I've actually watched a couple of  Cavs games this year. Not because I'm a fan of the Cavaliers, but moreso a fan of Lebron James. Seeing that tonight was his last game, I thought it'd be interesting to see a couple of his stats from the regular season, as well as the playoffs; and, well, what this all means to me.

A look at everyone's favorite statistic, +/-, from this year, from here

1. James (103, 45 per48)

2. Bryant

3. Gasol

4. Williams

5. Fisher

A pretty crappy stat to measure individual player value, even when extended into the whole season, believe it or not. Mo Williams and Derek Fisher topping the league in anything, except for most mediocre player, kind of proves that. As a corollary to this stat, lets look at a more critical stat, Roland Rating:

1. James (23.5)

2. Wade(17.9)

3. Paul(17.7)

4. Bryant (12.6)

5. Roy (12.5)

Well then, how many points did they make on the charity line?

1. James (594)

2. Wade (590)

3. Bosh (504)

4. Howard (504)

5. Harris (496)

Pretty good company in that one. Well then, how do they, more specifically James, all compare in the paint? Here are the Inside shot FG% from this season

1. Iguodala (.721)

2. James (.717)

3. Collison (.713)

4. Dampier (.699)

5. O'Neal (.683)

Well, he must be a lollygagger on defense then, right? He was 14th in the league for defensive rebounds, at 507. Also, he was 2nd in defensive win shares at 6.3, only behind Howard at 7.6. at a 99 Drtg. He must be a ballhog then, right? Well, kind of, with his USG% at 33.8, but he also is 9th in the league in AST% at 38.0. How is he in offense, then? Offensive rating this year:

1. Gasol (125.6)

2. Paul (124.4)

3. Calderon(123.0)

...

6. James (121.7)

Offensive win shares:

1. James (13.3)

2. Paul (12.8)

3. Roy(10.2)

4. Wade (10.2)

5. Gasol (10.1)

And my favorite stat, PER:

1. James (31.7[!!!])

2. Wade (30.4)

3. Paul (30.0)

4. Howard (25.4)

5. Duncan (that's a little surprising, I thought he'd be a lot lower) (24.4)

One stat most telling of Lebron James limit as a player is his 2pt FG%, which is at an abysmal 37.5%. Not to mention that he already has one of the historically highest PER without a good 2PFG%, but if he ever figures out how to shoot a mid-range jumper, it will be bad news for his opponents.

So, what does this all mean? Nothing really as a Bulls fan, unfortunately. The likelihood of this Chicago team getting James is slim to none since they already have someone just as good(cheap shot, I know), but more of a basketball fan standpoint: Lebron James is really, really, good at basketball, and will most likely continue to get better.

edit: I forgot his PER from these playoffs. Barring tonight's game, it's at 38.9. Blasphemy, you say? Nope, it's honestly a 38.9. I've done a quick search, and I can't find one player who has remotely touched this type of efficiency in the playoffs. Not Bird, Magic, Kareem, Jordan, Bryant, or O'Neal come even close to this. Ridiculous.