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Bingo, nice post. I agree 100%
As long as he remembers that. I hope all of this "King"/Chosen One/#23 hype won't become Deity/Messiah/Thor or whatever BS in the future.
Dude's immature, still in his early twenties, right? Explains a lot.
Bingo, nice post. I agree 100%
Originally Posted by flipcritic
C'mon guys. Give the guy a break.
damn you guys are cracking me up today
How come you hate Bruce? Kobe usually gives him a lot of praise. Bruce has had some great games against Kobe. Good basketball.
I agree, he should have congratulated several of the magic players before leaving. That was classless. He was being selfish and probably worrying about his endorsements.
I have no problem with him not talking to the media, although I think it is a league rule and if so should be followed. I never bought the whole "you have to talk to the media" thing. No player should have to do that especially after a loss, IMO.
The thing that I don't like is the not shaking hands afterward. Sadly its another example of a growing thought process by younger players and younger fans as well. They stupidly equate showing respect with showing fear and they are not the same. If you get beat, be a man and own up to it. Don't run and hide, don't blame everyone else and don't and moan. Its another sign that while sportmanship may not be totally dead, its on life support.
I posted this in another thread- it fits better here:
I have never been a LeBron basher at all. I happen to think he is an amazing player, but I was very disappointed at his lack of class last night when the game was over. You can be compe ive all you want, but in the NBA when the series is over, you are gracious and mature and shake hands with the opponent- not after every game, but after the series is over you do- no matter how upset you are that you lost. It is called good sportsmanship and I was sad to see LBJ display none.
Even freakin kendrick perkins gave Orl hugs n after they lost..Perkins doesnt even know what the word smile means & he still gave Orl there props. I think James was just frustrated that 66 wins, MVP, & Coach of the year all went down the drain..Too much iness, especially Mo Williams.
The sad part is all those parents who told their kids after their soccer team got beat to high five the others teams hands have to start all over.
Here he is postgame:
Frustrated is one thing. Taking it like a is another. Like another person said, it reminded me of the Pistons in 91 when they walked off the floor after getting swept by the Bulls. Was it as bad as Rodman, Thomas, Laimbeer, etc. walking off before the horn sounded? No. But Lebron's act reeked of poor sportsmanship and a lack of class just the same.
Take your loss like a man. How hard is that?
I am not surprised
he has shown no class before
took things in highschool when it was against the rules
got his mom to go to the bank and forced the bank to give her a loan to my a hummer with 7 tvs before he stepped on the nba court
because he could not wait 3 months and he had to buy it from the dealership nba players buy their cars from
AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FACE OF THE NBA!!!???
What a spoiled little he is... HEY LEBRON BE A ING MAN AND ACCEPT DEFEAT. Congradulate you adversaries and ing move on to next season.
P.S I hope you blow your ing knee out next year just because you a such a !!!
When Spurs got punked in 1995 you didn't see that from our team!!!
No, that is exactly what makes you a good sport. Oh well, I guess wanting to be a global icon is more important.
I still fail to see why people are making a big deal out of this. Sure he was a poor sport. Yes he was wrong. But it is what it is. People need to just get over it. People expect too much from pro athletes. If it's your argument is that it sets a bad example for your kids, your bigger problem is that you let sports figures be role models for your kids. They'll disappoint you more often than not.
The media makes these athletes to be perfect. They're not. They're human. They have personality flaws. Look at Tim Duncan after losing the 2004 Olympics calling FIBA re ed. Most people here laughed and even applauded him. That was being a poor sport too. It happens. People need to stop killing the kid over this. I'm not even a LeBron fan and I think people are making too much about it.
If this guy is going to act like the "King" when he's winning, then he needs to have a little humility in the face of defeat. No player likes getting sent home, but the ones with class stick around and give their congratulations to the winners.
I have a hard time thinking that Jordan would've punked out and ditched the arena with his Mom.
That being said, the Cavs are already yesterdays news, so WGAF?
People are making a big deal out of it because of LeBron's status in the NBA. If a Matt Bonner or Jacque Vaughn did this, no one would care. As much as people like to praise and prop up superstars, they also relish in finding what they determine are flaws and mistakes and tearing them down. I don't think, however, its "making a big deal out of it" by giving the opinion that he was a bad sport in this situation.
Did Timmy shake the players hands after the game and then later on his own time say that?
Michael Jordan was notorious for being a sore loser. People just didn't see it publicly. In practices, playing pool, gambling, anything else, he was a huge prick. He wouldn't act like that after a playoff loss because he knew his image would take a hit. But what's worse? LeBron being the poor sport he really is or Jordan pretending to be a good sport because he was worried about his image? Kind of like how Kobe was the all American McDonalds commercial boy before he raped a girl. At least LeBron isn't fronting about who he is.
Last edited by JamStone; 06-01-2009 at 10:01 AM.
I think it's fine if someone is just expressing an opinion about it. But it does seem like some people are not going to let it go. I think some are trying to make LeBron seem like the worst person ever for this.
I don't remember. I'm not equating the degree of poor sportsmanship just the fact both are examples of poor sportsmanship.
Exactly. I don't think he should lose advertising deals or anything because of it. I would say the same things from someone who just up and split at a pickup game. What's so hard about an earnest "good game"?
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