St. Louis Post-Dispatch Bryan Burwell column.(Column)

Byline: Bryan Burwell

June 12--Professional basketball fools us at times like this. All over the sports world, hoops fans are celebrating the coming of this year's NBA finals as some sort of joyful coronation -- a thrilling prime-time duel to determine whether LeBron James or Kevin Durant should be hailed as the greatest basketball player on the planet. And while we will surely resolve that pressing issue during the course of this best-of-seven Miami Heat versus Oklahoma Thunder showdown, the finals are about so much more than just LeBron vs. KD. Their duel is a delicious subplot to a deeper and more compelling tale, like floodlights swirling in the night sky beckoning the hordes to an even larger and more fabulous attraction. The bigger picture of these finals is about the making of champions and a recipe for dynasties. It's about youth vs. experience. It's about the arrogant …