Re: The LeBron James Thread
Just like anything, there are people that go overboard. But the clock doesn't even start ticking down on "he brought that on himself" until he stops bringing it on himself. People say "How long has it been since the Decision?" while ignoring that since then he's embraced being the villain before deciding that was too hard, mocked Dirk being sick while Dirk was torching his team, called out fans that criticized him by saying how much better his life is, told the media how he may want to come back to Cleveland (making Cav and Heat fans a little hot under the collar), etc, etc, etc. Just STFU. Would you forgive/forget a stab in the back if the person periodically came by to pour salt in the wound?
Not to mention, the parading around after building the super team made a lot of people hope he never wins a ring... and since he hasn't, every dumb decision he makes during crunch time will be highlighted. Karma may or may not exist, but all the crap he's done and said has made a lot of people smile at the thought of it being Karma keeping him down.
There is a life lesson here. Humility goes a long way. I've heard a lot of younger guys saying "What's the big deal with the decision?" or "Who cares what he said, he's balling." but that's very short sighted. He's the best player in the game right now but has given so many people reason to hate him that even though his positives far outweigh his negatives, the focus is only on the negatives. And yes, he brought that on himself and he's still not humbled... he still doesn't get it. He's young and still learning, which usually brings sympathy but he threw that chance out the window.
Just like anything, there are people that go overboard. But the clock doesn't even start ticking down on "he brought that on himself" until he stops bringing it on himself. People say "How long has it been since the Decision?" while ignoring that since then he's embraced being the villain before deciding that was too hard, mocked Dirk being sick while Dirk was torching his team, called out fans that criticized him by saying how much better his life is, told the media how he may want to come back to Cleveland (making Cav and Heat fans a little hot under the collar), etc, etc, etc. Just STFU. Would you forgive/forget a stab in the back if the person periodically came by to pour salt in the wound?
Not to mention, the parading around after building the super team made a lot of people hope he never wins a ring... and since he hasn't, every dumb decision he makes during crunch time will be highlighted. Karma may or may not exist, but all the crap he's done and said has made a lot of people smile at the thought of it being Karma keeping him down.
There is a life lesson here. Humility goes a long way. I've heard a lot of younger guys saying "What's the big deal with the decision?" or "Who cares what he said, he's balling." but that's very short sighted. He's the best player in the game right now but has given so many people reason to hate him that even though his positives far outweigh his negatives, the focus is only on the negatives. And yes, he brought that on himself and he's still not humbled... he still doesn't get it. He's young and still learning, which usually brings sympathy but he threw that chance out the window.
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