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re: Lebron feels like he is above criticism - rips reporter last night during press conference

Posted on 5/22/17 at 12:01 pm to
Posted by PortCityTiger24
Member since Dec 2006
87455 posts
Posted on 5/22/17 at 12:01 pm to
I don't hate him dude. shite, check my posts from last night. I was defending him. I just think this is where he loses people. He does seem like he's above any criticism at times.
Posted by Colonel Flagg
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2010
22805 posts
Posted on 5/22/17 at 12:09 pm to
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but for being a high level athlete he seems to have very thin skin.


Considering he is such a gigantic star he has always been about as gracious as they come.

You realize he used to constantly get criticized for making the correct basketball play at the end of games because he didn't selfishly try to shoot it every time.
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
83483 posts
Posted on 5/22/17 at 12:16 pm to
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I don't hate him dude. shite, check my posts from last night. I was defending him. I just think this is where he loses people. He does seem like he's above any criticism at times.

I know you don't. I'm not trying to come at you or anything. If it seems like that, my bad my man.

If this is where he loses people, those people are ridiculous. He might think he's above criticism. I think it has to do more with the criticism of him being astronomically disproportionate to his weaknesses.

He's competing against 1 player who has been retired for a long time. That player skates on literally everything that he's done on and off the court that could be seen as not ideal. That's probably pretty frustrating to Lebron
Posted by jprice4608
Member since Dec 2011
944 posts
Posted on 5/22/17 at 12:59 pm to
Does anyone realize how hard it is to be a black male w a small wiener? Live in his shoes for one day!
This post was edited on 5/22/17 at 4:54 pm
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35547 posts
Posted on 5/22/17 at 3:34 pm to
All great players have done this to be fair.

A.I. used to walk out all the time. Bird's walked away.

Magic probably never did.

But no player who is way better at his profession than the guy asking questions is at his profession wants to hear:

"So why did you suck arse tonight?"
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
260877 posts
Posted on 5/22/17 at 4:47 pm to
The whole cult of hero worship will be the downfall of the NBA. It seems the team he plays for and his teammates are incidental.
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
110924 posts
Posted on 5/22/17 at 4:55 pm to
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It seems the team he plays for and his teammates are incidental.
Are you talking about LeBron?


You ever hear what his teammates and more importantly former teammates have to say about LeBron?
Posted by Masterag
'Round Dallas
Member since Sep 2014
18806 posts
Posted on 5/22/17 at 5:48 pm to


are you kidding me? it was obviously a joke. and he was the first one to say he played a shitty game. the fact that this is news is ridiculous
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171037 posts
Posted on 5/22/17 at 8:47 pm to
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Gregg poppovich has done the same thing 100 times this postseason and for some reason the media jerks him off for it





Pop doesn't give a shite. Bron bron is the biggest try hard bitch.
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
140462 posts
Posted on 5/22/17 at 8:58 pm to
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Kobe and MJ!
why bring up Kobe in the same stadium as the 2 goats?
Posted by PortCityTiger24
Member since Dec 2006
87455 posts
Posted on 5/22/17 at 9:01 pm to
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are you kidding me? it was obviously a joke.


It was so obvious that the reporter took to Twitter to defend himself afterwards. Did you even click the link? You really think he's joking? you are dumb as hell if so.
Posted by aib799
Member since Jul 2014
347 posts
Posted on 5/22/17 at 10:46 pm to
I am not a Lebron fan at all but I have no issue with how he handled the press conference. It is hard to come in after a loss where you didn't play well and answered these questions with a good attitude. I couldn't do that, I would be much more testy with the media. He really wasn't bad with the reporter. He owned up to not playing well.
Posted by Masterag
'Round Dallas
Member since Sep 2014
18806 posts
Posted on 5/22/17 at 10:50 pm to
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It was so obvious that the reporter took to Twitter to defend himself afterwards


hmm... i wonder why he would do that? surely it wouldn't be to extract something out of nothing to make it a bigger deal than what it should be and have the media and everyone else talking about kenny who the hell knows his last name from bumfrick, Ohio. Of course he's not trying to shine the spotlight on himself....


but I'm a dummy, so what do i know?
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
260877 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 2:54 am to
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You ever hear what his teammates and more importantly former teammates have to say about LeBron?


That has nothing to do with what i said.
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
83483 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 4:23 am to
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A.I. used to walk out all the time. Bird's walked away.

Magic probably never did.

But no player who is way better at his profession than the guy asking questions is at his profession wants to hear:

"So why did you suck arse tonight?"


Don't make me like you
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
83483 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 4:34 am to
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You ever hear what his teammates and more importantly former teammates have to say about LeBron?
I rehabbed with one of his old Cle teammates. I think I've told this story before.

This dude was half retarded. Overly ghetto as hell. Angry. Just all around not someone who you'd want to spend your day with.

The SECOND I started picking his brain about Lebron he turned into this giddy fan. Basically said that Lebron is so in control of what happens on the court that he creates structure for guys to mask what they're not good at.

I wouldn't go as far as saying he thought Lebron made his career. And Lebron didn't. But goddamnit he was adamant about how much easier Lebron made it for him when they played together.
This post was edited on 5/23/17 at 4:39 am
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
110924 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 8:34 am to
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That has nothing to do with what i said.

It actually does.

Unless you think your observation skills are soooooo good that you can see from afar that he doesn't play for his teammates, but his teammates who have infinitely more access than you do don't seem to think that.

Not sure which it is, either way, your theory is certainly not really able to be defended by anything of note.
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
110924 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 8:36 am to
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This dude was half retarded. Overly ghetto as hell. Angry. Just all around not someone who you'd want to spend your day with.

The SECOND I started picking his brain about Lebron he turned into this giddy fan. Basically said that Lebron is so in control of what happens on the court that he creates structure for guys to mask what they're not good at.

I wouldn't go as far as saying he thought Lebron made his career. And Lebron didn't. But goddamnit he was adamant about how much easier Lebron made it for him when they played together.
This is irrelevant. Message Board Poster X knows his teammates are incidental to LeBron even if the teammates themselves don't know it!!!
Posted by ctiger69
Member since May 2005
30616 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 8:51 am to
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Lebron feels like he is above criticism


Well he does have a high school diploma, that was probably just given to him, so he is very intelligent and is above criticism.
Posted by Kracka
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Aug 2004
40813 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 9:42 am to
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Gregg poppovich has done the same thing 100 times this postseason and for some reason the media jerks him off for it


Because that is Pop's peronality. He doesn't give a shite what anyone outside of his circle or organization think of him.

Lebron wants to play both sides of the fence. He wants and longs to be universally liked and adored. The second someone questions that, or he has a bad game and someone calls him on it, he turns full bitch.
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