LeBron and the Knicks

I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on basketball. I know a lot, but I can't tell you who was the MVP of the 1979 Finals or anything like that.

I'm also a Laker fan and a Kobe Bryant fan. Eww, right? That's the joy of competitive sports. People can attach themselves to and associate themselves with a team and REALLY believe that he or she is an integral part of that team's world. It's a fantasy.

I have always been open about my indifference (and now dislike) towards the on-court LeBron James. I think he's over-hyped and over-rated. I can see what he's doing for the league with his sheer athleticism, skill, and swagger. In fact, it's what ALL young prodigies have. Since the late 1990s, we (aka the media) have been waiting on the next Michael Jordan and flash-in-the-pan superstars (Grant Hill, Vince Carter, etc) have come and gone.

No one will be MJ. Not Kobe. Not LeBron. No one. And not so much because of MJ's contribution to basketball, but because he has the illest shoes of ALL TIME. No basketball sneaker will live up to the name of 'Jordan', not even Nike! Kids in Japan buy USED Jordans. Lines for new Jordans are probably longer than any apple device. The shoes are just THAT popular.

Does LeBron have a shoe? Do people wear it? Is he a part of the Jordan clan? I don't know or can't remember and didn't bother to look it up. My point is that a friggin SHOE has more power of Jordan's legacy than 6 championships in my opinion.

So now that we'd covered that LeBron is not the next MJ because there IS no next, let's move on to talking spefically about King James. He's straight out of high school, he's 25-years-old, and has the build of a freight train. Yes, he's talented, but now after this 6-game second round debacle, I question his integrity.

There's a very good classic movie called 'A Place in the Sun' with Montegomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor. In the film, Clift is a poor, but smart guy that moves to a small town and gets a job in a factory. He's actually related to some rich family, but they don't treat him the same because of his father. He meets Elizabeth Taylor, who is a part of the uppercrust and instantly loves her, but because of his status, he cannot be with her. Bored and horny, Clift woos one of the homely factory girls (Shelley Winters) and impregnates her. Lo and behold, though, Clift proves himself to the family and now he can be with the beautiful and glamorous Liz Taylor! There's just one problem...how does he get rid of the other girl? Well, Cliff takes the chick out on a boat, proposes, then drowns her!

This is what LeBron has done. After making a homely, working class city fall in love with him and make them believe that a championship would happen in that town for the first time since the mid-1960s, he drowns them. Just flips the boat right on over. The Cavs had the best record in the league! They beats my Lakers on Christmas Day! Then he comes out and scores 15 points in game 5 AT HOME?!?! I don't understand it. What I do understand is that LeBron is Montegomery Clift, New York is the beautiful, but evil Liz Taylor and Cleveland is poor, loyal Shelly Winters. Cleveland knew no one could love them like New York is loved. They knew LeBron would turn his back eventually. And meanwhile, NY sits in the background like they are doing nothing wrong while they've been in LeBron's ear the whole time, wooing him.

Well, I say the two deserve each other. I hope it ends better than 'A Place in the Sun.' I hope LeBron and the Knicks ride off into the sunset and win many championships.

God help you if you fail, BronBron.