? Technically, yes, but then why are people of different races still treated like they are inferior to the white man? Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Michael Jordan, Beyonce. These are all familiar names to the average American; these are also all people of color. So why are black people looked down upon when these people are all legends in the eye of most people? Almost fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out trying to gain more rights for black people, and as we know he was successful. However, fifty years have passed and we have found ourselves still living in a racially prejudiced world. Many American legends are black, and are making history and achieving goals, yet are still undermined by about 51-56% of America (The Majority of America is Racist, Politi 1). If police officers continue to shoot and kill innocent people and children continue to receive a lesser education, action must be taken.

Although police officers officers shooting people may be necessary at some points, studies have shown that innocent black deaths are much more frequent than deaths those of white citizens. According to an article found on Thegaurdian.com, “Young black men were again killed by police at a sharply higher rate than other Americans in 2016, intensifying concerns over the expected abandonment of criminal justice reforms by Donald Trump’s incoming administration” (McCarthy and Swaine 3). Making a rude comment regarding someone's race is definitely not right; however, it has no comparison to actually killing someone over something they can not control. The number of black deaths is almost double the number of white deaths caused by police shootings. One does not choose one’s race, so people being killed for it is unacceptable in today’s society.   

Racial equality rights are obviously widely known throughout America yet education is still provided at different levels based on your ranking, or standing in society. According to bookings.edu, “The school system remains highly segregated by race and economic status: black students make up 16% of the public school population.” Bookings.edu later stated, “The average black student also attends a school at the 37th percentile for test score results whereas the average white student attends schools in the 60th percentile”(Bleak Facts on Black Opportunity 2). Present day America is recognized as a place of opportunity; however, if this is true then black students should not be receiving a lesser education. This is basically limiting their chance of success, as if society’s general racism isn’t enough of a limit. Better education leads to a better chance at success. By putting the futures of children in jeopardy, systemic racism is being practiced.

Obviously America has come along way from where we were fifty years ago, but racism is still an issue today, and should not go unaddressed. How far will America go? How many more tragic events have to take place for this to stop? This needs to end quickly before we all end up paying the price for this horrible treatment.

May the nation find peace and remember that we are all equal, so we should be treated equal, in hopes to regain the mindset that people of color deserve the same opportunity as those of lighter complexion, because looking beyond their skin they are exactly like everyone else. They are people with families to support, goals to achieve, feelings to protect. They too have one beating heart, it is important to never give anyone the reason to want to make it stop beating.

Works Cited

Swaine, Jon. McCarthy, Ciara.   Young Black Men Again Faced Highest Rate of US Police Killings in 2016.  8 Jan. 2017 .     26 Oct. 2017

<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/08/the-counted-police-killings-2016-young-black-men>

Rodrigue, Edward. Reeves, Richard V.   Bleak Facts on Black Opportunity. 15 Jan 2015.           26 Oct. 2017 <https://www.brookings.edu/blog/social-mobility-memos/2015/01/15/five-bleak-facts-on-black-opportunity/ >

Politi, Daniel.  Majority of Americans are Racist. 27 Oct. 2012       26.Oct. 2017

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Personal Reflection: Catholic School and Public School by Clair Marion

Catholic schools are definitely smaller than public schools. Therefore, it can lead to different outlooks on the school environment. I went to a Catholic school for grade school, from preschool to eighth grade. In ninth grade however, I came to Abington instead of staying at a Catholic school. This change for me was hard in some ways yet also very fun. However, as one can only imagine, public high schools are very different than the 300 kid Catholic school that I went to. Going to a Catholic school has forced me to adjust to the differences between public and Catholic schools.

I went to Our Lady of Peace for grade school. There were about 330 students in our entire school. That to me seemed like a normal number of students at the time. However, that was nowhere near the 1000 some kids at Abington Heights. When I arrived at my first day of high school, I was shocked. My seventh and eighth grade self never knew that a high school could possibly have this many kids! It lead me to take a step back and just embrace the fact that I was going to meet many new kids. I knew from the start that I needed to have a positive attitude and be open to anything. If I took the opposite approach, high school could have been terrible. I would not have been ready for what was ahead. However, public school kids walk into high school knowing that there will be a lot of kids and knowing what lies ahead because their grade school teachers prepared them for it! My teachers on the other hand did not.

Catholic school has also taught me to give back to my community. Everything we did at OLP was based around service. The field trips we went on and every activity we did was service based. Catholic schools really stress the importance of giving back and I truly feel that that is one thing I can take from my Catholic school experience. I have learned that volunteering is a great task one can do. It not only makes me feel good but it also tremendously helps others. Public schools may not stress that as much and therefore the students may not know the true meaning. When I came to high school, my cousin was the president of the Interact Club. She told me what it was all about and I knew I wanted to join. Volunteering and giving back are things that I understand, thanks to my Catholic school background.

Additionally, transfering from a Catholic school to public school made it harder for me to friend a friend group.  All of my close friends from OLP stayed in a Catholic school and went to Prep. Therefore, I had to find a new friend group at Abington. I was and still am friends with my friends from grade school, but I knew I needed friends at my new school. It is definitely hard to find a whole new group of friends. My cousin Abby had gone to Abington her whole life, so thanks to her, her friends welcomed me like I had been there all along. This perspective is different coming from a public school because the students had eight years to find a friend group. Since public school kids were already in the district, the students did not need to worry about making new friends. I however had to find a new friend group which was another aspect about high school that I needed to worry about.  

Although I had to adjust to many aspects of high school, I am really enjoying my high school experience. Freshman year was a great year in terms of grades, sports, and friends. From having to find new friends, adjust to the size and service, I am happy with where I am at as of right now. I hope to walk out of highschool with contentment and look back on my highschool years and tell people these years were the best years of my life.

Opinion: Why LeBron James is the Greatest Basketball Player of All Time by Jacob Anderson

“All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you’re not good enough or strong enough or talented enough. They will say you’re the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this. They will tell you no. A thousand times no. until all the no’s become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no. Quite firmly and very quickly. And you will tell them yes”(3) -LeBron James

In my opinion, I believe LeBron James is the greatest basketball player of all time. LeBron is the greatest because of the affect LeBron has on the league and his team, the amount of starpower he had go up against while still carrying his team to the Finals yearly, the major accolades of James’s career up to this point, and how as he gets older, somehow LeBron continues to get better and better.

The Workload and Effect of LeBron

Because LeBron is so great, teams run their plays around him because that is what they need to do to win. In the 2009-2010 season, the Cavaliers went 61-21 in the regular season with LeBron, which was the best in the NBA. After that season, James left to go to the Miami Heat. In the very next season without LeBron, the Cavs went 19-63. This was the second worst record in the entire league. This all happened because LeBron was so valuable to that team. They went from the top to the bottom in a two year span. More recently, LeBron pulled his groin on the Christmas day game against the Golden State Warriors. The Lakers were 20-14 with LeBron before the injury and third in the western conference standings. The team with him before the injury went 6-11 over the 17 games he missed(1). They were tenth in the western conference when he came back. That is a seven spot drop over twenty one games because they lost one player, LeBron James. The King is so valuable to all of his teams in a way that no one ever has been before.

LeBron vs. the Warriors

In addition to this, LeBron has faced much tougher competition and forced other teams to create superteams just to make sure that he does not win. A perfect example would be the Golden State Warriors. In 2015, it was the first time the Cavs and Warriors squared off in the NBA Finals. At the time, the Warriors had three all stars. They were Klay Thompson, Steph Curry, and Draymond Green and they are not just typical all stars. Steph Curry is the greatest shooter to ever pick up a basketball and Klay Thompson is right behind him. The Cavaliers had two all stars in Lebron and Kyrie Irving. The Warriors won the series 4-2. LeBron averaged just about thirty-six points per game in this series with a game high of forty-four points(1).

Round II

In the next year, the same teams faced off again. LeBron again dominated the rest of eastern conference to make it to the Finals. The Warriors again had the same three all stars and the Cavaliers had the same two. This was also not just any team to make it to the Finals. The Warriors were the best team in regular season history with a record of 73-9. The Cavs were down 3-1 at one point in the series. A team has never came back from down 3-1 in a series until now. LeBron carried the Cavs all the way back from three games to win the NBA Finals. LeBron averaged twenty-nine points with nine assists and eleven rebounds(1). LeBron had two games in this series where he scored forty-one points(1).

Round III

The teams faced off for a third time in a row but this time the Warriors had four all stars. They added arguably the best scorer and the second best player in the world, Kevin Durant. This shows the affect LeBron had on that team. He took down three all stars which is already a huge mountain to climb over, and now the Warriors were forced to add the second best player in the world just to take down one player(2). Not only did Lebron have another all star to go against, he lost the only other one on his team. Kyrie Irving left to go to the Boston Celtics. This would be incredible for the Cavs to even make it to the Finals as a four seed going into the playoffs. Sure enough, LeBron got it done. LeBron and the Cavaliers faced off against the Warriors for the third time in a row and Lebrons eighth straight Finals appearance. This is also something no other player has ever done. The Cavs lost 4-1 in the series despite LeBron averaging thirty-four points per game. LeBron again had a game high of forty-one points in that series(1).

Other Championships

The Warriors have not been the only team in LeBron’s path to a championship. LeBron has won a total of three championships, and two were when he was in Miami with the Heat. In 2012, LeBron took on the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Finals. The Heat ended up winning in a five game series. LeBron lead the way with averaging twenty-eight points, ten rebounds, and seven assists per game. The very next year, the Miami Heat beat the San Antonio Spurs in a 7 game series. LeBron averaged twenty-five points per game with ten rebounds and seven assists(1).

Playoff LeBron

Throughout the playoffs every year, the league seems to see a different kind of animal in LeBron James. He single handedly takes over playoff games and playoff series just by himself. No one can count out whatever team LeBron is on in any playoff series. Over the course of LeBron’s career, he has had twenty-six playoff games where he has scored over forty points. This stat by itself is mind boggling. LeBron has had one playoff game where he has scored over fifty points. It was against the Golden State Warriors and he finished with fifty-one points. LeBron also holds several playoff records. LeBron is currently leading in total playoff points of anyone in NBA history with six thousand nine hundred and eleven. In addition, James is third in all time playoff assists with one thousand six hundred and eighty seven. LeBron also has played the most playoff minutes out of everyone in NBA history with ten thousand and forty nine. Bron is number one in free throws made with one thousand six hundred and twenty seven. Not only does he lead in all these categories, LeBron leads in steals as well with four hundred nineteen in his postseason career(1). In just about every other category, LeBron ranks top five in that statistic. With LeBron leading in all these categories and in the games where it counts the most, how can anyone else be better than the King?

Accolades

It would not be right to talk about how great King James is without mentioning all of his accolades in his NBA career. Starting early in his career, LeBron was named the Rookie of the Year for the 2003 season and was also on the 2003-2004 all rookie team. From there, LeBron lead the league in the 2007-2008 season and therefore, he was crowned scoring champion for that year. LeBron has not just been an offensive juggernaut in his entire career. He also causes havoc on the defensive end. Bron has been selected to six All-Defensive teams in his career so far. The way he can do it on both end of the floor at that level is something very few players are capable of. For the fifteen seasons he has been in the league, LeBron has been selected to every all star team he could be selected to. In those 15 games, Bron has been crowned the MVP three times. Also, out of his fifteen seasons, he has been on 14 All-NBA teams(1). LeBron can certainly break the all time record of 15 times selected to an All-NBA team by the end of his career. This is just another record The King will break.

The Real MVP

LeBron brought home his first MVP award in the 2008-2009 season while he was with the Cleveland Cavaliers. In his MVP season, James averaged twenty eight points per game with seven rebounds and seven assists. In the very next season, he won it again with the Cavaliers. In that showing, King James averaged just about thirty points with seven rebounds and eight assists. In the 2010-2011 season, LeBron won his third MVP and it was with the Miami Heat this go around. LeBron averaged twenty seven points per game with eight rebounds and six assists. In the very next season, he had won MVP in back to back seasons for the second time in his career. Bron averaged just about twenty seven points per game with eight rebounds and seven assists. This was his fourth MVP award in just five years. Although LeBron has won four times, he can debatably win the award every single year. King James has finished top five in the MVP race for thirteen straight years which is the longest streak out of anyone in NBA history(1).

Age is Just a Number

As LeBron keeps getting older and older, he somehow keeps getting better and better(2). LeBron has never averaged under twenty points in year in his career. From the get go, LeBron has been a force in the NBA. A player’s prime is typically from around twenty four or twenty five years old until around twenty nine or thirty. LeBron has been in his prime for what it seems like his whole career up to this point. He has been the best player on his team since his rookie year in 2003 and the best player in the league for over a decade. Forbes states;

No one in the 15th season of their careers, at age 33, has accomplished what LeBron has done at such a consistent, dominating and efficient rate. He has averaged the most rebounds and assists of his career this season. Like a fine wine, he has only gotten better with age, with no signs of slowing down. He started and played in all 82 regular-season games and 18 playoff games, playing the most minutes in the NBA. This past Sunday against the Boston Celtics, James played 48 minutes in his 100th game of the 2017-18 season, posting a magnificent 35-15-9 performance, breaking the hearts of Boston fans and silencing his critics in Game 7 at TD Garden(3).

This shows just how in shape and dominant LeBron is even at 34 years old. There is also no signs of James slowing down.

Conclusion

LeBron James is the best basketball player in NBA history. James attracts arguably the most attention a player ever has, he is the definition of a champion, he single handedly forces other teams to have to create superteams, and age is no factor for LeBron. As time goes on, LeBron gets better. Like LeBron has said in the past, “Ask me to play, I’ll play, ask me to shoot, I’ll shoot. Ask me to pass, I’ll pass, Ask me to steal, block out, sacrifice, lead, dominate, anything. But it’s not just what you ask of me. It’s what I ask of myself”(3). With all of these facts, it seems obvious that LeBron has achieved G.O.A.T. status.

Biography: The Life of LeBron James by Gray-Paul Bossi

 

LeBron Raymone James is an American basketball player that competes in the National Basketball Association (NBA). LeBron, by some, is regarded as the greatest basketball player of all-time, but he is an amazing player and athlete nonetheless. He is currently playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, but he has also played for the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat. In addition, LeBron is in his sixteenth season and is still playing at a highly competitive level.

Early Life

LeBron James was born on December 30th, 1984, in Akron, Ohio. He is an only child and to this day has not met his biological father. He grew up considerably poor and decided to focus on sports and education at a young age. Obviously, his most notable sport is basketball, but he was also an All-State wide receiver for his high school football team. Because he was such a strong athlete, St. Vincent-St. Mary High School recruited James to play basketball in 1999. LeBron would end up averaging 18 points a game his freshman year and he won the Division III state championship that year[1]. In his sophomore season LeBron was named to the USA Today All-USA First Team[1]. He also won the state title for a second year in a row. In addition, he did not win the state championship his junior year, but he was named the PARADE magazine High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year and won the Gatorade Player of the Year in Ohio[1]. He was contemplating going professional after that year but he decided to finish high school. James ended up averaging 31.6 points a game and winning the State Championship for the third time[1]. He then would skip college altogether and enter the NBA draft. Consequently, LeBron James was selected with the first pick in the 2003 draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

NBA Career

LeBron’s NBA career started when he was just eighteen years old. He skipped college to enter the draft at that young age, which was rare back in those days. He was as previously mentioned, drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers. James would then spend seven years with the Cavaliers before going to the Miami Heat in free agency. LeBron was an All-Star in six out of the seven years that he was there. By the same token, the Cavaliers only ended up making it to the finals only once during the seven years that LeBron was there[2]. The Cavaliers lost that final that they made with LeBron. But, LeBron would go on to win two finals with the Miami Heat. He was only in Miami for four years, but he made the NBA Finals all four years there. He won two championships out of the four appearances, those years being 2012 and 2013[2].

Back to Cleveland

LeBron promised the city of Cleveland a championship, so in 2014, he went back to Cleveland to do so. From 2014-2018, LeBron and the Cavaliers made the finals every year[2]. The Cleveland Cavaliers won once during those years, which was in 2016. In 2016, the Cavaliers accomplished a feat that no other team has accomplished in the history of the NBA; which is winning an NBA finals when they were down three games to one. They were facing a team composed of three All-Stars: Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green. Unfortunately, he lost the other finals to the Golden State Warriors, who were a powerhouse team because they added superstar Kevin Durant in free agency. The last part of LeBron’s career for now is the Los Angeles Lakers. LeBron signed with the Lakers in free agency in 2018, and has since played over twenty games with them. LeBron hopes to win another championship and develop the young core of the Lakers for the future.

Stats and Achievements

LeBron James is one of the most statistically sound players to ever play the game. As of February 20th, 2019, LeBron has a career average of 27.1 points, 7.4 total rebounds, and 7.2 assists[3]. These numbers are legendary, as he almost averages a triple double. His achievements are just as impressive. LeBron is in his sixteenth season, which is a huge feat on its own. He has made the All-NBA team fourteen times, he was an All-Star fifteen times, and he has won the all-star game MVP three times[3]. LeBron won the scoring title one time, in which he averaged 30.0 points a game[3]. He won the 2003-2004 Rookie of the Year Award and made the First-Team All-Rookie team in that same year[3]. LeBron James won the NBA Championship three times, and was the Finals MVP all three times[3]. Also important, LeBron won the regular season MVP four times[3]. He won the award in the 2008-2009 season, and again in the 2009-2010 season[3]. He did not win the award in the 2010-2011 season, but he won the award again in the 2011-2012 season, and the 2012-2013 season[3]. Now for his defensive achievements, which is an underrated aspect of LeBron’s game. He has made the All-Defensive team six times, and placed second in the Defensive Player of the Year award in the 2012-2013 season[3]. LeBron only has one season where he played every game, and that was the 2017-2018 season[3]. He has also led the league in minutes played three times[3]. Most of these statistics and achievements are almost impossible for an average NBA player to achieve. Only few in the history of the game have done what LeBron has done.

One of the Greats

LeBron James will go down as one of the greats at the end of his career. His prolific scoring ability and all-around play style skyrocketed his place on the all-time greatest players list. Even though he is known for basketball, he is an amazing guy who helps out the community all the time. I hope that LeBron continues to play at this legendary level for the rest of his career, because it is truly a sight to see.

Legacy

Not only is LeBron a generational type talent in the NBA, but he also helps out in his community. LeBron recently opened up a school in Ohio named the I Promise School. The school was meant to help kids get an education in inner-city Akron, where poverty rates are high. This is an outstanding achievement on its own, and the people of Ohio will benefit from this.