LeBron James Talks about the Cavaliers Loss to the Magic... Sporting a NY Cap

by Atma Brother ONE on May 31, 2009 11:45 PM PDT in NBA Comment 20 comments

I think Tim Kawakami's opening paragraph of his nice piece What's next for Cleveland and LeBron James: Silence, desperation and someone like Antawn Jamison put it best:

LeBron James left the court without congratulating the victorious Orlando Magic and then exited the arena last night without speaking to the media, and that is so weak and graceless I can barely believe he did it.

Well the media finally caught LeBron today. Jump to see what he had to say and more importantly what he was sporting on his dome.

via blog.cleveland.com

Dwight Howard didn't seem too pleased with LeBron's 1991 Detroit Pistons vs. Chicago Bulls impression and he shouldn't be. It's an unwritten rule in all sports that you always shake your opponent's hand at the end of the game no matter how bad it hurts that you lost- even in pickup games.

Oh well, LeBron won't be losing that much with a superstar playing alongside him in NY in 2010.

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YES: I noticed the baseball cap he's wearing in this clip

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That NY cap doesn't mean anything

The Yanks were in Cleveland playing the Indians, so…

by Golden Boy on May 31, 2009 11:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Funny that TK says the weak and graceless move is not talking to the media. Weak and graceless would have been bashing his teammates, coaches or opposition. He definitely should’ve shook hands with the Magic, but I could care less if he doesn’t feel like talking to a bunch of reporters who feel he owes them that.

Thing A

by sam23 on Jun 1, 2009 12:21 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs

+1

49er faithful since July 11, 1985

by J2daZ on Jun 1, 2009 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I could care less if he doesn’t feel like talking to a bunch of reporters who feel he owes them that.

He does own them that. That’s why he gets the big bucks. If he’s the man when he wins he should be the man when he loses.

Now wheres the rubbers? Whose got the rubbers?
I noticed there's so many of them
and there's really not that many of us.

by Skeptic con Urquell on Jun 1, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow that van gundy impression was CLASSIC

i actually lol’d…

by Run Dubz on Jun 1, 2009 1:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

Dwight Howard just went up a few notches in my book.

It’s probably not real fair to make a snap personality judgment so soon after the Magic victory, but watching those two clips, it sure looks like:

Dwight Howard = sweet, cool, funny, fairly humble dude
LeBron James = arrogant douchebag

If the shoe was on the other foot and Howard had lost, you think he would have come with that weak “I’m a competitor, I don’t congratulate people after they beat me” BS? I honestly don’t think so. See Federer v. Nadal if you want to see how true champions behave in the face of bitter defeat.

Thing 1

by Sleepy Freud on Jun 1, 2009 5:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dwight Howard = sweet, cool, funny, fairly humble dude
LeBron James = Bitter about losing
Kobe Bryant = Arrogant douchebag

by jimmycaps on Jun 1, 2009 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Haha

+1.

Thing 1

by Sleepy Freud on Jun 1, 2009 8:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I voted for

“Poor guy will be stuck on the Knicks for the rest of his NBA career.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RSByXfL4dU

Cleveland seriously needs to parlay their cap space into something resembling a star, pronto…

Thing 1

by Sleepy Freud on Jun 1, 2009 4:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

many hats

Lebron should just wear a different baseball cap of a different team everyday just to throw off the analysts wondering where he’s going next. Maybe a SF Giants cap as the ultimate satirical move?

by dj fuzzylogic on Jun 1, 2009 8:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

he

should wear a sacramento rivercats hat. now that would make everyone be like wow?!

So I don't have a signature well these words would do! Who knew that upgrades can have downgrades too!

by 24k state fan since 87 on Jun 1, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

could anyone in the media recognize a rivercats hat?

heart of a champion, will of the warrior.

by cap'n hack on Jun 1, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

probably not but it would be funny seeing someone say I want to play in Sacramento!

So I don't have a signature well these words would do! Who knew that upgrades can have downgrades too!

by 24k state fan since 87 on Jun 1, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Okay, so he doesn't like to lose.

That means he’s arrogant. It’s true, if someone beats your ass your not going to congratulate them. He was upset that he lost. If he blamed his teammates/coaches, then I would call him arrogant, but I don’t know if I could say it right now.

by ZaMzAm FiRe on Jun 1, 2009 11:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Classless and poor sportsmanship

Actually, no sportsmanship. That’s what it is.

by Golden Boy on Jun 1, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

by GSW_fan on Jun 1, 2009 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

um

i would go with that idea if that was for a fight, but they were playing a game. Nobody got hurt off a game ( well hopefully) its a competition.

So I don't have a signature well these words would do! Who knew that upgrades can have downgrades too!

by 24k state fan since 87 on Jun 1, 2009 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Exactly. It;s a competition.

Do you really congratulate guys who you just lost too? No. Sportsmanship is something made up by kindergarten teachers to prevent fights.

by ZaMzAm FiRe on Jun 2, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

… and being a unsportsmanlike tool is something invented by kindergarten boys (and grownup kindergarten boys) to start and/or exacerbate fights.

Thing 1

by Sleepy Freud on Jun 2, 2009 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The correct answer was to shake hands with some of the Magic players, leave, and, to the press offer this:

“Obviously, I’m disappointed by the loss. I’m a competitor. Right now I’m going to take the opportunity to spend a little time with my family, recover from a long season, and quickly get back to work, so when we’re here again, things will be different. No further comments.”

The NY hat was classes.

by jae on Jun 2, 2009 9:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs