I am not going to sit idly by while the media and a handful of bitter posters attempt to attach an anchor to LeBron because he had a bad moment or a lapse in judgment on a specific, understandable occasion.
And no, dude, this DOES NOT make him a bad sport. He doesn't lose credit for ALL THOSE TIMES that he has been a great sport because of one situation in an opposing arena. At least not in my opinion. At least LeBron is being honest. The media meanwhile, can't be honest enough to admit that what they are really doing by CRUCIFYING LeBron is protecting their own jobs and pressuring all future athletes into sitting at a podium while their emotions are running wild in disappointment.
Again, LeBron has EARNED the benefit of the doubt by being the most accessible guy in the NBA, practically. He has earned it and because of one situation, people out there are trying to paint him as something that he has not been 99.9999999% of the time in his life and career.
Far be it for me to tell anyone what to think, but I watch this guy on a nightly basis. Not the folks at ESPN or CBS or AOL or anywhere else. They have a limited view of the guy because they aren't watching 82 games like us Cavs fans are. We know the truth and they don't.
This is such a stupid story. Real sportsmanship happens during the game. LeBron has never lost his cool, showed up an opposing team or did anything "un-sportsman-like" during a game. How about Dwight Howard shooting that last 3 as the final buzzer sounded? To me, that's much worse, but you won't hear a word about it because nitpicking about LeBron's one single misstep draws more reaction.