I will admit this. I'm very late in coming over to the Lebron James hateration club. As a matter of fact I didn't really hate Lebron at all. I will always of course root for the Celtics but should they fall I would probably rest my rooting interests on "The King."
There are a number of reasons for this:
1. I hate Kobe, I hate the Lakers, and I hate their stupid fans a ton - This is the NBA. It's a league where your Cinderella feel good teams may win one round but they sure as shit aren't winning a championship. Therefore to stave off another Lakers gay ass championship I will put my alliance with a team and star player who I think could beat them. So out of necessity I would pull for, wouldn't quite say root for, the Cavs n James.
2. Cleveland deserves a title - If you think New England was ever down on its sports luck you haven't met our friends in Ohio. Cleveland has three professional sports teams: Indians, Browns, and Cavaliers. Of these three teams the Browns were the tits in the 50's and 60's. That's it. The 1964 Browns are the last Cleveland team to win a title. Since that time these fans have dealt with: John Elway raping them in the 1986 AFC Championship with The Drive, Earnest Byner blowing the AFC Championship game the next year with The Fumble, a boner of a loss to the Raiders in I believe either 1980 or 1983 where they were down a point and instead of running to set up a FG threw an INT, the Browns being moved to Baltimore, no football from 1996 to 1998, the New Browns coming in and sucking for 10+ years, the Ravens (the old Browns) winning a Super Bowl and being a perennial playoff team, the Indians getting good directly as a result from the strong vibes of the Major League movies, the Indians then blowing the 1995 World Series to the inferior Braves, the 1997 Indians & namely Jose Mesa REALLY blowing the World Series to the Marlins, the 1990's Indians in general never winning a championship despite being so dominant, the 2007 Indians blowing a 3 games to 1 lead to the Red Sox where a win left them against the inferior Rockies, the Cavs losing in 1989 on Michael Jordan's famous buzzer beater over Craig Ehlo, the team sucking giants balls for a good 10 years, then landing a franchise saving first pick in James, who still hasn't delivered because he hasn't really stepped up the last two years in the playoffs, AND TO BOOT the Cavs could lose this year and legitimately see James go on to the Knicks or Bulls. Needless to say I sympathize with these fans.
3. James' game, in my opinion, is much more likable than Kobe's. He's a phenomenal teammate, great passer, jokes with the guys, and doesn't call them out publicly although it's pretty apparent he hasn't really had the talent he needs around him and no one would really blame him if he were to bitch. Whereas Kobe is just a giant pube of a human being.
However these feelings changed just about a week ago. Sure, I still feel sorry for the Cleveland fans but that sally-ass, pussy-elbow, left handed free throw shooting bull shit was some of the lamest nonsense I've ever seen.
All James is accomplishing by crying about his wimpy "injury" is he gets to protect the Lebron James product. It's pretty friggin expected that this man will win multiple NBA championships. Maybe his elbow is a little sore (I'm sure just about every player is at this point) but what's there to gain by faking this lame injury???
Basically Sportscenter and reporters who take turns giving him HJ's will make the story even bigger than it already deserves to be. Then when (not if) the Cavs blow it - whether it'd be to the Celtics, Magic, or Lakers - James can fall back on his sore wittle elbow as the excuse to why he STILL hasn't delivered.
Is it just me or does this seem as if it is becoming a trend?? James and the Cavs look unbeatable in the regular season, and hell I admit I was ready to hand them the trophy the past TWO seasons, then in the playoffs they look very ordinary. They are lucky to not be down 2-0 to the aging freaking Celtics!!
We will have our answer in about a month, but if I were to bet I would say an NBA Finals loss to the Lakers and an offseason filled with mysterious elbow excuses & Lebron James free agency tour is what's in store.
At least the Cleveland fans have Mike Holmgren in town to turn around the Browns, right?
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ReplyDeletethat Browns loss to the Raiders was in 1980... boner of a loss.... http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198101040cle.htm
ReplyDeleteDude I'm with you on Lebron...
ReplyDelete1) Quit being a bitch
2) You're the Peyton Manning of the NBA with how you suck in the playoffs
3) You seem like a cool guy but I only root for you because your team can probably beat the annoying Lakers, their arrogant whiny players, and their legions of lame bandwagon fans.
And the Browns loss to the Raiders is absolutely one of the most boneheaded and heartbreaking losses in NFL playoff history
ReplyDeleteDid you see the box score for that Browns - Raiders game??? Both QB's BLEEEEEEEWWWWW...
ReplyDeleteAlso I just re-read the post, it should say Lebron "milking" the injury and not faking... he probably is sore, but 99.999% of men don't publicly gripe about it or shoot left handed free throws with the game in the balance
You think Jordan, Bird, or Magic would pull that crap???? Christ Bird could hardly stand upright his back was so eff'd up
kobe and lebron could be a jordan, bird, or magic but there is something missing. is it class? a feeling of entitlement? can't put my finger on it
ReplyDeleteYeah Lebron hasn't accomplished shit and of Kobe's 4 titles he was the best player on only 1 of those teams...
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