It is truly astonishing to see such a freak of nature like lebron james. He can play all 5 positions and guard all 5 positions. I do not get the hate for this man, he is a great ambassador for the game.
No gambling issues and bitter feelings like MJ.
Not to mention they only went to charity after the backlash her got for making a profit off of the decision.
That's not true. It was announced during the decision that they were going there. You may dislike him but that isn't really a reason to "hate" him.
I actually dont dislike him at all.
And I realize that it was announced during the program, the backlash for the monetization of the event came earlier in the week and it was only then that he gave some to charity.
With most others, I wasn't a big fan of "The Decision" (or whatever that circus was called), but LeBron looks like a low-maintenance, psychologically functional person when compared to Kobe and (especially) Jordan.
As ever, it's not actually him that people hate, it's just the hype.
I don't think anybody would deny that LeBron is a top player, but getting force fed LeBron leads to backlash. As others in the thread have noted, this is especially true after off-the-court attention grabbing like The Decision (tm) and some of the advertising campaigns that portray LeBron as some kind of victim.
23 will always be King.
I heard that Russell fella was alright, too.
It's a Lemon-Lime kind of morning.
I think he will go down as ONE of the greatest, but still has a ways to go to catch Jordan in my mind. He is the YOUNGEST to reach 23,000, but he was younger when he entered into the league than Jordan (as was Kobe). So, he may be younger, but it would be interesting to see how many games/seasons it took him compared to Jordan.
- Chamberlain 586
- Jordan 717
- James 837
I didn't realize this was MGoESPN. Nobody cares about a stat that proves he didn't go to college like MJ.
Congrats to Lebron makes about as much sense as "best of luck" to recruits that don't choose Michigan. Who the hell cares?
Why do people always have to say "best of luck" to anyone who doesn't pick us? If they go to OSU or MSU I hope they go 0-48 for their career.
Magic kobe mj
Those are my top three and lbj will not never touch
A die hard Lakers fan from Michigan. How cute.
I dont know, enough Oberon can take over a lot of things
EDIT: And now this doesnt make sense. Either way, I'm going to go have an Oberon.
as the "What Should I Do?" ad campaign. He's still a douche that contributed heavily to making the NBA unwatchable for me.
On the other hand, any douche that can make Ohio hate him that much can't be ALL bad. So I can see why others at least sympathize with the guy.
I don't see how he is a douche. Douche moves would be like you know raping a girl, cheating on your wife, getting one of the greatest centers of all time traded and being considered a complete asshole like Kobe. People take pay cuts to play with Lebron James.
Shaq has also stated the same.
Kobe is not a saint but he wasn't responsible for Shaq leaving. They ran with the "Kobe pushes Diesel out" story because this place loves drama.
this place = LA
Even worse than "What Should I Do" was "We Are All Witnesses." Boy did I hate being told "you're living in LeBron's world and you are privileged to do so."
is this a topic on MGoBlog? I am about as anti-Thread Police as they come, but honestly, who gives a f*** about how many points Lebron James has scored?
Lebron is a great player. What will always keep him behind Michael for me is that he could not build a winner. He had to jump ship to a winner. Michael willed his team to become champions.
One was in chicago and one was in cleveland. It is hard to bring in players to cleveland. Chicago didn't draft dennis rodman, they got him from San Antonio. Who did cleveland give lebron? A crippled Shaq? Mo WIlliams? Delonte West?