Posted on 09/20/2020 8:18:10 AM PDT by conservative98
“Pissed me off. That's my true answer. It pissed me off, because out of 101 votes, I got 16 first-place votes. That's what pissed me off more than anything,” James told reporters, according to ESPN.
“You know, not saying that the winner wasn't deserving of the MVP. But that pissed me off. And I finished second a lot in my career, either from a championship, and now four times as an MVP.”
James is a four-time MVP winner. He led the Lakers to the top seed in the Western Conference this season after his 2018-19 season was upended because of injuries. He managed to finish the prolonged regular season averaging 25.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 10.2 assists. It was the first time he averaged 10 assists in his career, and he was a league-leader in the category.
“I never came into this league to be MVP or to be a champion,” James said. “I've always just wanted to get better and better every single day, and those things will take care of itself. But some things is just out of my hands and some things you can't control. But it pissed me off.”
James also wondered how he wasn’t selected Defensive Player of the Year – an award that went to Toronto Raptors center Marc Gasol.
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LeBaby is just a whining racist.
Great players play the game and work hard regardless of the sport because they love the sport.
A large majority of “professional” players today want the money and can’t keep their mouths shut about everything else.
I’m at a lost with the team owners and the franchises allowing this shxt. It’s a business and if anyone did this shxt on a team I owned they’d be gone in an instant.
Maybe he can get a special MVP award from the Chi-Coms.
Maybe, he should become a poster child for the E/Entitlement Generation.
The “E”/ Entitlement Generation Acts Out in the Streets
American Thinker ^ | 20 Sep, 2020 | Bruce L Hartman
Posted on 9/20/2020, 6:12:28 AM by MtnClimber
A new generation of Americans has now become defined. They are called the “E” generation or the Entitlement Generation. We see them throughout America today. If they don’t get what they want, they violently protest and create manipulative arguments to get their way. This generation was created by us, overindulgent parents, teachers and professors, who supported “participation trophies” and “victimhood theories.” Plus, we became skilled at interfering on their behalf whenever they didn’t get what they wanted.
This is particularly noticeable in the violent protests that are sweeping the country, and the “E” generation’s lack respect for anything not covered under their agenda. They have become good at insisting they get their way and have learned very well how to raise their voices and shame others when they don’t.
We have no one to blame but ourselves. When they lost in sports, we insisted they still get a trophy. When they didn’t get into the college of their choice, their parents manipulated the system. When the school called, we responded back, “the teacher is wrong.” When an important part in the class play was up for grabs, we hounded the principal. They have learned what they were taught.
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I understand his frustration. He IS a great player and he is very competitive.
That said, what is bothersome is that a “sportsman” would congratulate the winner and make a silly comment about coming in second “again.” Then commit to being better next year.
You don’t bitch in public about coming in second. I always played thinking, “There is the winner—and everyone else.” Second might as well be 10th.
This whole year is going to have an asterisk on it anyway.
LeBron simply cannot help himself. He doesn’t realize that you have zero obligation to explain yourself to the media.
LeBron won’t have to worry about being MVP next year, either. Criticizing the voters doesn’t help.
LeBron James has changed the game, big time.
He’s big, he throws his shoulder into whoever is in his way on a drive to the basket - and VERY SELDOM gets called for charging.
Now the league is doing what it must do - copy that close-in combat warfare under the basket.
Call it COMBAT BASKETBALL.
It has changed the game, and not for the better.
Not fun, not better.
Michael Jordan still the greatest, and he changed the game for the better. LeBron will never match Jordan in any capacity - skilled, team player, intelligent (I don’t think I heard or read anything about LeBron EVER BEING INTELLIGENT).
Now, he’s stewing in his own cesspool over being passed over for MVP. He should get used to it. He’s going to get passed over for a lot of “positive attributes.” I wouldn’t call “China’s MVP” an attribute.
Nope. Not for me - LeBron or NBA.
Shut the hell up, racist....
There’s a big scandal brewing in that sheriff’s department.
If he weren’t so good at putting a ball through a hoop, he’d be in prison or selling drugs on a street corner in Akron. He is at that level of stupidity.
[[[I never came into this league to be MVP or to be a champion,” James said.]]]
Then why are you crying about it?
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Classless, egocentric leftist.
Ooooooo ...
I can’t stand the overpaid idiot and I worked at Nike and had to put up with huge posters of him on the walls - plus the ugly mug of Kaepernick on my computer screen with the word “sacrifice” overlaid on CK. It got me riled up every time.
It the refs called charging, LeBron would would foul out of every game in the second quarter with six points and three rebounds. :)
I hope LeButt flies around in helicopters a lot.
Is there any more obnoxious and unlikable professional athlete?
He is INSUFFERABLE!
On the bright side, LeBron won the MOA...
Most Obnoxious Asshole
Mr. Jeeves to detch
It the refs called charging, LeBron would would foul out of every game in the second quarter with six points and three rebounds. :)
I agree, totally.
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