Flash Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Absolutely recommend reading this article. Its long but definitely worth it. it's clear the Heat will likely be the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference and many of his peers are resting. "It's my choice," James says. "I'm looking for opportunities to get better, and if I sit out, I can't get better. This is a no-excuse season for me. I've put everything into this season."On the night last June when the Mavericks beat the Heat in Miami for the NBA championship, James drove to his house in Coconut Grove and did not come out for two weeks. "I couldn't watch TV because every channel -- doesn't matter if it was the Cartoon Channel -- was talking about me and the Heat," James says. "On the Cooking Channel it was like, 'So we're going to make a turkey burger gourmet today, and LeBron James failed!'" He wanted to listen to music, but hip-hop didn't feel appropriate, so he queued up the old-school playlist on his iPod and set it in the dock in his bedroom. He wallowed to the strains of Barry White, Curtis Mayfield and Bobby Womack. Every once in a while his mother, Gloria James, or his longtime girlfriend, Savannah Brinson, ducked in for a pep talk. "I didn't hear what they wanted to say," James says. "I didn't care what they were talking about." "I lost touch with who I was as a basketball player and a person," James says. "I got caught up in everything that was going on around me, and I felt like I had to prove something to people, and I don't know why. Everything was tight, stressed." This made me lolThe first thing he did was get a haircut. "You think my beard is long now, it was up to here," says James, pointing to the top of his cheekbones. "I looked like Tom Hanks in Castaway."Lots of stuff in there showing the change he's made on and off the court. Sports Illustrated 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Check my Stats Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Not sure about everyone else, but I am a lot more interested in what he is going to do, opposed to what he is going to say. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted April 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Not sure about everyone else, but I am a lot more interested in what he is going to do, opposed to what he is going to say. I think that's how everyone feels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballorama Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 I agree, I've changed my perception of LeBron quite a bit through the season... now it's time to see him in these playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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