Lebron James plays the race card.....

[jeffx]

lol lebron I would of respected him much more if he would of just shut his mouth up and not talk about it, but instead he goes on like a primadonna asking why people dont like him anymore and then bringing out the race card

LeBron(or any professional athlete) shouldn't even care if fans like him or not. Dude has 'rabbit ears' like Donovan McNabb, getting all sensitive and shit over criticism. Just go out there, play to the best of your ability, and ignore comments from folks who don't know you personally.

[mcstl25]

Is he trying to make people hate him as much as possible? Playing the villain role WWE-style?

[mgoblue2290]

Who cares if he's black? He's an ass clown.

[Hasselbeck]

No Lebron, people hate you because you took an hour long national TV special to plunge a knife into the millions of fans that adored you and were okay with you not accomplishing much of anything on a team level.. when you could have done it like EVERY marquee free agent before him with a presser and a couple of ESPN interviews after the fact.

THATS why people hate you.

[zack54attack]

I wish LBJ would just STFU..

[Prodigal Son]

Can't wait for the press conference he has next year after the NBA Finals.

"We lost because we're black."

[Virix]

This guy is such a moron. Sure, its his opinion but shutting his mouth would be the right thing to do when every single thing he says in the press just makes people like him less. It is no secret that the NBA has a lot of black fans. Does he think that all of these black people decided to criticize him because of his race? Is that why Jordan and Sir Charles criticized it? Idiot.

[Bear Pand]

Is he trying to make people hate him as much as possible? Playing the villain role WWE-style?

Yes, but unluckily for him he's mentally soft and emotional so it doesn't work. Every time he just comes off sounding like a scorned woman, instead of a real villain.

Just like when he made this twitter comment:



From what I've read CNN did kind of set him up with that question but lol at him for taking the bait.

[jeffx]

This guy is such a moron. Sure, its his opinion but shutting his mouth would be the right thing to do when every single thing he says in the press just makes people like him less. It is no secret that the NBA has a lot of black fans. Does he think that all of these black people decided to criticize him because of his race? Is that why Jordan and Sir Charles criticized it? Idiot.

We have a nickname for LeBron in my family - 'superwoman'.

[NAHSTE]

The thing about it is, when white athletes egotistically hold an entire fanbase hostage while they dilly about making a decision, we get just as angry.

Right Brett Favre?

It's not a race factor, it's a pompous dickhead factor.

[dell71]

Hmmm...

RyanOutrich @KingJames continuation to my last tweet, u r a big nosed big lipped bug eyed nigger. ur greedy, u try to hide ur ghettoness.
11:42 AM Oct 19th via web
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Nope...race can't be a factor.



Anyhoo, interesting article...

Ball Don't Lie ShareretweetEmailPrintWed Oct 20 01:35pm PDT

LeBron James re-Tweets nasty, racist comments sent to him
By Kelly Dwyer
When LeBron James(notes) answered last month that race had a role in the overwhelming negative reaction to "The Decision," I didn't get too upset. It wasn't the reason (Maverick Carter's idiotic machinations were), but it was part of the reason. Any time an African-American does anything more complicated than look both ways before crossing the street -- even in 2010 -- some racist moron will find a way to disagree with it based on their own sickening brand of hatred. It's just an inescapable, continually unfortunate burden that minorities of all types will forever have to live through.

So I can understand why LeBron recently started re-Tweeting some of the more offensive Tweets he takes in.

From Brian Windhorst at ESPN:

To illustrate that sometimes unpleasant interaction, James took the unusual step of re-tweeting some hateful Twitter messages to his 900,000 followers on Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday, the Miami Heat star said he did it to show people what he deals with on a daily basis.

I can understand it. I know LeBron doesn't have to go too far back on his TweetDeck to find these nasty messages, because I'm sure he piles them up by the dozens if not hundreds, daily. And I'm not solely referring to the negative ones. I'm talking about just the racist ones. Those freaks walk among us.

What I do take issue with is Brian's assertion, no doubt taken from LeBron's own description, that James "deals" with this on a "daily basis." There's racism everywhere, and people are morons. But LeBron doesn't have to deal with this on a daily basis. At all.

He doesn't have to open up that TweetDeck. He doesn't have to have a Twitter account at all. He doesn't have to visit the message boards, or comment sections, and he doesn't have to observe any sort of un-moderated community that would lead to these sorts of nasty, distressing comments.

Because racists are cowardly and often overcompensating for their own shortcomings -- both intellectually and physically -- these idiots won't be bothering to mess with LeBron to his face. So why does James enter into a forum where these pathetic excuses for human beings can't deal with him face to face?

Would it be nice for him to be able to have a nice Twitter back and forth, like the rest of us? Sure, but it'd also be nice for him to walk into a movie theater without getting mobbed. It is, unfortunately, the price you pay for fame.

So while I appreciate the insight in what he has to slog through every day, understand that it's his choice to slog through it, and nobody else's. I don't read the comment sections on this website, and I don't take a second look at the sometimes-daily Tweets I get from morons who might (all at once) confuse my gender, sexuality and the amount of effort I put into my job.

That's my choice, I'm pretty happy with it, and I think James would be happy with it too. Now that we've gleaned a little insight into what he has to deal with, perhaps it is time for James to glean a little insight from others on what he does and doesn't have to deal with.

[Bear Pand]

LeBron isn't a very smart guy. He invites people to send him nasty messages on twitter:

He went so far as to call Tuesday ``Hater Day'' on his Twitter account, @KingJames, adding: ``Everyone please let them get their two minutes of fame and light! I love you Haters. Continue to make me proud of you guys! LOL!''

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/2...#ixzz133G5na2A

Then tries to put people "on blast' when he receives them. Is he trying to conduct a social experiment? I don't get it. It's no surprise that when people are anonymous on the internet there will be a lot of racist and borderline stuff going on. I mean look at what gets said on VSN. Is it ok or acceptable? No, but it isn't a huge deal or shocking at all.

More than likely the people who sent him those messages are attention whores trying to get a reaction by saying offensive shit. This same basic thing happens to any celebrity or athlete that has a twitter account.

I don't see what any of this has to do with the the hate LeBron received for his actions this summer not really having racist undertones. Dude acted like a jackass and made a bunch of questionable decisions and then caught backlash for it.

[SHOGUN]

LOL @ Lebron trying to paint himself as a victim.

[dave]

The thing about it is, when white athletes egotistically hold an entire fanbase hostage while they dilly about making a decision, we get just as angry.

Right Brett Favre?

It's not a race factor, it's a pompous dickhead factor.

But the last time I checked, no one called Favre a honky on Twitter.
James is getting the N bomb at a record rate.

Say what you will, but it's racist.

If 500 Twitter knuckleheads call me a nigger, chances are I'm gonna think it's racial. (Sorry for using the word, but I also use it on those rare occasions I listen to Dr. Dre and sing along ... just in context).

[Kuzzy Powers]

(Sorry for using the word, but I also use it on those rare occasions I listen to Dr. Dre and sing along ... just in context).

Hahahahaha