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You are LeBron James!

Gold and blue confetti falls at your feet. At your defeat, rather. Another loss in the NBA Finals and another disappointing end in Cleveland. On the bright side, even though you were swept and lost the final two games on your home floor, people were wondering if you were the series MVP. And thanks to another incredible season, you’ve destroyed all debate about who is the NBA’s best player.

After 15 seasons in the league and eight straight trips to the NBA Finals, you know what is coming: the never-ending conversation about where you go next. The hemming and hawing, the rumor mill, and the conjecture will be inescapable from barbershops to Reddit to ESPN talk shows. It will irritate you through your waking hours and permeate your well-deserved sleeping ones, too.

“Where is LeBron going next? Is he even leaving Cleveland? What does it mean for his legacy? Who does he think he is?”

The awesome news is that you are freaking LeBron James. Everyone wants you, and with good reason. All 30 NBA teams, and possibly a few NFL ones too, would rework their entire roster if you suggested that you were considering joining them.

With so many options, where do you start? What do you want most? Is it more fame? More titles? More stats? More praise? More love? More anything?

OK, let’s make it easier.

Do you want to focus solely on being the best basketball player ever or do you want to focus on being a bigger global superstar?

If basketball is your biggest priority, jump to #1.

If you want to become more than just a basketball player, jump to #2.

Josh Bard

Josh Bard is a guy. A sports guy, an ideas guy, a wise guy, a funny guy, a Boston guy, and sometimes THAT guy. Never been a Guy Fieri guy, though.

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