NBA superstar Lebron James proved he’s just another spoiled, rich, dumb jock who lacks character or humility when he stormed off the court without congratulating (that fine azz) Dwight Howard and his teammates following the Cleveland Cavalier’s loss to the Orlando Magic Saturday night.
So what else is new?
Ever since hooking up with rapper Jay Z (who acts as his glorified sports agent), Lebron has shown a change in attitude to reflect heightened arrogance and a sense of entitlement — just like Jay Z (what do you know?).
Aren’t you glad Lebon lost the series after watching his shameful exit? What a great role model he is for the children… NOT.
Here’s Lebron’s pitiful excuse to the AP for his childish behavior:
“It’s hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them. I’m a winner. It’s not being a poor sport or anything like that. If somebody beats you up, you’re not going to congratulate them. That doesn’t make sense to me. I’m a competitor. That’s what I do. It doesn’t make sense for me to go over and shake somebody’s hand.” [link]
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TEAM LEBRON! I loved how Lebron hired BLACK men to run his company and help him get to where he is. He took a big risk and chance and it worked out for him in the end. I saw a story on ESPN about his company/team.
I do hope he has reached out to D Howard and the Magic now that the sting has worn off.
Parents this is a teachable moment nothing more nothing less.
That isn’t the first time he did that. He usually congratulates the team later.
Is there a requirement in the NBA that the loser must shake your opponents hand after they just finished whipping your azz? Better yet, is there a provision in Lebron’s contract with such a requirement? If not, f$$k em, Lebron. Next.
attorneymom Says:
Is there a requirement in the NBA that the loser must shake your opponents hand after they just finished whipping your azz? Better yet, is there a provision in Lebron’s contract with such a requirement? If not, f$$k em, Lebron. Next.
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LMAO. Shaking hands after the game is just formalities. Good sportsmanship.
Agree w/ sunnypa….this isn’t the first time he’s done this. What a loser I’m not a Lebron James fan. He’s just another spoiled Athlete.
No its not in his contract….its called practicing good sportmanship. Eff Lebron….and lets go D. HOWARD!!!!
Aw he’s just SORE….as in LOSER….LOL! Dwight and the whole damn team got a kick outta dat…matter fact that was wAAAAy better than a handshake!
GO MAGIC!
@Sandra D Howard is a cutie I just saw that you said that. I sure didn’t know he had a baby mama. He keeps that on the low for real.
Im glad lebron didnt win!! How they gonna count out Orlando magic team while aring tv commecials with lebron & kobe! well anyway Im going for the lakers!!!
MizzDallas, you know you wanna support dem good ol’ boys from the south…..Gon and cheer for MAGIC this year…ain you tired of the Lakers playing in EVERY championship game….maybe if Kobe hadn’t lost his sexy I would still be a fan, but its just something about him I can’t stand anymore. Im bored with his talent.
Please tell me that statement is fake. I was really rooting for the Cavs and wanted them to take it all. I even understood his angst and figured the next day he’d snap out of it and congratulate the winners properly. But that statement is straight up stupid. If everyone felt the way he did there would never be hand shaking after a game as there is always a loser. Maybe they should fine him so that he can learn that it doesn’t matter what his small mind thinks, he has to go with the program if he wants to keep making all that dough. For now….
GO MAGIC!!!!! (Any opponent of Kobe’s is a friend of mine)
All Lebron haters stop, he is and will be for years to come the best player in the NBA. If it wasn’t for him the NBA would be sleep. I agree that was bad sportsmanship for him not to shake the other teams hands for the win but hell, he was mad and he DID congratulate them later.Sandra, Jay-Z has nothing to do with this you are looking like what they said about you in the AJC. Pull up and do another Rihanna story.
Isn’t LaBron like 12??? Give him a minute, he is still growing up…
GO MAGIC!!! Anybody BUT the Lakers!
mizzdallas Says:
Im glad lebron didnt win!! How they gonna count out Orlando magic team while aring tv commecials with lebron & kobe!
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Exactly. Now Usher and Jay Z can go sit their asses down somewhere.
All Lebron haters stop, he is and will be for years to come the best player in the NBA. If it wasn’t for him the NBA would be sleep.
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Excuse me, this dude has been playing PRO for how long now? And he has how many Championship RANGS?? The only player that can be compared to Jordan (GOAT) right now is NOT Lebron James….as much as I hate it, Kobe is the only dude in line for that honor, how else does a man carry an entire team on his back for YEARS and still play in championship games (like the Chicago Bulls…and yes the Lakers have their old coach)….you know better than that.
You’re right Krysi. I can’t stand Kobe and that wife of his, but the truth is the truth. Kobe is the truth. He just sucks as a person. Lebron might get to that point one day but he ain’t the greatest yet.
I’m happy the best team won!! I like Lebron, but it was an insult to air those commercials as if Orlando didn’t even exist! I think Lebron fed into all the hype and forgot he needed to work hard to win..maybe he thought Nike was going to just it to him! I understand him not giving Congrats…..he’s still young and it’s obvious his competitive attitude gets the best of him! It was still a win for Orlando…without his hand shake!! Now I just hope they can whip Kobe…cause I can’t stand him!!
I see you jocking Jay-Z , jocking Jay- Z, Jocking Jay-z. Jocking Jay Z.
Everybody sing along!
I see you jocking Jay Z cause he drives a Mercedes.
Excuse me but Kobe is not carrying his team he has other outstanding players that just don’t get any TV time like Kobe. There is Derek Fisher great 3point threat, Lamar Odom can come off the bench better than anybody and their center Gasol is unstoppable under the net. Kobe has other players to make him shine and LeBron does not YET. Kobe wish he could carry a team. But I wish the Lakers luck but even though they beat Cleveland I want da Magic to whoop Kobe ASS.
Sandra, I am so with you on that dine ass Dwight Howard. I’m happy the Magic won. I am going to enjoy looking at Dwight fine ass. Have y’all looked at that boys wingspan. His shoulders….oh my…….
Excuse me but Kobe is not carrying his team he has other outstanding players that just don’t get any TV time like Kobe. There is Derek Fisher great 3point threat, Lamar Odom can come off the bench better than anybody and their center Gasol is unstoppable under the net. Kobe has other players to make him shine and LeBron does not YET. Kobe wish he could carry a team. But I wish the Lakers luck but even though they beat Cleveland I want da Magic to whoop Kobe ASS.
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Oh yea well explain all the MVP trophies Kobe takes home after the Championship WINs???….its one thing to help put some points on the board, but its another thang to have HALF the points on the board credited to your STATS. I’m sorry boo, but when it comes to Lebron, Kobe is just BETTER. Eat it up and wash ya dishes…shyt I have to, I don’t even like Kobe.
@Baby LEBRON IS THE DARN TEAM he can’t play any harder than he did in the playoffs. He can’t be blamed for the commericals either he didnt make them. The Cavs have to get him some help. Kobe has no name help but they help him out the same.
I didnt care for Kobe for a minute or two but he is looking sexy these days so I have to go with Kobe!!!
NEWSFLASH: NBA players hardly ever shake hands after the game. They walk toward the lockeroom, and maybe give a pound to any opponent who is near them, and thats it. No one on here can say they’ve seen a game where all the players were shaking hands afterward. They do that before the jump-ball in the beginning, and thats it. Orlando’s players were too busy celebrating to notice anyway……
Team LEBRON!!! I don’t blame him. It’s not like he cussed anyone out.
Kobe has no name help but they help him out the same.
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Yea but what about the few years he had hardly any help at all….like right after Shaq left.
Kobe Bean Bryant[2] (born August 23, 1978(1978-08-23)) is an American All-Star shooting guard who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bryant enjoyed a successful high school basketball career and made instant headlines when he decided to go directly into the NBA upon graduation. Bryant and then-teammate Shaquille O’Neal led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. After O’Neal’s departure following the 2003–04 season, Bryant became the cornerstone of the Lakers franchise. He led the NBA in scoring during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons.[3] In 2006, Bryant scored a career high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second highest number of points scored in a single game in NBA history,[4] second only to Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 point performance.
Bryant was awarded the regular season’s Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in the 2007–08 NBA season and led his team to the 2008 NBA Finals as the first seed in the Western Conference.[5] In 2008, he won a gold medal as a member of the 2008 Summer Olympics U.S. Men’s Basketball Team, occasionally referred to as “The Redeem Team,” a play on the name of the first Olympic team that featured NBA players, the Dream Team.[6] Since his second year in the league, Bryant has started in every NBA All-Star Game that has been hosted, including winning the All-Star MVP award in 2002, 2007, and 2009. Although known by several names throughout his career, Bryant’s current nickname is Black Mamba.
HE STILL THE SHYT ALL BY HIMSELF….Lebron is GOOD, but he can be BETTER, thats all Im saying….he is YOUNG, but he is on his way….whose to say he’s any better than Dwayne Wade, Carmello, and Dwight??? He really hasn’t set himself apart from the other standouts as of yet.
@Krysi the LAKERS n KOBE sucked for a few yrs after Shaq left please believe it..lol He had to climb his way back to the top. I do not hate on Kobes skills at all and I never said Lebron was better than Kobe. I dont get into all that who is better crap. Be the BEST you and keep it moving. I stand by what I said the Cavs need to get Lebron some REAL help just like the Lakers had to do with Kobe. His help is NO name but they do what they need to do in order to win.
Daisy Says:
@Krysi “the LAKERS n KOBE sucked for a few yrs after Shaq left please believe it”
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kobe is a bish boy too. when the celtics mash up the lakers last years, kobe did the same shyt.
my dog’s name is kobe….
Wow, am I the only former jock in the room? I see a few folks attributing Lebron’s behavior to age. From Pop Warner leagues on up athletes shake hands after the game. At the middle and high school levels you actually stand in a line and do it. It is definately tradition that was mandatory at least in my experience on team sports. Lebron has seen it done his whole athletic career. Like it or not there are good sportsmanship traditions that Lebron doesn’t need to take upon himself to change.
OK Krysi so Kobe won the Olympic Gold all by himself he took the Lakers to the finals ALL BY HIMSELF, damn the boy is a miracle worker. HE CAN’T DO IT ALONE!!!! When he went to the finals last yr again he HAD HELP.Lamar Odom is not a lousy player the boy is the best off the bench besides Michael Petrie for Orlando, Gasol in the middle is the best center even better than Shaq cuz he can shoot form outside. Kobe is good I’m not taking that away from him but he has supporting players that make him look BETTER.
LUV U KAT VERY FUNNY!!!! And yes, last yr Kobe did the same thing when Boston beat dat azz!!!!
OK Krysi so Kobe won the Olympic Gold all by himself he took the Lakers to the finals ALL BY HIMSELF, damn the boy is a miracle worker. HE CAN’T DO IT ALONE!!!! When he went to the finals last yr again he HAD HELP.Lamar Odom is not a lousy player the boy is the best off the bench besides Michael Petrie for Orlando, Gasol in the middle is the best center even better than Shaq cuz he can shoot form outside. Kobe is good I’m not taking that away from him but he has supporting players that make him look BETTER.
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I mean, I just copy pasted that info from a search babe, if thats how ya really feel…(“Kobe won the Olympic Gold all by himself he took the Lakers to the finals ALL BY HIMSELF, damn the boy is a miracle worker. HE CAN’T DO IT ALONE!!!!”)
I guess you can’t be mad at anyone but Kobe.
Facts are FACts….STATS are STATs.
I was so glad Boston WON last yr
@Bird umm no plenty of us played sports we just dont care..lol
I stop watching since celtics lost-boo hoo boo hoo…anyway im sure Kobe’s is going to take it.. Congrads to him … I love lebrons too ..
@Bird…..I was an athlete as well as a coach and I would have brought it to one of my kids had they not shown sportsmanship.
These fools are acting like big overpaid bytches. The same people in here saying that Lebron shouldn’t have to shake hands are the same ones who blame everything that is going wrong in the world on single mothers and teachers and everyone else; they need to pay attention to the message this sends to our kids. Kids idolize these damn fools and it tells them it’s okay to pout and act like a bytch instead of manning up!!!
The same people in here saying that Lebron shouldn’t have to shake hands are the same ones who blame everything that is going wrong in the world on single mothers and teachers and everyone else
@Dhoward you are reaching with that assumption..lol I know I am saying he has done it before, Kobe has done it before it is not right but its NOT the end of the world either. I made it a point to say its a teachable moments to the parents on the blog and I am not one just yet. Lebron explained himself and I cant knock him for his way of thinking (even if I dont agree)I do not think that makes him a spoiled brat.
I think the reason why Hova been up LeBron’s azz is b/c they trying to get him to NJ…….
Let’s not forget Bron Bron is a free agent now…
Kobe ain’t did it by himself…he ain’t had no ring since Shaq dipped……Kobe knows this, and this is why he was about to walk from LA a couple years back…….you see the Lakers gave him what he wanted….a team to play with him.
I think the Cavs put it all on LeBron, and he couldn’t do it all…..it’s impossible, and maybe LeBron is realizing it too…
The Cavs better do something before Hova steals their man
Cavs do have no name help like the lakers do
Yall just want to make excuses for a grown man
Cavs have delonte and mo and nem
they just dont show them no love
Stop
Lebron isnt the only one on that team neither
The reason they lost against the magic is because the magic was the better team
They play more defense, have a GREAT team, players on the bench that play well and they just play better.
The magic was the better team
Lebron is a lil above average player
He is just overhyped like lil wayne
@Kona The Cavs need a big man they have NO inside game. The Lakers have BETTER no name players PLUS Odom and Fisher. The Magic is/was the better team. Lebron is FAR above average now you are the one NOT keeping it real. I am not making any excuses for Lebron. I like him as a player and person. I do not like Kobe never really have. Does he have skills yes do I like him NO! Simple as that.
#39 NO, JAY AND LEBRON HAS BEEN CLOSE FOR YEARS.
I watched the game and I lost a bit of respect for LeBron when he walked off. Fuck these excuses yall are giving. Everyone crown his azz like he’s the next coming of Jesus Christ but yall want to give him a pass when he loses and doesn’t congratulate the other team.
So as long as he’s doing dunks, scoring countless points, and getting starts to come to Cleveland he’s the greatest player but when he losses it’s o.k to to pout like a lil biotch and sulk to the locker room. They didn’t have a rivalry, it was a pretty fair series. LeBron was a sore azz loser who got spanked when he thought they would cruise through to the Finals and he didn’t. It makes me even more glad their azz lost.
GO MAGIC!!
Oh and as far as the supporting casts of the Lakers and the Cavaliers, IMO they are neck and neck. Neither team has a great supporting cast. Lamar Odom and even Pau Gasol are hot and cold. Cleveland has Ben Wallace, Mo Williamns and Joe Smith who are all good players as well. They’re about even. Although I don’t like Kobe, I’m sorry but h
I do not like Kobe never really have. Does he have skills yes do I like him NO! Simple as that.
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OK, cuz I sho’ll don’t like hiz azz….but it IZ what it IZ…the man is definitely on his shyt…and I can hate on him, but I CAN’T take that away from him and give it to Lebron sorry….
@Krysi AGAIN I SAY I NEVER SAID TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM ANYBODY I DONT GET INTO WHO IS THE BEST!..LOL They are BOTH FAB and TALENTED(b ball skill only) in my book and on the SAME level IMO if truth be told.
@Shauny nobody is making exucses you gave your .02 and those of us who could care less about him shaking hands gave theirs. Like I said Kobe has done the same thing in the past I dont recall it making front page news. In the end I hope parents use this as a teachable moment and keep it moving.
@Krysi AGAIN I SAY I NEVER SAID TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM ANYBODY I DONT GET INTO WHO IS THE BEST!..LOL They are BOTH FAB and TALENTED(b ball skill only) in my book and on the SAME level IMO if truth be told.
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gurl…that comment wasn’t directed at yo azz ..LOL! I was agreeing with your dislike of him and then commenting on the back and forth shyt I was on earlier. CraZy..LOL!
Maybe next year Bronie
Unlike the Faker fans and johnnycomelatelys, mama is a Laker fan for what’s on the front of the jersey, not the back, ie Bryant. I was blessed to be around to see real teams with Magic, Big game James and my fav…..Cooooop and they played team ball, period. Kobe is assassin and glad to have him as a Laker but he didn’t re-invent the tradition. But back to the matter at hand, LeBron, whether he felt like shaking hands or not, DHoward suppose to be your boy, olympic teammate and when you do things like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X10dlU5cU0A
it just shows your blatant disrespect, and that’s why the Magic got in that azz. He and the Cavs will heal and learn from this that you gotta keep your head in the game.
My bad krysi..lol Sorry
i still dont take nuttin from him. he was just mad, and yes he was being a poor sport. how many of your competitors do you really want to see get on top and ur left behind? you may be happy for them, but you would be happier if it were you. i know where he’s coming from. he’s typically a good sport so i wont throw him under the bus.
i bet he is fine as hell under those dumb ass baggy clothes.
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