By the way, the "guy in my avatar" is a Celtic, LeBron is a Cavalier ... you sure you're in the right city? 
Just to be clear, Cavs' fans can post here so long as they're respectful. MMacOH is a long-standing poster who brings a unique perspective to the blog, and I'd ask that we don't isolate others. (I doubt that was your intent, Bahku. I'm just clarifying for everybody, since this comes up a lot.)
Also, I know we all get our hackles up a little when somebody criticizes the actions of our players, but here, I think a comparison between KG and Lebron is relevant. It isn't necessarily 100% apt, but it's something that can at least be debated.
(Frankly, I'd prefer fans of other teams to make comparisons like that within existing threads, rather than starting a new thread. If MMacOH, for instance, had started a new thread calling out KG, I think that would rub us all the wrong way. What he did here, though, seems fine.)
I don't know everyone here or where they're from, so this was an obvious question to ask, especially when someone on a Celtics blog is taking a stab at one of our core players and defending LeBron ... and while his screen name insinuated he might be from elsewhere, I was not assuming anything, and asked the same question I would ask of a Boston resident, given similar circumstances.
As far as the comparison, I guess it's semantics, but I don't think it's a very direct route from trash-talking, (which doesn't have much bearing on self-centeredness), and putting on a sideline dance show during a game, (which has a great deal of bearing on it). The argument in this thread was about LeBron and his arrogance and sexism, and that's what I was commenting on.
Bringing KG into it and making the stretch that trash-talking is the same kind of self-centered behavior as LeBron's little performance was something I took exception to, without consideration as to where the other blogger was from, because I don't see how it even matters in this case. I was also being accused of setting a double-standard, and I'm going to defend that with the same amount of objectivity as to the bloggers origin, because I don't see trash-talking and sideline dancing as remotely the same kind of behavior or even motivated by the same personality traits.
Is KG arrogant? I would most likely vote yes on that one nine times out of ten, though I don't think it's the same kind of arrogance at all. But despite that discussion, and aside from it, KG's intensity and trash-talking and "cussing" is not at all the same as putting on a dance display the likes of LeBron's. But then again, I'm just a biased Celtic fan, so pretty much anything I say will not appear as "objective" as someone from out-of-town. So be it ... I'm a homer.
(I also take exception to the use of sarcasm: "Double-standard much?" and condescension: "Please" ... I think he could have made his points in a much more diplomatic fashion).
Topic: LeBron's Arrogance (Not to mention sexism) (Read 22392 times)