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Basketball / Re: NBA Playoffs: 2015-2016
« on: June 08, 2016, 01:16:09 am »Quotehe has been an awful custodian of his talent and legend. A better man would have more results to show.
i couldn't have put it any better. to me his ego really got him good, which might not be all his fault since all the hype he received and huge endorsements at such a young age. some argue he turn out pretty good but like you said, could/should have been better. a lot better. but his ego never subsided over the years, in that aspect i think he never learned to be truly humble. yeah he claims to be but it's an act. with his athletic performance seeming fading pretty fast if he don't make his mid range jumper more solid and add some real footwork improvements the sun is setting quick. footwork is simply practice until second nature and you'll certainly know yourself if you did it wrong when you travelled. when he can say it with a straight face "i don't travel". what does that say about him?
so if lebron was humble, but still failed to improve, then what? .. but that's the key here i guess.. lebron's personality, or perceived lack of humility, results in people concocting all types of arguments against his achievements. Personally, I think it's waaaaaay to easy to say "someone could have been great, but they didn't do x y z, or they weren't humble enough".
I guess it just bothers me.. I'll use Kobe as an example. Kobe receives so much praise, yet, he was so much more hated than Lebron as a player, teammate etc. He basically demanded a trade as soon as he got into the league. His ego was through the roof; he was the black mamba after all. He had a major "indiscretion" (which was potentially criminal). He was apart of a dynasty team, with SHAQ, who he helped to run out of LA. His two titles in 2009 & 2010 were an amazing achievement, given that he didn't have shaq anymore. So, is he a disappointment? Should he have 10 titles if he had been more humble? This is an easy game to play.. Let's play it with Shaq, arguably the most un-humble guy next to Wilt Chamberlain or Dennis Rodman. Is Shaq a disappointment? If he had been more humble, would he be less of one?
These are hall-of-fame players we're talking about here.. Being "more humble" is just some weird talking point I mostly see people throw around, just to give themselves an excuse to crap on an athlete.
News flash.. many of the best athletes/players in history aren't humble. They have big egos.
It's just so odd to me that two athletes with huge egos, can be treated so dramatically different by people.
Also to sum it up; I think the humble/ego excuse is very weak.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=why+do+champions+have+big+egos
As far as tennis goes, i've seen people in person use a similar argument to basically justify racist comments targeting Serena Williams.. because of her "ego". In tennis it's especially a problem, because lots of people are just looking for an excuse to always root against "the black chick". They most often use such baseless arguments to justify their hate.. Meanwhile, these same people were fans of Mcenroe, Roddick, Murray etc.
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another thing i heard and fully agree with since returning to CLE is LBJ "player" is doing well, but LBJ "GM", and LBJ "coach" has been disaster... he should let other people do their jobs.
disaster? they got to two straight finals.. is it Lebron's fault that everyone is missing shots? heh.
and let's imagine he has that kind of influence over the GM & owner of CLE.. how is it his fault, that they would listen to him, instead of doing their job?
