I couldn't have said it better myself - although I sure have tried lately! ..click on title of story for original piece and additional links. - sj
LeBron James, the Most Hated Athlete in America
by Buzz Bissinger
June 14, 2011
I was listening to the press conference of Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra Sunday night after the team’s humiliating loss to the Dallas Mavericks in the National Basketball Association finals. I knew of the media’s perverse obsession not only with the dismal play of LeBron James but also with James himself. I still thought the first question at least would have something to do with the Mavericks and how well they had played.
Wrong.
The first question was about James. The second question was about James. The third question was about James, all of them in the same vein of what went wrong with him and why had he been so lousy in the Heat’s six-game losing effort. The Mavericks? The who?
It was like that all through the finals for James, constant and withering criticism of his play, constant dissection of every comment and every body movement. Anthony Weiner’s sexting? James made him do it. The crumbling economy? Bankers were only taking James’ advice. Rick Santorum running for president? It came to him in a dream where James said, “You’re the chosen one, Rick. Not me.”
Starvation. Drought. War.
James. James. James.
He truly is the most hated athlete in all of sports.
Which is absurd.
In the 24-hour news cycle that brings out the starving rats feasting on instant analysis, everything James did was a portent of his being an arrogant assoholic.
Did you see that smile? What about the way he bent down to tie his shoelace? And how about guzzling from the water bottle during a timeout as if he was the only one who was thirsty? What a selfish bastard.
The rats ate up every crumb, regardless of the significance. The goal was to maliciously condemn him, and to that extent the media rats got their wish:
He is Public Enemy No. 1 of the tear-down culture in which human foible,
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"Yes, millions of fans, including myself, were upset by the arrogance and self-centeredness with which James handled it all."
Yep.
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So you see the final result of all this is there is no NBA basketball this season. All because of LeBron and his selfishness! Bring on CONTRACTION and long live David Stern! King of all that is BASKETBALL.
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