Hating LeBron James Is For Losers

What’s the point of refusing to acknowledge someone’s greatness?

I spend a good bit of frivolous internet time making fun of and taking potshots at one LeBron James. As anyone who reads my stuff or follows me on the internet knows, I went to school with Stephen Curry. We’re friends. Objectivity is out of the window here. Curry and James are the biggest rivals of our generation (not up for debate), so I have a sworn duty to at least crack jokes at LeBron. These are the rules of the sport. And if you’re in the spotlight for 20 damn years like LeBron has — dude was on the cover of Sports Illustrated twenty years ago — then there’s always going to be fodder for jokes.

My favorite go-to as of late is LeBron making sure he took the last timeout of the 2018 Finals to dap up the Warriors, who’d just swept him, with his off hand and then showing up in the post-game with a cast on his shooting hand.

C’mon, that’s undeniably hilarious!

Bron, like most greats, has an unending ego and there’s no sin in pointing it out. In reality, the ego and missteps in his career — which are few and far between — don’t take away from his greatness. They’re just little fun moments, memes and narratives to poke at that have little real consequence to James’ legacy. It’s standard rivalry-based…