A Triple-Double Season -- Like Oscar Had -- Key to LeBron's Legacy

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MIAMI -- Even winning a championship this season won't change the widespread perception that LeBron James took the easy way out -- hurt his own brand -- by coming to Miami to play for a Super Team alongside Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.



Only one thing will re-kindle the belief that he still might become the greatest player in basketball history:



He could average a triple-double this season, doing what no NBA player has done in almost 50 years.



It's his ticket to forgiveness. It might become his destiny.



Without it, the Heat always will be Wade's team in Wade County. And even if James wins a string of championships in Miami, he always will have one fewer than Wade.



The only way out is a triple-double season, the ultimate measure of versatility, unselfishness, and greatness.



"I think LeBron has the ability to do it,'' said Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson, the first and only NBA player ever to accomplish the feat. "It's one thing to talk about, though. Talk is cheap -- until you do it.''

 

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