How does a basketball superstar go from winning four NBA championships with three different teams, being christened “King,” and enjoying the adoration of fans young and old all over America and throughout the basketball world, to being voted by fans “the most hated player in the NBA”? Easy.
Be like LeBron James.
More precisely, by being LeBron James.
During Michael Jordan’s magnificent career, Gatorade ran a popular ad campaign titled “Be Like Mike.” Kids across America wanted to “be like Mike.” The grown dudes wanted to “be like Mike.” Maybe it’s just me but I can’t recall ever hearing anyone declare he or she wants to “be like LeBron.”
On the contrary, according to a recent study from BetOnline that compiled negative tweets about players, James is the most hated player in the NBA by a massive margin; he received more “hate tweets” than any other player.
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Over the past few days, we scoured all of the Internet to find the NBA’s most hated player.
The answer will *NOT* surprise you. pic.twitter.com/TskOKfXoGR
— BetOnline.ag (@betonline_ag) March 24, 2022
This is the extended graph showing James running from the competition. Bravo, King. pic.twitter.com/rrQpQyzOrx
— Hold My Beer (@RealLibSmacker) March 26, 2022
Let’s put this in perspective by looking at the reality of professional sports in America. American sports enthusiasts In loveThey are their sporting heroes. They Rejoice their heroes — warts and all. They are generally ForgivenessThey are their heroes. Some even idolizeThey consider themselves to be sports stars. They have always done so, and they will continue to do so.
LeBron James is the exception.
Among James’s “greatest hits,” he threatened a police officer with a “You’re Next” tweet after the officer shot a 16-year-old knife-wielding girl who was about to stab another girl.
James was thoroughly dismantled by Texas Senator Ted Cruz for kissing up to “communists” “tyrants,” and “murderers” in China.
The “King” was blistered by noted Civil Rights attorney and Fox News contributor Leo Terrell for running his mouth after the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This is what the multizillionaire, who boasts armed bodyguards and greater security than any head of state said.
As Black Americans, we are afraid. … Black men, Black women, Black kids. We fear.
Please.
We are afraid of America’s Black population. … Black men, Black women, Black kids. We’re terrified.
LeBron spoke powerfully about Jacob Blake, and how it feels to be an African American in America. pic.twitter.com/UOMD7rk7Bd
— ESPN (@espn) August 25, 2020
Daily Caller’s David Hookstead nailed James, as well.
LeBron James acts like a little boy, which is quite embarrassing.
If we wouldn’t tolerate his actions from a kid, why fans and teammates tolerate it from a grown man?
He must grow up.
Memo to Dave: LeBron James (37-years-old) is an expert self-appointed on Everything “racist” and hypocritical as hell, including first and foremost himself. You have more money than God. He won’t grow up.
LeBron James acts like a little boy, which is quite embarrassing.
Why would we tolerate him being a boy?
He must grow up. pic.twitter.com/bXAW1OHQlJ
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) March 16, 2022
While I’m not a fan of GOAT arguments — “greatest of all time” athletes — in any sport (there are multiple factors to consider well beyond championships), it seems to me that the “greatest of all time” in any professionShould include information about how professionals perform or behave Leaving his/her job. LeBron James, by this measure, isn’t the greatest of all times You can do anything.
That is, other than working damn hard to reduce himself to “the most hated player in the NBA” of his time.
Michael Jordan smiles somewhere.
Additional related “exhibits” on RedState:
LeBron James: An open letter
LeBron James is the King of Fakers and weighs in at Rittenhouse Testimony
Frustrated Black LAPD Officer Pens Must-Read Letter to LeBron James After Backlash to ‘You’re Next’ Tweet
LeBron Jam Sinks to New Low after the Shooting of Two LA Deputies
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