Hard Fouls Wearing on LeBron

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"I got to thinking about this when I tweeted about an NBA game. I tweeted to the people who follow me. While I never asked that they not distribute it to other tweeters, i did not give anyone permission to republish my tweets in a commercial newspaper, magazine or website. So when an ESPN.com or any other outlet republishes a tweet, have they violated copyright law ?" -- Mark Cuban, via BlogMaverick

"No wonder Dwight [Howard] feels slighted. You'd think Tiger [Woods], a guy who sits courtside at Magic games, would give Dwight a little love ... Tiger made an unbelievable putt Sunday to win The Arnie, but he yipped it bigtime when he didn't even mention Dwight for MVP. As a golfer, Tiger is the best in world. As an NBA analyst, he's Jean Van de Velde." -- Mike Bianchi, OrlandoSentinel.com

Don Nelson, speaking about the whole Jamal Crawford benching thing: "I've already talked about that, I'm not gonna talk about it anymore. It is what it is, I'm gonna do the right thing for the ball club, no matter what anybody thinks, I'm gonna do the right thing, this is the right thing. The right thing is play (Anthony) Morrow more, and that's what we're doing; I think Crawford understands that. Crawford, I have no problem, I like him, he likes me. At least I think, you can ask him, I think he likes me..." -- SportsRadioInterviews.com

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

3-31-2009 @ 12:08AM

T. said...

Suck it up Lebron "Big Baby" James

3-31-2009 @ 7:03AM

obamaizadope said...

Lebron is great, but he's soft, which is why Ron Artest owns him. If Ron knows you're soft, and he can get in your head? It's a little like that evil German Shepherd down the street that knows you're scared shitless of it..I must say though, that the ultimate in soft was when D-Wade went out in a wheelchair for that shoulder injury. That will never be topped, but if it is, LeBron will top it..

3-31-2009 @ 1:07PM

shepardtrent said...

You amuse me...LeBron soft? he gets beat up in every game he plays and if they don't beat him up then he does not get the foul calls he deserves. To all you people who do not understand that, put on a jersey and play a day in his shoes and see what he has to go through every game.

3-31-2009 @ 7:57AM

rjw6683 said...

In 20 years people will still be talking about watching Wade, James, and Kobe. At the same time people will have forgotten Ron Artest ever put on the jersey.

3-31-2009 @ 2:35PM

Keith said...

LeBron James "soft" wow so that means you can clothesline players bodyslam do a figure four leg lock ala ric flair to any one in the nba and if that player complains then he is automatically labeled as soft? theres a line between playing hard and playing dirty!Im not saying collins is a dirty player and maybe he was going for the ball( even tho it doesnt appear he's going for the ball) so before you go labeling players as soft look at whats going on and see how u would react in same situation!!

3-31-2009 @ 3:51PM

raw08 said...

He shoulda just crab walked around it....haha

3-31-2009 @ 9:24PM

littlejon988 said...

Man Dwight Howard has to put up with at least 6 or 7 of those fouls every night and doesn't say a word and you never hear about it. Lebron on the other hand... They aren't dirty though. You have to let someone know that if they want those 2 points, they have to go get them at the line.

4-01-2009 @ 9:07AM

Are you kidding me? Dwight is ALWAYS complaining...as he should when the ref does not call a foul on his defender...just like LeBron...A foul is a foul no matter how big or strong..call them consisitantly!

4-04-2009 @ 8:58AM

caninescreed said...

I think he may be kind of soft. Hey guess what Lebron, that stuff happens all the time. Try watching Rondo of the Celtics. That kid gets bashed around on a regular basis, have never heard him complain about it. This type of play hardly ever happens to king james, so he should consider himself lucky. How bout all the players that get called for fouls for barely touching lebron? I'd like to know what he thinks about that bit. You know what I say, if Lebron is driving to the hoop, you know you are going to pick up a foul if you are even near him, so put him on his butt. Make it worth the foul.