Originally posted on 03/19/2013:
Hardcore NBA fans hate LEbron because he cheated the game of basketball.
His rings will never mean anything in Miami.
People want to see him lose for what he did.
He is without a doubt the 2nd best player in the history of the game, but it was basically equivalent to doing steroids in baseball, making a deal between friends to beef up a team, then getting a bunch of yearning followers at the end of their careers also sign for less money to get a tainted ring as well.
It's sad, and it's the truth.
Lebron will never get the respect of any old school NBA players, or actual fans of the games itself, in general.