No, I’m not speaking of LeBron James or Kobe Bryant or Larry Bird or Dr. J or Wilt or Magic or MJ.  Last week, the greatest basketball player to ever play the game died at age 83.  Adoringly referred to as the clown prince of the hardwoods, Meadowlark Lemon entertained crowds around the world for 24 years as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters.  No one, and I mean no one, could match his pure basketball skills.   No one entertained people, white and black, more than Meadowlark Lemon.  And finally, in 24 years of a grueling, year-round schedule, he never lost a game of basketball.   Add the best smile a human being  could be blessed with, and Meadowlark Lemon was clearly the best basketball player in history.                                WHAT THE HECK !