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harrisplz said 06/24, 02:34 PM
Now that he's won a title, everyone is jumping on top of his dick. Analysts, sports writers, fans, everyone really- Lebron is some sort of a basketball God now that he's won one title. He's suddenly unstoppable, unfaltering, and just completely dominant.

But the truth is, Lebron deserved most of the crap he' been getting over the last few years. That crap he put up on national television was just bogus; even Lebron himself acknowledged that he could have handled it better.

No doubt, Lebron is a great basketball player. But please, don't act like he hasn't made any mistakes in the past. He isn't innocent of ALL the crap he's been receiving from the media.

And also, before you make Lebron to be some an unstoppable basketball force, please remind yourself that he has D-Wade and Chris Bosh on his team as well.

Lebron is a GREAT basketball player no doubt, but let's not give him too much credit yet. One title is a start, but please don't say all the criticisms he's been receiving over the years have been unwarranted.

thanks.

harrisplz said 06/25, 04:42 PM
Did you just say that "The Decision" is justified because the proceeds went to the Boys and Girls foundation? I'm not even going to get into how crazy that statement is.

Anyhow, you keep asserting that Lebron is a role model. And you seem to back that statement up with the fact that Lebron won a title this year. The two have no correlation at all. Also, the fact that you're trying to argue that Lebron is a role model is aside from the point you mentioned earlier, which was point out that Lebron did not deserve all of the flak he has been receiving from the "haters."

So in summation, Lebron being a role model or not has nothing to do with anything.

As for the crap he's been receiving for the last few years, some of it is definitely warranted. From the way he carried himself in front of the media, to the way he handled his departure from Cleveland, it just wasn't classy.

harrisplz said 06/26, 12:03 PM
In all honesty, I don't have much more to say because half the things you stated above are irrelevant.

From the beginning, you were arguing that Lebron James did not deserve all the criticisms he received. You backed up this statement by stating that he has not done anything too severe or idiotic off the court. You also said that Lebron is a phenomenal basketball player about 100 times.

Look, Lebron IS a great basketball player. Ever knows it. But the thing is, all the criticisms he has been getting over the years has so much more to do with everything off the court than his game on the court with the exception of his performance against the Mavs.

The Decision is justified? In what way is The Decision justified? The way Lebron promised for years and years that he was loyal to Cleveland, that he was going to bring a title to Cleveland, and then to only dump them on national television was just the most idiotic thing he could have done. Hell, he was asking to me persecuted by the media.

Lebron is not Hitler. Lebron is an extraordinary basketball player who made plenty of mistakes off the court, in the way he handled himself and the media. He even admitted to this.