I just don't get how LBJ can be so good and influential off the court and seem to be such a snake behind the scenes on the court. I say behind the scenes because he doesn't openly complain too much about his coaches or teammates. It's always an insidious onset and it just slowly bubbles to the surface over time and explodes. Like the Walton distrust.
Thing is, we'll shit-talk him this season and into next season but sooner or later, I think he'll bring another chip to LA. But it's shitty to those around him who deal with the fallout from his actions. The coaches he gets booted, the players that leave or get traded at his "request." And when he leaves a team, the team struggles in the shadow of his absence.
The dude seems toxic. You can grab on and ride his coattails to the top for a few seasons but the drop back down to Earth when he leaves lasts for a real long time. Ask Cleveland and Miami and the players that stayed after he left.
He's great and influential off the court, working with the community, standing up for good causes. But he seems a like a chode in the locker room and I'm surprised his teammates haven't spilled to the media about it. I guess he's still a big star right now and it'll just slide right off him and likely get the player blackballed like Kaep. But in a few years, I'm sure his coaches will speak out.
Brady doesn't pull half the shit LBJ does and Brady still gets hit pieces written about him and Kraft and BB and the entire Pats organization. Cheating, his trainer Guerrero and his practices, his supposed support of Trump, etc. I guess it's different because in his case the Pats organization stays put including his coach and owner but the players around him are rotated around quite a bit, regardless of their Pro Bowl careers or not. But the dude just shuts the hell up and it doesn't seem like his teammates walk on eggshells around him. Nor does BB.
And Brady has always had more rings than LBJ, if I'm not mistaken.
