It s pretty cool. It brings a smile to my face, James said of being included on the list. I mean, I

It s pretty cool. It brings a smile to my face, James said of being included on the list. I mean, I am who I am. I think I m in a position in my life where I m very happy and I ll continue to get better every day.
But keep in mind the award is not necessarily an honor. Time s editors are told to pick the person, group or thing that “has done the most to influence the events of the year.” So previous winners include Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. along with Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin (some of the more unusual choices hotels blackpool include Young People in 1966, The Computer in 1982, The Endangered Earth in 1988 and You in 1996).
James has been in the headlines all year, not only for shaking up the NBA by leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to join Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh with the Miami Heat, but for the way he handled the free-agency process (particularly The Decision, his hour-long, nationally televised announcement of that move).
Right now James appears to be a long shot to become person of the year. Time s online poll has him rated 24th on the list, just below Afghan President Hamid Karzai and just above former BP Chairman Tony Hayward. Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the current leader on the list.