What bitchass LeBron needs to do to become GOAT

[Inglewood_B]

That's not James. His spirit is too light. He's too much fun. He's a 6-foot-8 pixie, a 27-year-old kid who's addicted to kidding. He's a genuinely sweet person.

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[Tommy bilfiger]

I don't like Rick Reilly, or regularly read his shit, but he makes so many good points on this:

espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/8011587/lebron-being-lebron

LeBron being LeBron

This whole We Hate LeBron thing reminds me of a story.

A woman is in front of an apartment house that's engulfed in flames. She's screaming, "Help! Help! My baby's in there!"

A man sprints up and says, "Which floor?"

"Tenth!" she screams. "In the back!"

He rips off his coat and goes running in. Five minutes later, he's back, coughing, choking, and handing the woman the baby.

She looks at the man with a frown and sniffs, "He had a hat."

That's life for LeBron James.

Anything short of an NBA title makes James a useless wad of pre-chewed pork gristle in your eyes. Whatever he does -- three MVPs in nine seasons -- it's never enough.

You hate him -- still! -- for the way he botched the announcement of his free-agent move from Cleveland to Miami.

Forget that hundreds of people move from Cleveland to Miami every year.

Forget that dozens of NBA players change teams every year.

It was only one mistake. Has he showed up in any police reports since? Has he cheated on his fiancée ? Has he left his children stranded in the pick-up circle at school?

Has he refused to speak to reporters after a single game this season? Has he called out his teammates for their poor play, as Kobe Bryant did twice this postseason? Has he gotten his coach fired? Been fined for criticizing refs? Asked to be traded, released or named general manager?

Has he punched anybody? Choked anybody? Screamed at any parking valets? (Mom doesn't count.)

Smashed a chair? Drop-kicked any equipment? Tiger Woods does that on the front nine.

OK, LeBron is not perfect. Threw a Gatorade cup. Punched a walking stick. Carries that stupid little man purse. But if you were to fill a plane with the most spoiled superstars in the country, he'd be boarding in the D group.

You despise him because he passes too much. Imagine that. You hate a modern NBA player for not being selfish.

OK, I'd like to see him use his bag of hoop tricks to drive more at the end of games, too. But it's not like he hasn't done it, dozens and dozens of times, including huge fourth quarters against Boston and Chicago in last season's playoffs.

You people seem to want him to take it every single time, even with Dwyane Wade as a teammate. And Chris Bosh. But it's The Big Three, isn't it? Not The Big One.

And just so you know: In playoff games, LeBron has taken 13 final shots in tight games in regulation and hit five of them to win or tie. Kobe has taken twice that and hit only seven. Can we all just take a Xanax?

Besides, he passes so exquisitely. His passes are clairvoyant, leading teammates to places they didn't even know they were supposed to go. They're as soft and buttery as croissants. Why wouldn't you want him passing?

And why is the hoops world so hypercritical of this one thing when he's so brilliant at every other part of the game? Defense? He's guarded every position against the Celtics -- the 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. "He's guarded everybody but me," says Celtics coach Doc Rivers.

Only Rajon Rondo is even close in all-around brilliance this postseason. James is second in points, fourth in steals, 10th in assists, second in minutes. He leads his team in double-doubles and the league in double standards. Wade missed an open jumper to lose Game 4 in overtime -- how come he's not "scared"?

Last year, you hated him for being a shrinker. Now you hate him for not being a closer. Every game, he must CLOSE. Was Magic Johnson a closer? A few times, yes. Every freaking time? No. And by the way, most of the time James doesn't need to close because he has been so drop-your-popcorn good the entire game.

Aren't we still playing the game of basketball? What happened to attacking the defense where it's softest? What's wrong with looking for the open shot? Aren't his 12 teammates getting paid, too?

People -- enough. This whole "Crown or Drown" thinking on James has to stop. Grown men are actually strapping microphones to their ties and saying that if James doesn't win the title, the Heat ought to be broken up. For what? For making the Finals last year? For making (at least) the Eastern finals this year? James has been with these guys only two seasons. It took Michelangelo four years to paint the Sistine Chapel. You people would've fired him in two?

But I think the reason you hate LeBron James the most is that he just doesn't seem to suffer his failures as much as you'd like him to. You want him to brood like Kobe after losses, glare like Jordan when things don't go his way, scream at teammates like Tom Brady when they're behind.

That's not James. His spirit is too light. He's too much fun. He's a 6-foot-8 pixie, a 27-year-old kid who's addicted to kidding. He's a genuinely sweet person. You think of the great athletes of our generation -- Jordan, Woods, Lance Armstrong. They all had a bit of the jerk gene in them. James is missing it. He is loved by his teammates, not feared. So sue.

That's probably going to work against him in the long run. It will keep him from being Jordan or Kobe or Kareem. It will keep him from being enough.

But isn't that somebody you want your kids to have as their hero?

Hat or no hat?

This was shockingly a Good article cuz rick reilly sucks

 

[T. Sanford]

I had to requote this again because I can imagine that ring saying that with Will Smith anger voice in that episode

 

[playmaker88]

I had to requote this again because I can imagine that ring saying that with Will Smith anger voice in that episode

lol and thats why its so funny i think everyone read it that way and remembers the episode

 

[nujerz84]

How about just playing better and getting back on Defense...Transition Defense this serious been terrible

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Lol.

Ppl in here talkin bout Wade for Howard or Bosh for IBAKA. LMAO clearly you would never work as a real GM.

Ppl talkin bout he needs to not do things like bring a 'purse', yet you judge him in a metrosexual way by talking about what he should do with his hair. A real man does not judge another man on his looks. And what does this have to do with him winning a ring? Not to mention, that "purse" probably cost more than your entire yearly salary.

Then you say he needs to put in work in the offseason, how do you think Lebron has improved his post game? Do you know his workout regimen in the off season? You know exactly what he works on and what he doesn't? How many hours he puts in? Or better yet... how many does Kobe put in? What exactly does he do in the offseason? Specifics?

Answer those questions and then tell me how you know this? Exactly....

And name one player who averages 35ppg nowadays and your claim that Lebron should do it will be valid.

A father figure matter not when you are already a man. You dont need a father figure to be a successful man.

And it's laughable trying to tell ANYBODY in the NBA not to flop. Flopping is a part of the game now, no matter how much we hate it. It's going to continue to happen and everybody does it. Not just Lebron.

People who hate on Lebron have no logical reason to do so and it's laughable.

Cosign

Niggas cant stand lebron because he's better than their favorite player(Durant the only person who can be mentioned with lebron),also most these cats are impressionable and the media crowned him years ago so they hate that the media labels him the king

Its that simple

Thats why lebron game is over analyzed and nit picked to death and noone else in the nba is scrutinized the same

 

[DaBull]

Lebron needs to win, his apologist are having a nervous breakdown as evidenced by the feelings in this thread....

 

[blakfyahking]

I'm still laughing at that video game screenshot of them dudes weeping haha

 

[T. Sanford]

I'm still laughing at that video game screenshot of them dudes weeping haha

That black ref in the background looking like "get yall grown ass off this court"

 

[NothingButTheTruth]

There's nothing Lebron can do to become the GOAT. He already disqualified himself.

 

[coop9889]

No one is ever going to be the GOAT.

Ever.

This whole discussion of "being the GOAT" is laughable.

 

[aneed123]

There's nothing Lebron can do to become the GOAT. He already disqualified himself.

retarded skip bayless logic..... all he needs is rings.....vhis stats are gonna be there. god forbid he aint have worthy and kareem or a prime shaq and a team full of good big men. he shoulda just stayed in cleveland then went to a loaded team when he was 38 years old for a ring folk woulda liked him better for it.

 

[DaBull]

^^^u capin. he had bosh and wade last year in da finals. he choked bruh

 

[NothingButTheTruth]

There's nothing Lebron can do to become the GOAT. He already disqualified himself.

retarded skip bayless logic..... all he needs is rings.....vhis stats are gonna be there. god forbid he aint have worthy and kareem or a prime shaq and a team full of good big men. he shoulda just stayed in cleveland then went to a loaded team when he was 38 years old for a ring folk woulda liked him better for it.

Due to his lack of skill in comparison to the other all-time guards, he would need more rings than them to be considered better. In other words, he would need 7 rings to be considered better than Jordan.

He's currently in his 9th year in the league. There's a 0% chance of him winning 7 rings in a superstar position before he decides to call it quits.

 

[KINGOFDAARCADE]

Lebron is a B

There's nothing Lebron can do to become the GOAT. He already disqualified himself.

retarded skip bayless logic..... all he needs is rings.....vhis stats are gonna be there. god forbid he aint have worthy and kareem or a prime shaq and a team full of good big men. he shoulda just stayed in cleveland then went to a loaded team when he was 38 years old for a ring folk woulda liked him better for it.

LMFAO @ niggas sayin he doesn't have the supporting cast now.

That was the excuse in Cleveland, and it was legitimate back then.

But now he has Wade and Bosh. Both are perennial All Stars. They were supposed to be a Dream Team. They were supposed to win multiple championships.

Now look at em. Cryin like bitches.

 

[Inglewood_B]

People dont even really hate on Lebron for real tho. You cant see how he is playing and blame him for any loss lol.

They just trollin

if thats the case, with the way you been in here cryin... you've been effectively trolled.

 

[newOldSchool]

I think overall these dudes joke a little too much. D-Wade you just lost a home game in the playoffs with the series tied at 2 and you're worrying about some silly ass glasses? I just don't get that.

 

[aneed123]

Bron has had a good cast for 2 years last year loss in finals and this year east finals.... how u gonna compare that to Magic with a decade of grea teams and Kobe who has had good teams his whole career?

 

[coop9889]

How about score just as much as anyone has ever done in the playoffs in a half?

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Lmao lebron haters continue to look stupid

Nigga showin u why he hands down the best player in the league

30 points 12-14 fg and 5 rebounds in THE 1ST HALF

Go head and keep believin that troll agenda skip be sellin u impressionable buffoons