Thursday, June 4, 2009

NBA Finals 6/4

Tonight is the first night of the NBA Finals. Before we get to that let's talk about Lebron James for a second.

After their final loss of the season Lebron James showed no class. First, he didn't shake hands with the other team which is completely and totally unsportsmanlike. Then he didn't talk to reporters after the game. Now for your everyday average player I probably wouldn't have that big of a problem with this, but this isn't some random basketball player, this is the one of the most recognizable basketball players in the world (who happens to be considered by many to be the best in the world). He is getting paid millions of dollars a year by advertisers but he is too good to adress the media and the general public who are the reason that he gets paid what he does. I don't understand how he can be ok with taking all of this endorsement money and then as soon as the going gets tough he suddenly doesn't want to deal with the media. When you take all the credit you have to be willing to take the criticism and right now it seems like Lebron is not willing to do that. 

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