lebron puts foot in mouth again..
by jdunn123 on Dec 27, 2010 4:26 PM EST
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he recently said the leagues was watered down and wants the league to go back to how it was in the 80's. stars all every team. get love out of minnesota, lopez, harris out of miami. and now this...
"That's crazy, because I had no idea what the word 'contraction' meant before I saw it on the Internet," James said after the Miami Heat's practice Monday. "I never even mentioned that. That word never even came out of my mouth. I was just saying how the league was back in the '80s and how it could be good again. I never said, 'Let's take some of the teams out.' "
he had no idea what the word contraction meant.. come on lebron. either dont talk or stand by what you say!!! did you not go to college because you were stupid or because you were good at ball?
i actually agree with him on this... i dont think the la clippers and t-wolves should be around. they have always been terrible. the nets are finally moving out of NJ. they should put the bobcats in vegas.. jordan ownes a team in vegas, golden!! the clippers and t-wolves talents get put into a waiver wire draft. the worst team gets pick 1 the 'best' team gets the last pick aka 28th. blake griffin or kevin love next to wall? beasely next to lopez in brooklyn? gordon playing with evans in sac town? kaman in memphis? who would the lakers and celtics take?
but! since lebron has left cleveland he has been trying to welcome the role of douche. makes the stupid commercial. never thanks the fans in cleveland. trying to get coach spo fired. now this. lebron if your a douch fine. just go all out and be one.
the best come back.. was from avery johnson-
"Maybe the league would be better if we didn't have three stars on one team," Johnson said in a veiled reference to the Heat's trio of James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
nice. i think mst people know how i view bosh.. he is NOT a top talent. he is not a number 1 player for a team. toronto finished above .500 just 1 time when he was there. they made the playoffs 2 times. and its not like they were out west. the east was terrible for most of those years.
Be respectful and keep it clean. Thanks.
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Lay off LeBron already.
True, he may not fit your stereotype of how you think he should be, but that’s too bad.
He’s a young man prematurely put into the spotlight because of his out-of-this world talent and all people can do is rip his every word or decision. He has no need to ‘thank’ Cleveland. Give me a break!
by mmbaby on Dec 28, 2010 11:09 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
NO
he is the KING so let him be the KING of whatever he anointed himself to. I have no empathy for the man they call King. He made his money, he made his decision now he must lay with it. He will do fine and will win alot of games. Like Mike before him he will have to grow up and grow into his game. He just isn’t there yet and no I will not give him a break. I think he’s had enough already. POOR BRON BRON… BOO HOO HOO makes millions of dollars and still cannot buy respect. I believe you ment that Cleveland has no need to thank him.
Jeffrey M Melhorn
+100000
Sooooo true. He asked for it. If he wanted, he could have been a quiet superstar like Tim Duncan or Paul Pierce. But he wanted the attention. Don’t have one ounce of sympathy for him
by OsirusCeltics on Dec 30, 2010 5:35 PM EST up reply actions
respect for?
what has he done that earns respect? How many championships does he have? I will even throw you a bone and say the ECF in what now like 07? I hold very little that he can earn my respect. Is he a great athelete? Sure, is he the most physcially gifted player in the NBA. If not, he’s in the top 3. His attributes are fine. it is how he acts like a little child at every turn that makes my stomach turn. He play the victim role to a tee. I want him to man up and stop passing the buck. If he could ever do that then he’s taking a step in the right direction. I fear that he will be Mike Vick’d out there before he can change. You know Vick, the player that was the most gifted athelete in the NFL. The one that had the world on a string and needed a stay in a public penn to see the light that BronBron hasn’t yet. He is not humble, he has no need for teammates, he is Bron and to him thats enough. For Mike that was enough until he wanted to be well Jordan. Bronbron will NEVER be Jordan, not the way he is constructed, not the way his entourage keeps his head full of BS. Maybe things will change, probably not. Maybe I have seen the greats and have something to compair them to. He is no Mike, Larry, or Magic. He isnt even an I Thomas. Maybe one day, probably not
Jeffrey M Melhorn
when ever you crown yourself as “the king” get tattoos like “chosen one” and decide to go on larry king a week before you decide where to play. than have a hour long tv disaster to tell people your going to play in south beach. make comments that not every one will like than say you didnt understand what words meant. you open the door for people to call you an idiot.
the sterotype of what i think he should be?? the only thing i want lebron to be is a basketball player. and if your going to make comments- stand by them. dont say you never knew what a word you used meant.. barkley made stupid comments all the time, but explained them in a way you could understand. or just be a profesional not some idiot who got by high school and life because of talents on a basketball court..
I don't find anything he's done offensive,
Even those things you’ve tried to point out. I don’t care what his tatoos say, nor do they determine who he is as a man, to me. He is young and I give him plenty of leeway to screw up while growing up, as that’s what most of us do.
If all you want him to be is a basketball player, why bring up all the fluff?
Cult of Personality
Lebron’s a celebrity. Further, he not only lives in the public eye, he openly and actively manipulates and magnifying his public image (for contrast, consider KG who also is a celebrity and lives in the public eye, but makes a point of minimizing his public image).
He’s thus cultivated a public personality what is fair game for fans to have opinions on.
The ‘real’ Lebron James may just be a poor, mega-talented-but-misunderstood young man with poor communication skills.
But the public persona of Lebron James is a douche bag.
Well the public persona of many good players is
Sometimes negative, other times positive, depending on the events of the day. LeBron wanting to be in the spotlight? So what? I mean, really, you have to like the spotlight to be in the NBA.
KG does not minimize his public image, imo. He’s been at the center of several controversies already this season.
LeBron, clearly, to me, is just a young man who is still immature and also a guy who loves attention. There’s nothing wrong with that; in fact it’s a positive when it comes to the NBA.
The public enjoys having scapegoats and controversies and the herd mentality is strong. . Unfortunately sometimes the scapegoating is directed at young and vulnerable players who don’t have the best advisors.
you said it best..
lebron is just a young man who is still immature and also a guy who loves attention..
kg doesnt go to the media and let his personal stuff be known. he isnt a guy that demands a camera around him. he doesnt make flashy commercials or open his mouth about a subject to the media. lebron needs every thing to suround him
i bring this up because he did bring up a very good point. all sports seem watered down..
the nhl has put to many teams in places like arizona, florida, south cali, texas, goergia. they should have kept the number of teams in those ares to a small amount. LA, miami, dallas is fine because those are big markets. but atlanta doesnt care about there basketball team, why would they about hockey? charlotte doesnt watch there basketball teams, college and nascar.. and you put non hockey people in charge.
look at baseball, pittsburgh, tampa, miami, washington, should be made into 2 teams. if you put a solid team in a city like pittsburgh they would go. if washington is given a winner i think they would go. making the talent levels better. making the product of baseball better. there would be less minor leaguers failing because a team calls them up so the fans have something to cheer about. that also would make teams like KC better. makes the farm systems better.
the nfl seems like there system works because you see team with the number 1 pick get better instantly. miami dolphins 2 years ago. 1-15 next year playoffs. st. louis 1-15, this year they were close to making the playoffs. good coaching and drafting.. only teams like the lions seem to have problems getting better.
if the nba kept the amount of teams and decided to have a minor league system set up. i would be ok. if they expanded the draft by a round. making it ok to have 3 players in the dleague so they can develope. and not fail!
i’m agreein with lebron when he says its watered down, i think most people will. but dont sit here and say you didnt know what the word contraction meant!! be a man and say yeah i said it. i think all sports have gooten worse and thats why teams havent been able to improve
The Clippers finally have someone worth watching and
now you want to move them. It’s true DTS is the worst owner in the league, but the long suffering fans deserve the talents of Blake Griffin (even if the owner does not).
i agree with what you said.. than the league should tell dts to sell to an owner who actually wants to win. not just pocket the money and say screw you to those loyal fans.. how many winning seasons since he has owned the team? move the kings to vegas, they already have the vegas connection there from the owners. plus the name wouldnt have to change. tell jordan to go to kc or pittsburgh. the charlotte fans have stopped going for the 2nd, 3rd time now? how many times do they get?
I've had Clippers tickets for the past dozen years and only one year were
they any good. Getting to see Blake has been a real treat. Seriously, you just know at some point in the game he’s going to do a rediculous throw down on somebody (plus, he’s just really, really good). Finally Dunleavy’s gone and they’re pretty exciting to watch.
The fans deserve this, DTS deserves to have the league force him to sell. But if they move then I can’t watch any more games. I hate the Lakers.
by eastie Rich on Dec 29, 2010 12:02 AM EST up reply actions
so you just respect anyone?
i can tell you one thing.. than less than a month later say NO thats not what i said, i didnt understand the word i used. because i’m a basketball player who feels the world owes me.
it wouldv been funnier
if he said “all these watered down teams should pass on their best player to one team, except the cavs, they dont have any good players left, might as well get rid of that team”
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