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The NBA Wiki-Legacy

By Sean Bartlett

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

How can one quantify an NBA player's legacy? Look no further than the first line of his Wikipedia entry. The whole article may yammer on for pages, but that initial sentence—the one whose unapologetic use of the "to be" verb aims to cut down to the very core of the subject—tells the true tale. Some opening clauses are rather unremarkable. Take LeBron James' for example: "LeBron Raymone James (born December 30, 1984 in Akron, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player who ...

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