Lebron the Fake

                                                 


Dear Lebron James,
  Get over yourself!! If you wonder why you will never be like MJ, this is why!! MJ never took his case to the media about how bad he thought his team was that season. You are the defending champs, number 1 team in the East and have a very good shot to repeat. Why are you calling out management? By calling out management, you are also publicly embarrassing your own teammates by telling them they are bad. You are the one who lobbied for Tristen Thompson to resign with the Cavs. You are the one who wanted Kevin Love on your team, another big 3.
   Do you think Steph Curry would call out management and his teammates(publicly) saying that they are not good? You lost 5 of your last 7, it happens!!! Why do you think a team like the Cowboys lost in the playoffs, they lost a total of 3 teams over the season, they had an ego. Maybe you should learn from Dirk and take a pay cut to sign better teams. Dan Gilbert should not have to shell out more money over the luxury tax because Lebron  wants to be the highest paid player. You have enough endorsements to reach your great grandchildren. If you are such a great teammate, such a great leader, you should look at Dirk and see what it takes to build a team. You need superstars to make it to 6 straight finals, he need role players to win 1 championship, something you couldn't do.
  LeBron James, you do not run the Cavs, upper management runs the Cavs. Michael Jordan may have gotten Doug Collins fired, but he did it behind the scenes. He didn't call his team bad. If you are going to tell me that you did not call your team bad, I will tell you now that is not true. Just because you are the greatest player of your generation does not give you a pass at of any of this hear say.
   Lastly, please learn that just because you are selfless on the court, does not mean you are selfless off the court. In order to be a true leader for your team, you need to show your leadership skills on an off the court for your team and not humiliate them. Look at Derek Jeter, do you think he did this off the court? He never called his teammates bad or talked to upper management the way you appear to be doing. Learn from the true greats of their generation, then maybe you you will be one of the greats.
  Sincerely,
Angered Sports Fan(Abe Ades)

Lebron Squatting

                                                       

   When you hear that an athlete is scratched from the starting lineup/game, what is your first thought? What is their injury? When did they get injured? Most importantly, how long will they be out? Last night, against the Indiana Pacers, in Indiana, Lebron James was a “healthy scratch.” We’re about 35  games into this relatively young season, the almighty great LeBron James is has sat a few times already.  Forget the fact that people paid to go see him because I disagree that fans of opposing teams go to the game just because of LeBron. My question is if this going to happen in his age 31 season, will he retire early?

    At the beginning of the 2003 baseball season, Derek Jeter dislocated his shoulder against the Toronto Blue Jays. I was a junior in high school and I remember someone telling me that Jeter will come back and the Yankees will win the World Series. That person was awfully close, he came back and the Yankees lost the Marlins in the Series. What’s my point? Jeter did everything possible to get himself bac on the field that season and stay healthy. Wouldn’t you think that LeBron would condition himself to be healthy enough to play all (or almost all) the seasons games? Baseball is a longer season than basketball and just as grueling of a schedule.

     LeBron does have 11 plus years of basketball seasons on him. There were 5 of them in which he did not make the NBA Finals, which means he has had extended rest on his body. Something I have learned this week is that you need to take care of yourself. The former superstar wrestler, Vader, announced he has 2 years to live because of a heart condition. He is someone who is over 300 pounds. Don’t you think if he took care of himself and conditioned himself better that maybe he would not be in this situation? Now LeBron is not the only one who is guilty of this issue. Greg Popovich has done this with his superstars of Parker, GInobili and Duncan towards the end of the season to get them ready for the playoffs. Wouldn’t you let the players build up the momentum going into the playoffs? You may only be resting them to play 4 games in the playoffs(if they get swept). 

     Michael Jordan, Cal Ripken, Jr., and Bret Favre never asked for games off(unless obviously they were hurt). Are those days over? To me, I feel that players from that era just wanted it more than they do now. Lebron has been to 6 straight finals and has won 3 of them, if he does not win another one I believe he could care less. Many people put in over 40 hours a week for a work week for a job they don’t even enjoy, but these athletes enjoy what they do and people come to see them, shouldn’t they think this through?  Michael Kay brought up a point about this and maybe they should come up with an injury. Should they? Maybe. All I know is that once these players retire, they will rest then until then take care of  yourself and play the game.