LeBron James Is the NBA Poster Child of the ADD-Laden Millennial Generation

Maybe it isn't LeBron James' fault.

LeBron was born in 1984 and is thus a member of Generation Y, or the Millennials. Some say he lacks Michael Jordan's competitiveness, but perhaps his difficulty is tied to his Attention Deficit Disorder-addled peers.

The Millennials are a product of a generation built around speed and instant gratification. Fast food chains have been serving value meals for decades.

However, the age of "I want it right here, right now" flourished with the Internet. Since we all hold unlimited information and entertainment in our hands, an inability to focus has become prevalent.

How many conversations have you had where the person, possibly unwittingly, has checked their cell phone while you were speaking?

The most glaring examples of LeBron's lack of focus are the varied responses to the question about what he desires out of his career.

He has been quoted that he wants to be a "global icon," but if that were true, then New York would have been the best destination.

When he signed with the Miami Heat, he declared that they were going to win an astronomical number of titles that would impress even Celtics legend Bill Russell.

However, if championships were the goal, then signing with the Chicago Bulls would have been the best option. The Bulls already had a solid starting five and could have used forward Luol Deng as the starting shooting guard they lacked.

Even with such an important "decision," LeBron's insufficient focus kept him from properly executing his choice to accommodate his goals.

LeBron's ADD is not adult-onset, but rather something he has been cultivating since he was a child. Despite growing up in Ohio (which has a member of every professional sports league), his favorite teams were the Dallas Cowboys, the New York Yankees and the Chicago Bulls.

Every one of those teams won multiple championships in the 1990s.

Thus we can extrapolate that LeBron is a front runner. To stick with a team when they aren't winning takes supreme dedication (arguably an offshoot of focus) that is not found in Boston Red Sox fans of today. 

National pundits and fans alike have taken delight in declaring that LeBron does not have the killer instinct to close out games.

This assertion is completely false. Similar to the Millennial's lack of focus, today's society cannot seem to remember anything that did not occur in the last twenty minutes.

In 2007, James put the Cleveland Cavaliers on his back in unprecedented fashion against the Detroit Pistons during the "48 Special" game.

He proved that day that he could contain the assertiveness and drive to take over a game.

It seems the major factor in LeBron's life that has prevented him from piling up the NBA Championships is a lack of focus.

When you are worried about becoming a global icon or attempting to find out who the next dynasty is, you don't have the time to focus on basketball.

However, the timing of your birth cannot be used as an excuse. Perhaps the lockout will benefit him since he can take the time to conduct a proper inventory and find out what's important to him.

Hopefully, as Bill Simmons has pointed out numerous times, it's a post-up game.