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February 14, 2011 · 11:20 am

Monday Morning something or the other- February 14th

I’ve always been a fan of Peter King’s weekly Monday Morning QB article that I decided to use his idea and try to expand it a bit.  I’ve been looking at ways to change the format of the blog to expand my readership and I hope at some point over the next few years, that this idea will atleast spark some of you that read me (I can’t begin to express gratitude to you) to tell your friends so they can tell their friends.  I hope that this new changed up, and perhaps a little more organized, spread will help me attain the one goal that I’ve always sought: world domination.

But on a serious note, if you have any suggestions on ways to make the site better I’m always looking to improve and nothing is fixed on the site.   So feel free to communicate with me at lazyeyeofsports@gmail.com.

I’m sitting here trying to write the article while watching Cee Lo and Gwyneth Paltrow confuse 20,000 in the Staples Center and millions on television as to whether they are watching something real or stuck in a scene from “Inception.”

With that auspicious start, I give you the news that matter to me and I hope everyone else:

MELO WATCH

“Carmelo Anthony said after shootaround that he would ‘take a hard look’ at signing 3-year extension if he’s not dealt by trade deadline.”

@dempseypost Chris Dempsey

With Carmelo watch heading into day ??? Carmelo Anthony scored 50, 29 and 42 but the Nuggets went 1-2 and lost the two games by 5 and 2 points respectively.  Their lone win came against Dallas and they won by a single point.  Amar’e Stoudemire ‘s Knicks went 1-2 and lost by a combined 25 points to the two Los Angeles teams.  So the idea is that the two team up and find a way to beat those teams, right?

That might work, but not if the Knicks decide to trade away the building blocks that will eventually form the heart of the roster.  As much as I would love Melo to join the team right now, this instant, I have enjoyed this season from a basketball perspective because this team has competed.

Which is all New York fans have ever asked for.  This is the city that has the New York Yankees- the most decorated team ever and yet the inner cities of New York make this a basketball town.  This used to be point guard city and most of the talent used to stay within the tri-state area to make it big but its very rare nowadays to see that happen.

With Stoudemire’s presence, that dynamic is changing and we’ve seen that with the St John’s basketball program having a renaissance as well.  Coincedence or not, its good to note that the Knicks are not an embarrassing headline every night for the masses.

But as presently constructed, the Knicks won’t make any noise in the playoffs and as time goes on, Knick fans will grow tired of the bad defense and close call defeats that leave fans heartbroken against much more skilled line ups.  Eventually expectations will far exceed what we see on the court and then we’ll be awoken from this great dream we’ve been treated to.

I think Donnie Walsh realizes this and may be rolling his sleeves to try and trigger a trade, but will Melo be enough and is he the answer?  Only time will tell that.

But in my opinion, I say wait out Carmelo Anthony.  If this past offseason taught me anything its this: New York isn’t everyone’s cup of tea and maybe that’s not enough anymore for athletes to come here and take on the responsibility of bringing this city a championship.  But just because you can’t get the hottest girl at the dance, doesn’t mean you won’t walk away with the right girl.

Think about how much more mature Amar’e is than Lebron and just consider that perhaps one was more mentally capable of handling the pressure than the other.  Maybe decisions will work itself out.  Maybe its time for us to be the Prom King again and let them come to us.  So Melo, either you come in the offseason or you go elsewhere.

Your move.  New York doesn’t need you, you need us.

DOLAN OUT TO TRY AND GET MELO?

“NY will work trade on its terms but knows it can get Melo in free agency. Anyway, Jim Buss has made it clear within org: Bynum is staying.”

@WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski

Speaking of which, did you hear the joke about the owner who wanted to be his team’s GM?  Well that one’s kind of not that funny because every Knick fan is having a mini panic attack as rumors began flying around about  the Lakers possibly entering the trading fray for Melo by dealing away Andrew Bynum straight up for Melo.

First of all- no.  As much as this trade had sense because of the fact that the Lakers were struggling and word began spreading that perhaps Mitch Kupchak was looking to shake up the roster and make a deal so naturally the Melo magnet attracted trade talks with the Nuggets which are absolutely smoke screens.  According to ace scribe Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports, CAA (Melo’s agents) were behind this latest piece of fabric-ated trade talk in order to make the Knicks jump into the pool with both eyes close and make a trade so that they could get him that $65 million extension he may not receive if the new CBA comes out and lowers the salary cap.

I was happy to note that there was no leverage until I read further about reports that Knicks owner James Dolan was going over Donnie Walsh’s head to make a move which I can’t begin to describe how disheartening that is, and maddening at the same time.

Dolan can be blamed for many things like keeping Isiah around for as long as he did/does, but if he were to somehow make this trade happen, I can’t see any competent GM being able to run this team.  And why would they?  After working miracles to put the Knicks in the running for Lebron James, Donnie Walsh has still not been given an extension.

Why would Dolan NOT want to give Donnie Walsh an extension?  The man who pulled a rabbit out of his butt and somehow still made this team somewhat relevant.  These are the kind of non moves that, as a Knick fan, scare the bejeezus out of me and convince me that James Dolan is not from this planet and cares very little to not care at all about what the fans want.  Which is simply: STAY THE EFF OUT OF THE WAY!

VISITING THE GARDEN:

The Knicks had some high profile visitors this past week.  Probably the most anticipated, outside of Kobe, was the arrival of Blake Griffin.  I’ve said this often, but a newbie’s debut at the Garden is a very important rite of passage for every superstar to take that next step.  While he didn’t quite have that game- but I will give him this, he got quite the nod of approval from one of the most respected NBA writers in the game; the Post’s Peter Vecsey wrote a pretty cool profile piece on the budding NBA superstar.

HALL OF LAME

Filled up some vacants in Canton, Ohio. I’m stilled pissed about the HOF selection process. Don’t take it personal. It’s just tough love.

@WhitlockJason Jason Whitlock

Every year, the NFL announces its Hall of Fame class and every year people have problems with who got snubbed and so this year was no different because, let’s face it, there’s never a moment where everyone wholeheartedly agrees with everything- unless it has to do with Tom Brady winning the NFL MVP.  But that’s a discussion for a different day.

For today’s big bowl of beef, I give to you Jason Whitlock’s piece on how he would fix the  Hall’s selection process.

I’m a fan of Whitlock’s work usually but I think he’s a bit unfair in this matter.  I’ve never had the pleasure of sitting in on the meeting and can’t speak on some of his allegations that it’s a network of fat white men who love the power they wield over athletes they may/may not have liked during their playing career.  Maybe Whitlock knows something that I don’t and so he speaks from experience but when thinking about what they have to go through I can’t imagine you could’ve walked out of that room without knowing that you would offend some.

Also Whitlock’s idea is beyond ridiculous.  How is he removing the element of favoritism for popular athletes in his version?   I do agree that the whole idea of limiting each year’s entry to 7 people doesn’t make sense.

My big thing about the hall of fame is this (and this applies to every sport):  if the player can’t pass the five second test then they shouldn’t get in.  Pure and simple.  If you say someone’s name and have to think about his candidacy for longer than 5 seconds then he isn’t a hall of famer.  Hall of Fame has changed into the Hall of Very good and its pretty sad.

One day I’ll expand my thoughts on it but for now, you’ll have to make do with that.

Finally, I save you the bad news for last:

NFL SEASON GOING TO BE DE-LABOR(ED)

Text from plugged-in NFL person: “This CBA has no chance. The owners don’t a deal. Take a break – a month off. You won’t miss anything.”
@AdamSchefter Adam Schefter

You know by now that the NFL is headed towards a strike.  Its one of the most unbelievable situations ever in sports when you consider that there’s only ONE issue that’s keeping a resolution: money.

From what I’ve read and heard, its clear that the gulf separating players and owners is $1 billion.  That’s the amount of money that the owners want before the $9 billion annual pot gets split.  They already receive $1 billion in the current CBA, now they want an extra $1 billion to pay for new facilities and etc.

I have a few problems with that.  One, what is etc?  The players have asked to look at the league’s books to see if they have a valid case to ask for that extra money and the owners have thus far not budged which tells me all I need to know.

Secondly, a majority of these facilities are funded through friendly state programs that give them tax breaks and all sorts of financial mumbo jumbo I won’t get into*.  The players can’t be put on the hook for that.  The owners want newer stadiums to generate more revenue.  For themselves.

*= because I don’t know what I’m talking about.

The other major talking points, in no order of importance:

– Rookie Wage scale-  there’s no reason why untested rookies should make more money than proven veterans.

– 18 game schedule-  with the commissioner leading a revolution against concussions I find it hard for him to then turn around and say, in the interest of fans, that an 18 game schedule makes sense.  Really?  NFL fans think of it this way, most teams already rest players during the last one or two weeks with playoff seeds locked up, now imagine a whole month of Curtis Painter at QB for the Colts or a whole month of Matt Flynn in Green Bay?  I wonder how season ticket holders will feel about being treated to that?  Or how about two more games in which a key player can get injured just in time for the playoffs.  The defending Super Bowl champs, Packers, won with 15 players on IR.  That doesn’t happen all the time.

Players in exchange for 18 games want better health benefits.  Sounds reasonable.  Right now the NFL gives 5 years of insurance for players who leave football.  The NFLPA wants ten.

For now, these two items are the most discussed.  One final note about the 18 game schedule, I’m not in favor of it.  I see no point.  The reason the NFL is the most popular sport is because its appointment television.  The lack of games gives each one a significance.  Why would the NFL want more games and threaten a watered down product come the playoffs?  Staying healthy is so difficult in a sport as physical as football.  Could you imagine this years Super Bowl QB matchup if it were “Charlie Batch vs. Matt Flynn”?  It wouldve been a nightmare game.

I listed how I feel about each.  What about you?  What changes would you want?

The real shame in this match up of billionaires and millionaires is that the regular everyday fan stands to lose.

I was always under the assumption that the NBA was headed to a lockout as opposed to the NFL because the NBA was losing money.  But I lacked the foresight to realize that the NBA HAS to make a deal because it would behoove them.  The talent level has never been better and attendance is rising in the major markets (thanks Blake Griffin and Amar’e Stoudemire).

But the NFL is making too much money and that means that neither side is willing to budge from their spot because they both feel they are the bigger reason for the success.

Buckle up fans, we’re in for a long and bumpy road.

——Other News and Notes————-

With this section thought I’d rattle off some other cool links and worthwhile newstories that I found interesting and it hopefully isn’t with dated material that will grow old and stale with fans.

– A very cool article written by Jason Fray who writes for Fear and faith in Flushing which is a blog about the Mets.  I didn’t just pick his article for that reason although I’m not going to lie- he did win major points for it.  I would agree with what he had to say though in this new age, demand beats out anything.  The writer with the exclusive is the champion and in today’s day and age that guy doesn’t need to be the one with the press pass.  Facing normal citizens in the arena of journalism is as tough these days as it is facing your peers in a who’s got the line up card first.

But I still do manage to follow like twenty beat writers for the Mets.  Overlapping doesn’t bother me one bit.

–       Finally, SI’s Joe Lemire wrote a great article about the origins and cult following of the enduring game that spawned fantasy sports itself: Strat-O-Matic.  The game has a huge following and it still prints and still sells now even having a computerized version.

Follow up note to this piece:  I messaged him on Twitter to tell him good job and also that its not a game I could see myself purchasing because most of my friends/cousins don’t like baseball as much as I do and so I would be left with no one to play the game with (stop laughing) and he replied by saying that he had plenty of games by himself which I’m not ashamed to admit was enough to sell me on the game.

I am an only child.

ON TAP

This week I’m tentatively looking at making two posts.  One will appear either Tuesday or Wednesday which will focus on the five most pressing questions for both the Mets and the Yankees heading into Spring Training.  Also later in the week, if I can figure it out in time perhaps I will be able to do my very first podcast.  Let’s hope it will happen.

Again, this space won’t look like this next week.  I’m in the midst at looking for sponsors and who knows what will happen.  This space is always looking for a bit of change and I may change the whole layout of the piece to make it more aesthetically pleasing and easier to understand all this info that I will be disseminating.

Okay kids, hope you have a Happy Monday and happy Valentine’s Day!

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January 14, 2011 · 7:15 pm

Melo-drama

Whenever this soap opera centered around superstar forward Carmelo Anthony does end, it will met with a sense of a collective “finally” from everyone involved- fans included.  When that is, is a completely separate matter.

Here’s what we know:
A. Melo will NOT be a Nugget a year from now.
B. He prefers to go to a team in NY*
C. Money IS a very big sticking point.
D.  His wife has a small, tiny role to play in this even if Melo won’t admit to it.

Let’s work our ways backward.  Carmelo’s wife Lala Vazquez, as any hip hop loving teen who watched MTV knows, is a C-List celebrity.  I recently listened to the Rich Eisen podcast in which during an interview with Adam Corolla it was brought up that nowadays the luster of being a celeb is gone.  Corolla commented that everybody’s on TV.  Interesting point made by another portion of the C-List celeb club.

She made their prolonged engagement into a boring reality TV show which is Hollywood’s nicest way of sending you out of their good graces.  Reality shows don’t revive careers or make them: they destroy them or make you famous enough for some teen to put ten exclamation marks in their facebook photo album montage of similar unimportant celebs they have met.  After all, if you’re a real celeb would you be caught dead in normal people clubs?
I get why Melo said his wife doesn’t have anything to do with his decision but let’s make one thing clear: if Lala has no say in his career then she’d be the first wife in history to NOT want a say in her husband’s work.  Marriage is not a democracy no matter what they say and its also not open for discussion.
Lala clearly thinks she can prolong her status in the celeb world by pushing Melo to the tri-state area, but is that a good thing for humanity is what I’m asking.

Second, money is a HUGE sticking point.  Don’t believe the hype that it isn’t.  But I don’t think its Melo who would be suffering.  Its his agent.  Bill Simmons broke it down well but let me summarize: when Lebron, Wade, and Bosh signed extensions that would make them free agents the summer before the collective bargaining agreement expired they were able to negotiate player friendly deals that allowed them to test free agency before a much less player friendly cap was put into play.  Melo, also in the loop of the superfriends, had an agent that added an extra year to the contract which did two things:
1. Gave his agent a bigger check.
2. Removed the leverage that Lebron and company had negotiated for themselves.
By having the deal expire around the same time that the CBA did, Melo lost the leverage of being able to wait the season out and go to free agency and still collect the big bucks.  With a hard cap looming and a smaller cap also, if he were to wait till the summer and sign with whoever he wants to sign with, he would potentially be losing $15-$20 million.
For a guy who’s earned over a $100 million over the course of his career, he may stand to lose more over the long term, during his prime, when he should be making the buku bucks.  Simply put, this is a bad thing for his portfolio and just looks bad personally for a premier player in the NBA.

The third reason ties every other reason together so we will move on to the fact that he no longer will be a Nugget a year from now.  That much we know.  At the current point of this writing- we have 41 days left before the Febuary 15th tradind deadline date and most people in the know believe that a deal will get done by the Denver front office led by uber aggressive GM Masa Ujiri and President Stan Kroenke.  The best offer is from NJ who are willing to give the Nuggets what they have been seeking all along: young promising players (Derrick Favors- 2010 #3 overall pick) and draft picks (2 number ones).  But the Nuggets want cap flexibility and Melo has supposedly leaked it to those involved in making this trade happen that he would like to play alongside some strong veterans that he believes can right the ship in the short term.  Of course naturally Melo has “asked for” Rip Hamilton and Chauncey Billups so they can play that wonderful game of “what if”- what if Joe Dumars had drafted Carmelo Anthony in the first place when he had the chance?  Its always great when you correct a mistake 8 years later- I’m sure in their thirties Hamilton and Billups can help Melo win a title.*
*= read heavy sarcasm

The fact that Billups is a teammate that Melo respects and Rip Hamilton is a decent shooter are reasons the sides will give you as to why it makes sense on several levels to pair these guys up in Jersey alongside Brook Lopez.  But look deeper and you will realize other motivations behind adding them.

Trading Billups gives Nuggets cap flexibility and during the past weekend when for the 900th time it seemed like the trade was close to being completed, it was leaked that Billups would ask for a buyout which would be a terrible roadblock considering this is what “Melo wants”.  Also Rip Hamilton, having completely destroyed any trade value by his poor play and vocal call for a trade from Detroit, has the same agent as Melo- Leon Rose and it seems like the perfect kill two birds with one stone scenario to me.

Even in the East who is scared of a team with a core of Chauncey Billups, Rip Hamilton, Brook Lopez and Carmelo Anthony?  How can Billups and Hamilton be the reason this trade goes through?

New Jersey has been aggressive in its attempts at procuring the services of a superstar to market the team around for the forseeable future.  After striking out on Lebron and co., the Nets see this as their first step in creating excitement over their move to Brooklyn- bring a hometown superstar player to christen the new digs and give legitemacy to the Nets.  Remember that the Nets have a Russian billionaire who will have no problem in spending to bring that legitemacy- but with that being said the Nets MUST be aggressive in their game plan if they want anyone to buy season tickets for a team that has won a combined 22 games between this season and last which doesn’t match what the Knicks have accomplished this season already.

And more than anything- the Knicks are a major reason they are willing to trade anyone and everyone to make this Melo to NJ happen.  Coming to the backyard of such an established and storied franchise like the Knicks won’t be easy but since the Russian Mark Cuban came to office- they’ve been aggressive in their marketing against the Knicks.  Of course they are catching them at their weakest moment having been a laughing stock till recently.  Their rennaisance this season has been difficult to stomach if you are a Net fan or front office exec.  Not only are the Knicks in a better position leverage wise to stand pat and let Melo come to them but they look like a team that has a better future than the Nets who many saw coming into the season as the one with more upside.

Insert Melo into the Knick line up, without subtracting anyone, and the Knicks are a top 4 team in the East easily and who knows maybe more.  The fact that its widely know that Melo wants to play in New York, an idea that was beginning to seem less and less relevant to star players in the NBA, makes New Jersey doubly concerned that by the time they move to Brooklyn- no one will care because the Knicks will be completely relevant again.  The Garden and the Knick history will be too large a shadow for the Nets to compete with and even for a Russian billionaire that’s a big bill to take a loss on.

And this Brooklyn operation won’t work if the results are the same which makes getting a bonafide stud like Melo that much more important to play besides promising center Brook Lopez.  Lopez has regressed this past year which adds to the necessity of having that star who can carry a team and the Nets know those guys don’t grow on trees and aren’t available every year via the draft.
But let’s pause all that and bring it to this one crucial point: in the end Melo still holds the trump card.  He can blow everything up by not agreeing to the contract extension and that is where it stands.  All the parameters of the deal have basically been agreed upon.  The one thing really holding this up is Melo.  As his agent continues to convince him of the Nets as a compromise to being a Knick Melo has not agreed to anything.  MELO is holding this deal back, not the 20 players involved in the trade.  The Nets are desperate to get Melo and Melo is desperate to get the Knicks to make an offer appealing enough for the Nuggets to bite on which hasn’t happened because Denver feels as though New York has been pushing this since day one and so out of bitterness has refused to seriously consider anything from New York no matter how good Landry Fields and Wilson Chandler have been playing.

Melo’s reluctance to sign in Jersey and the chance that Denver loses Melo to free agency for nothing will be enough for the Knicks to re-enter the picture without havin to lift a finger which is why you’ve barely heard a peep from the Knicks.  They don’t have the assets of players and draft picks Jersey does but they are his preferred destination and not the alternative like Jersey is.  The Knicks have played this perfectly.

What’s my personal preference? That he come to the Knicks during free agency when we don’t lose a player like Landry Fields who I believe is the kind of reserve player that comes along very rarely- a guy who can shoot the 3, defends decently and has basketball IQ through the roof.  If he’s your sixth man or seventh you’ve got an excellent team.  The fact is, the Knicks are going to lose Wilson Chandler during free agency.  If the Laker game ingrained anything inside the Knicks head is that in order to beat the elite teams you need a quality big man and a Marc Gasol will give them that at a price that won’t be breaking the bank, but enough that a team will be able to outbid the Knicks for Chandler’s services.  Donnie Walsh knows this too- why else do an about face and say outright that he plans to resign Chandler when he’s been adamant to visit that situation in the offseason this whole time?  Because it only makes his value jump.  How much better would Amare and Felton and Danilo be with a player like Melo alongside them?  Even though losing a player like Chandler would be hard, he basically is Carmelo-lite and I doubt Knick fans would be so crushed that the mere thought of Melo would make them nauseous.

In the end, these soap operas come down to one undisputable truth: Melo can end it all.  He can end it all by coming out and declaring to the world what his intentions are but he won’t.  Which is why there’s so much misinformation floating about what exactly Carmelo wants.  Wouldn’t it be prudent for journalists to ask Carmelo about who he’d rather play for?  Of course, but Melo is wise to not do so even IF its ruining his team’s season.  He saw what the “decision” did to Lebron and his image and while financially it won’t affect his bottom line, know one thing:  every reporter and every analyst now have a different perception of Lebron.  All the whispers of his baby-ish spoiled brat behavior is as much a part of his lasting legacy as his undeniable skills and unique talent are.  Melo would rather avoid the PR nightmare rout and do things in a manner that has minimal fallout.  Unfortunately the longer this drags out and the longer he insists on New York being his preferred spot, the less patience the public will have because dealing with New York is low on Denver’s priority list.  At this point, everyone just wants it done, over with, finito.  If he’s staying the season say so, if he’s being traded then trade him but until there’s resolution (and there may NOT be until the trade deadline- which is 40 days away) the talk and chatter won’t go away and eventually people will grow tired of it- if they haven’t already.

In the end, its all on Melo because like any good soap opera the star controls the action.  Until the star decides to take command we’re all stuck waiting as an audience.

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February 19, 2010 · 5:11 pm

SAVE IT!

I know we’re all taught as Knick fans to worship at the feet of King LeBron and made to think that nothing and no one is better than the young Anchor from Akron (corny but really at this point you can call him Boobie and his rep wouldn’t take a hit), but let’s call a spade a spade.

When Lebron walked off the court without shaking hands with his good buddy Carmello after losing a tough game in which the winning shot was made while Lebron was defending him, I’m sure Lebron apologists pointed to his fierce competitive nature as reason enough to bypass any sportsmanship responsibilities athletes of his stature may have.

Let’s face it, I don’t care if Delonte West didn’t shake Carmello’s hand, didn’t care where Big Z was or care THAT much about JJ Hickson’s feelings on not being traded at the deadline like many predicted he would for Amar’e Stoudemire.

But everyone cares about Lebron. From New York to Zimbabwe, he’s being watched and monitored and studied. Forget fishbowl existence, he’s an animal in a zoo. His life has been that way since he was in the seventh grade so none of this coverage over even the minute details of his life should be surprising.

So it shouldn’t surprise him that he’s getting negative feedback over it. He’s, if not the best, in the very limited spaced discussion with the best, he’s also the most hyped athlete ever. Take that sentence for what it is.

As the most hyped up athlete our media has ever had the pleasure of prematurely crowning, we want to see him live up to everything we envision of him. To break Bill Russell’s record for championships, to score 100 points in a game, and to average a triple double every year. All those records are still in play for Bron, and I suppose that its all a waiting game.

But here’s the thing: how are we supposed to expect Lebron to be this really great teammate, model citizen, and channel all his rage for 48 minutes and sometimes more and ask him to switch it off? We’re asking too much from a human being.

I’m not poo pooing his status. I’m not even going to pretend like I know what its like to be Lebron. But that’s just childish what he did to Melo last night.

In the words of Denny Green, “if you wanna crown then crown his ass!”. But hold him to equally high standards. This isn’t even that difficult.

The benefit of being a Michael Jordan, or Peyton Manning is that they don’t play by normal rules. They are supposed to come through in clutch situations, and when they don’t, there’s always someone else there to take the fall.

That wasn’t Peyton’s fault on that interception at the Super Bowl, it was Reggie Wayne’s because he seemed hesitant coming out of his break.

That’s not Lebron’s fault that his team didn’t win or that he slipped coming out of his break, his teammates didn’t support him enough and besides, the ref blew that foul call.

Its interesting how we approach the elite in the game on simple issues like sportsmanship. The flip side is when athletes cheat on their wives like Tiger Woods and golfers he routinely beat come out of the woodwork and ask for apologies for the “gentlemanly” game of golf.

Let me repeat, I don’t agree with Tiger’s decision to apologize on his own terms today, but only because I don’t know why he needs to apologize to anyone BUT his wife. He did this to her, not anyone sitting in that room.

But the standards should be the same. We as a public shouldn’t let athletes on an elite level get away with childish behavior when we expect everyone on the team to be acting a certain way. If this happened in reverse and Carmello walked off the court, he would be labeled a thug and maybe worse.

Why’s that you ask? Well there’s precedent for this: think MJ and Isiah. The long running fued took a turn for the worse when Isiah famously staged the walk out when the Bulls finally beat the Pistons and Isiah, who many consider to be the greatest PG ever, was shunned leading to his exclusion from the 92 Dream Team. One was a bigger star than the other. Its as simple as that. Jordan had star power over Zeke.

We have built up Lebron in our minds as this warrior and champion. We can’t imagine him not winning a title or breaking records. What we should do is let the man win first before we give him his just due.

Until then, let’s call it like we see it. If he’s a sore loser, that’s what he is. Save me your excuses.

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