Is there a more polarizing athlete than Lebron James?
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Think about bruh. Any other athlete gets high and does stupid shyt and America frying they ass.
We all know he was high on both occasions but no one ever says it.
i'm black first and a sports fan second. lebron is a great example of what a black athlete should be off the court so he's forever good in my book. cacroaches aren't going to muddy the waters with basketball decisions.
In the modern era, no.
What he stood for was most radical, he's not the most polarizing. It was white folks vs black which was expected.
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The race and generation differences between those groups saw them disagreeing on many issues already. Ali's emergence and stances just caused those differences to surface more.
Men who would likely agree on many/most things are split when it comes to Lebron, even siblings.
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As far as basketball players go. No. Some can Argue Kobe but Kobe was a more successful player in terms of achievements. Everything LeBron does is broken down at the microscopic level.
I'll go back 100 years and say Jack Johnson. Man broke the color barrier for the heavyweight championship, and the way he kept beating up white men to retain the crown while smiling with his gold teeth to a crowd that wanted to lynch him must've invoked powerful feelings of black excellence. At the same time, he wasn't interested in letting other brothers have a shot at the title nor being a hero to the black community and paraded white women around as trophies.
The ripple effects were felt for over 20 years as it wasn't until Joe Louis came around that another black man got a shot at the title. Louis was persuaded into having little to no personality publicly while never being so much as photographed in public with white women. Johnson himself hated on Louis every chance he could get instead of supporting him. Man left a very complicated yet fascinating legacy
The ripple effects were felt for over 20 years as it wasn't until Joe Louis came around that another black man got a shot at the title. Louis was persuaded into having little to no personality publicly while never being so much as photographed in public with white women. Johnson himself hated on Louis every chance he could get instead of supporting him. Man left a very complicated yet fascinating legacy
There was a time when Ali was considered overrated and overhyped prior to his banishment. He was constantly compared to Joe Louis.
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It was sad seeing white folks AND black folks hating on Bron coming out of highschool
It’s 9 thread about Lebron on the front page of The Coliseum you tell me who’s more polarizing.
People in here need to stop saying Kobe because that's a damn lie.
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