YOUNG BUCK AND KING JAMES: REALLY?
We’re at that point in the NBA season where we have to find things to talk about. Not that there’s not anything exciting or newsworthy going on in the league (Uh, Ron Artest, anyone?) and not that there aren’t teams doing some memorable things (who’s not picking the Mavs to win it all right now?), but there’s a little lull between now and the end of the season when those last few teams squeak into the playoffs and promptly get knocked off by the Pistons and Mavericks.
So let me get on some whole other shit and start nit-picking on someone that’s been bothering me lately — LeBron James. What exactly is this guy’s deal? He had a rough week last week, missing a free throw and two wide-open three-pointers at the end of regulation in a loss to the Mavericks, despite scoring 39 points against ‘em. He’s rebounded nicely this week to hang 36 on the Toronto Raptors and 32 on the Houston Rockets last night in key wins. That’s all well and good. I’m still not really sure if LeBron’s the one to hit the big shot at the end of the game, but whatever. Neither here, nor there right now. But then I got this…
First of all, isn't LeBron down with Jay-Z and Roc-A-Fella? Hmmm...I digress.
Now, LeBron’s not the first NBA player to help host a rapper’s mixtape and he won’t be the last. Hell, even Ben Gordon hosted one with New York mixtape DJ Big Mike a couple years back. But then LJ jumps on the intro. with this: “Ayo, for all you haters out there, why don’t you check out this new Young Buck. He takin’ over the game, so watch out. You got somethin’ comin’…in your motherfuckin’ mouth.”
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Slow down, tough guy. Was that just LeBron James? The Chosen One? The Heir Apparent? The Savior of the NBA? The Future? The…you get the point. Now, I’m not here to play David Stern. And honestly, I don’t even mind hearing a different side of LeBron (for the record, Stephen Jackson and Tim Thomas are up on there talking way more smack than that), but seriously? WWJD: What Would Jordan Do?
And this brings me to my main beef (or whatever you wanna call it) with LeBron James. The dude is super-talented, has endorsement deals like nobody else since Michael and probably will go down as one of the greatest NBA players of all-time. But don’t you feel like you’re being short-changed as a consumer of the league? Why does it seem like I don't really know anything about LeBron? Is he the guy smiling on Bubblelicious commercials, talking about becoming a billionaire on Sportscenter, or not? And why am I not more excited to watch him play? Gilbert? Yup. Kobe? Yup. Dirk? Yup. Even Shaq lately? Yup. I even caught a Trail Blazers game a couple weeks back. Brandon Roy, anyone?
Who is LeBron James?
Maybe I’m just nit-picking, maybe I just need the NBA Playoffs to start, but I’m just not that excited.
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Extra Points:
Bye, Bye, George Mason!
Good to see there might be some closure for the North Carolina/Duke incident the other night.
Why am I suddenly so interested in NASCAR?
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Comments
1.
Beautifulgirl_210@yahoo.com says:
Oh and about Allen Iverson no words needed he is all that and some and whats really cool is that he left that sorry team behind and is still a one man show.!!!
03/07/2007 at 5:45 PM
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Beautifull says:
Im so sick of all this talk about LeBron. Yeah he is good an all but the NBA is not all about him. Yeah my son is kind of named after him but goodness what will they do if he gets hurt he is not no Micheal or nothing but I will say he is good.
03/07/2007 at 5:43 PM
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bush-whipped says:
hello,
do you cover the NFL?
cool entry.
03/07/2007 at 4:08 PM
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Scav says:
Wow. Not sure if I'd take it that far (not that I don't like A.I., but he's one of a kind). Other folks feel like that about LeBron?
03/06/2007 at 10:40 PM
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Anonymous says:
AI - (braids+tats)=LeBron James
03/06/2007 at 10:31 PM