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Hardwood Paroxysm’s favorite historical NBA teams

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Apr 8, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; TNT broadcaster Chris Webber during the NBA game between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 8, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; TNT broadcaster Chris Webber during the NBA game between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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Long Live the 2006-2007 Cleveland Cavaliers

by Matt Cianfrone (@Matt_Cianfrone)

One of my favorite parts of basketball is watching superstars doing incredible things. From tossing up easy triple-doubles or pouring in 50 point games, watching a single player do whatever they want, whenever they want is always captivating.

What makes LeBron James so special is that he has always had the ability to takeover games seemingly at will by just doing the simple things and making the right basketball play. While it is always fun to watch James takeover games by just being smarter than everyone else at basketball I have never enjoyed watching him as much as I did in his first run with the Cavs when doing that right thing often meant scoring at will.

For much of the regular season LeBron was great. Not what he had necessarily been in the past, but still one of the best players in the league. In the playoffs, his play reached an entirely different level. It all culminated in one of the best performances of all time when James torched the defending Eastern Conference Champion Pistons by pouring in 48 points; including 29 of the Cavs last 30, to go along with 9 rebounds and 7 assists in Game 5 of the Conference Finals to propel the Cavs to a win.

James carried an awful, but extremely likeable cast of characters that included Daniel “Boobie” Gibson, Drew Gooden and Zydrunas Ilgauskas to the NBA Finals simply by being too good for the rest of the league come playoff time.  Add in the fact that it all happened during the point of LeBron’s career when he dunked every chance he got, no matter who he had to dunk on to do it, and it is one of my favorite teams of all time. Long live the King and the rest of the 2006-2007 Cleveland Cavaliers.

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