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If you don't appreciate Lebron James, you hate sports
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:02 am
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:02 am
Sporting News- "If you don't appreciate Lebron James you hate sports"
I feel sorry for the basketball fans that can't help but hate Lebron. If you're around my age or younger (25), which I would imagine is over half the board, then Lebron is undoubtedly the best basketball player you've ever truly watched. We're a little too young to actually remember MJ and appreciate it in the moment. He came to the league with all the hype in the world, exceeded it somehow. He's never gotten into trouble off the court, in fact he's done some remarkable charity work particularly with the youth in Akron. He's a phenomenal talent, an athletic prodigy that we likely won't ever see again. And he's disproven all the knocks one ever could have on him by dominating NBA finals and winning titles. Even the biggest Lebron hater would have a tough time justifying leaving him out of their all time top 5 NBA player list, and the list is void if he isn't top ten.
Yet despite all that, people still love to find every moment and play possible to critique him. "2-4 in the finals", seems to be the biggest knock on him. Yes, he's knocked for making the NBA finals. (One of those losses was last year where he was the best player on the court and took an all time team to 6 despite missing the 2nd and 3rd best player on the team. Another was as a young kid playing next to boobie fricking Gibson against San Antonio.). I don't understand how you can be a fan of the game of basketball, yet constantly move the goalposts in order to try to knockdown the best player you've seen play it.
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Once-in-a-lifetime excellence, because that's unequivocally what James has displayed for 13 years in the NBA, is appealing to the masses, but to many, for whatever reason, it's appalling.
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it's OK to just sit to back and appreciate James' greatness, particularly if you're a fan of the game of basketball, for its uniqueness. The next guy you'll have to hate on probably won't even be as good.
I feel sorry for the basketball fans that can't help but hate Lebron. If you're around my age or younger (25), which I would imagine is over half the board, then Lebron is undoubtedly the best basketball player you've ever truly watched. We're a little too young to actually remember MJ and appreciate it in the moment. He came to the league with all the hype in the world, exceeded it somehow. He's never gotten into trouble off the court, in fact he's done some remarkable charity work particularly with the youth in Akron. He's a phenomenal talent, an athletic prodigy that we likely won't ever see again. And he's disproven all the knocks one ever could have on him by dominating NBA finals and winning titles. Even the biggest Lebron hater would have a tough time justifying leaving him out of their all time top 5 NBA player list, and the list is void if he isn't top ten.
Yet despite all that, people still love to find every moment and play possible to critique him. "2-4 in the finals", seems to be the biggest knock on him. Yes, he's knocked for making the NBA finals. (One of those losses was last year where he was the best player on the court and took an all time team to 6 despite missing the 2nd and 3rd best player on the team. Another was as a young kid playing next to boobie fricking Gibson against San Antonio.). I don't understand how you can be a fan of the game of basketball, yet constantly move the goalposts in order to try to knockdown the best player you've seen play it.
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Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:04 am to Tigerfan56
Frick Lebron
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:04 am to Tigerfan56
frick that. Lebron can suck my butt
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:05 am to Tigerfan56
LeBron makes the finals again but lebronies are still so insecure. I don't get it
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:05 am to Tigerfan56
I feel sorry for all of you constantly trying to justify your hero.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:05 am to Tigerfan56
i'm over any sort of discussion about LBJ and MJ
but he is unquestionably a top 3 NBA player of all time
moving forward, he is THE example of how to handle phenom success in a major professional league. there hasn't been a sports phenom who has handled the success at this level since Kareem, and he had many built-in advantages (college, a much less popular NBA, etc)
he's also just a unique freak of athleticism and skill. we may never see a player who has his complete game ever again
hating on Lebron is kind of like the modern SJW movement. you have to REALLY look hard for perceived problems
but he is unquestionably a top 3 NBA player of all time
moving forward, he is THE example of how to handle phenom success in a major professional league. there hasn't been a sports phenom who has handled the success at this level since Kareem, and he had many built-in advantages (college, a much less popular NBA, etc)
he's also just a unique freak of athleticism and skill. we may never see a player who has his complete game ever again
hating on Lebron is kind of like the modern SJW movement. you have to REALLY look hard for perceived problems
This post was edited on 5/28/16 at 9:06 am
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:10 am to Tigerfan56
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the best player you've seen play it.
Still Jordan, hands down. And I don't hate Lebron.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:12 am to Tigerfan56
I would kick LeBitch's arse if we met on the street
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:14 am to Tigerfan56
He's so fricking good and seems like he's a good person off the court. Family man, never any scandals, teammates like him, etc.
I get why people don't like him for his team hopping years back, but I can't understand people "hating him".
I feel privileged we get to watch him.
I get why people don't like him for his team hopping years back, but I can't understand people "hating him".
I feel privileged we get to watch him.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:15 am to Tigerfan56
You can appreciate James and still think he's a petulant, passive aggressive little bitch.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:15 am to Tigerfan56
People just like to argue. Thanks to technology now everyone can express their opinion to the masses.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:16 am to Tigerfan56
He's incredible. Second best baller in history, and he is going to bring a title to Cleveland in a few weeks. Pretty big deal.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:19 am to Tigerfan56
i treasure the bron, i just don't think he is tGOAT
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:23 am to SlowFlowPro
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we may never see a player who has his complete game ever again
Maybe LeBron Jr. will surprise us.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:23 am to Tigerfan56
Hated him for switching to the heat and the drama he caused. Now I hope he gets a title with the cavs unless they play the pelicans in the near future which won't happen
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:25 am to SlowFlowPro
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i'm over any sort of discussion about LBJ and MJ
but he is unquestionably a top 3 NBA player of all time
This
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:27 am to TheCaterpillar
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I get why people don't like him for his team hopping years back, but I can't understand people "hating him".
I feel privileged we get to watch him.
Ditto and Im a Heat fan. I have no hate for Lebron. I appreciate his greatness and what he accomplished in Miami. It was fun as hell to watch. The only thing I really hear from the Lebron haters is "hes a whiny little bitch". But they would still take him to start a team. Its like the just want to hate him.
And as for the flip flopping argument, he is putting himself in the best position to win a title. Is it selfish? Yes. But its what every frickin half-arse decent player does, and especially the great ones.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:27 am to TheCaterpillar
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I get why people don't like him for his team hopping years back
That's not why, for me anyway. Cleveland can EAD.
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I can't understand people "hating him"
Me either. Dislike, sure. Hate, nah.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:30 am to Tigerfan56
The constant need to justify him as the goat or one of the goat's by his fanboys is why people dislike him. shite gets old and tiresome.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:31 am to PortCityTiger24
the irony of the MJ/LBJ stuff is that MJ was utterly beloved while being, essentially, one evil a-hole in real life. the media created his image that still lasts for normal people to this day. LBJ is seen as a huge a-hole while having his entire life on display from 17 onward, and he hasn't really been involved in anything to get that image
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