Frank Reynolds
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Please watch these two video segments that I have cut from the movie "More Than a Game"
I felt compelled to make these videos, so please take the time to watch them it's an extremely revealing 15 minutes.
I'm sorry that I cannot embed the videos because of a copyright issue. Please do not let this deter you from watching the videos.
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G6veCy1g8k
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgx5lmRC7jw
This attitude cost LeBron James the state championship his junior year, and it very similarly cost him a shot at the championship this year.
I truly feel that this video explains LeBron's attitudes and priorities. It is funny how Saint V's loss feels eerily similar to the Cavs loss to the Celtics. The attitudes and things that you see and hear from LeBron at age 17 are almost identical to what he says/does today.
I will also post some key quotes from an article written by Adrian Wojnarowski after game 5.
"James is chasing Warren Buffett and Jay-Z the way he should be chasing Russell and Jordan and Bryant. He wants CEOs to bow before him, engage him as though he is a contemporary on the frontlines of industry. Only, the truth of the matter is, he’s a singular talent who’s going to watch his playoff failures start to chip away at the thing that seems to matter most to him: his marketability and magnetism."
"This wasn’t the night to feel bad for himself. There’s been enough pity for him in this series. As much as anything these past two years, the Cavaliers have taken on James’ persona: Entitled, arrogant and expectant that the sheer divine right of his greatness will win them a ring."
"Forty feet away Tuesday night, Kentucky’s John Calipari was sitting under the basket with Leon Rose, the agent Cal shares with his buddy, LeBron. James invites these storylines into the gymnasium, this drama, and leaves everyone else to live with the consequences. Owner Dan Gilbert has fostered a culture of permissiveness with James that hasn’t served him or the franchise."
"The Cavs live in fear of him, his moods, his whims, and it’s the reason no one ever tells him the truth."
"He invited all this drama about walking out on his hometown team this summer, and now free agency hung over the Q like an anvil. Here’s a city that’s waited 46 years for a championship, a town that reacts viciously to the sheer suggestion that James could leave for New York this summer. These fans have been much better to James than he’s been to them. It hasn’t been the media that’s built his role in the summer of 2010 to a crescendo, but James himself. He constantly manipulated it with suggestions and hints and wink-winks to New York."
"LeBron James is running around recruiting college kids to his marketing company. He picks up the phone, tells them, “This is the King,” and makes his pitch to be represented in his stable. Think Kobe would ever bother with this? Or Michael? Not a chance when they were on the climb, not when they still had a fist free of rings."
"LeBron James is on the clock now, and Game 6 in Boston could be for his legacy in Cleveland. He has been prancing around the edges for too long now, angling for a transcendent existence he believed his brand could bring him. Only, it’s all a mirage. It’s all vapor until he does the heavy lifting that comes now, that comes in the shadows of Magic and Larry, Michael and Kobe. This isn’t about selling an image to Madison Avenue, about pushing product through all those dazzling plays across the winter months. This is an MVP’s time, his calling, and there was LeBron James standing in the middle of the Cavaliers’ locker room at 11:25 p.m., staring in a long mirror, fixing his shirt before the long walk down the corridor to the interview room."
My Take:
I believe that the media has ruined LeBron James chances at accomplishing his ultimate goal. Somewhere deep down, LeBron really wants to be the hometown hero. From the time he was a young and up-and-coming kid at Saint V, he grew into the storybook ending that was already written for him: To be the savior of Ohio.
Kobe Bryant said it himself, there is no greatest player ever. Quantity of rings does not matter. Too many factors can influence the amount of rings a player can win. There is, however the level called greatness, where players like Jordan, Kobe, Bird, Magic, and Duncan all sit. The sad truth is, that the media has made LeBron believe that he is already sitting at that table. His ego has extinguished his passion and fire, and may cause him to bolt town searching for multiple titles. But LeBron has to ask himself one question:
Quality or Quantity?
Does he go for a shot at multiple rings in another city?
or
Maybe only win one ring in Ohio, but complete the story that he was born to fulfill.
LeBron, you have a tattoo on your chest that says loyalty, are you loyal to your heart? or are you loyal to your Ego? His heart could lead him to unthinkable greatness, his ego could lead him to epic failure.
I felt compelled to make these videos, so please take the time to watch them it's an extremely revealing 15 minutes.
I'm sorry that I cannot embed the videos because of a copyright issue. Please do not let this deter you from watching the videos.
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G6veCy1g8k
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgx5lmRC7jw
This attitude cost LeBron James the state championship his junior year, and it very similarly cost him a shot at the championship this year.
I truly feel that this video explains LeBron's attitudes and priorities. It is funny how Saint V's loss feels eerily similar to the Cavs loss to the Celtics. The attitudes and things that you see and hear from LeBron at age 17 are almost identical to what he says/does today.
I will also post some key quotes from an article written by Adrian Wojnarowski after game 5.
"James is chasing Warren Buffett and Jay-Z the way he should be chasing Russell and Jordan and Bryant. He wants CEOs to bow before him, engage him as though he is a contemporary on the frontlines of industry. Only, the truth of the matter is, he’s a singular talent who’s going to watch his playoff failures start to chip away at the thing that seems to matter most to him: his marketability and magnetism."
"This wasn’t the night to feel bad for himself. There’s been enough pity for him in this series. As much as anything these past two years, the Cavaliers have taken on James’ persona: Entitled, arrogant and expectant that the sheer divine right of his greatness will win them a ring."
"Forty feet away Tuesday night, Kentucky’s John Calipari was sitting under the basket with Leon Rose, the agent Cal shares with his buddy, LeBron. James invites these storylines into the gymnasium, this drama, and leaves everyone else to live with the consequences. Owner Dan Gilbert has fostered a culture of permissiveness with James that hasn’t served him or the franchise."
"The Cavs live in fear of him, his moods, his whims, and it’s the reason no one ever tells him the truth."
"He invited all this drama about walking out on his hometown team this summer, and now free agency hung over the Q like an anvil. Here’s a city that’s waited 46 years for a championship, a town that reacts viciously to the sheer suggestion that James could leave for New York this summer. These fans have been much better to James than he’s been to them. It hasn’t been the media that’s built his role in the summer of 2010 to a crescendo, but James himself. He constantly manipulated it with suggestions and hints and wink-winks to New York."
"LeBron James is running around recruiting college kids to his marketing company. He picks up the phone, tells them, “This is the King,” and makes his pitch to be represented in his stable. Think Kobe would ever bother with this? Or Michael? Not a chance when they were on the climb, not when they still had a fist free of rings."
"LeBron James is on the clock now, and Game 6 in Boston could be for his legacy in Cleveland. He has been prancing around the edges for too long now, angling for a transcendent existence he believed his brand could bring him. Only, it’s all a mirage. It’s all vapor until he does the heavy lifting that comes now, that comes in the shadows of Magic and Larry, Michael and Kobe. This isn’t about selling an image to Madison Avenue, about pushing product through all those dazzling plays across the winter months. This is an MVP’s time, his calling, and there was LeBron James standing in the middle of the Cavaliers’ locker room at 11:25 p.m., staring in a long mirror, fixing his shirt before the long walk down the corridor to the interview room."
My Take:
I believe that the media has ruined LeBron James chances at accomplishing his ultimate goal. Somewhere deep down, LeBron really wants to be the hometown hero. From the time he was a young and up-and-coming kid at Saint V, he grew into the storybook ending that was already written for him: To be the savior of Ohio.
Kobe Bryant said it himself, there is no greatest player ever. Quantity of rings does not matter. Too many factors can influence the amount of rings a player can win. There is, however the level called greatness, where players like Jordan, Kobe, Bird, Magic, and Duncan all sit. The sad truth is, that the media has made LeBron believe that he is already sitting at that table. His ego has extinguished his passion and fire, and may cause him to bolt town searching for multiple titles. But LeBron has to ask himself one question:
Quality or Quantity?
Does he go for a shot at multiple rings in another city?
or
Maybe only win one ring in Ohio, but complete the story that he was born to fulfill.
LeBron, you have a tattoo on your chest that says loyalty, are you loyal to your heart? or are you loyal to your Ego? His heart could lead him to unthinkable greatness, his ego could lead him to epic failure.
