And for the record, I never denied those stats lines of Lebron were good. Stats are stats. He can have that, nobody can take them away from him. But I just wonder, why is he 'demanding his damn respect', as late as last year? Apparently he knows that he lacked respect inspite of his 'stats.
Did Tim Duncan (among other real greats) ever demanded to be respected? There were dark years in his SA tenure and he just kept working and working till he got his titles. That is where respect comes from. It doesn't just come from statistics, there is work ethics and attitude to consider.