The Works: LeBron James Does Battle With Himself

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Today in The Works: rethinking positions and All-Star voting; dream analysis and the Washington Wizards; and we explore the Kevin Love-Blake Griffin rivalry.

But first, LeBron James' latest Twitter disasters.

Will LeBron James Ever Learn?

LeBron James had himself some interesting Tuesday and Wednesday nights last week. As you've likely heard by now, near the end of Tuesday night's atrocious 112-57 loss by the Cavs against the Lakers, the franchise's one-time savior tweeted the following: "Crazy. Karma is a b****.. Gets you every time. Its not good to wish bad on anybody. God sees everything!" It seemed, at the time, like a case of someone kicking the team when it was down, rubbing their face in their own failure while at the same time shaming them for ever claiming they could live without LeBron. Never mind that LeBron's response was at least partially justified by Dan Gilbert's childish response to his departure. No matter the circumstances, James was just being a little mean.

Of course, according to LeBron, this was all some huge misunderstanding. On Wednesday night, James clarified things by claiming he had no intent to hurt anyone's feelings with the tweet and was merely passing along some sage words of advice from a friend. If you believe LeBron's explanation, then he was just being a fount of wisdom rather than a bully. No one could blame you for thinking this was a poorly disguised attempt to save face, but his response is his response.

I honestly don't care much if LeBron was lying or not, because the tweet itself indicates a bizarre personality trait that's only really been noticed since the "Decision" mess turned public opinion against him. In short, James is decidedly tone-deaf to the ebbs and flows of public opinion and often doesn't consider the contexts in which his words operate, even if he doesn't intend to harm anyone.

 

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