Is Lebron really that influential to the NBA?

It's sad that Dallas isn't getting enough credit and attention. I wanted the Heat to lose but damn, whether they win or lose it's always about LeBron James and the Heat. It's truly disgusting.

Dallas deserves praise more than Miami deserves criticism. James played poorly but give credit to Dallas for their hard work and great play. I'm a Celtics fan, not a Mavs fan but the media is getting on my nerves. I don't like LeBron but we get it. He was bad, he's an arrogant jerk. But why not talk about how great this Mavericks team is?

Yeah... its pretty frustrating as a Mavs fan.

But... we knew that it was going to be like this (mavs fans) because thats how its always been. the media, for one reason or another, doesn't want to give dallas credit.

its pretty much just espn. they have an insane east coast bias. but whatever.

we got the championship. you can't deny history!!

Yes, Michael Wilbon wrote an article on the effect of LeBron's decision, the tv viewers, nba.com page visits, etc. all had large increases after the decision.

Lebron is quite a athlete-----great ball player, and important to the NBA-----

Influential????? Nah, just another over priced dude playin a boys game.

Its all about Lebron and hes right what he said to all his haters having to wake up to the same problems and yes without him the NBA wouldnt be watched he the best player as well and this season is his so face it !!!!

without Lebron, the NBA would be broke and boring. The media would also be a joke.

Look, he was born as an incredible physical specimen. I don't know if I would exctly call that influential

Yeah..pretty much, he's the face of the NBA