Lebron asked for this a couple of years ago. He made his decision in front of all of the ESPN cameras. Remember…”not one, not two, not three etc Championships” in front of the Miami Heat Fans. I would feel sorry for the guy, if he wasn’t such a complete douche of a human being. Look, everyone makes mistakes. Hell, I have made about a million of them. The difference is that, no one calls a press conference and ESPN to record their mistake. Usually, people avoid that kind of thing.
Anyways, you know the story. Lebron calls ESPN, spurns Cleveland and goes to Miami where he proclaims that they will win multiple championships. So far this has not worked out. Why? Well I will tell you one thing, in this case I really don’t think that it’s all Lebron’s fault. Shocking coming from me right? However, here me out. It isn’t Lebron’s fault that all of a sudden Wade looks like someone that should be collecting AARP payments. It also isn’t Lebron’s fault that Erik Spoelstra can’t coach himself out of a paper bag, and not his fault that Riley didn’t fire Spoelstra a heckuva long time ago. Lastly, it isn’t Lebron’s fault that Bosh got injured.
Yet, it is Lebron’s fault that he got himself into this situation in the first place. He knew what he was getting himself into when he decided to join the Heat. He knew Spoelstra was the coach, he knew Wade (who is basically the same player as Lebron only smaller) was there, and he knew Bosh (extremely overrated big man) was joining the team. Finally, he knew that with these three players, the Heat were not going to be able to sign anyone of value. I wonder where Lebron will go next and with who to win not one, not two, not three etc championships?
They need to hire Pay Cal
Jones, leading up to The Decision on ESPN, I remember saying “He’s definitely staying in Cleveland – there’s no way he’ll go on national TV to quit on his team”. And that’s exactly what he did. Incredibly too spicy. He’ll be paying for that forever. I agreed with his choice to leave Cleveland, his teammates were perpetually awful, but he should have handled it better than that. He’s a phenomenal athlete, but it’s impossible to forget that selfish move.
Now he’s on a new team with DWade, but everybody else is awful. When will he quit on them too?
Lebron will never lead a team to victory. He needs to get on a team where he’s not the leader, and let somebody else carry the mental and emotional load. He can’t handle it.
Go Pacers.