Critics to LeBron: "You're No Superduperstar"

Just one day after enduring the wall-shaking screams and jeers of Celtic fans during his team's Game 7 playoff loss to Boston, Cleveland Cavalier LeBron James must now deal with a less familiar sound.

Namely, the harsh whispers of critics who don't think he will ever be a superduperstar.

"Oh yeah, he's a superstar," said one former coach-turned-television analyst while watching James leave the court early Sunday evening.

"But superduper? Please. He might've carried the Cavs on his back for most of the season, but he didn't carry them on his shoulders. He didn't carry them on his head. He didn't rent a golf cart to carry them to their cars. You call that superduper? No, I didn't think so."

"I think he's happy just being super," said another former coach-turned-television analyst.

"He sort of got to that plateau of superstardom and just stopped there. It's a shame, really. I mean, he scores a lot of points and gets a lot of rebounds and assists night after night after night, but after a while you just have to ask yourself, when is the light going to come on? When is he going to elevate his game to the next level? And I have to say that I think the answer is, never."

Other former coaches-turned-television analysts were less critical of James' superduper status—but still had some scathing remarks about his lack of really, really, really big play ability, and his ineffectiveness in playing all five positions on the court by himself.

One former coach-turned-television analyst was especially straightforward in his comments about James.

"LeBron should really model himself after a guy like Paul Pierce of the Celtics, if you want to know the truth. Here, you have a guy that played on horrible teams for nine years, played almost no defense, screamed constantly for the ball, waited for a trade that never came and won less than 30 games last year. And in Game 7, it all paid off. How much more superduper can you be?"