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Originally Posted by Thebart
I think most people agree that Labron handled his departure from Cleveland to Miami like a total jerk. Of course, Jim Gray the interviewer on "The Decision" also could be said to have been a jerk to have hosted such a hyped hunk-of-junk program.
But now its seven years later. He came back to Cleveland and did exactly what he set out to do. He won an NBA title. Period, end of discussion. Amidst it all he is a model citizen, never a hint of trashy off-court antics that have plagued so many superstars.
If he's a tad full of himself, I can live with that. Superstar athletes who are a tad cocky wouldn't even be "Breaking News." on CNN. He strikes me as a pretty good guy on and off the court. If he brought a title to my horrible Knicks, I can say that I'd be cheering like the folks in Cleveland are doing
today.
The Labron Hate at this point is so far off base it seems based on a lot of other factors having nothing to do with his on or off court behavior.
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Where I live there are two groups of LeBron haters. The first group love Kobe. Instead of embracing both it was always a competition and the more Lebron accomplished the more reasons to find holes in his game. After last night two of my Kobe friends relented slightly. These people tend to be in their late 20s to mid 30s. The second group are Jordan lovers and were offended when Lebron started getting comparisons to MJ at such a young age. No matter that LeBron has a more all around game and can do more things on the court. They'll always say MJ has 6 rings so he's better. They tend to be my age and up to their 50s. So know matter what Lebron does they'll knock him because it threatens their heroes. I can't speak for the other hate guys like skip bayless have for LeBron. It's something more personal there. It doesn't matter what LeBron does he always finds fault. Lebron just led both teams in pts reb ass steals and blocks and skip still trashes him.
