NBA Playoffs (2010-2011) - Page 226

On June 14 2011 16:24 Z3kk wrote:


Macy's clearly doesn't understand that almost everyone is a mavs fan over the heat ;D

Though perhaps they had both versions readied?

On June 14 2011 14:09 Brees wrote:
I just enjoy how lebron trolls the media repeatedly and they never seem to catch on.

On June 14 2011 21:17 Jibba wrote:

They put in the ads ahead of time, the newspaper just fucked up.

On June 14 2011 16:47 igotmyown wrote:


With the internet and a lot of fans being as polarized as they are, they tend to assume that someone who is neutral/doesn't care is against them (because you're not with us?). That doesn't make me "good" in any way.

Why would you care that much that a complete stranger that you've never met seems like a prideful person? Why is it so important to so many people to act as the police force for arrogance? Lebron is not your friend, he's not your coworker, he's not a neighbor. Why do you care at all what Lebron says or does, and just as his arrogance is his problem, isn't the fact that you want to hate him your problem?

I mean, most of us probably care as fans of basketball. We want to see the best players at their best against each other. If Lebron's arrogance pissed off his teammates and made them play worse, that's something fans of basketball would and should care about. But apparently they love the guy.
If he has some mental flaw in his preparation, that's something I would agonize over if I were his fan. And if I were a fan of the other team, I would be, well, grateful for his flaw.

I haven't thought this completely, through, but as a fan of basketball, I might chuckle at weird off the court stuff (like Artest), but overall I don't care unless it affects the game or criminally bad. How he reacts to a defense that takes away what he's best at is interesting. How he'll respond to that in the future is interesting. The rest isn't important to me.

On June 15 2011 04:20 gostunv wrote:


allright here ill spell it out for you.

if we hear about a complete stranger getting murdered most people will hope that the murderer will be brought to justice. why? because they think that is the correct flow of events that should occur when something "bad" happens.

now obviously Lebron being an arrogant-douche is far FAR below a murderer. However the parallels are the same. people need to hold onto the belief that when something "bad" happens, in this case Lebron being a douche and doing Cleveland wrong, in the end "good" will prevail. Thats why people care about things that dont really matter on a personal level at all. Justice must be universal or their faith in it will be tested.

Usually being a douche is quite trivial but when you are a celebrity shit gets magnified by x9000.

Of course Im pretty sure most people who do hate on Lebron have never thought out their hate like that but yeah.

There is also the other camp of haters who hate on Lebron because he is pissing his god-like natural talent away by going Houdini in the Finals. But thats another analysis for another time.

On June 14 2011 16:47 igotmyown wrote:


With the internet and a lot of fans being as polarized as they are, they tend to assume that someone who is neutral/doesn't care is against them (because you're not with us?). That doesn't make me "good" in any way.

Why would you care that much that a complete stranger that you've never met seems like a prideful person? Why is it so important to so many people to act as the police force for arrogance? Lebron is not your friend, he's not your coworker, he's not a neighbor. Why do you care at all what Lebron says or does, and just as his arrogance is his problem, isn't the fact that you want to hate him your problem?

I mean, most of us probably care as fans of basketball. We want to see the best players at their best against each other. If Lebron's arrogance pissed off his teammates and made them play worse, that's something fans of basketball would and should care about. But apparently they love the guy.
If he has some mental flaw in his preparation, that's something I would agonize over if I were his fan. And if I were a fan of the other team, I would be, well, grateful for his flaw.

I haven't thought this completely, through, but as a fan of basketball, I might chuckle at weird off the court stuff (like Artest), but overall I don't care unless it affects the game or criminally bad. How he reacts to a defense that takes away what he's best at is interesting. How he'll respond to that in the future is interesting. The rest isn't important to me.

On June 15 2011 07:29 Ace wrote:
Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant are much more arrogant than Lebron. In fact Lebron isn't even arrogant at all imo. He is just being defensive because all year long he's been getting flak for every little thing. People are talking about his FAMILY on a daily basis.

Lebron is and always will be a much more down to earth athlete than most. That is the great thing and the flaw about Lebron - he speaks his mind and acts normal. The media loves and hates athletes that dont give them canned responses and hide behind their PR guys.

So saying he's a douche or whatever just shows you yourself don't have the capacity to understand what's going on in terms of the bigger picture. So while you may think he's being a dick in the end he's still much more aware than you are. So who's the idiot now?

On June 15 2011 07:49 Ace wrote:
@Danny J and thats the problem. The fact that winning a basketball game allows you to bypass doucheism is head scratching media trait.

On June 15 2011 07:29 Ace wrote:
Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant are much more arrogant than Lebron. In fact Lebron isn't even arrogant at all imo. He is just being defensive because all year long he's been getting flak for every little thing. People are talking about his FAMILY on a daily basis.

Lebron is and always will be a much more down to earth athlete than most. That is the great thing and the flaw about Lebron - he speaks his mind and acts normal. The media loves and hates athletes that dont give them canned responses and hide behind their PR guys.

So saying he's a douche or whatever just shows you yourself don't have the capacity to understand what's going on in terms of the bigger picture. So while you may think he's being a dick in the end he's still much more aware than you are. So who's the idiot now?