Curry's future as bright as NYC lights

— -- NEW YORK -- Of all the items on LeBron James' ridiculously packed All-Star Weekend agenda, two things that happened Friday illustrated where he is in the basketball universe.

James was unanimously elected as vice president of the players' union at a meeting he did not even attend Friday afternoon. In the evening -- between a dinner to satisfy one sponsor and a party to satisfy another -- he shot a car commercial on 34th Street in Manhattan despite being on the set less than three minutes.

It is indeed James' league. He draws more fans, sells more shoes, makes more money and wields more power than anyone in the league. A major reason there are no games until Thursday night is because James leaned on NBA commissioner Adam Silver last year to extend the All-Star break.