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Dime King - The Lakers are benefiting from peak playmaker LeBron James

LeBron James likes to pass the ball.

Legend has it he developed his appreciation for the pass as a 9-year-old playing for the Summit Lake Hornets in a rec basketball league in Akron, Ohio. He fed a diminutive teammate named Sonny Spoon by rolling the rock his way. It was the only way the little guy could control the ball without being knocked over. Spoon scooped up the delivery, put the ball in the hoop and James relished in Sonny's score more than if it was his own.

Decades later, as he's climbed into the top five of the NBA's all-time leading scoring list and made the defining play of his illustrious career with a chase-down block in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, his passing is as important of a skill as ever.