OT: Never a Champion
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 5:36 pm
Larry would never. Magic would never. Michael would never. And Kobe would never. Isiah and the rest of the classless Pistons did. And now LeBron did as well.
Now, no matter how many championships Lebron will win in his career, he will NEVER be viewed as a TRUE CHAMPION. NEVER. How many of you view the '89 and '90 Pistons teams with the same respect as previous and forthcoming champions? After the Pistons left the court, in the same manner as Lebron did last night, against the Bulls in the ECF in 91, not very favorably. AND the Piston players did atleast speak to the media afterwards, Lebron didn't even do that! I remember McHale whispering into Isiah's ear, on the court giving Isiah encouragement, after Detroit beat us in '88. One would think Isiah would have remembered and garnered the same respect to the Bulls. Isiah later said it was one of the biggest mistakes of his career. He and his team have never been viewed as *true* champions in the eyes of many fans.
You have to take the good with the bad. True champions deal with adversity. You can dam well have expected Lebron to be sitting there with his little suit and his little hat on sideways, with a little smile yapping away if his little team won this series. THIS IS VERY BAD. This is bad for Lebron. We thought he was better than this. This doesn't have anything to do with athletic ability. This tells so much about him as a person, as a man. Don't give me he's only 24. That is like A-Rod passing responsibilitly onto youth when he coffessed to using steriods at the ripe age of 24. It doesn't fly. You are a man at that point. Somethings can be attributed to youth and somethings can't. Both instances cannot. Even if Bronny was still 18, we expect more. Bronny's endorsers must be fuming this morning.
I will say it again, No matter how many championships Lebron wins in his career, last night put a damper on all of them. He will never be viewed in the same manner and respect as Larry, Michael, and Magic. Ever.
Now, no matter how many championships Lebron will win in his career, he will NEVER be viewed as a TRUE CHAMPION. NEVER. How many of you view the '89 and '90 Pistons teams with the same respect as previous and forthcoming champions? After the Pistons left the court, in the same manner as Lebron did last night, against the Bulls in the ECF in 91, not very favorably. AND the Piston players did atleast speak to the media afterwards, Lebron didn't even do that! I remember McHale whispering into Isiah's ear, on the court giving Isiah encouragement, after Detroit beat us in '88. One would think Isiah would have remembered and garnered the same respect to the Bulls. Isiah later said it was one of the biggest mistakes of his career. He and his team have never been viewed as *true* champions in the eyes of many fans.
You have to take the good with the bad. True champions deal with adversity. You can dam well have expected Lebron to be sitting there with his little suit and his little hat on sideways, with a little smile yapping away if his little team won this series. THIS IS VERY BAD. This is bad for Lebron. We thought he was better than this. This doesn't have anything to do with athletic ability. This tells so much about him as a person, as a man. Don't give me he's only 24. That is like A-Rod passing responsibilitly onto youth when he coffessed to using steriods at the ripe age of 24. It doesn't fly. You are a man at that point. Somethings can be attributed to youth and somethings can't. Both instances cannot. Even if Bronny was still 18, we expect more. Bronny's endorsers must be fuming this morning.
I will say it again, No matter how many championships Lebron wins in his career, last night put a damper on all of them. He will never be viewed in the same manner and respect as Larry, Michael, and Magic. Ever.
You don't think it hurt the Celts when they lost to the Magic? Of course it did, but you didn't see them snubbing the media afterwards. Heck, even Kobe Bryant stuck around and shook hands last year even though his team got bludgeoned. Come to think of it, a tearful Kobe even shook hands and hugged with Spurs players after they ended the 3-peat in 2003. 