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Lebron James (Los Angeles Lakers)

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ScriptOhio;1729926; said:
What if a self-involved multimillionaire aired a TV special to announce where he'd landed his next multimillion-dollar job, and nobody watched?
We'll never know.

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According to ESPN, its James interview special, titled The Decision, just like it was a real show, which, of course, it was, was Thursday night's highest-rated program?bigger than anything on cable, bigger than any rerun of Glee, CSI and Community, bigger than anything anywhere.
The day after, there are two kinds of people: Those who watched, and are complaining what an empty spectacle it was; and, those who didn't watch, and are complaining what an empty spectacle it was. You know who you are. And, to be honest, if we knew who you were?if we knew who you watchers were?we'd come after you. With a question.
Why?
Why did you do it?
Why did you give James every reason to believe, not incorrectly, that, hey, he's not self-involved, he's important?
New York Magazine's Will Leitch has a devastasting piece today on the illusion that is spectator sports. We need air, Leitch essentially argues, but we don't need Monday Night Football, really, truly, we don't. Sure, it's cool when the illusion makes us happy, but when it doesn't, when an athlete's hubris is so great that we're moved to the thesaurus to search out a word like hubris, then why do we keep doing it?
Why do we keep watching?
If you tuned in James last night instead of waiting for the press release?the NBA star is signing with the Miami Heat, and that's all there was too it, folks?you are wearing the biggest "Kick Me" sign in the long, storied history of "Kick Me" signs.:slappy:
You knew you were going to hate yourself. You knew no reality-show finale would ever leave you feeling so used?for the love of The Bachelor, even Jason Mesnick was forced to squirm for being a snake. And yet you did it anyway.
How about next time let's not. Let's not watch.
Read more: LeBron James Isn't the Problem. You Are. - E! Online
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As one who hasn't watched more than 5 minutes of NBA basketball since Rick Barry was taking underhand foul shots I have no legitimate stake in le affaire LeBron . I don't watch reality shows. I don't count on Fox or MSNBC for 'fair and balanced' news. I no longer watch any 'All Star' game. I gave up on Santa Claus although I do believe in Christmas Spirit.

I can understand some of the disappointment Cavs fans are experiencing. I lived through Frank Robinson for Milt Papas, the thought that Dan Driessen could replace Tony Perez, the entire Dick Wagner era... on the other hand, you should have seen this coming. Wasn't so long ago that Eli Manning held the NFL draft at gun point and got his way. A couple of decades earlier Kareem did the same thing to get out of Milwaukee before serving his complete sentence.

In the case of LeBron, you watched as a Catholic High School prostituted itself and as he literally broke the back of the Ohio High School Athletic Association, took limos to games while his teammates rode in buses, accepted gifts from 'family friends' and drove to school in a Hummer despite the fact that he lived in Section 8 housing. (I honestly believe that this is a contributing factor in MoC's problems. He saw his buddy defy authority and get away with it and couldn't believe that he couldn't do the same.) Then he had the talent to move on to the NBA avoiding all the restrictions, including minimal pay, that he would have been placed under in the NCAA.

Not even 25, LeBron has yet to hear the word 'No' and is free to live as if in the era of the Divine right of Kings.

He does so only because enough 'subjects' allow him to believe it to be true. We, you - me, have bought into professional sports (and college sports are professional) and if the result is a microscopic percentage of men who can hold such power over us then we only need to blame ourselves.
 
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Some dude in DC just filed a suit that says he is King Vag's father.. said he banged Ms Vag when she was 16.. think they met in some bar... and had a one night stand

Will not a day go by that he won't have regret he's hated in his hometown... money and fame don't cover up those aches.. ask Art... says he thinks of it EVERY day.. he's 85

It has to be agony to have to put the phoniness on... professing how he is ecstatic with his new home and family... when he knows better...

Had the world by the ass... and now the world thinks of him as an ass
 
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Bucklion;1729841; said:
Bird/McHale/Parrish
Magic/Worthy/Kareem
Russell/Cousey/Havlicek/Heinsohn/Sam Jones/pick 3
Mikan/Martin/Pollard
Jordan/Pippen/Whoeverthefuck

They all won a bunch of titles, and that's just off the top of my head. If they don't win titles, they won't even be Stockton/Malone/uhhhhhh
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Just adding to it...

West/Chamberlain/Goodrich
Erving/Malone/Cheeks
Thomas/Laimbeer/Dumars
Duncan/Parker/Ginobili

All trios that are "better all-time" than the 3 Stooges. And the secret is--pretty much all of them had a dominant center/inside presence (Chamberlain, Russell, Kareen, Malone, Laimbeer, Duncan, Mikan) with the exception of Jordan/Pippen/Rodman. (I just can't bear to call it Jordan/Pippen/Wennington just to get a big man in it.)

Here's some ones that may compare better:
Kidd/Jim Jackson/Mashburn
Run TMC (THardaway/MRichmond/CMullin)

No dominant center in these trios. That's similar to the Stooges--Bosh is a 4 that plays more like a 3 than a 5. And, if you look at it...how many titles?
 
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buckeyemania11;1729889; said:
:slappy: this guy

he sent me a pm of the same message
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Dude is awesome. He sent me the same long-winded, chimp-like diatribe. If you truly want to understand the epic nature of his FAIL, I've never lived in, or anywhere near, Cleveland. Hell, I grew up 2,000 miles away from Ohio and never stepped foot in the state until my campus visit at Ohio State. I don't root for Cleveland teams. I'm ripping LBJ as a complete outsider, yet this toolbox can't comprehend that.
 
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