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Exactly. "Bosses" don't let total losers like Skip Bayless hurt their fee-fees. "Bosses" don't scour Twitter after every game to make sure nobody's saying anything bad about them. "Bosses" don't join a team that tells them straight up that they don't need them to win championships, instead of taking it as a challenge to prove them wrong.andat this being a "boss move". A real "boss" wouldn't give a about his "image" or what other people say about him in the first place. dude is as beta as they come
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It would be a waste of time for both parties. He ain't going to come to the Lakers in the shape we're in.
That you'd stoop to mention it is a disappointment.
^ this and he knows it. SMDH
Is LeHype the favorite to rang next year? Dead serious question. Not trolling.
Imagine how this insecure got would react if he faced even a fraction of the hate that LeBron receives every day. The media is so far up Durbeta's ass, they're actually making excuses and praising him for signing with Golden State. And it's still not enough for this .
I don't argue that Durant is a beta, a follower. The decision however is a boss move the way I suggested if he's concerned with his image, because he's doing what the he wants to do even though he'll get criticized. The decision in and of itself defies being a beta because of that. Had he stayed in OKC to be Westbrook's footstool and reports came out later that he wanted to go to Golden State but didn't because he didn't want the hit on his image, the same lot of you criticizing him going to Golden State would say the same exact thing about staying being an ultimate beta move. It's a no lose situation for anyone wanting to bash the guy. At least in this instance, he's doing what the he wants to do no matter what anyone else says or criticizes about him and his decision. To me, that's boss.
And if being concerned about your image is not boss, then LeBron is not a boss either. He of the "oh this college kid dunked on me at a basketball camp, make Nike delete all the video evidence," and "hope this headband is big enough to hide my receding hairline" and "I will make my announcement with charity proceeds going to the kids so they think I'm a good guy" resume. Most professional athletes are concerned about their image. It doesn't preclude them from being bosses or making boss moves.
Didn't say there was no criticism of LeBron's decision from a basketball point of view. I only said "much" of the focus was due to HOW he did it. That's what people criticized even more. We remember "the decision," "doing it for the kids," "not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4..." That part of the decision is what really had people hating on LeBron. They hated the idea of manufacturing a superfriends team as well. But LeBron's hubris and ego made it 100 times worse imo.
And like I said, LeBron winning multiple les and FMVPs and then this year doing it with less in Cleveland has pretty much erased all of that negative perception from back then.
This. LeBron got criticized and righty so though he was "free" to play wherever he liked.
He also read what was aid about him ... as you could tell by his "Kermit" twitter response after he brought the chip to Cleveland.
Jordan was known to freeze out the few reporters brazen enough to question his gambling etc.
And Kobe threw a tantrum in the locker room threatening to fight whomever had something negative to a reporter through a "source" on the team.
All them dudes are sensitive but doesnt make them "beta".
Durant doesn't want to be THE GUY because of what people say about him if he doesn't ring. That is beta.
The difference is that LeBron eventually grew up. He stopped paying attention to the bull . He stopped trying to engage with the haters. , he logs off Twitter and turns off the media during the playoffs every year to avoid getting bogged down in their narratives.
Durbeta is a 27-year-old man with a 13-year-old girl's social-media-driven, image-obsessed mentality. The only other player that comes to mind who has been so insecure about the media is Kobe, and that piece of is one of the last players anyone should want to be compared to.
Seriously, this clown is a multi-millionaire professional athlete who's consumed by what average Joes are saying about him on Twitter. And you're calling him a "boss"? Come on, son.
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I wont lie I love the fact LeBron does shut it "down" and watched the Godfather ...The difference is that LeBron eventually grew up. He stopped paying attention to the bull . He stopped trying to engage with the haters. , he logs off Twitter and turns off the media during the playoffs every year to avoid getting bogged down in their narratives.
Durbeta is a 27-year-old man with a 13-year-old girl's social-media-driven, image-obsessed mentality. The only other player that comes to mind who has been so insecure about the media is Kobe, and that piece of is one of the last players anyone should want to be compared to.
Seriously, this clown is a multi-millionaire professional athlete who's consumed by what average Joes are saying about him on Twitter. And you're calling him a "boss"? Come on, son.
But his flunkies still makes sure he knows what was said because his twitter response was a direct reply to his detractors.
I donthink it's a negative for Lebron or durant to use that for fuel for their "fire".
Jordan told you he did the same in his HOF speech he got criticized (even by me) for ...
And I am sorry CN, despite being the greater player or more unselfish on the court ... James has lot more Kobe in him then you would care to admit ...
Then what drove Lebron to Miami?
He went back there anyway.
It wasnt the city.
He proved he could bring in and keep Major FA (Love re-signed) and Kyrie did before James returned IIRC
He wanted to ring so he left ...
then when they improved he came back ...
That is not BETA that is boss.
Durant could follow the same path if he chooses.
LeBron probably still hears some of what his detractors say. It's unavoidable. But he's not obsessing over what people say and trying to write his own legacy in real time like Durant and Kobe. He just focuses on playing basketball.
LeBron has no Kobe in him at all. He's a superstar, not a role player. He's a class act off the court, not a rapist. He's a great teammate, not a cancer. He's unselfish and makes smart basketball plays, he's not a chucker or a black hole. He takes the blame, he doesn't deflect it to his teammates. He plays through an insane amount of contact without whistles, he doesn't rely on refs and rigged calls. If LeBron had any Kobe in him, he'd be bagging groceries for a living or riding the bench. Instead, he's the greatest to ever play the game of basketball.
LeBron was still the guy when he went to Miami. Bosh had to sacrifice and so did Wade. He wanted to win because he had lost repeatedly to Boston with no help from Cleveland. Durant had stacked teams his whole career and left because he didn't want the pressure. Wanting to win, and not wanting pressure are two different things.
Who rides that harder? LeBron's Life or his Korean concubine? You defend your boo thang.
^ Another Los Angeles Warriors "fan." ^
LeBron had the tools to be better than Jordan and earn consensus number one all time. But based on his to failure to add post moves, based on quitting games, based on his at ude he's going 3-5. That's his eternal punishment.
Durant is a franchise player....potentially top 60 all time. He may win three chips,, but if he doesn't act like a true leader,, and with the warriors already having clear aplhas, his rings will role player value. No body says Horry is a better player over Malone or Ewing based on rings. That'll be Kevin's eternal curse.
If Kevin parlays a warriors stint into his evolution into a dependable franchise player then he can get rehabilitated. But he's got do it.
Otherwise this will go down as a case of a guy who refused to be a franchise player.
No nba player has done this ever. LeBron left to leave the heat. Bosh wasn't a franchise player. Players move to enhance their careers, no one goes to play third star when they could be a team leader. He's the anti harden. He's too good for whatever role the warriors use him in.
It's on the table, and fair game. You don't have to love it; you just have to live with it.
I thought it beneath you/your ilk.
I was mistaken.
Pretty much this...if he wins everyone will be sucking him off in a year...if he loses everyone will be trolling him.
You think the Lakers can make the playoffs next season Cubster? I got them sneaking into the 8th seed and the Rockets with squadoosh.
OP's taking it pretty badly. I know your owner begged and cried for this so called beta to join him but at some point you gotta move on.
Come on man, you guys couldn't even get a meeting lol... And
We don't need one. We got Durant 2.0 minus the beta mindset
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