LeBron James. Most popular athlete in the world. 4 time NBA MVP, 2 time Champion. You'd think that's a pretty good list. You'd think people would be happy for the man and revel in his greatness. If you thought that, you'd be wrong.
The need for justification is strong in those who talk about LeBron. With all the talk about millenials and their entitlement disorders, a researcher could bottle up a twitter search about LBJ and prove all of his research in that moment.
James is a business genius. Not only is he changing the way athletes control the destiny of their own careers, he's changed how sports fandom can be consumed. He just crowdsourced what number he should wear when he returns to Cleveland. His 2 year contract is apparently handicapping the Cavs front office to do his bidding for the forseeable future. All of this and apparently he's increased in popularity and surpassed Michael Jordan as the most popular athlete in America.
Wait wasn't everyone mad 4 years ago that he made similar choices? Why is there a dichotomy here, because they hate Florida sports fans and feel bad for Cleveland?
Now the story is hitting home in MInnesota as James has reached out to Kevin Love and said he wants to bring him in. By omitting the past 2 #1 draft picks, Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett from his "letter" in SI, he effectively made them bait for teams like the Timberwolves to pursue in exchange for their superstar.
What happened to the old player-coach from the 60's, 70's, and 80's? What LeBron is doing now is like what Bill Russel did in his prime. He's probably happy DAvid Blatt is in the picture because a green-horn coach will be like his tech support as he strategizes how to deconstruct and demolish his opponents.
There is way too much to look at in LeBron's world it makes a fan's head spin. His "Team" isn't even considered the Cavaliers anymore, instead just the management company run be his cronies and himself. If they haven't purchased a minority share of a team by 2025, color me flabergasted.