“Don’t think for one minute that I haven’t been keeping mental notes of everyone taking shots at me this summer. And I mean everyone.” – LeBron James tweet

After taking criticism from Cavs fans and others throughout the sports world (Charles Barkley said “The Decision” disturbed him.), LeBron James is doubling down on his arrogance and contempt for the feelings of his former Cleveland fans.

You would expect Cavs fans to be annoyed and maybe even angry, when the second best player in the league and the only hope for sports in a town that hasn’t won a major championship since 1964 announces on a national TV special that he was going to leave Cleveland. It wasn’t just that fact that he left–which any athlete is prefectly entitled to do–but that he announced it in such a manner and was dancing for the cameras in Miami the next day. Moreover, he was given so much control of the team in Cleveland–his posse was allowed to travel on the team plane–and then he even played poorly in the Celtics playoff series.

Fact is, anyone is going to be a little bit annoyed with their former-star player no matter how they leave. But LeBron just amplified those feelings in the process. And by going down to Miami Beach to try to engineer an easy championship with Wade and Bosh does, as so many critics have said, take him out of the conversation with Jordan and Bryant.

Fans and analysts alike are entitled to voice their opinions just like LeBron is entitled to leave.

For James to whine about so many Cavs fans who voiced their opinions just furthers his egotistical image. It says to the world, “Not only do I not care about giving the city of Cleveland the decency of a respectful ‘decision’ process, furthermore, none of you should be saying anything about it. You should feel that I’m more important than your city.”

For the record, winning a championship will not vindicate LeBron James. None of his critics, including #1 Critic Charles Barkley, doubt that he has a very good chance of winning a championship. He just acted in an egotistical manner and took the easy way out.

Barkley said:

“This clearly takes him out of the conversation [with Jordan]. He can win as much as he wants to. There would have been something honorable about staying in Cleveland and trying to win it as the man.”

LeBron, you may very well win a championship, but you’re not establishing yourself as a classy person.

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