Now that we've gotten the obvious answer to the ridiculous question of whether a four-time league most valuable player lacks toughness, let us move on to other matters here in the NBA Finals.

While the attention in this series has been focused on LeBron James—first for suffering from cramps in Game 1, then for answering his critics with a dominating Game 2—something else is happening on the court. We are witnessing the extinction of the traditional shooting guard.

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