re: Lebron: The odds have been stacked against me...

In recent years, I think Lebron has understood that he's a role model for many of today's poor black kids that are being raised in poverty and dysfunctional communities. He's telling his story to give hope to others.

Everything is obviously relative. The odds were stacked against him compared to middle-class America but not compared to the 'median' person in the world (3rd world or poor India/China).

I go back and forth on Lebron all of the time. He's just a person that is one of the best basketball players the world has ever seen. Given the intense praise and negativity that has been directed at him (beginning in his formative years), he has handled most of it fairly well with a few errors along the way.