LeBron James has accomplished a career's worth in two short years in the NBA. David Liam Kyle NBAE/Getty Images

It seems like longer, but it’s only been 26 days since Akron’s prodigal son rocked the rims and wrapped up his second-straight prolific season with the Wine and Gold. The 20-year-old phenom was rewarded for his extraordinary season by being named to the 2004-05 All-NBA Second Team on Wednesday evening.

In what has become the standard prefix to any honor the Chosen One earns, he once again becomes the youngest player to surpass a milestone – once again surpassing Kobe Bryant – as the youngest player to be named All-NBA. LBJ got the nod at 20 years, 139 days of age. Kobe was 20 years, 289 days when he was named All-NBA Third Team in 1999.

In his two years in the league, he’s already been the youngest player to notch 3,500 points, 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists, record a triple-double and score 50 points in a game. This year, LBJ was the second Cavalier to start an All-Star Game was the third Cavalier to ever be named All-NBA – along with Mark Price and Brad Daugherty. He ranked third in the league in scoring and steals and sixth in assists. He posted four triple-doubles on the season and topped the 35-point plateau in 18 games.

Statistically speaking, the most impressive accomplishment might have been the fact that he is only the fifth player in NBA history to average 25 points, seven boards and seven assists over the course of a season. He joins historic heavyweights Oscar Robertson, John Havlicek, Michael Jordan and Larry Bird.

But numbers don’t even begin to describe the young King’s game. By the same token, Webster’s only has a finite number of superlatives. James is the ultimate team player. He is an anomaly: a combination of strength and speed that the league may have never seen. And although he has been compared to his idol, Michael Jordan, he is actually an amalgam of MJ, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson and Dr. J.

Another thing that separates LBJ from other players is that he has the will to match his skill. He led the Cavaliers in scoring in every game in April. LeBron is the ultimate team player, but when it was time for him to put the club on his back for the playoff stretch, he did exactly that.

As impressive as his 56-point performance was in Toronto, the final game of the season in which he registered his fourth and final triple-double was the type of game in which legends are made. The Cavaliers needed him; and as always, he provided.

A little over two years ago, four ping-pong balls fell in Secaucus, New Jersey that allowed the Wine and Gold to tab the superstar. The biggest concern was whether or not LBJ could handle the ultimate pressure of being looked to as the savior of a franchise. Two years later, he has established himself as arguably the greatest Cavalier in the 35-plus years of the organization’s existence.

The Gund hasn't been the same since the King took the court. David Liam Kyle NBAE/Getty Images

Many of us have had the privilege of watching LeBron play live and it is truly amazing. On an almost nightly basis, he surprises spectators and opponents, alike.

When he Globetrotter-ized Ansu Sesay on Nov. 15, one had to wonder if LBJ’s actually made these incredible moves before, or if he makes them up as he goes. Either way, it’s safe to say that LeBron James is nothing less than a basketball genius.

After each game, LeBron doles out the compliments as freely as he distributes the rock during the game. He’ll always defer from his own performance to shed the light on E-Snow or Drew Gooden or the Tractor. James is undoubtedly the ruler of the roost, but he is nothing if not a benevolent King.

So, even though you’ve read article upon article heaping praise on the Chosen One, it’s always important to stop and realize that LeBron is one of our own – a true Cleveland Cavalier. He’s bigger than any individual this city has seen since Jim Brown hung them up over a quarter century ago. He is our Elvis. He is our Elway.

In his first two years in the league, LBJ has put the Wine and Gold on his considerable shoulders and taken the franchise to new heights. And the ascension is just beginning. In true Cleveland fashion, we’d love to buy LeBron James a beer to congratulate him for All-NBA honors and another record-shattering season, but the young King is still too young to drink.

Life is good.