Lebron mural scrapped in LA after repeated vandalism

[celticsclay]

Wow this is kind of nuts

"Never received plenty of positive feedback, but he said his art was also met by criticism from some fans, especially on social media, over what he intended to be a play off of the "King James" nickname. He heard from some who objected to James being the "King of LA." Then the mural was first vandalized with someone spray-painting "We Don't Want You," "No King" and "3-6" on it in apparent reference to James' record in the NBA Finals."

"I got a ton of support," Never said. "At first when we had the original piece, there was a ton of positivity, but also a ton of like pro-Kobe, anti-LeBron sentiment. [Some] people didn't like it in general, not necessarily the work, but the sentiment that went with it. People had a big problem with the word 'of.' I get where they are coming from."

Never fixed it and decided to take "of" off "The King of LA." But Never said it was vandalized again sometime Tuesday night and he decided to call it a wrap."

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24072288/artist-paints-lebron-james-mural-more-vandalism

[nickagneta]

Outside of Cleveland and Miami, there's just a load of people that hate Lebron. If Lebron ever signed here, before he ever played a game, I am sure there would be a whole lot of Lebron hate, including vandalism of murals and posters around town calling him the "King of Boston". Heck look how many on this site hated Kyrie before he started playing here. Many still hate him. And before coming here, Kyrie wasn't nearly hated in this town as much as Lebron is.

I guess I am saying color me unsurprised by this story,

[Donoghus]

Lebron will never win the "Kobe v. Lebron" debate in LA. 

Just won't happen, Kobe is too beloved by that fanbase & the moment a thing becomes "Lebron v. Kobe", they'll be super defensive about it.

[SHAQATTACK]

what else would you expect from that place 

[celticsclay]

Outside of Cleveland and Miami, there's just a load of people that hate Lebron. If Lebron ever signed here, before he ever played a game, I am sure there would be a whole lot of Lebron hate, including vandalism of murals and posters around town calling him the "King of Boston". Heck look how many on this site hated Kyrie before he started playing here. Many still hate him. And before coming here, Kyrie wasn't nearly hated in this town as much as Lebron is.

I guess I am saying color me unsurprised by this story,

You think if Lebron came here people would defacing the murals? Maybe I am naive but I would have been surprised by that.

[nickagneta]

Outside of Cleveland and Miami, there's just a load of people that hate Lebron. If Lebron ever signed here, before he ever played a game, I am sure there would be a whole lot of Lebron hate, including vandalism of murals and posters around town calling him the "King of Boston". Heck look how many on this site hated Kyrie before he started playing here. Many still hate him. And before coming here, Kyrie wasn't nearly hated in this town as much as Lebron is.

I guess I am saying color me unsurprised by this story,

You think if Lebron came here people would defacing the murals? Maybe I am naive but I would have been surprised by that.

Yeah, clay, I would expect that and not be surprised by it in the least. A "King of Boston" mural? For a team with former players like Cousy, Russell, Havlicek, Bird, Pierce and KG? In a town with other sports legends like Ted Williams, Carl Yaz, Roger Clemens, Pedro Martinez, David Ortiz, Tom Brady, Bobby Orr, Ray Borque, and others? I think that mural would definitely be a target for vandalism

[celticsclay]

Outside of Cleveland and Miami, there's just a load of people that hate Lebron. If Lebron ever signed here, before he ever played a game, I am sure there would be a whole lot of Lebron hate, including vandalism of murals and posters around town calling him the "King of Boston". Heck look how many on this site hated Kyrie before he started playing here. Many still hate him. And before coming here, Kyrie wasn't nearly hated in this town as much as Lebron is.

I guess I am saying color me unsurprised by this story,

You think if Lebron came here people would defacing the murals? Maybe I am naive but I would have been surprised by that.

Yeah, clay, I would expect that and not be surprised by it in the least. A "King of Boston" mural? For a team with former players like Cousy, Russell, Havlicek, Bird, Pierce and KG? In a town with other sports legends like Ted Williams, Carl Yaz, Roger Clemens, Pedro Martinez, David Ortiz, Tom Brady, Bobby Orr, Ray Borque, and others? I think that mural would definitely be a target for vandalism

I personally wouldn't do that ever.

[celticsclay]

related to la love

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/7/11/17561262/lebron-james-blaze-pizza-no-show-los-angeles-lakers

[SparzWizard]

It's like putting a Kobe mural in Boston.

Can't coexist like that. And "King of LA?" Hasn't even played one minute for the Lakers and he already the king of LA lol. The artist should know what's coming for him if he puts a mural like that in Los Angeles. Put something else, remove the "King of LA", or don't put anything at all lol.

[celticsclay]

It's like putting a Kobe mural in Boston.

Can't coexist like that. And "King of LA?" Hasn't even played one minute for the Lakers and he already the king of LA lol. The artist should know what's coming for him if he puts a mural like that in Los Angeles. Put something else, remove the "King of LA", or don't put anything at all lol.

Probably should say "King in LA" OR "Welcome to LA King" or "Hey Lebron, we are gonna play you more with ball handlers so you can operate out of the post because you are getting older and we want to preserve you"

One of those three.

[csfansince60s]

what else would you expect from that place 

L.A. and L.B.J both suck as egomaniacal and pretentious.

A match made in heaven Hades. Hope they both go down in flames.

[Surferdad]

It's like putting a Kobe mural in Boston.

Can't coexist like that. And "King of LA?" Hasn't even played one minute for the Lakers and he already the king of LA lol. The artist should know what's coming for him if he puts a mural like that in Los Angeles. Put something else, remove the "King of LA", or don't put anything at all lol.

This.  He needs to win not one, not two, not three, not four...championships before he is King of Kobe/Magic/Kareen town. 

[nickagneta]

It's like putting a Kobe mural in Boston.

Can't coexist like that. And "King of LA?" Hasn't even played one minute for the Lakers and he already the king of LA lol. The artist should know what's coming for him if he puts a mural like that in Los Angeles. Put something else, remove the "King of LA", or don't put anything at all lol.

This.  He needs to win not one, not two, not three, not four...championships before he is King of Kobe/Magic/Kareen town. 

Couldn't agree more. Hate the Lakers but got mad respect for the players that have made that franchise great. King of LA. Dude, get in line behind Kobe, Shaq, Magic, Kareem, West, Wilt, and Elgin.

[fairweatherfan]

It's like putting a Kobe mural in Boston.

Can't coexist like that. And "King of LA?" Hasn't even played one minute for the Lakers and he already the king of LA lol. The artist should know what's coming for him if he puts a mural like that in Los Angeles. Put something else, remove the "King of LA", or don't put anything at all lol.

Not quite - LeBron was never really a Laker rival, by the time he started his Finals streak they were becoming irrelevant.

It's more like if Durant came here and they were calling him the "King of Boston" but like 3 years after Larry Bird retired.  Durant was never really our rival but there'd be some backlash there for sure.

[gouki88]

It's like putting a Kobe mural in Boston.

Can't coexist like that. And "King of LA?" Hasn't even played one minute for the Lakers and he already the king of LA lol. The artist should know what's coming for him if he puts a mural like that in Los Angeles. Put something else, remove the "King of LA", or don't put anything at all lol.

Not quite - LeBron was never really a Laker rival, by the time he started his Finals streak they were becoming irrelevant.

It's more like if Durant came here and they were calling him the "King of Boston" but like 3 years after Larry Bird retired.  Durant was never really our rival but there'd be some backlash there for sure.

It would be like if people started calling Nique the 'King of Boston' when he played for us, lol. Imagine the chaos