Did LeBron's "handlers" have another mess to clean up?

by Rook6980 on Sep 28, 2009 11:41 AM EDT

"LeBron James' fans were less than impressed by the NBA star's behavior at Tuesday's release party for the Interscope soundtrack to his documentary, "More Than a Game." The Cleveland Cavaliers forward rolled into Marquee more than three hours late and immediately sequestered himself in VIP with his 50-person entourage. Says one guest, "LeBron was unbelievably rude. He was mean to everyone who tried to talk to him and threw temper tantrums when things weren't going his way." At least the player showed his sweet side to famous folk like Mary J. Blige and Akon before he jetted. A rep for James didn't return calls for comment."

That was the short article published on the Fox Sports web site (under their "Gossip Page") - but has now mysteriously disappeared. There are still broken links to the story on the CBS Sports page, NY Daily News and other sites.

Interesting that you can search the Fox site and find NO reference to the story now....

Well in the interest of putting forth a "balanced" view of LeBron James (ie: looking for any and all ways to bash LeBaby to offset the NBA's incredible media hype), I decided that this needs to be posted somewhere where it won't mysteriously disappear.

Oh yeah, one more thing: If this was a movie about his High School team, his teammates and his home town (Akron, OH); then why was the release party held in New York?

[TAI Ed. Note: FYI - here's the NY Daily News link]

Poll

Is there a conspiracy by the NBA and main stream media to show only LeBron's "good" side?

Yes - There's too much evidence to suggest otherwise.

176 votes

NO - Rook, you're just a LeBron hater. Admit it.

31 votes

207 votes | Poll has closed

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Him being only 24 years old -

really depresses me. barring a really bad injury, we are stuck with this douchebag for at least 10 more years. It’s already bad enough, what’s it going to be like in a few years especially if he heads to the knicks.

by ooba on Sep 28, 2009 12:48 PM EDT reply actions

haha

i love the poll results…

by stlballa on Sep 28, 2009 2:39 PM EDT reply actions

ha me too

all the media hype that surrounds him has gotten to his head. his ego will probably clash with shaq’s if things dont go the cavaliers way.

by wizchamp on Sep 28, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions

I can't wait for the day that Shaq says . . .

LeBron is shooting too much. Or maybe he will pull a Skip Bayless and call him Prince James!

"Would you like to shoot me now or wait till you get home." --- Daffy Duck

by George Templeton on Sep 29, 2009 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions

Bayless said that?

Maybe i don’t hate him so much after all.

by bronco6778 on Sep 29, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions

He's been doing that for a long time now

"Would you like to shoot me now or wait till you get home." --- Daffy Duck

by George Templeton on Oct 1, 2009 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions

i think there should be an option in the poll for both -

because both are true. and i’m right there with you, rook.

"a crab dribble is when you travel" - caron butler

by little stevie colter on Sep 28, 2009 3:24 PM EDT reply actions

Love it

Bullets Forever - where "Dagger ! " happens......

by Rook6980 on Sep 28, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions

safeguards should be put in place

to ensure that lebron can’t visit this site 18 times and vote no

by chrisrdowd on Oct 2, 2009 6:18 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

im sure the nba would like their marquee player to be portrayed as an angel,

but given that gossip usually sells quite well, im not sure what media would gain from character coverups. besides, i didnt know lebron smoked pot in high school until espn told me so this summer. if barely anyone knows about lebrons hissy fit at a party, one reason could be because its not a very newsworthy story.

by TheMoon on Oct 5, 2009 1:31 AM EDT reply actions

He played for the Irish in high school. He was bound to pick up bad habits.

If I was running 3 hours late to a party I don’t think I would be much for chattin up the gawkers. He was just very concerned about being late and texting Braylon Edwards about the cage match.

by raven on Oct 7, 2009 1:12 AM EDT reply actions