Sport's Illustrated' Sportsman of the Year: LeBron James!

[Hawkeye15]

no brainer imo. MVP, Finals MVP, Championship, gold medal. That is completely dominating a sport, from top to bottom.

Article is pretty good.

[Im_in_Mia_bish]

Uh... 3 gold medals at the Olympics, including setting the World Record in the 400M and the Olympic Record in the 100M.

ONLY man in HISTORY to successfully defend the 100M AND 200M gold medals.

7th straight Title in the 100M AND 200M.

All done this year.

now can you also tell me what has he done off field?

[Ebbs]

There wasn't another option even

[Max.This]

Dwayne wade

[torocan]

now can you also tell me what has he done off field?

http://usainbolt.com/foundation/

[Im_in_Mia_bish]

http://usainbolt.com/foundation/

dude all stars have foundations lol even reggie bush, but what has he done last year that is remarkable?
if you read the article it shows countless things lebron has done off the field and on the field as well.

hmm.

[torocan]

no brainer imo. MVP, Finals MVP, Championship, gold medal. That is completely dominating a sport, from top to bottom.

Article is pretty good.

It's really not fair to put the Olympic Gold Medal as a major accomplishment given how dominant Team USA is over their competition.

In my opinion, LBJ could have stayed home and the Team USA roster would STILL have dominated the other teams.

There wasn't a team in the Olympics that could have stopped Durant, Melo, Harden, etc, etc.

[OneTuzSea]

Well deserved.

[Hawkeye15]

It's really not fair to put the Olympic Gold Medal as a major accomplishment given how dominant Team USA is over their competition.

In my opinion, LBJ could have stayed home and the Team USA roster would STILL have dominated the other teams.

There wasn't a team in the Olympics that could have stopped Durant, Melo, Harden, etc, etc.

Its still hanging in LeBron's trophy case. Therefore it counts.

I get you are trying to make a case for Bolt. That is fine. LeBron's dominance in a team sport, and ability to do everything in the sport well, adding in his off court contributions, won him this award.

Bolt is amazing at what he does. Running a short distance really fast. But it was LeBron's award this year.

[Sactown]

Its still hanging in LeBron's trophy case. Therefore it counts.

I get you are trying to make a case for Bolt. That is fine. LeBron's dominance in a team sport, and ability to do everything in the sport well, adding in his off court contributions, won him this award.

Bolt is amazing at what he does. Running a short distance really fast. But it was LeBron's award this year.

Way to make what Bolt does look so minimal lol

[Hawkeye15]

Way to make what Bolt does look so minimal lol

wasn't on purpose lol. I mean, the dude is a dominant sprinter. Arguably the most dominant of all time. But he year long success doesn't stack up against the attrition LeBron had to deal with.

[mightybosstone]

Agreed. Not that LeBron was an undeserving person to win it, I just think that the Olympics only come around once every 4 years and so it's not like these Olympians have a lot of opportunities to win this award, and to do something like what Bolt did or Phelps was incredible, yet they aren't one of the "major" sports so ESPN apparently doesn't care...

If anything, the Olympics is all the more reason to give it to Lebron. He was without a doubt the No. 1 player on a USA basketball team that owned the Olympics. When you throw that in with him winning the MVP and the Finals MVP, there's only one other guy in the history of the sport to accomplish that feat: Michael Jordan. If that isn't worthy of Sportman of the Year, then I don't know what is.

[mightybosstone]

Way to make what Bolt does look so minimal lol

wasn't on purpose lol. I mean, the dude is a dominant sprinter. Arguably the most dominant of all time. But he year long success doesn't stack up against the attrition LeBron had to deal with.

I agree with Hawkeye. Bolt is the greatest sprinter ever, but he doesn't have to deal with half of the pressure or media attention that Lebron does. It's a sport that gets worldwide attention once every four years and then no one cares again for the next three. Lebron was spectacular all season long and had one of the greatest redemption seasons of any professional athlete in the history of any sport. Also, Bolt's dominance was expected, whereas Lebron was at a point where most people almost expected him to fail.

[JiffyMix88]

pathetic he beat all of these fantastic sports figures yet he's given an award for winning a championship and MVP in which they didn't even play a full season

[mightybosstone]

pathetic he beat all of these fantastic sports figures yet he's given an award for winning a championship and MVP in which they didn't even play a full season

What the hell does that have to do with anything? Every single NBA player was under the same 66-game restriction? How does that diminish in any way what Lebron or the Heat accomplished?