On Thursday, LeBron James will play his first home game as a Cavalier… for the second time.
Coinciding with the beginning of the 2014-2015 NBA season, Nike’s new “Together” ad campaign paints King James as Cleveland’s quasi-mythical sports savior, but there are some serious problems with the product.
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Hang on a second. How exactly is LeBron qualified to lead Cleveland out of sports slavery and into the promised land of NBA champions?
This is the same guy who, whenever the going gets tough, yells at teammates rather than taking the burden of winning games upon himself. Seriously, type in “LeBron yells at” into Google and see what options pop-up.
I understand that he’s arguably the best basketball player in the game today, if not all-time. I’m just saying, compared to Jordan or Larry Bird, he’s an abysmal team motivator and leader.
It’s hard to believe that the same fans who were burning his jerseys four years ago are all of the sudden blind fanatics. LeBron played 7 seasons in Cleveland — before leaving for greener beaches pastures — and couldn’t win a championship.
ESPN lists the Cavaliers as heavy favorites to win the Eastern Conference, but let’s see how they do in the Finals before portraying Cleveland fans as the LeBrazi Youth.