Last year, after losing to the Orlando Magic, LeBron served up this gem when asked why he didn’t shake hands with the Magic:
“I’m a winner. It’s not being a poor sport or anything like that. If somebody beats you up, you’re not going to congratulate them. That doesn’t make sense to me. I’m a competitor. That’s what I do. It doesn’t make sense for me to go over and shake somebody’s hand.”
Um, LeBron, I hate to burst your bubble, but that’s exactly what being a poor sport means.
On Wednesday, when asked if he was disappointed in his brutal performance in Game 5, he said the this:
“Me? Personally?” he said. “Nah, I’m not disappointed. I’m never disappointed in my play. I feel like I could do more, but I’m not disappointed at all.”
Sorry to pull the dictionary out here, but this is what Merriam-Webster has to say about the word disappoint.
to fail to meet the expectation or hope of
In other words, if you think you could do more, then you failed to meet your own expectations, and you are therefore disappointed.
Now, no one says that you have to wallow in that disappointment, but it doesn’t change the fact that you are at some point disappointed with your own play. LeBron said himself that he is never disappointed in his own play. That’s impossible.
This reminds me of that line from “The Princess Bride,” when Inigo Montoya is talking to Vizzini and the latter says his favorite word: “Inconceivable!”
Montoya’s response?
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