23! Plus, the new DUNK OF THE YEAR!!

LeBron James officially began his hunt for supremacy when he led his team to the finals, for the third time, and captured title number one in 2012. In rising to the top, personally, I value variety. I believe there are many ways to achieve basketball greatness, and the ultimate champion and dominant superstar must seek out weakness and overcome it in many forms on the way to new feats. Wilt obliterated most every scoring record and rebound stat there is on his way to a couple championships. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson snagged MVP's, scoring records, triple-doubles, 3-point contests, and vanquished each others' squad year-in and year-out, adding notches to their belts along the way. And Michael topped them all, in my opinion, with everything from Rookie of the Year and Dunk contest champ, to Defensive Player of the Year and best team record ever. Well, now LeBron adds a new piece to his status: 23 wins in a row...and counting! Few phenomena heighten the excitement and hype during the NBA regular season like a streaking team on fire. With the Heat, the ball moves all game long. The two best one-on-one players (perhaps in the world) are kicking the ball out to the perimeter, finding the open man, and moving that rock. It's fun to watch. It's intelligent basketball. Everyone stays interested, everyone's engaged and asked to fill their role. It's working and it's producing wins, lasting habits, and occasionally, some of the nastiest highlights ESPN can handle (see above). King James returns again to Cleveland tonight to stretch it to 24. Dan Gilbert...looking at you, dude.