Time to marvel at LeBron after Heat win second straight title

Then the best basketball player in the world stood up, stuck a cigar in his smile and walked out.
Time to marvel at LeBron after Heat win second straight title
Time to marvel at LeBron after Heat win second straight title /

LeBron James left teammates and ownership in awe after he led the Heat to a second straight title.
LeBron James left teammates and ownership in awe after he led the Heat to a second straight title :: John W. McDonough/SI

Then the best basketball player in the world stood up, stuck a cigar in his smile and walked out.


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Michael Rosenberg
MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Michael Rosenberg is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, covering any and all sports. He writes columns, profiles and investigative stories and has covered almost every major sporting event. He joined SI in 2012 after working at the Detroit Free Press for 13 years, eight of them as a columnist. Rosenberg is the author of "War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest." Several of his stories also have been published in collections of the year's best sportswriting. He is married with three children.