Lebron James Now Looked At As The Bad Guy

LeBron James, a frustrated mess after Game Six, immediately left everything behind to be alone.

He ignored the media, his teammates and his opponents. Let's be honest here, LeBron James and his Cavaliers team were completely embarrassed in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The guarantees, the promises, the final chapter to their championship run were all gone in an instant.

And just when you thought that LeBron James could fade into his own, lonely place to think about what went wrong, the media has jumped on him for being a "spoiled brat."

Here's an excerpt from a column written by Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski:

"Within the Cavs, someone needed to tell James that he embarrassed himself and the franchise, but that won’t happen. They’re too scared of him. Most league executives with knowledge of Cleveland’s operation believe it’s far more of an ownership issue, than basketball operations.

If general manager Danny Ferry and coach Mike Brown privately disdain the ridiculous posing for pictures that James started with his teammates on a 13-game winning streak, the owner is believed to see the foolishness as a marketing dream.

Someone should’ve told James that the pregame Polaroid act was belittling and beneath a championship contender, but it never happened."

While Cleveland is a business, one thing LeBron James has always been able to do is divide fun and business. You've seen the trick shots before games with his opponents, but you've also seen him dominate these opponents during games too. Basketball is a game of fun, if posing for a "polaroid" can't be done for fun, shouldn't they just eliminate game introductions from the NBA?

The whole "LeBron didn't shake my hand" statement is being blown totally out of proportion. LeBron James simply had a moment of relapse due to the frustration of being blown out yet again, playing bad yet again and watching his supporting cast fail to show up...yet again. The sportsmanship code of shaking hands after games is not mandatory anymore.

There's a bigger outlook on this than just LeBron James not shaking his opponents hands.

When I was younger, no matter the outcome, I was forced to stand in a line and shake hands with the opposing team, period. No wandering off, walking to talk to family, doing interviews or walking to the bus with a towel on my head.

In this professional age, they do this. We see players go talk to other players, players cheering with the crowd, and some just walk to the locker room, etc. No players line up to shake hands in an orderly manner, everything is done with a casual, do-whatever attitude. While I'm not defending his actions, it helps to put post-game festivities into perspective before trying to create a villain out of a humble athlete.

The LeBron James bashing doesn't go to his play, his stellar performances or his unselfish attitude, but to his behavior following a chance to be one step closer to an NBA Championship. LeBron has done nothing wrong. But yet, some still want to find something wrong with him.

Compare him to Jordan or Joe Dumars shaking hands with the Bulls. On the court, you're full of emotion and adrenaline. If we feel like we could have won, we will be disappointed with a loss.

Call him crazy, but LeBron James has all the right in the world to be frustrated. They took this Orlando team very lightly and paid the price for it. They were outplayed, out coached and made little adjustments to get where they wanted to be. It's their own fault they lost and LeBron James hates to lose.

It'll be interesting to see what Cleveland does in the offseason, but one thing is for sure: LeBron doesn't want to be the only option Cleveland has to win all the time.

To read Wojnarowski's column, click here!