LeBron James Has An Ego and It’s On Twitter Too

When LeBron James gave himself a Twitter account, he called himself KingJames, of course — or that’s @KingJames, to us subjects.

When someone else made up a Twitter account for King LeBron (James.) (Can you stop saying that? Because I can’t. Something in that LeBron James’s name’s water, makes me wanna holla. James. LeBron.)

Okay, let me (LeBron) stop (James.) STOPIT.

When someone else made up a Twitter account for this guy, they focused on what everyone has seemed to be focusing on since this whole surreal odyssey of LeRobn Jemas (see what I did there?) began approximately 37 years ago:

Ego, yes. There is a lot of talk of this man’s ego. There is much talk of LeBron James, period, actually. Can you stop talking about him? I barely can.

Anyway, since he pulled his stunt last night wherein he went to a Boys and Girls’ Club in Connecticut and made an announcement about his future in some kind of weird, robotic fashion, I saw it. When he told the worst interviewer in the world that he had woken up with a vision of what he ought to do, about how much he had done for Cleveland and how much Cleveland could suck it, I saw it. And when he went on in a vague, irritating fashion about how he was going to go to Miami and form a super team of sorts (albeit a team of three) with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh, I saw it.

He basically said his mom and God were responsible for his decision, and whereas I’m not so inclined to bicker with either of those deities, I can’t help but think that they may not have been the only decision-makers here.

I am biased. I feel badly for Ohio. I understand making business decisions, and I understand that pro sports is about some weird things across the board. But here’s what I don’t understand:

1. Not telling your boss first that you’re leaving.

2. Not quitting at home, and spending maybe millions of dollars on a television spectacle that is the upscale equivalent of an it’s-not-you-it’s-me text message. Whatever happened to putting a letter on someone’s desk? And yes, I understand that proceeds from this show went to kids, and that Ohio will see some of that money. But if Cleveland was home, if Cleveland meant a lot, he should have quit in Cleveland.

And don’t get me started on the University of Phoenix scholarships. Last time I checked, the Ohio community college system or maybe even Cleveland State could use the boost.

Holla.

And I don’t really even have a problem with him leaving his hometown. People move on, people make decisions. But to try to leave with at least a semblance of goodwill would have likely resulted in far fewer burned jerseys (which is an idiotic move, to be sure. I’m not into setting things on fire, even if its Ebay value just completely tanked.)

Sorry. If you ‘re a big man, you do big man things, bigger than sending back rubber shoes, even.

If you have the big ego of a man, you do whatever it tells you to do.  And in this case, I think that’s definitely what was in charge.