okay, puppet ads - we get it. lebron is amazing. he's the king. blah, blah, blah.
but as lebron spends yet another ringless offseason, let's pause to compare him to the next great one: sid the kid.
last night, 21-year-old sidney crosby led - nay, captained - the pittsburgh penguins to a victory in the stanley cup finals over the perennially dominant detroit red wings, with the pens coming back from deficits of 2-0 and 3-2. sure, malkin took home the conn smythe, but any true hockey fan knows that crosby is the heart and soul of that team.
meanwhile, lebron's nba-best cavs flopped in the playoffs, not even making it to the nba finals. and while lebron may be dominant on the court, i'm sure at least a teammate or two is sick of all the talk about him going to new york.
so who is the true king? in his fourth season, crosby celebrates with a stanley cup after making the finals for two consecutive years. meanwhile, in his sixth season, lebron is a superstar who has but an mvp title to his name - a trophy that surely looks bare in the case without an nba finals shiner standing next to it.
lebron gets paid $14 million a year, has innumerable endorsements, and is already prompting talk of unseating jordan (and his six championships). meanwhile, the humble crosby is actually one national title closer to filling the gigantic shoes left behind by wayne gretzky.
lebron, SHMEBRON. it's time to give credit where credit is due.
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and here I was readying my "you're a slacker for not posting in two months" post.
I wouldn't consider the Cavs flopping, they did make the conference finals and were competitive in that series. Now, the Sharks..that was a flop.
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