OT: - OT: How can anyone dislike Lebron James? | Page 2 | The Boneyard

OT: OT: How can anyone dislike Lebron James?

JimHurley said:
I agree. My best bet is his confidence, some people might see it as arrogance. He also can come across as a drama queen on the court. But I love LeBron. Love his game, seems like a great overall guy, and carries himself very well.
Expand ...
The guy is one of the greatest players of all time - one of.
He is arrogant because he feels that his word, his thoughts, his opinion is the one that everyone in the game should take as gospel. That is not confidence that is arrogance.
He dives in and out of political talk and when doing so makes himself sound like a complete closed minded uneducated talking head.
When the league was just thinking out loud about not opening some of the games to crowds over tho corona flu he said he wouldn't play in front of no crowds - fine - sit out and let some G League guys who want to play do so.
He is not bigger than the game even though he thinks so.
Every call that goes against the team he always has his nose into it, always barking at the refs - I could not imagine being the coach because these guys are nearly forced to take a back seat to LeBron. Imagine JC, Bobby Knight or Gene Keady putting up with that?
Again, he is a fantastic player and I enjoy his play which at times is amazing. I don't hate the guy, and he isn't my favorite athlete, but I find him to be hugely arrogant. Just my opinion
 
why? because. he's got style, lot's of that, though I never really saw it transmit thru to the schools when he was something. he's got skill-one of the best ever. but he's got no class.
 
Mr. Wonderful said:
I was indifferent to LeBron (just like I'm indifferent to the NBA as a whole), but after reading @Rocktheworld's triggered posts defending him, I now hate him utterly.
Expand ...

The NBA is turrable. I grew up watching Bird, Jordan, Malone, Olajuwan, Barkley, Ewing, Wilkins, and so many more talented athletes that played the game the right way. Today's game is unwatchable.

College basketball is a lot more entertaining. When I hear people comparing Lebron to Jordan I cringe
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
That’s like, one of the very, very rare times he’s looked dumb. He’s as good of a speaker/role model for kids of any age.

Also, not that you said it but others here have, he complains too much? If you say that you must not watch the NBA. Every single players complains too much. And he also doesn’t get as many calls as other stars because of how incredibly big and strong and fast he is. I think it was 538 (could definitely be wrong) who posted an article a few years ago showing statistically he gets over by refs way more than you would expect.
Expand ...
Oh I think he looks dumb often when not talking about playing basketball. For a guy who is fairly uneducated, he tends to call others uneducated a lot. I agree he's a good role model for young athletes, he just comes across as a bit of a dullard to me.
 
.-.
B1GEast said:
The NBA is turrable. I grew up watching Bird, Jordan, Malone, Olajuwan, Barkley, Ewing, Wilkins, and so many more talented athletes that played the game the right way. Today's game is unwatchable.

College basketball is a lot more entertaining. When I hear people comparing Lebron to Jordan I cringe
Expand ...

Forget about Lebron for a second. When's the last time you actually watched an NBA game?
 
I disliked him until he went back to Cleveland, put the Cavs on his back and gave his hometown a title.

And then I started disliking him again when he signed with the Lakers.
 
The easy one is Lebron bowing to China so Space Jam 2 gets released there and he makes more money. I guess he does not care about his fans there. Would have gone a long way if he Muhammad Ali'd that one but that type of standing for a cause is dead.
 
superjohn said:
Oh I think he looks dumb often when not talking about playing basketball. For a guy who is fairly uneducated, he tends to call others uneducated a lot. I agree he's a good role model for young athletes, he just comes across as a bit of a dullard to me.
Expand ...
When else? Genuinely asking because I can’t think of many times at all. For the amount he’s in the public eye he is extremely controversy free.
 
B1GEast said:
The NBA is turrable. I grew up watching Bird, Jordan, Malone, Olajuwan, Barkley, Ewing, Wilkins, and so many more talented athletes that played the game the right way. Today's game is unwatchable.

College basketball is a lot more entertaining. When I hear people comparing Lebron to Jordan I cringe
Expand ...

#okboomer

Dude, the NBA is exciting as it’s ever been. And I watched all those guys you named, too.

Name a great college basketball team.
 
B1GEast said:
The NBA is turrable. I grew up watching Bird, Jordan, Malone, Olajuwan, Barkley, Ewing, Wilkins, and so many more talented athletes that played the game the right way. Today's game is unwatchable.

College basketball is a lot more entertaining. When I hear people comparing Lebron to Jordan I cringe
Expand ...
The athletes today put those guys way in the rear view mirror.
 
.-.
He is a great player, who complains all the time about non calls.

He is not MJ but overall talent wise he is right there. Though MJ was more clutch and maybe the most clutch player ever.
 
nomar said:
#okboomer

Dude, the NBA is exciting as it’s ever been. And I watched all those guys you named, too.

Name a great college basketball team.
Expand ...

To your point, I don't find any of the current state of basketball exciting to watch. I think it's one of many sports that advanced metrics are killing. Baseball with the shifts and removal of bunts, hit and runs and stolen bases. Basketball with it's drive and kick and 3 pointers and no room for big men anymore. Football and boxing can't hide the CTE factor.
 
Used to hate the guy then grew to appreciate the guy then like the guy even root for the guy now he’s on the Lakers so that guy!
 
.-.
Deepster said:
We shouldn't have to reward guys for being good people, but unfortunately we do.
Expand ...
just want to point out that the Lord's Prayer has the line, "lead me not into temptation..." So the ability to spurn temptation is praiseworthy among most societies.
 
Martin said:
Used to hate the guy then grew to appreciate the guy then like the guy even root for the guy now he’s on the Lakers so that guy!
Expand ...
Should say that guy! Lolol
 
Deepster said:
To your point, I don't find any of the current state of basketball exciting to watch. I think it's one of many sports that advanced metrics are killing. Baseball with the shifts and removal of bunts, hit and runs and stolen bases. Basketball with it's drive and kick and 3 pointers and no room for big men anymore. Football and boxing can't hide the CTE factor.
Expand ...

The NBA has certainly evolved but I can live without watching jump hooks from oafy big guys. There’s plenty of room for athletic bigs who can play team D.

There are just so many athletes on the floor. Watching a Bucks-Mavs game is fun as hell.
 
When JR made the mistake where he thought they were up by one and held the ball when it was actually tied, LeBron's reaction made me lose respect for him. He was hanging his head like a child when it should have been his job to rally he troops and get the job done in ot. This I believe was what lost that game for them.
 
.-.
glastonbury50 said:
When JR made the mistake where he thought they were up by one and held the ball when it was actually tied, LeBron's reaction made me lose respect for him. He was hanging his head like a child when it should have been his job to rally he troops and get the job done in ot. This I believe was what lost that game for them.
Expand ...
It’s also your job to know the friggin score. It’s literally EVERYWHERE around the players.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
When else? Genuinely asking because I can’t think of many times at all. For the amount he’s in the public eye he is extremely controversy free.
Expand ...
Screenshot_20200309-210053_Chrome.jpg
 
Kitaman said:
I've seen a lot of NBA greats, but no basketball player including the Greatest (MJ) played at his high level at his age. I'm not sure we will see another like him for a generation or two, so marvel while you can. I would love to see him in person, but I am not that much of a fan, but whenever I peek at his games its just amazing what he's doing to kids nearly young enough to be his kid. He's 35 years old.

Lastly he has played since 2003 (17 years), no off court negatives including infidelities, drugs or other bad news. He's not arrogant and seems approachable. He could write a book on healthy eating and exercise, because his body, agility and athleticism is practically the same.

If your're going to be called the King, and own it then you better play like its true.

That's it, just wanted that out there because there are a lot of young cats gunning for him and coming at him, but he's beating them all (at 35 years old!). He'll be gone soon.
Expand ...
100% agree

He's also the most hyped kid in my life. We knew he'd be the first pick in the NBA draft when he was a junior in high school. He lived up to the hype and then some.

Lebron had all the reasons to be a major jerk, yet he's never really been one. He also seems to be a solid dad.

Some have posted about his complaing to refs and some other stuff like that. I find those complaints to be fine, but moderately petty.
 
I'm a little late to the party, but I'm not sure if the OP is intentionally being antagonistic or if he just doesn't follow the news and social media. He's made several political statements which automatically alienates him from 50 % of the US population. MJ took the opposite stand when he said Republicans and Democrats buy sneakers. In contrast, LeBron wore an "I can't breathe" shirt. He's also said he wouldn't go to The White House. Do you really think Michael would have done that or said that? It's not about whether it's right or wrong; it's about mass appeal. Michael wanted to appeal to the masses. Again, I don't think I'm telling anyone here anything that they haven't already heard which is what makes this thread so strange. If you love LeBron, keep loving him; however, don't act so surprised that anyone could possibly not be a fan.
 
.-.
You must log in or register to reply here.

Forum statistics

Threads
168,215
Messages
4,557,558
Members
10,442
Latest member
StatsMan


Top Bottom