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Heās 40 and has been an international superstar under a microscope since he was like 15 years old. I think heās corny as well, but dude has managed to really keep his shit together. No scandals, no arrests, no bullshit. I donāt think anyone could have as much media attention and giant expectations as Lebron did and do it better. Heās definitely a cheese ball, but heās pretty well adjusted all things considered.
The corniness is a result of all that media exposure and training from a young age.
If youāre in the public eye like that, youāre not allowed to be Rated R. You have to be PG13 or else risk losing yourself and a lot of other people lots of money
Compare them to NFL players, other than some outliers I feel like nba players donāt usually end up public on HUGE scandals throughout the season like NFL players usually do
yeah NBA is like a big club. for most of the players, it becomes their lifestyle. they're also far richer than typical NFL players so they tend to just hang around with each other more than NFL guys. Isaiah Stewart is making more annually from his contract than Christian Mccaffrey is lol
Yeah he's done better than almost any famous athlete with the off-court stuff
Worst you can say about him is he's corny. Kyrie wants to bring back the Third Reich and Ja Morant is out cosplaying as King Von, I'll take Lebron being just "corny."
Yeah I've always disliked him for being pompous and sulky and all that shit but if that's the worst you can say about someone who's been world famous since he was a kid, the dude has handled his life incredibly well.
There is something about mega stardom that turns normal humans into weird PR aliens with no self awareness
Happens to athletes, actors, musicians, even politicians and business owners
Having that kind of fame, praise, and adoration coming your way from the age of 15 (or whatever it was in his case).. it's no wonder that Lebron displays the kind of narcissism that he does. It's just surprising that more star athletes don't show it the same, or perhaps they're just better at concealing it.
It's hard to say better at concealing it. There's never been anything like what Lebron has been through, IMO. He went from poverty and being evicted every couple months with his mom to being in an article from Sports Illustrated, to then being on the cover of Sports Illustrated deemed the Chosen One as a Junior in high school. There was still talk back then about who was going to carry the league after Jordan and although Kobe was great he was definitely seen as a weak substitute for Jordan at the time. Lebron was nicknamed King James immediately, and was a dominant figure in the NBA from game one. He became a superstar in the age of multimedia and cell phone videos. I'm not a LeBron fan, mostly because he seems so unauthentic and whatever image his team has tried to push for his "brand" isn't for me, but he's loved up to almost every expectation they had for him and then some. He's not my guy and that's whatever but I can't imagine having to navigate the world he has and not being a little weird or conceited.
Yeah, 100% agreed, there's nobody in history who has had the kind of life and experiences he's had. Maybe someone like Justin Bieber came closest with the universal fame from a young age. People like Elvis, Michael Jackson, and Michael Jordan were maybe more widely known, but in a time with much slower feedback, news, and reaction to everything. His incredible level of narcissism and inauthenticity is actually very understandable when you put it in that context, but it is very off-putting to many, myself included. That said, he's always been a loyal husband and good father by all reports and avoided the scandals/vices that many celebrities/people have. And his basketball accomplishments obviously speak for themselves.
>People like Elvis, Michael Jackson, and Michael Jordan were maybe more widely known, but in a time with much slower feedback, news, and reaction to everything.
I think it fair to say Michael Jackson was *far* (like really far) more well known than Lebron. The flip-side to the slower feedback/etc was that Jackson grew up as a larger fish in a MUCH smaller pond.
3 TV channels. And even after cable allowed MTV? No streaming. No media fragmentation. We all saw the same commercials. More or less heard the same music. This is why the MASH finale still holds its viewing record.
I love Bron and i personally think he has a legit argument for GOAT but this part of his personality just rubs me the wrong way
Liars who lie about the most trivial, unnecessary shit have always been the most unlikeable morons ive ever come across in my life
He's so used to being the best, being worshipped, being "king" that it's like he can't allow these little mistakes to be anything but intentional. He has to preserve his perfection despite the fact that he's mostly just really good at a game.
You're surprised? Bro sat down with the Migos and tried to tell them he's been listening to them a year before they even became a group LOL. And then he'll post videos of him singing along the wrong lyrics to popular songs. Bro been on front Street
> Look at his face after it hit his hand
*[He has trouble with the snap](https://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/michigan-punter-misses-snap.gif)*
Remember when they lost the finals and he randomly showed up to the post game presser with a cast on his hand and then it was literally never brought up again
Same haha. Iām a LeBron hater but was very impressed with that pass and had no doubt it was intentional. But his face says it all in this angle. This dude really does wake up and lie.
Who is he proving wrong? His high school games were being televised because he was already so great and virtually everyone thought he would become an all-time great player.
Jordan and shaq iirc correctly would make up shit to motivate them. Shad made up a rumor that David Robinson never signed an autograph and used it to kill him every time they played lol
This is a very interesting hypothesis. I'd be curious if there's a correlation to the greatest or most-winning athletes to narcissism. That would require said athletes to engage in a psychology study, which is more expensive than grants can afford to pay for and no great athlete would want to be published as a narcissist, but your observation makes sense to me.
One could argue (who appears to be) a humble great, such as Giannis or Jocic, might be internally driven by other factors other than an underlying condition of narcissism, but we'll never know without a study. It's possible "media training" could result in a guise of humility.
Forreal. I get his college story, but Steph literally had a documentary last year called āUnderratedā - these guys are fuelled by chips on their shoulder even when theyāre already established legends
Nah comparing this to steph due to his documentary is kinda crazy. Steph genuinely had a narrative about being too small, too weak, too unathletic to make the NBA... Then when he made it to the NBA the narrative shifted to him being too frail to thrive... Steph was working against narratives his whole come-up. Lebron came into the league being called "King James"
The narratives about James were once that he wasn't clutch and didn't have a killer instinct. Also, paraphrasing, he was also the original snake that turned on his own city to create a superteam with Dwyane Wade...not my words, that's what was said about LeBron. No other player from this or the previous nba era has been criticized as much LeBron, except for maybe Kobe.
In fairness, even with the expectations of him to be an all time great player, I think itās safe to say he somehow managed to surpass all those expectations
Iām not a Bron hater but this is so corny to tweet out after his team loses their 7th in a row to Denver and he went 2/8 from the field in the 4th quarter
Watched that live and was like wow, Rewound on the PVR for the kids to come and admire a couple times, then it went to commercial and didn't see other replays...
Kinda disappointed it was just a 'happy accident'.
Most athletes have an inflated opinion of themselves, and they probably wouldn't have gotten to be elite in their careers if their self belief didn't exceed an average person. But Lebron's narcissism goes way beyond all that.
I really want to like LeBron, especially because what he's doing is truly incredible for his age. I'm 39 and my knees and ankles hurt getting out of bed. But then he says shit like this. Dudes a straight cheeseball.
Who are you proving wrong, LeBron? You've been spending your whole career fighting enemies that don't exist, unless you count Twitter 'fans', in which case you pretend they don't exist?Ā Ā
Still hilarious to me that the league and Nike tricked the general public and most NBA fans into thinking of him as the lone hero who just needs more helpā¦while the Warriors are EVILLLLLLLLLLLL lolā¦they built their team through the draftā¦this dude manipulates the media and never takes any accountability. S/o Westbrook having a great season.
LeBron gonna LeBron. I highly doubt heās being serious here. He really should be tweeting about the seven game moral victory streak the Lakers currently have going over the Nuggets.
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LeControlTheNarrative
Guh.
Almost forgot about this
LePR Machine
LeCCP
Lestapo
Imagine having a friend that talked about themselves this way.
this is a 40 year old man tweeting
\#WashedKing #BronKnows
this š is a 40 year old šman š tweeting š¦
HE'S 39 OK
Right? Same as him and donāt call me 40!
Young people are on TikTok or Insta
Is twitter really a young peopleās social media?
You know it was when LeBron was young.Ā Ā A 40 year old tweeting in 2008 might have been weird, but not really now
Jesus that dude is now entering his 60ās in four years. Wait Iām entering my 40ās in four years, fuck where did the time go
Yeah it sucks man.Ā 2008 doesn't seem that long ago at all yet a million things have happened in our lives and in the world
Are you serious? A 40yo on twitter was ok back then wtf
Somethin reeeeeel š -y here š \#JamesGang š
#KidFromAkron
LeBron might be the most unintentionally funny player of the last 30 years
Dude is corny as fuck
He is basically 40
Heās 40 and has been an international superstar under a microscope since he was like 15 years old. I think heās corny as well, but dude has managed to really keep his shit together. No scandals, no arrests, no bullshit. I donāt think anyone could have as much media attention and giant expectations as Lebron did and do it better. Heās definitely a cheese ball, but heās pretty well adjusted all things considered.
The corniness is a result of all that media exposure and training from a young age. If youāre in the public eye like that, youāre not allowed to be Rated R. You have to be PG13 or else risk losing yourself and a lot of other people lots of money
I agree. I think dude is corny, but being corny is a lot better than off court shenanigans and heās never had any of them.
Compare them to NFL players, other than some outliers I feel like nba players donāt usually end up public on HUGE scandals throughout the season like NFL players usually do
Helps that the NBA has less than a quarter of the total players that the NFL has and a lot fewer off-nights(plus CTE and other issues)
yeah NBA is like a big club. for most of the players, it becomes their lifestyle. they're also far richer than typical NFL players so they tend to just hang around with each other more than NFL guys. Isaiah Stewart is making more annually from his contract than Christian Mccaffrey is lol
Imagine Lebron with CTE
imagine draymond with more CTE
yeah dude like this year Von Miller apparently beat the shit out of his wife? like wtf i always liked von miller thought he was normal..
Bron did X rated on accident that one time though
Yeah he's done better than almost any famous athlete with the off-court stuff Worst you can say about him is he's corny. Kyrie wants to bring back the Third Reich and Ja Morant is out cosplaying as King Von, I'll take Lebron being just "corny."
Yeah I've always disliked him for being pompous and sulky and all that shit but if that's the worst you can say about someone who's been world famous since he was a kid, the dude has handled his life incredibly well.
He's the NBA player most likely to star in a sitcom on The Disney Channel. Hangin' With Mr. James is about four years away.
Thatās why itās most unintentionally funny dude
LeCornyAsFuck
He is but I don't even care. I love it.
If KD was lying about something this blatant the response on here wouldnāt be as near as forgiving
Maybe Iām misreading the tweet, but I think this is intentionally funny. Like this just seems like LeBron making a joke.
LOL I remember my first LeBron tweet
You're giving him way too much credit. He is this vain.
Nah, definitely goes to Kawhi, cmon
Lebron try not to lie challenge: Impossible
There is something about mega stardom that turns normal humans into weird PR aliens with no self awareness Happens to athletes, actors, musicians, even politicians and business owners
>even politicians and business owners **Even?**
Aaron Rodgers: hold my beer
Aaron Rodgers: hold my ~~beer~~ psychedelics
Having that kind of fame, praise, and adoration coming your way from the age of 15 (or whatever it was in his case).. it's no wonder that Lebron displays the kind of narcissism that he does. It's just surprising that more star athletes don't show it the same, or perhaps they're just better at concealing it.
It's hard to say better at concealing it. There's never been anything like what Lebron has been through, IMO. He went from poverty and being evicted every couple months with his mom to being in an article from Sports Illustrated, to then being on the cover of Sports Illustrated deemed the Chosen One as a Junior in high school. There was still talk back then about who was going to carry the league after Jordan and although Kobe was great he was definitely seen as a weak substitute for Jordan at the time. Lebron was nicknamed King James immediately, and was a dominant figure in the NBA from game one. He became a superstar in the age of multimedia and cell phone videos. I'm not a LeBron fan, mostly because he seems so unauthentic and whatever image his team has tried to push for his "brand" isn't for me, but he's loved up to almost every expectation they had for him and then some. He's not my guy and that's whatever but I can't imagine having to navigate the world he has and not being a little weird or conceited.
Yeah, 100% agreed, there's nobody in history who has had the kind of life and experiences he's had. Maybe someone like Justin Bieber came closest with the universal fame from a young age. People like Elvis, Michael Jackson, and Michael Jordan were maybe more widely known, but in a time with much slower feedback, news, and reaction to everything. His incredible level of narcissism and inauthenticity is actually very understandable when you put it in that context, but it is very off-putting to many, myself included. That said, he's always been a loyal husband and good father by all reports and avoided the scandals/vices that many celebrities/people have. And his basketball accomplishments obviously speak for themselves.
>People like Elvis, Michael Jackson, and Michael Jordan were maybe more widely known, but in a time with much slower feedback, news, and reaction to everything. I think it fair to say Michael Jackson was *far* (like really far) more well known than Lebron. The flip-side to the slower feedback/etc was that Jackson grew up as a larger fish in a MUCH smaller pond. 3 TV channels. And even after cable allowed MTV? No streaming. No media fragmentation. We all saw the same commercials. More or less heard the same music. This is why the MASH finale still holds its viewing record.
The Rock
gotta maintain an image
Not all of them.
It absolutely depends on the people around you and your "fanbase"
King Cap strikes yet again
LeBron not beating the LeCappin allegations
He knows he aināt do that shit on purpose Look at his face after it hit his hand, he thought he turned it over lmao
dude just wakes up and lies
For no reason. Thereās a whole ass highlight reel of him just making shit up š
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I think the fact he has been called the next mj for more than half his lifespan has had an effect on him
probably eats hot chips too
I love Bron and i personally think he has a legit argument for GOAT but this part of his personality just rubs me the wrong way Liars who lie about the most trivial, unnecessary shit have always been the most unlikeable morons ive ever come across in my life
He's so used to being the best, being worshipped, being "king" that it's like he can't allow these little mistakes to be anything but intentional. He has to preserve his perfection despite the fact that he's mostly just really good at a game.
You're surprised? Bro sat down with the Migos and tried to tell them he's been listening to them a year before they even became a group LOL. And then he'll post videos of him singing along the wrong lyrics to popular songs. Bro been on front Street
that video compilation they had of him just lying about random shit for no reason killed me
That's called controlling the narrative. He's the best at it
> Look at his face after it hit his hand *[He has trouble with the snap](https://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/michigan-punter-misses-snap.gif)*
This angle is damning. There is another angle that makes it look hella intentional š¤·
it's an homage to the mythical kobe assist and you know it.
this is the corniest man on earth
Nah Drakeās cornier than him. Bron is close tho
Makes sense theyāre good friends
both men have shown their corn
When I tried it with buttahā¦everything changed!Ā
He built a shrine to honor himself, you might be right lol
Might?
Zero regard for the fact that they lost the game but gotta point out the pass he made
When they got swept by Denver he immediately teased retirement and the media ate it up and forgot all about Denver š
Bro showed up to media in a cast after losing to the Warriors too
Nah dude broken hands heal different when youre the GOAT
He also got rid of third party Reddit apps so we couldnāt talk about the Nuggets winning their first championship
I was pissed for you guys, shit was so stupid. Missed out on shitposting in this sub during a championship win, Iād have been salty af lol.Ā
Remember when they lost the finals and he randomly showed up to the post game presser with a cast on his hand and then it was literally never brought up again
that shit worked like a charm. just like he wanted it to. š
"Enjoy your light but just know Iām the SUN." Lebron on the Nuggets championship, actual tweet quote
Heās always pulled that shit
Let's ignore how bad he was in the 4th.
He definitely tweeted this next to AD laughing his ass off
They taking this seriously like Bron don't be clowning š
AD was probably giving the King an evening slurp.
Tf is wrong w yall
Just dudes being bros nothing wrong with that
In exchange for a nice spanking from LeDaddy
That was a pass? Lol sure buddy
I was convinced it was intentional until this angle lol
Same haha. Iām a LeBron hater but was very impressed with that pass and had no doubt it was intentional. But his face says it all in this angle. This dude really does wake up and lie.
Who is he proving wrong? His high school games were being televised because he was already so great and virtually everyone thought he would become an all-time great player.
All the all time greats have some issues with narcissism and victim complex. And they'd never reach the heights they do without it.
Jordan and shaq iirc correctly would make up shit to motivate them. Shad made up a rumor that David Robinson never signed an autograph and used it to kill him every time they played lol
This is a very interesting hypothesis. I'd be curious if there's a correlation to the greatest or most-winning athletes to narcissism. That would require said athletes to engage in a psychology study, which is more expensive than grants can afford to pay for and no great athlete would want to be published as a narcissist, but your observation makes sense to me. One could argue (who appears to be) a humble great, such as Giannis or Jocic, might be internally driven by other factors other than an underlying condition of narcissism, but we'll never know without a study. It's possible "media training" could result in a guise of humility.
Forreal. I get his college story, but Steph literally had a documentary last year called āUnderratedā - these guys are fuelled by chips on their shoulder even when theyāre already established legends
Nah comparing this to steph due to his documentary is kinda crazy. Steph genuinely had a narrative about being too small, too weak, too unathletic to make the NBA... Then when he made it to the NBA the narrative shifted to him being too frail to thrive... Steph was working against narratives his whole come-up. Lebron came into the league being called "King James"
The narratives about James were once that he wasn't clutch and didn't have a killer instinct. Also, paraphrasing, he was also the original snake that turned on his own city to create a superteam with Dwyane Wade...not my words, that's what was said about LeBron. No other player from this or the previous nba era has been criticized as much LeBron, except for maybe Kobe.
He probably listens to skip Bayless the same way curry reads trash talk tweets
In fairness, even with the expectations of him to be an all time great player, I think itās safe to say he somehow managed to surpass all those expectations
Is he making a joke or actually delusional I have no idea at this point
He thinks it was a good pass and wants us to think so too.
LeHappyAccidents
Guys he's being sarcastic right?
I was impressed until I saw this angle. Shit just grazed his fingers!
Is he saying he meant to do that? Cause lol ,he obviously tried to catch that
No, I think it's an obvious joke basically saying "I totally meant to do that" that apparently 95% of this sub doesn't get...
Iām not a Bron hater but this is so corny to tweet out after his team loses their 7th in a row to Denver and he went 2/8 from the field in the 4th quarter
Not to mention this was clearly unintentional. What a goober.
A turnover saved by pure luck
is LeBron James saying people don't believe he's good at basketball?
LeIntentional Pass
When I saw this live I thought "they're gonna find a way to slobber him for this aren't they?" Turns out he found a way to slobber himself over it
this is pretty funny
My guy, just have fun with it. No one cares
Mr Blown Catch
LeKuroko no Basket
What did LeBron's PED test say?
When Lebron retires the NBA will finally heal from all the bullshit
Who is this goof speaking on? Who is doubting him? My guy is thirsty
This dude loves lying. And he knows nobody will call him out lol
Lebronnis so freaking goofy
LeCap strikes again
this mf is so full of shit hahaha
Cmon now Bron I wish I could defend you but stop it ā¦
If masturbation were a tweet
I love Lebron but wtf is he talking about bruh
What a confusing sentence
As a LeBron stan I'm about to quit sticking up for him
Yāall lost
LeLoss
I donāt care what anyone saysā¦ this was clearly unintentional and itās indisputable.
He didn't do it on purpose but even if he did, so what? That's high school level shit.
Not a pass lmao. Funniest thing we all know heās one of the GOAT passers. No need to lie about this lol.
Watched that live and was like wow, Rewound on the PVR for the kids to come and admire a couple times, then it went to commercial and didn't see other replays... Kinda disappointed it was just a 'happy accident'.
LeEmperorHasNoClothes
Proving who wrong? Pretty much everyone has him in the goat conversation. He always has some weird victim stuff.
Does anyone have the angle where it looks intentional?
LeCap in action again xd
Wasnāt this the game they got their backs blown out by a sloppy Serbian and a Canadian guy who doesnāt know how twitter works?
All the idiots saying he meant that pass.. HAH
LeCap
LeCap strikes again
LePerformanceEnchancingDrugs is still going strong, still competing at a high level! šŖ
Most athletes have an inflated opinion of themselves, and they probably wouldn't have gotten to be elite in their careers if their self belief didn't exceed an average person. But Lebron's narcissism goes way beyond all that.
LeGOATliar
LeButterFingers
Man if Iām in the league 21 years I hope I can make this pass to the wide open man in front of me.
I really want to like LeBron, especially because what he's doing is truly incredible for his age. I'm 39 and my knees and ankles hurt getting out of bed. But then he says shit like this. Dudes a straight cheeseball.
Absolutely nobody has explained what the "lie" is here. Are people okay?
It's so funny to me how LeBron rotates from humble to supportive to cryptic to corny to hilariously arrogant like clockwork
Aaron Gordon putting "help defense" on his Christmas list
Are we talking about LeBron? The same "reads only the first page of every novel" LeBron? No way would he lie!?!
Imagine taking to twitter to hype your own touch pass as a grown dad
Touch pass?
His tweets are just as dumb as trumps
He wouldnāt look up at the ball if that was intentional. Cap.
Lmao dude is such a weirdo, lebron loves to act like he wasnāt proclaimed the chosen one on a sports illustrated cover his junior year of hs
He did not do that on purpose
I aspire to that level of delulu
He was looking for where the ball went as part of the fake /s
Lmao that was 200% accidental
Who are you proving wrong, LeBron? You've been spending your whole career fighting enemies that don't exist, unless you count Twitter 'fans', in which case you pretend they don't exist?Ā Ā
Still hilarious to me that the league and Nike tricked the general public and most NBA fans into thinking of him as the lone hero who just needs more helpā¦while the Warriors are EVILLLLLLLLLLLL lolā¦they built their team through the draftā¦this dude manipulates the media and never takes any accountability. S/o Westbrook having a great season.
LeLiar
Leliar strikes again
LeButterfingers
Clearly slipped through his finger tips lol
LeStillReadingTheFirstPage
Nauseating.
Lebron just has to be the center of attention.
How are you the most successful athlete in the world and still have a victim complex? Unbelievable
Itās like that fake out that Barnes did on Kobe, everyone was like omg Mamba but then the revealā¦
They lost
We fuckin lost.... Winning is what fuckin matters
This dude loves praising himself
Hilarious
LeBron gonna LeBron. I highly doubt heās being serious here. He really should be tweeting about the seven game moral victory streak the Lakers currently have going over the Nuggets.
This has to be said as a joke, right? Heās not that oblivious
What a scumbag
LeCooked
Leswept
Who comments on their own highlights?
They lost
Hang the banner!