LeBron James shares hateful tweets

[Jamorir]

MIAMI -- LeBron James (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?playerId=1966) started his own Twitter account in July because he wanted to be more in touch with fans and, as it has turned out, his non-fans.

“ http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/nba/players/65/1966.jpg I just want you guys to see it also. To see what type of words that are said toward me and towards us as professional athletes. Everybody thinks it is a bed of roses and it's not.
” -- LeBron James To illustrate that sometimes unpleasant interaction, James took the unusual step of retweeting some hateful Twitter messages to his 900,000 followers on Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday, the Miami Heat (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=mia) star said he did it to show people what he deals with on a daily basis.
James published three negative tweets on his feed including one that was racially charged.
"I just want you guys to see it also," James said after the Heat's practice Wednesday afternoon. "To see what type of words that are said toward me and towards us as professional athletes. Everybody thinks it is a bed of roses and it's not."
In one message a person wrote that James is "a big nosed big lipped bug eyed (racial slur). Ur greedy, u try to hide ur ghettoness."
Last month in an interview with CNN, James said that he felt some of the backlash aimed at him after his decision to sign with the Heat was racially based.
In another message James made public he was called a "fraud" and a "bitch" and in another tweet the writer wrote "why don't u speak by laying ur head under a moving car."
James often retweets messages from friends and fans but they are usually positive ones. But he said he reads the negative messages for motivational purposes.
"You're always going to have people who love you and who hate you," James said. "I have enough motivation but I can always use a little more."

[lefty]

"To see what type of words that are said toward me and towards us as professional athletes. Everybody thinks it is a bed of roses and it's not."
:cry

[Sigz]

shut up Lebron, you faggot.

[Mister Sinister]

Bawwwww

[Jose Canseco]

nt9ymK_LFEo

[BadOdor]

:(poor fucking lebron, first he is treated as a slave and now this, when will it end:(

[AussieFanKurt]

oh christ, harden the fuck up. no other athlete does this shit coz they don't have the mental strength of a baby mouse

[TheMACHINE]

People can be so mean sometimes Poor Lebron.

[Trill Clinton]

So he's letting the world know he receives hate mail just like every other celebrity sans myself...

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p316/sjonathan02/cmonson.gif

[AussieFanKurt]

People can be so mean sometimes Poor Lebron.

lifes hard when you're playing the sport you love and earning millions and millions as a result

[TheMACHINE]

lifes hard when you're playing the sport you love and earning millions and millions as a result

That, my friend, is called slavery.

[Dex]

:lmao Dude wants to be the King, but can't even handle a little internet trolling.

[HarlemHeat37]

Lebron's trolling has been outstanding this Summer..

Also, :lol at most of these "Lebron news" threads being created by Laker fans, like this one, where it's a random Laker fan that I've never even heard of..

[it's me]

:lmao Dude wants to be the King, but can't even handle a little internet trolling.

:lmao

[Ashy Larry]

Was probably Mav Carter .....

[TheMACHINE]

Someone should tweet a Spurstalk link to Lebron...he might re-tweet our comments.

[Texas_Ranger]

:depressed Lebroom

[Jt.ONE]

i need to go make a twitter account and troll lebron

[MiamiHeat]

lol

"The Decision" 1 hour special and the "Taking my talents" gave people an excuse to hate on him

all will be well once they are winning on the court though

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Not in my book, Lebron proves nothing if he wins. Winning a championship as Dwayne Wade's co-star is something a past his prime Shaq did.

[BoricuaCJA]

Someone should tweet a Spurstalk link to Lebron...he might re-tweet our comments.
Ha ha, someone should.

[Ace]

Lebron doing what he's suppose to do, keep people talking about him. What an attention whore :lol

[Giuseppe]

LeBron is like Vulv: they both let their mouths overload their asses.

[TheHeatIsOn]

You're always going to have people who love you and who hate you," James said. "I have enough motivation but I can always use a little more

[LkrFan]

LeHype needs to stop sitting down when he takes a piss and man the fuck up.

[DJ Mbenga]

lets all link him this thread. i will get on this now. it seems the words fraud and bitch get his attention. thats right lebron i took some mental notes

[Bieber Fever]

Gud 4 u, LeBreezy! Dont let dem haterz get 2 u showty. Itz not puccee to cry abt mean tweetz. They can be really hurtful 4real son. ii kno how it iz. Fuq dem haterz. Itz not gay or weak to show what can hurt you dawg. Itz ok to cry. And espn isnt gay to devote sportscenter segments abt ur tweetz. Thas sum real sportz newsworthy stuff. They shuda led sportscenter with that story showty.

[ElNono]

Is he taking mental notes of all the tweets hating on him???

[duncan228]

Dwight Howard talks about negative tweets directed at LeBron James (http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_magic/2010/10/dwight-howard-talks-about-negative-tweets-directed-at-lebron-james.html)
by zach mccann

Dwight Howard does his best to ignore hateful messages on Twitter. LeBron James retweeted some negative, racially charged (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/news/story?id=5707475) messages that were directed his way on Wednesday. James said he wanted the world to see what he deals with every day.

Dwight Howard, a player who has ruffled far few feathers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTeCc8jy7FI) than LeBron James has, said he also regularly deals with negative messages on Twitter.

“All of us get those kinds of Tweets,” Howard said. “People just feel that they can say whatever they want to say to us, and I don’t respond. People are going to talk when they’re hiding behind a computer or a cell phone. What’s the purpose of letting that affect what we do?”

Howard, without citing any specific incidents, said he’s caved and responded to hateful messages before. But afterward he decided there was no point.

“We’re the ones who get up every day and work extremely hard for what we accomplish, so a couple Tweets here and there, people telling us how we suck – anything like that – it shouldn’t affect us,” Howard said. “I think for the most part – I know me and Dwyane [Wade] and some other guys – have let it affect us to where we respond back. But there’s no point. That’s what they want us to do. They want us to respond back to them and it makes their day. We just have to be bigger than that.”

Howard has more than (http://twitter.com/DWIGHTHOWARD) 1.7 million followers.

[hater]

what a homosexual

didn't he ever listen to Biggie? "mo money, mo problems"

[hater]

“All of us get those kinds of Tweets,” Howard said. “People just feel that they can say whatever they want to say to us, and I don’t respond. People are going to talk when they’re hiding behind a computer or a cell phone. What’s the purpose of letting that affect what we do?”

and with that Howard owns pussy James

shit even I get hateful looks when I am riding on my BMW on the street. Haters are everywhere