Lebron is a special case for me. As a basketball player and the way he has treated the NBA as his personal playground, I have no respect for the man. I truly feel that even though he is arguably the greatest athlete the game has ever seen (I think Jordan was better) he has in many ways destroyed the competitiveness of the NBA. We are now stuck watching a league where there are virtually a handful of teams that have a chance and are actually worth watching. Having said all that, he has given so much back to the communities he is part of and has shared his enormous wealth with so many. He does set a standard that is difficult to match when it comes to philanthropy. It is almost as if he is two different people. I wonder how much of the philanthropy is him and how much is great PR advisors. He certainly needs the PR after the way he acts in terms of the basketball world.
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There is no doubt that he has a PR machine working overtime... and yet they were all surprised when people burned his jerseys after he cut out the hearts of his home town fans on national television. Oddly enough it is for that reason that i actually think he really does want to help kids. He's been doing charity work long before he started pissing people off. Heck even that horrible Jim Gray interview gave the proceeds to charities. He is definitely a unique case. I can't remember ever despising someone so much on the court and respecting them off the court. Usually it is the complete opposite. Even if it is all done for PR, that is fine with me. The good still gets done. Now if he would just stop flopping!