He absolutely should catch heat. The man is supposed to be a professional athlete in victory or defeat.

After thinking about this for some time, I have to admit that I'm a bit disappointed.

 

Mike and Mike tried to explain it away like this. This year was "the perfect storm" for the Cavs. Home court throughout the entire playoffs, as they took care of business during the regular season. No Garnett playing for Boston. No Nelson playing for Orlando.

 

However, I can't believe that LBJ was processing all this at game's end. He was in all likelihood simply disappointed and even angry with the loss, and it got the best of him.

 

Gracious in victory, and even more so in defeat. Tough to live up to in the heat of the moment, but when you're going to celebrate the Game 2 winning shot like it was Game 7, man up and shake when the shoe is on the other foot.

Speaking of LeBron criticism........................

 

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2009/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=PERDiem-090604

FYI...

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4232264

 

"LeBron James knows he was wrong to snub the Magic and the media, and David Stern decided the NBA was wrong when it didn't punish the MVP for it.

 

So the commissioner changed his mind and fined James $25,000 for skipping the postgame news conference after Cleveland lost to Orlando in the Eastern Conference finals."

FYI...

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4232264

 

"LeBron James knows he was wrong to snub the Magic and the media, and David Stern decided the NBA was wrong when it didn't punish the MVP for it.

 

So the commissioner changed his mind and fined James $25,000 for skipping the postgame news conference after Cleveland lost to Orlando in the Eastern Conference finals."

 

Ah, $25,000 dollars to LeBron is like $.25 to me or you. Fine him and get over it. It was wrong, but LeBron's season is over.