The LeBron Rant

I hate LeBron James. There, I said it. I hate his number. I hate his attitude. I hate his stupid little headband that he tries to cover his receding hair line with.  Am I biased against him? Yes. 100%. He has ruined everything about the sport I love. Whether it's his flopping (overexaggerating for the sake of a foul) or his hippocritical dirty play, one things for sure. I hate him. In 2003, a young high school player entered the NBA draft. His name was Lebron James. He had already drawn comparisons to Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. Not bad company to be in. He was drafted #1 overall to his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers. No matter how large he got though, he never forgot one thing.

He deserves it.

(Expecting some little thing about loyalty, or remembering where you come from?)
Don't hold your breath. LeBron James doesn't know what that means. In 2010, his contract ran out. He was a free agent, and could sign with anyone he wanted. I had no issue. I did have an issue with his manner of acting this out. Instead of a simple, I'm signing with Miami, which would have sufficed, he drew it all out. This was the LeBron show, and he knew it. He spent a good week or so leading his hometown fans to believe he would return. He then got a multi-hour long live special on ESPN called "The Decision" just to say what we all knew. "I'm taking my talents to South Beach." Jump forward to the signing reveal a few days later, with new teammates Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. The were a super group, no questions about it. This was the first US Beatles concert all over again, just with different names in a different medium. When asked how many championships they would win, LeBron responded "Not one, not two, not three,..." before someone finally cut him off. I kind of got off on a tangent there. Anyways, this 6'8", 250 lb. hulk of a man, with all the talent in the world relies on faking injuries to get ahead. He throws himself to the ground for the lightest contact. He's gotten pretty good at it too. Heck, he may get an Oscar before Leo Dicaprio at this rate.

Tonight in a game between two of the league's best teams, LeBron's Heat beat the upcoming Houston Rockets 113-104. My only issue with this was a no call on a blatantly obvious foul by LeBron James. There is a holding penalty, for restricting another player's movement. Restraining them is a whole other thing. LeBron got a grip on Jeremy "Linsanity"  (remember when that was relevant?)Lin and didn't let go. The refs saw nothing, apparently, and moved on. The next play, Lin was on revenge mode. LeBron went up for the score, and was set down just as hard. It's almost amusing he doesn't get were the hostility comes from.

(Congratulations to the Miami Heat's Ray Allen for moving up one more spot on the all time scoring list)

He will also be remembered for being dunked on by a high school student at one of his own basketball camps. He and Nike set out to destroy the video in any way possible. So here it is. It happens at about the thirty second mark, James is in black shorts and tank top. Crawford Dunk

LeBron, you ruin the sport I love. You are the best active player in the world, no argument here. So play the game right. Please.

Links for Today:
Heat/Rockets Jump to 00:47 for a great shot by LeBron
                      Jump to 2:30 for Lin being restrained
                      Jump to 3:00 for Lin's payback

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