The Pecan Park Eagle

What happens when a talented narcissistic athlete faces a bitter  disappointment of his dream, but also lacks the intelligence to understand that his words of unpleasant digestion are dissing not only the fans who cheered for his downfall, but also those who loyally supported him? Look no further than Mr. LeBron of Miami for the King James version of how he compensates for the pain of supreme defeat’s great agony.

Here’s what LeBron James said:

“Sometimes you got it; sometimes you don’t. It hurts, of course. I’m not going to hang my head low. 

“At the end of the day, all the people who rooting for me to fail … tomorrow they have to wake up to the same life that (they had) before they  woke up today. They’ve got the same personal problems they had today. And I’m going to continue to live  the way I want to live and continue to do the things I want to do.”

Wait a minute, LeBron? Doesn’t your comment about all the little people who cheered for your failure also apply to all the loyal little people who supported you? Are you going to cover them? Share some of your choices with the faithful Heat masses?

I didn’t think so. And whether you now realize it, or not, you’ve just gonged a bell that will never be unrung. By your own words, you are simply declaring yourself as another elitist who thinks that his money and personal power are more important than the trust of others who pay his way at the NBA turnstiles and shopping mall shoe stores.

Oh, yeah, we know. Fans have short memories. And some of your lesser light fans won’t get, even now, the insult of your words toward them too, but it’s there, and it isn’t going away.

Lots of luck “taking your talent” to the next level, King James. Some of us will forgive you in time for being stupid, but only if you learn to show some genuine appreciation and humble awareness of how fortunate you are to have those talents you often speak of at transitional points in your life.