no it comes from being a dick. Constantly having to thrust yourself in the limelight, making it about you. Was there BS shows or announcements needed when Kobe or Durant had their extensions? no they just did their thing. What I am seeing from Lebron is the same thing I see from High School kids picking where to play college ball. Only difference is, they are 17.. Lebron isnt.
Lose/Lose for the rest of the league. There are now going to be a bunch of doormats for years to come, and those are all going to be games nobody wants to watch.
In 20 years, none of this will be relevant. Almost no one today even cares about Boozer "tricking a blind guy." In 20 years, circumstances won't matter to those fans, who didn't necessarily "live through" this (and many of those that did will have long since moved on to new outrages and will no longer care). What will matter to those fans will be stats and championships. If some 50 year old basketball fan at that point says, "Well, LeBron James was a coward and had to go be Dwyane Wade's sidekick, " he/she will be refuted by a bunch of 20-30 year old fans who say, "Considering James was producing more, Wade was pretty clearly the sidekick, no matter who was there first." The only quasi-moral judgment about players that sticks long-term is "loser" if they didn't win titles. James has made a business decision to minimize the chances of that (and as a bonus, gets to win with friends and play with other talented guys, which is always a nice experience). He may take criticism from some fans today...but the more years pass, the more his legacy will be enhanced by the titles, as long as his individual numbers remain great. Outrage passes, statistics and championships stay in the books forever.
thats true. Not many think about Boozer anymore.. but dang.. twice its happened to them. It just clicked as I read your post lol.
There is a disturbing undertone to the Woj article: "if you are nice to people, you deserve a kick in the teeth - if you want respect, treat them like shit!" Sounds like a guy with multiple arrests for domestic violence and animal abuse.
I do not agree with this statement. I think there were many examples of lebron being either disrespectful or just a flat out dick over the last several years. I think there were people who were aware of the behavior. I think now the entire world has "witnessed" his true personality. the display he put on last night (with ESPN's help) was atrocious.
Well, you beat me to it congrats. It doesn't matter if Jesus Christ was on Miami first. If LeBron outplays him, gets Finals Mvps, and is a superior playoff player, he'll be regarded as "the guy". ( By the way he's missed 7 games in an entire season, that's his worst injury.) All these people trying to say Wade's 3-peat Kobe is better than LeBron's 3-peat Shaq will just be bitter. Nor does it matter that Kobe has more rings than Shaq, Shaq has the Finals MVPs. That's why you should not judge people just on rings. But the next decade will certainly be fun for me. A recap of their recent value: http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/tiny.cgi?id=Ph8n6
This is shaping up to be a bad war movie. LeBron is Lt. Starchedcollar, the nominal CO of the outfit. Wade is Sgt Rock Brassballs, they guy the grunts actually follow when things get tough. What would Bosh be? The spooky sniper who listens to Hendrix, drops acid, and scares both sides to death?
