The Lebron James Ripple Effect and Dirk Nowitzki Reverse Ripple Effect

Lebron is my favorite basketball player and will say nothing negative about this Superstar.

I have been following him for a few years and amazed at his basketball skills.

I have seen him struggle trying to win an NBA championship. When the Cavaliers were playing in the NBA Eastern elimination game in 2008 against the Boston Celtics by the time the 5th game came along, I could see he was tired and maybe gave up mentally. I believed that one spectacular basketball player could not win a championship. You have to be surrounded by quality players.

And when he came over to Miami Heat. I said, great. Now LeBron can be surrounded by great players — Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

His method of announcing his departure and going to the Miami Heat was questionable and that started the whole LeBron criticism. Didn’t bother me.

It was fun to watch in Miami when the smoke filled the room and a big celebration happened even before the Heat played a single game. Lebron also saying that he was going to win multiple championships. That really started the Lebron haters. Now all the pressure was on LeBron and the Miami Heat.

He never deserved all the criticism that he received the whole year. Didn’t Michael Jordan and Kobe have an ego and rightfully so. LeBron is not just a great player, he is a phenomenal player. When he said he is going to win multiple championships, I know he believed it in his heart.

No matter what Lebron did he still never deserved people putting him down and criticizing him.

So he didn’t win a championship, so what. No one was even expecting the Heat to get as far in the playoffs as they did. LeBron deserves to win a championship!

LeBron created a ripple effect in the NBA forever. A lot of the basketball players in the 2010 free agency did leave to go to other teams so they can win a championship. The true great players want to win a championship and not just play for money. What is the point of winning games if not to get to the Finals?

A lot of trading went on in the 2010 and 2011 trade deadline. Great basketball players wanted to go to a team to win.

Now that Lebron didn’t win a championship, basketball players may now stay where they are and just surround themselves with quality players–not just Allstars or Superstars. Just look at the Dallas Mavericks winning the NBA championship with the superstar Dirk Nowitzki and quality players around him.

Lebron has created a Ripple Effect and Dirk Nowitzki created the Reverse Ripple effect and both changed the NBA forever.

Fern Kuhn, RN