Depends on how and what you are comparing to with a Basketball player.
For example.
"His lay up was so perfect it was like he the best basketball player ever to make such a shot."
there is no "the cat jumped like a basketball player" simile in Tom Sawyer. I checked. that chapter about Tom giving Peter the painkiller is on pages 116-123
for sure it Micheal Jordan i mean everybody knows that he is like the best basketball player ever I've always dreamed to be a basketball player
my romodel best basketball player
I think you mean synonym. A simile is a comparison using like or as. A synonym is two different words having the same meaning. but a synonym for round could be circular. a simile for round could be "The sun is as round as a basketball" Hope this helps!
Michael Jordon wanted to be remembered as a basketball star, he wanted to send the message out to people to follow their dreams, and perhaps, if you work hard enough, you may accomplish them like him.
A simile compares two subjects directly, using the words like or as to create the visual comparison.
A simile.
A metaphor
Offense is like a finely tuned machine, it only works well if all the parts do their job.
Michael Jordan
being of top of the world looking down at everway, cheering for us. only us
no it is not a simile