James got a lot of crap for wearing a Yankee hat to a baseball game. Then, after snubbing the Magic, his teammates, and the media, he shows up Sunday to meet the press wearing a ... YANKEE HAT. I hear him loud and clear. Heh
He's a sore loser. He'll be posing for pictures when things are going well, but can't even be bothered to take a loss like a man? I bet he expected Atlanta/Detroit players to shake his hand after he beat them.
No doubt. LeBron's probably been sucked up to since he was born, and was then actually humbled for one of the few times in his life. He didn't know how to take it, so he bowed out ungraciously. Doesn't mean he's now a terrible guy, but don't be a sore loser about it.
A Laker fan says something stupid. Isn't this new. Take it like a man? He was really fucking upset about the loss and dashed out of the arena in the understanding that saying nothing when you're upset is a lot better than taking shots at Mike Brown or possibly teammates when he's upset. Not hard to grasp. Everyone that plays the 'take it like a man' card is a total *edited*. Not a single one of you will ever be in that situation, the closest you will ever come to feeling what he felt (being on the fast track to a title, and in the blink of an eye being handled fairly easily by an underdog) is by watching TV. So shut the fuck up, because you don't know dick about what you're talking about. Thanks.
So you mean to tell me that had you been in the exact same situation and felt his exact same anger and disappointment, you would have easily bottled it up, talked to the press completely level-headed and unbothered, and even gave hugs to the opponents that just kicked the living shit out of you. That is, if you've ever even played sports. lol k
I agree with JE on this one. It probably wasn't in his best interest to do this (for his image that is) but I dont see how its such a big deal. He probably congratulated some of the Orlando players either by their locker (which he did for San Antonio and Boston the last 2 years but a lot of fans didn't know that and crucified him as a poor sport, but I think this scenerio is doubtful because I heard he just left right away) or he probably called some of them up by phone (at least Dwight who was a teammate on the USA team) and congratulated them. SO the big thing is he didn't do a media interview after he lost. Big deal, he did on the next day. Either way, successful season for LeBron. MVP award, led the league in wins, got to the ECF game 6 and pretty much solidified himself as the best player in the game. Sucks that he didn't at least get to the finals but he will get there. He is really young still at 24 which is insane. I really enjoy watching him play. Can't wish him luck next year though, because its my Blazers year! YEEEEAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!
baseball is below hoop, football, and hockey too many damn games, too slow moving..too many juicers I follow baseball, but it is definitely not my fv and don't get into it until the all-star break.
99.9 percent of the NBA players do it, why can't he? LeBron is not above sportsmanship or the sport of basketball or the NBA. And yes I've played sports, and understand how frustrated you can get with it. Not to his degree obviously, but I don't care for sore losers. It's not like I'm saying he should've kissed Dwight and held up his hand and say 'look here folks, here's your champ right here!! ... Oh Dwight, here let me hand you this Eastern Conference championship trophy." Please... give me a break. LeBron's teammates were gracious enough. LeBron is not above anything, and that's why I don't like him. The guy finally didn't get what he wanted when he was the clear favorite to get it, no one spoon-fed him a trip the Finals, and he just left huffing and puffing.
Because LeBron absolutely has 'I'm going to be a sore loser because these meanies beat me' after dealing with a really shitty loss and series KO after being the favorite almost the whole season. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he called up Dwight and the other Magic players the next day and congratulated them. If that is indeed the case, then all this is moot (unless you're pissed off he didn't do it in public, which would be petty beyond belief). Yeah, his performance in that series totally indicates that he expected to be spoonfed into the finals.
Well, he didn't. He sent Dwight an email. I'm not pissed off either. I just don't enjoy seeing LeBron showing like he's above the game of basketball and the NBA. He hasn't won anything yet, and he's been appointed The King already. Dwight said he was 'real surprised' and David Stern said he wasn't too happy about it either. The whole aura around LeBron simply turns me off, that's all.
Cap space don't mean shit. The Cavs hold LeBron's Bird Rights. If you understood even the basics of the CBA, you'd know the Cavs can offer LeBron a lot more money than any other team. They can offer him a higher starting salary, bigger annual raises and a longer contract than any other team - even if they are $100 million over the cap and the Knicks are $50 million under the cap. If LeBron leaves, it will be about winning titles, not who can offer him the biggest contract - becuase NOBODY else can offer him a contract nearly as big as what the Cavs can. BNM
If you even understood the basics of reading comprehension, you'd know that I added a caveat in that post in the form of 'if LeBron were to leave Cleveland'. Actually I'll pull up the statement for you: So I took the Cavs out of the equation before saying that. Understand now? I've said it before, but by the time summer 2010 rolls around, I think LeBron will have already decided whether he's staying in Cleveland or leaving. I'm basing my theoretical assumptions off the idea that he would be leaving.
i'm really not trying to argue , but I think what everyone else was saying is that that's kind of a weird point to take. If he wants the most money, he stays in Cleveland. You said if he leaves, it would be to NYK for the money (since they have most cap space). But it doesn't matter how much cap space some team has, as long as they can absorb a max contract. So if he's in it for the money, he's not leaving CLE. And therefore, if he doesn't stay in CLE, but goes to NYK, it's for some other reason than the money. What am I missing here?
