And not in a good way.
It made no sense.
No, this was atweet I fired off13 years ago.
It read: “LeBron James=overrated AND heading to New York.
Sucks to be in Cleveland right now.”
Taken without any context, this is an epically bad take.
James is on the Los Angeles Lakers.
He never played in New York.
I should know better, right?
The whole thing initially threw me off kilter.
take on Lebron now thats he the scoring champion.
Thats Twitter in 2023, I guess.
@OldTakesExposed kicked things off by retweeting my post, and the haters came flooding in.
“Damn you got like everything wrong here,” said@Loki64746912.
“I admire being so incorrect,” said@OgClutch1.
And perhaps the best insult from@WhackPoser216: “It’s actually pretty awesome to be in Cleveland.
How the Lakers doing?”
Not well, WhackPoser216, not well.
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But it didn’t matter.
At this point I think it’s safe to say that my post is just horrifically, embarrassingly off.
With more than a decade of hindsight, it’s clearly wrong in multiple ways.
A newly earned scoring record and four titles for LeBron has me with egg on my face.
He was actively engaged in the Twittersphere, eager to join the conversation, any conversation.
He also would’ve taken this more seriously, and maybe gotten a little defensive about the whole thing.
it’s actually pretty awesome to be in Cleveland.
How the Lakers doing?
So maybe it’s good that it’s happening now.
Either way, it’s a refreshing reminder of who I was.
Current Roger also has the benefit of a whole lot of hindsight.
Remember, it was 2010, and none of James' titles had materialized yet.
James would announce two months later that he was “gonna take my talents” to Miami instead.
And I’m totally game.
Heck, I’d welcome a second helping of backlash if James could win my Lakers another title.
I’ve got a glimmer of hope after all of thetradesmadethis week.
But I’m not dumb enough to post another foolhardy James prediction.
One viral moment is enough.
