Joe Rod;2793820 said:
Don't worry, any Magic fan that had read your posts wouldn't really care if you lost respect for them. Their team wasn't respected from the getgo, so they were rubbing it in to everyone who dissed the Magic before and during this series. That people like you and the media in general thought Lebron and crew were just going to roll over a team that has owned them for the last three years was pretty moronic. "We are all just witnesses", right?
I laughed when I heard the chants, because I knew where they were coming from. It felt great to flip ESPN, Nike and everyone else the symbolic bird while packing their poster boy's bags and sending him home.
I always liked LeBron prior to this series, great player. But, at the end of it I was pretty tired of hearing about him.
LeBron is carrying the "Dale Earnhardt Jr." baggage right now. It goes like this........
He's a good kid. Got talent. Good family guy and good for the sport. But, HIS FANS and the MEDIA are so obnoxious about shoving him down our throats that a resentment builds against him. We all must simply salivate over him and adore him, or else.
I like LeBron James. I really do, both as a player and from what I gather, a good guy and father to his kids. I hope he get his trophy's and is able to climb the "Jordan" ladder that everyone has seem to put before him.
But, I too got a little tired of the "we are witness's" thing, and that WE ALL have to get on board simply by default. So, like Earnhardt............Dale Jr. isn't the problem. It his fans and the machine behind him that insist that EVERY NASCAR FAN "gets it" about Jr.
LeBron James has some of this same problem, and it's getting bigger and louder. The only people who will be convinced are those on board already. Many, many others are getting turned off by the pomp and "over the top/we are all witness" thing.