Apparently, LeBron is so competitive that he lost touch concerning what was happening with his good friend Zydrunas and when he came out of the game with 1:47 left in the game, up 16 and saw Jawad Williams going in for him, he didn't mention to the coach that he should put Z in given the game was over and Z hadn't played. And, because he obviously knew ahead of time that this was Z's record breaking game and he's such great friends with Z,. probably having to shoot his team's last 10 straight shots to make sure he was the leading scorer in the game got Lebron so tired he forgot about his good friend.
Okay, so what did Lebron do to your family?
Nothing. I just think he's a selfish, egotistical, self serving jerk and proves it every time he opens his mouth.
He obviously could care less if Mike Brown put in Ilgauskas or not yet rather than keeping his mouth shut and saying nothing he runs to Z's defense. Well, if he was so concerned about it, why wasn't he aware of what was happening and why didn't he do something about it? LeBron doesn't have the pull to tell Brown, "Put in Z, it's his record breaking game. He flew his family in to see this."?
Of course he does. But he didn't do that because he isn't close to Z and could care less. It was only after he found out what was going on that he goes public and throws his coach under the bus to seem like he is a team guy concerned with his team mates feelings.
The guy does nothing unless it benefits and serves himself.
funny thing is, if Lebron didn't say anything in Z's defense, people would still be calling him a selfish, egotistical, self serving jerk.
Point is, I don't see many superstars speaking up publicly for a teammate these days. I know as C's fans, there is a predisposed hatred for Lebron, but this time I think he was right to speak up.
Wow, I'm defending Lebron...
My problem with Lebron is not that he stuck up for Z. My problem is that I think it is insincere and contrived because how could he not know that this was a record tying game or that Z flew his whole family in BEFORE the game. They were on a plane for hours together, locker room, shoot arounds etc. There's only 15 of them as players and he didn't know what was going on?
So, if he did(my assumption, I know), how could he not try to pull his weight to get Z playing time? He pulled his weight to get Mo Williams an All-Star spot last year. He's pulled his weight to get players resigned and traded on and off the team. He could pull his weight to get Z playing time??
I don't buy it. I think he's saying things after the fact to draw attention to himself and to appear in public as being the thoughtful, caring team mate, which, when all is said and done and all the books are written, we will find out he isn't. Just like we found out MJ was a horrible team mate.