LeBron, stop with the pickle face
One thing I noticed during last season’s NBA playoffs and this summer’s World Championship is how often LeBron James makes a “pickle face.” A guy I played hoops with in college always made a similar face and our coach called it a pickle face because it looked like he just ate a sour pickle. The player was usually upset about something, either a bad call or a missed shot and he would scrunch up his face. This picture is the best shot I could find of LeBron’s pickle face, though it’s much worse when his mouth is closed.
Someone needs to tell him that if he keeps making that face, it will eventually freeze and stay like that forever.
He spends too much time worrying about the refs. Hopefully he’ll figure that out as he matures.
I suppose that when you are the most physically gifted player on the court your entire life, it might seem to you that the only way someone can stop you from scoring is to foul you. He would probably get to the line even more if he talked to the refs less.
This is definitely a problem. LeBron complains way too much and is constantly whining to the refs about bad calls. JP, I’m sure you’re right — he’d probably go to the line more often if he kept his mouth shut more often.
I think he did lead the league in “And 1″ free throw attempts, so his pickle face is working to some extent. I wonder if that stat would go up or down if he quit complaining so much. I’m sure the refs get tired of it.