We chose to write on one of the most controversial icons in pop culture, LeBron James. The reason we chose to do our presentation on LeBron in particular is mainly because when he left the Cleveland Cavaliers to play for the Miami Heat everyone went crazy. No one thought that he would leave his home town where he grew up and had support from everyone his whole life. Players in the NBA and players from other sports leagues move from team to team all the time, but the reason that everyone gave LeBron so much trouble for it is because he went to another team where he would be playing with two other very dominant players in the NBA. The other two dominant players that are on the team are Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade, and both of these guys are incredible athletes. Now it looks even worse because now the Miami Heat has another superstar Ray Allen, and he is also known as the top 3 point shooter in the league.
The company Fathead lowered the price of LeBron’s fathead sticker after he left the Cleveland Cavaliers and went to the Miami Heat from $99.99 to $17.41. Another thing that happened to him was that every time he played that year he would get booed by the fans every time he touched the ball, it was very brutal. As of August 2013 LeBron is the second most hated player in the NBA right behind Dwight Howard moving back from first after his decision.
Joining the Heat in 2010 they have been to 3 straight NBA finals. Losing the first and winning the next two, trying to go for a 3-peat this year. After this year though, LeBron is once again a free agent and he has yet to comment on anything about free agency. For LeBron the decision he made to go to the Miami Heat was clearly not bad because he went from having zero rings to having two rings. Other people may think that he is wrong for changing teams just so he had a better chance to get a championship ring, but for him that was the best thing to do.
Some more reasons that LeBron is hated are because is the best player in the game and people are jealous that they are not as good as him. Or maybe because he acted like a princess doing an interview about where he's going to play next year, even though his and peoples only arguments to him doing that is all the proceeds from it went to charity. Another reason he is highly hated is because he always complains about fouls on the court even though some of them don’t get called when they really should.
Our LeBron presentation adds to our course conversations because our class is all about pop culture, and sports are definitely a big part of our pop culture here in America. We also talk a lot about how people represent themselves and how people look at others and LeBron is a great example of that. Like when he switched teams all of his fans from Cleveland just turned on him even though he is a grown man and has the right to make his own decisions like everyone else. People are always making fun of him for his decision and a great example of that is the picture of Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Michael Jordan all wearing Miami Heat jerseys. The picture says we were about to do this but then again we can win championships on our own.
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