Here's what I wrote two weeks ago:
It's fair to compare LeBron with Bird.
Bird's best season in 1988:
29.9 points, 9.3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1.6 steals, 0.8 blocks 53%/41%/92% ... 1.3 three per game.
Bird's Career averages:
24.3 points, 10 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 1.7 steals, 0.8 blocks ... 50%/38%/89% 0.7 threes per game
LeBron this season:
27 points, 8 rebounds, 7.3 assists, 1.7 steals, 0.9 blocks 57%/41%/75% .... 1.4 threes per game
Even before LeBron won the title last year, Bird himself said LeBron was "BY FAR" the best player in the league. He said he would have rather played with Kobe, because Kobe was a winner... but you gotta imagine that's changed as LeBron has proven to be capable of winning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAEiIdQwX50