TAKE THIS SHIT
AUBURN HILLS, MI - 'Bout fucking time LeBron. Last night LeBron James had the game of his life, and from what I understand one of the great NBA performances period. Dude scored the last 29 of his team's 30 points in a double OT thriller against the Pistons. He single-handedly has the Cavs on the brink of the Finals and has also stolen (with much thunder) the spotlight from the NBA's version of the Young and the Restless (more on that later.)
I no longer get free cable, so I missed this game on TNT. Most likely I wouldn't have watched it in the first place as I was too busy hobnobbing with Madison's high society at a martini fundraiser for the city's zoo. Did I say hobnobbing? I mean serving them copious amounts of booze while they spent copious amounts of money on chimpanzee art.
My point is, the NBA, and sports in general no longer excites me. Come to think of it, nothing really gets a rise out of me these days, beyond Mary Williams and Tony Soprano. But athletes like LeBron or Kobe or Wade, remind me of those magical days when MJ owned this shit. Well at least their ESPN highlights do.
The knock on LeBron is that he's too passive, choosing an open teammate over killer instinct. So instead of dominating like Mike, LeBron's game has been more comparable to Magic's (which is NOT a bad thing, people.) I bet David Stern is secretly hoping these Playoffs will culminate in the coronation of King James. Won't make a difference to me, but fans have been turned off by athletes' prissy behavior and accordingly have turned their collective backs on the league.
I think, however, the real turn off is not having a new Michael Jordan. The closest player to 'His Royal Airness' of course is 'His Royal Lack of Awareness.' KB24, the most emotional of all human beings, is too busy being too busy to really ever represent the NBA like Michael did (even though Kobe's a superior talent.)
All said, LeBron seems like a good guy, and certainly has the game and charisma to own this league. Maybe that's the problem though. In my mind, killer instinct equates to being a fucking asshole. Michael fit that bill. As does Kobe. Problem is Kobe has no control over his emotions and is erratic at best. Michael was firm in his assholeness. LeBron needs only to work on that part of his game.
12 comments:
Good article. It was an even better game. I was flipping back and forth between that and Brewers highlights on ESPN 2.
It's so nice to be able to say "Brewers Highlights".
Kobe is a baby, a damn good ball playing baby, but a baby none the less.
Nate is a baby, a damn good article writing baby, but a baby none the less.
Baby Charles can't grow facial hair, a damn good whiney little bitch that doesn't have fun anymore and looks down upon those that do, but a baby that can't grow facial hair none the less.
I don't look down on others who have fun. No, not at all.
Fun just isn't for me. Self induced misery, that's the way I live my life now.
The root cause of this here miser of mine?
...None other than www.yeahifigured.com.
Stop commenting and start posting!
Exactly what I've been saying for the past 30+ days to you!
But it's great to have you back buddy!
Hey...get your facts straight.
I wasn't even commenting!
Fuck LeBron.
He owes me $40 from Dec. when he was in town and watched the Bucks hold him to 8 motherfuckin' points.
8!?!?!?!
The Milwaukee Bucks!?!?!?
He's undoubtably talented but LeBron's not going to win a NBA championship this year.
If a check for $40 arrives from him or the Caviler organization, I may reconsider my support.
Until then, watch out for those size 12 dipshit, cuz you seem to have had a problem dribbling the ball last time I saw you play.
Yeah, that's you I'm talking to Lebron. Don't hide behind Gangsta. He was there too.
I think this is the image you needed for the post and no it's not of my $40.
http://deadspin.com/assets/resources/2007/06/lebronwinninghoop.jpg
You are the biggest self-hating NBA fan I know.
GREAT LEAD!!!
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