Could LeBron James Be Suffering from Bad Karma?

Everything was going smoothly for the Cavs towards the end of the 2008-2009 season.

They had a near-perfect home record. The "King" was averaging phenomenal numbers that virtually guaranteed him his first MVP award.

And the team seemed to be peaking at the right time with a blowout of the Celtics—then defending NBA champs—just a week before the start of the playoffs.

Then Lebron James led his troops in partying courtside with their lead pushed up to 30, mugging TV cameras as they "boogied" at the expense of the already-humiliated Celtics.

Boston's Ray Allen felt disrespected. "I'm always going to remember that...If I beat a team, as happy as I may be in victory, I'm always going to stay humble," the offended Allen says.

Lebron claims they weren't disrespecting the Celtics, but then adds, "If you take it as disrespectful, then you got to do something about it."

Didn't really sound too tasteful to me, but the man did seem unstoppable. He knew it, and the world knew it. He wasn't about to apologize for his actions—not to a Ray Allen, and not even to the franchise with the most championships in NBA history.

He is the CHOSEN ONE for crying out loud, he probably thought. Didn't this Ray Allen guy see the tattoo on his back? Everybody better know how to bow before THE KING.

But the Orlando Magic didn't bow. The "something" that the Celtics couldn't do against King James and his Cavs, the Magic did.

So what does a self-proclaimed "Chosen One" do when things don't go as planned? He snubs his conquerors. How dare them spoil his party! The King doesn't need to shake hands. They should've bowed down like everybody else and kissed his Royal Ring.

Oops. The Ring isn't there yet. Somebody forgot to tell him that he has to win it first.

But still, he doesn't owe anybody any stupid apology. Shaking hands with a team that just kicked his behind, that just doesn't make any sense to him. "I'm a winner," the King insists.

And if he didn't feel like talking to the media, who's gonna make him? Let his sidekick Mo do it. It's his minions' fault that they lost anyway, not his.

And now he apparently orders any video evidence of him getting posterized by some kid confiscated. It's the kid's fault, really. He should've known better than to dunk on LBJ. How dare he?

There's just one thing that one of the King's high priests should have warned him about. Bad Karma.

Perhaps dancing on the Celtics' grave that April 12, in a meaningless regular-season game, wasn't a good idea after all.

Or maybe it's not Bad Karma, but rather bad attitude from a self-absorbed super-athlete that's the culprit.

Maybe the King needs to take a step back and think of himself first as a prince, to gain some much-needed humility that will serve him well later when he's truly ready to take the throne.

And perhaps, once he discovers humility, the world can be more patient and give him the time he needs to earn his crown.