[French Rage]

LeBron certainly didn't do himself any favors with The Decision; I think that turned a lot of people off from him for a number of years.  But once you get past that youthful indiscretion, as another poster mentioned there are a lot of things to like about him.  And he's simply a great player and his records speak for themselves; people can argue how much of an all-time great, but his level of play for 20+ years is impressive.  But as another poster mentioned, danged if I don't find myself ever rooting for him in the NBA; in the late 00s I was a Pistons fan so his Cav teams were going up against the end of that era Pistons in the playoffs; in the early 10s I don't think anyone outside of south Florida wanted the heat to win squat; and during the late 10s even though it was cool he was with the Cavs I was rooting for the Warriors; and same with the Lakers of the 20s.  So while I'm always rooting against him I still think he's a great player and seems like a decent guy.  But as yet even another poster said, he had the unfortunateness (?) to be around the same time as Curry who tics a lot of those boxes without the downside of The Decision and is playing for a Bay Area team, so to this area he was always the "other" when it came playoff time.

[French Rage]

LeBron certainly didn't do himself any favors with The Decision; I think that turned a lot of people off from him for a number of years.  But once you get past that youthful indiscretion, as another poster mentioned there are a lot of things to like about him.  And he's simply a great player and his records speak for themselves; people can argue how much of an all-time great, but his level of play for 20+ years is impressive.  But as another poster mentioned, danged if I don't find myself ever rooting for him in the NBA; in the late 00s I was a Pistons fan so his Cav teams were going up against the end of that era Pistons in the playoffs; in the early 10s I don't think anyone outside of south Florida wanted the heat to win squat; and during the late 10s even though it was cool he was with the Cavs I was rooting for the Warriors; and same with the Lakers of the 20s.  So while I'm always rooting against him I still think he's a great player and seems like a decent guy.  But as yet even another poster said, he had the unfortunateness (?) to be around the same time as Curry who tics a lot of those boxes without the downside of The Decision and is playing for a Bay Area team, so to this area he was always the "other" when it came playoff time.