Don't Hate The Player

That's what it's all about? Happiness? Who knew. A decade ago, when he appeared on his first SI cover, LeBron had already been featured on a mock SI cover. It hung in his mother's apartment in West Akron, beneath the billing: IS HE THE NEXT MICHAEL JORDAN?

Turns out, he isn't. LeBron will not likely win six rings. But he just gave his fiancée one, and maybe—just maybe—that's fulfilling too.