LeBron, the Narcissist of the Year, has made a terrible prediction for the NBA. He said that he would never again miss the NBA playoffs. His absence in this year’s playoffs has brought nothing but good news for the woke league because television viewership in a James-less playoff season has increased substantially.
James posted the following tweet: James said, “I can/will not miss my post season again for the sake of my career!” This is a complete shitstorm. Now, let’s go back and watch these videos. 
James is really raining on the NBA’s parade with this comment because it just had its best-watched playoff game in 20 years. The playoff viewership is up significantly this year without James and the Lakers, according to all measures.
Warner Todd Huston of Breitbart Sports, says, “The common denominator for the NBA’s sudden good fortune is the complete absence of LeBron James and the L.A. Lakers. James and the Lakers were aced out of the playoffs back at the beginning of April.”
As “King” James sits and stews, basketball fans are tuning in to watch the Warriors, Celtics, Suns and all the other teams featured in this year’s playoffs. The fans like the things they see even though James doesn’t appear on their screens.
NBC Sports writer Kurt Helin totally bought into James’ self-absorbed interests and hopes James is not deprived of the playoffs again. Helin assumes that, “Without question, LeBron will put in the work this offseason to live up to that promise. At age 37, he was still unquestionably an All-NBA level player this season.” In other words, It’s not a team thing; it’s a James thing.
Helin also says the Lakers’ playoff future is all about the supporting cast they put around James. “Will GM Rob Pelinka and the front office put a better constructed team around LeBron that can defend and shoot well enough to live up to that promise?”
Though James missed 26 games – nearly a third of the season — with injuries and failed to provide good leadership, Helin instead focuses on Anthony Davis’s injuries and whether the “King” will get enough help to make the 2023 playoffs.
Is there anything the fans are missing out on in post-season games that James is not playing? They’re missing out on:
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LeFlops – James’ amazing propensity to fake injuries from phantom fouls. We’ve all seen the act: the flailing of arms, collapsing to the floor, holding on to his head as if he’ll need brain surgery because of a flagrant foul. (Soccer players observe LeBron, and they say “Seriously dude!”
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His rage and his mocking of colleagues.
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Narcissism is the me, myself, and I.
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James quits the court and walks off without a clock in his hand.
NBA playoff viewership numbers present an inconvenient truth for the league. Its so-called “face of the league” — LeBron James — must be replaced by a more positive player.
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