It is amazing that anyone outside of Miami can like LeBron James. Nevermind the fact that his free agent extravaganza this summer and his pathetic no-show in game 6 of the Eastern Conference semis soured even the most devout fans, ESPN's gratuitous coverage of anything-and-everything LeBron is enough to drive a deaf and blind person crazy. I always thought to myself that I would hate LeBron much less if he didn't have all that excessive coverage. I mean, lots of free agents have shopped themselves around like he did. And plenty of players have thrown in the towel in games before.
But then I read about his child-like defense of his tweet and it immediately reminds me that I hate LeBron because he is a sophomoric fool who can't decide whether he wants to be loved or hated.
LeBron plainly calls out the Cavs after their humiliating defeat against the Lakers. It is about as unveiled of a comment as they come. Logically, there is a media backlash because the comment was remarkably superfluous. LeBron gains absolutely nothing by blasting the Cavs on Twitter. He already destroyed them on national television on their home court, tearing off their heads and stomping on their beheaded body. He's continuing to play into this persona that the media has created for him of being the bad guy.
But then he comes out and says that the tweet was directed at another person. Why would anyone ever believe that it was directed to someone else when he tweeted it a few hours after the Cavs lost? LeBron clearly does not, or cannot more accurately, handle the media backlash of his juvenile actions. He still wants to be the Golden Boy, Global Icon and the Heir of Jordan. And he cannot do that if he reads and hears about articles that tarnish his names.
So LeBron needs to make a decision: villain or attempt to repair his image. But this whole flip-flop of personalities needs to stop.
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