HANDSHAKE DISAGREEMENT
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There's context to everything . . . even the decidedly unsportsmanlike act of walking off the court at the end of a crushing defeat without shaking your opponent's hand. That, in and of itself, is inexcusable.
But LeBron James, over the past five years, has made hundreds of decisions and utterances that play out in public. It happens a half-dozen times every day of his life, at arenas, and charity events and hospitals, representing the United States or the Cleveland Cavaliers or Nike or any of a dozen different corporate sponsors; he has to say something appropriate or greet someone in an awkward situation or act as the team leader and primary decision maker. And 99.9 percent of the time he does exactly the right thing. If we're keeping count on the behavior scoreboard, its LeBron James Gets It Right 299, LeBron Goofs 1. That's the ledger.
Nice opinion article by Michael Wilbon on the unsportsmanlike conduct of Lebron James after his teams lost to the Magic. Do you believe what he did was right and should ALL sports have a tradition as such in the sport of Hockey?
As tough as it was to take of the Bruins lost in OT to the Canes I still watched and congratulated the Bruins on an extraordinary effort throughtout the past season. I Also gave the props to the Canes for their play during the series they earned it.
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*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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No offense to you, gup.
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yeah ... agree with this ... ESPN needs to fill 3 or 4 channels with 24 hours of programming ... including several "debate" shows which are just glorified pissing matches where someone HAS to play the contrarian to generate buzz.
Wilbon's right ... the not shaking hands, hey ... people get upset at losing, it happens ... no need to rip him a new one, LeBron gets it right most of the time. There are worse transgressions.
That said, I'm over saturated with LeBron and a wee bit happy he lost. It's not just ESPN's fault, either ... the whole talcum ritual at the beginning of a game, is a bit over the top, "look at me!!!" ...
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
Lebron was just a baby.......he acted his age. Should he have congratulated the Magic??? Of course!! It's the NBA, you're a professional, act like one!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02949.html
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.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
there's no such tradition in basketball ... the home team is celebrating, the fans are going nuts, there is camera crews and people everywhere ... i don't see a problem with bolting ...
I'm not ready to jump all over him yet. Regardless of how great of a basketball player he is, and that he has been shoved down our throats for the past 5 or 6 years, we have to remember that in the grand scheme of things, he's still just a kid.
Not shaking hands was childish, and hopefully he will learn from this mistake.
I know the NBA doesn't have the same tradition as the NHL (so this isn't fair comparison) but can you see any of hockey's greats (past and present) skipping out on the handshake?
I played hockey and I know there's no such tradition in basketball. I think there should be though it may bring a bit more respect to the game. It could also take a little luster off these at time premadonas.
Yes he took off but he should've had the deciency to address the media after the game like he's required to. The media didn't play him and beat him in that series. He now has to make sure this does not happen again, I hope he learns from it.
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*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Me too....you guys are all making good points about this. I think it's being dissected too much, yet I also think he should have stepped up and shook hands. I appreciate that he cares enough about the game to be upset...love Wilbon's article--he's awesome!
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One cricket grand final I was in we lost, I played alright, had a couple of catches dropped off my bowling, I scored a few runs, Made some good saves in the field, but ultimately I was the last batsman out, we lost by 13 runs. The match was pretty spiteful with lots of sledging, ( a lot from me, a lot to me)I was pissed that I got out, I shook a few of their hands, I walked off field nearly crying cause I thought I lost it for us. But at the end of it all, I walked into the other teams dressing room and shook all their hands and wished them well.
You lose respect if you are a sore loser. Just my opinion.
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I know what you mean. I few years ago I was head coach of our Catholic School softball team and my daughter was a starter as a 4th grader playing amongst 5th and 6th graders. We made to the championship game and gave it everything we had. Our opponents were tough with the best and fastest pitcher we ever faced. We practiced for a week against a 7th grader just to get used to the speed and intimidating factor of this very fast pitcher. By game time we were ready. They were cocky and talkative and left everything up to their pitcher.
My daughter had a great game at second base 5 fielding plays, no errors and 3 throwing putouts. She also had a hit a stolen base and scored a run. We ended up winning this back and forth game in the final inning 5-4. A memorable and thrilling game, well one of the opposing players refused to come and shake our hands. Well she received boos mostly from our parents and their coach took her aside and gave her the sternest talking then marched her out to the field crying to shake her hands.
I told her it was ok and I know that it hurts but your teammates need you out here standing as one in defeat and your time for victory will come again. She relaxed and was all smiles after that and I think she understood the importance of the handshake after such a tough defeat. I found out later they were undefeated.
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*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Lebron's motives weren't cool, he was just gettin the hell outta dodge. That was probably the first time in his entire life where he's been truly embarrassed.