A championship delayed is a king denied
Poor sportsmanship shows a LeBron not ready to be crowned.
The NBA was all set for Kobe’s west coast Lakers to take on the LeBron James led Cleveland Cavaliers as a Final for all times until a little Magic changed the plans. The King; LeBron James was dethroned this weekend by an very motivated team from Orlando Florida that had more than enough magic to become the Eastern Conference Champions and earn a spot in the NBA Finals this year. The King’s team didn’t not show up to give support needed to win a chance to dance with the Kobe led Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers pretty much dominated the west coast teams all season long. The James supporting cast suddenly decided to join the rest of the viewing public and watch as the ‘King’ took over games at times and saved them from being swept with a prayer at the buzzer in game two. For all the hype and anticipation of a showdown between the leagues stars, one player found out he has something to learn about leadership and the other found out their team has what it needs for now, just a question of will it be enough for the next round.
The bad show was on the ‘King James’ version of losing gracefully, he did not. When any competition is over, it is customary to high five or a shaking of the hands of the successful opponents who are moving on to the next round. Maybe a comment like; “Don’t let those Lakers win a damn thing’, East Coast rocks the most or something like that, would have been appropriate. But, LeBron sadly wasn’t man enough to face his vanquishers after straight up competition and congratulate the efforts of their victory. Nor was he willing to face the media, who had heaped untold praise upon this young man to date. LeBron James has enjoyed all the hype that went along with be crowned the new king of the NBA, but could not stay to face the music of failing to live up to expectations. This is not the way a true king of anything behaves for his adoring public. This is no way for a man of his unique talents to represent in front of all the young potential ‘James’ coming in his wake. His behavior last Saturday night in losing to the Orlando Magic was reason to be glad he didn’t get crowned this year, instead, he got just what promos stated, win or go home. So long until next year your majesty.
