LeBron James vertical leap and Sylvia Plath’s,  “I am vertical” have a critical similarity. Both have a unique crave about being high up or down below. Plath and LBJ are similar in that, they both have a certain destination as to where they want to be.  Plath wants to be lying down on the floor, looking up and LBJ wants to be high up, looking down below.  This in turn, creates a distinct commonness about each other that needs to be addressed. With his vertical leap reportedly measuring in at somewhere north of 40 inches (the NBA average is in the high 20s), King James is able to launch his 6-foot-8-inch, 250-pound frame with seeming ease. (Per John Dorsey of Espn.com).