LeBron James Continues to Say the Wrong Things

LeBron James has had a tough year. He's gone from the NBA's poster child to the poster child for everything that's wrong with today's athlete.

He's unaccountable, and everything that comes out of his mouth just reaffirms that.

After the Heat's Game 6 loss, James tweeted: "The Greater Man upstairs know when it's my time. Right now isn't the time."

Translation: it was God's will that lost us the Finals, not my disappearing act that would make David Copperfield proud. Not the fact that I have no semblance of a post game and allowed Rick Carlisle to put Jason Terry (6'2", 180 lbs.), Jason Kidd (6'4", 210 lbs.), and even JJ Barea (6'0", 175 lbs.) on me. Not that, other than an improved jump shot, I have added nothing to my game in my eight years in this league.

It wasn't his failures that led to the Heat's loss; it was the "Greater Man upstairs."

Actually, LeBron, it was the Greater Man wearing a No. 41 for Dallas. The one who did not flee his team for greener pastures last summer. The one who kept his talents in Dallas and worked hard in the gym, not in front of cameras.

He didn't blame anyone but himself for his failures, and it paid off.

He didn't blame his teammates, which you inadvertently did to your Cleveland teammates when you teamed up with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

And speaking of Bosh, you said he was the most important player on the Heat. Way to pass the buck, once again. You think Jordan ever said anything close to that? Hell, Kobe drove Shaq out of LA just to prove that he was the most important player on the Lakers.

But that's what you do; you put the blame on other people.

When you decided to participate in "The Decision," it wasn't you that was the problem, it was the racist media.

When you and your cohort Wade mocked Dirk Nowitzki, you blamed the media for their propensity to blow things out of proportion.

It's never your fault, is it? So why change anything. You're just "going to continue to live the way [you] want to live and continue to do the things that [you] want to do." No need to hit the gym and work on the weaknesses the Mavericks so brilliantly exploited.

Besides, there's always next year.

But there won't always be.