He's not trying to upstage the finals. That is what you and apparently alot of people on these forums would like to believe because of what people like Adrian Woj and Bill Ingram are saying.
He had a chance to be on Larry King during the same week as Barack Obama and Bill Gates to celebrate the 25th anniversary. That reason alone justifies his appearance. It doesn't take away from the NBA finals.
As far as Jimmy Kimmel and Nightline are concerened then you people need to get your facts straight. I know how hard that is for you guys since it's much easier to rip Lebron apart and accuse him of things. Chris Broussard reported that Lebron shot those interviews in early April. The people in charge of the shows decided to air it during the time of the NBA finals.
Lebron CANNOT control that, he has no saying in when the show will air. But ofcourse we are going to ignore the facts and listen to people like Adrian Woj, Ric Bucher and Bill Ingram. People who lack professionalism and fail to provide evidence for their claims. People who clearly have an agenda to criticize Lebron for everything that goes on. Heck, I'm surprised these idiots haven't blamed Lebron for the oil spill in the gulf or the flotilla attack in the middle east.
I have in the past talked about the dishonesty and lack of professionalism in the reportings of Ric Bucher, Adrian Woj, and Bill Ingram. When they start to accuse Lebron of trying to upstage the NBA finals and being a narrcissist while saying that Kobe never did such a thing and Lebron could learn from him, then the dishonesty in their reporting is quite clear along with a lack of credibility.
I've already talked about the "upstaging the finals" accusations. I'll repeat it though, Lebron has NO CONTROL over when the shows will air. He shot those interviews in early April (besides for the Larry King). Speaking of the Larry King Interview, he was totally justified in appearing on that show. Getting a chance to be a part of the 25th anniversary alongside names like President Barack Obama and Bill Gates is an honor. Heck, if he would have refused that offer then we could accuse of him of only caring about himself and not respecting the achievment of others.
As far as the accusation of narcissist goes then the truth is that Lebron certainly has some elements of the whole "me, myself, and I" going on. But the truth is that about 95% of the players in the NBA have that going on. The truth is that anyone with some real money and power develops into that.
My problem, again, is with those who say that Lebron is a narcissist BUT Kobe never was. And that Kobe never tried to upstage the playoffs/finals.
That is far from the truth. Maybe certain people here have a short memory span while people like Bill Ingram and Adrian Woj are simply parasites who despise Lebron.
In 2007, when the Lakers got eliminated in the first round Kobe PUBLICLY demanded a trade. He tried to overshadow the entire NBA PLAYOFFS. Couldn't he have waited until the finals was over to sit down with owner Jerry Buss and ask to be traded?? That is what you call narcissism.
To accuse Lebron of trying to upstage the finals because he is a narrcissist is just WRONG. He had no control over the interviews being aired at the time which they did. It is neither wrong or narrcissitic of him to go on Larry King Live for an interview.
Kobe on the other hand did have control over his comments in 2007.
Also, remember it was Kobe who ran Shaq, the best center of his era, out of town. It was Kobe who ran a hall-of-famer coach out of town. Even while having a hand in these moves to be the main guy for the Lakers, Kobe still went out to test free agency and flirted with the Clippers.
I think those things alonside his public demands for a trade in 2007 show a very narrcissistic Kobe Bryant.
I have no problems with people saying something about Lebron IF they can back it up with some real evidence. I also have no problems with people saying that Lebron should look at a guy like Tim Duncan for an example.
I do, however, have a huge problem with people saying that Kobe never did such a thing. I do have problem with people saying that Lebron should be like Kobe because the latter never did anything to show a narrcissistic side.
I doubt that the people here who agree with idiots like Bill Ingram and Adrian Woj, will apologize for acting so foolish. I doubt that they will actually accept the fact that Lebron really hasn't tried to upstage the finals.
