PATRICK MAHOMES is a true Big Dog (Wikipedia).

It’s time for the NBA All-Star break and  …. zzz.

I’m sorry, but does professional basketball seem to lack a certain electric attraction in the same way that other Big Four sports have?

Well, it does. LeBron James, arguably the Greatest of All Time – up there in the pantheon with Michael Jordan – is on a glide path towards retirement. He’s still an all-star, but is past the time when fans could ooooh and ahhhh at his play.

There’s nothing really wrong with pro basketball today, except maybe for the ridiculously long playoffs. Nothing except itself it lacks a Big Dog.

The Big Dog is a star so super-amazing that he (or she) not only dominates on the field/court/ice, etc. but is a celebrity outside of the arena. A household name, so to speak.

Baseball has Shohei Ohtani. The former Angel now Dodger (just as I predicted) stands head and shoulders above any other in his sport. He’s called “The Unicorn” because he’s so rare as to be nearly mythical. Shohei is compared favorably to Babe Ruth and may be even better, as The Babe’s pitching career was cut short when he went to the Yankees and Sho’s may stretch for a decade.

Football has Patrick Mahomes. Maybe not the greatest QB ever – I might favor Joe Montana – but not only one of the most successful but one of the most publicly personable. His insurance commercials present him as coolly lovable and his pal ship with Travis Kelce and his gal-pal Taylor Swift has elevated his appeal into the stratosphere.

I’d cross the street to see Shohei or Patrick. The Lakers and Clippers in the 50th or so game of the endless NBA season … not so much.