LeQuit James was ready to quit NBA after getting shut down by JJ Barea

[The Frozen One]

Imagine getting shutdown by two midgets JJ Barea and Jason Terry in the nba finals



No wonder he was ready to walk away

LeBron James and the football career that almost happened: 'He was going to be Randy Moss'

After the Miami Heat were beaten in six games by the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA lockout followed, leaving James to harbor pent-up frustration from a Finals failure and a season on the rocks. As other players around the league played exhibition games, James said he seriously considered an offer to try out for the Dallas Cowboys. He adjusted his training regimen and started running routes again.

Jerry Jones offered him the chance to play. In Seattle, Pete Carroll shipped him a custom Seahawks jersey, along with an invitation. What may have been seen as a publicity stunt was far from a gimmick to James.

“I would have made the team,” LeBron said. “I would have tried out, but I would have made the team.

 

[Fortunate Lee]

Look at dikkeater, y'all

check 'em out!

 

[10bandz]

Damn

 

[BucciMane]

Where does it say he'd play for them and stop playing basketball?.

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

First page real estate for sale

 

[sidenikkagawd]

Bron 2011 Finals performance is the most embarrassing in sports history by a superstar athlete

He will never live that down

 

[Flex Luger]

OP is so damn sad. Starting to feel sorry for you breh.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Bron 2011 Finals performance is the most embarrassing in sports history by a superstar athlete

He will never live that down

Launch an investigation damnit!!

 

[Born2BKing]

Bron 2011 Finals performance is the most embarrassing in sports history by a superstar athlete

He will never live that down

nikkas try to tear Lebron down like a mafukka. It's actually astounding at this point.

 

[Rosecrans]

Bron 2011 Finals performance is the most embarrassing in sports history by a superstar athlete

He will never live that down

b-b-but he's the GOAT

 

[jetflyinglimousineriding]

This was because of the NBA lockout that occurred in the offseason

 

[staticshock]

Bron 2011 Finals performance is the most embarrassing in sports history by a superstar athlete

He will never live that down

and this is the most amazing performance ever

 

[McPiff]

Let 13 yo kids post on the coli, brehs

 

[sidenikkagawd]

and this is the most amazing performance ever

Its not that impressive if you account for the suspension towards Draymond he pushed for and the injury from Iggy who won FMVP for guarding him the year before

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Bron 2011 Finals performance is the most embarrassing in sports history by a superstar athlete

He will never live that down

When Magic was the defending Finals MVP in 1981 he had a stacked team with defending NBA MVP Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, All-Star and future HOFer Jamaal Wilkes, Norm Nixon who averaged 17-3-9 and would be an All-Star the next year, and future DPOY Michael Cooper.

That STACKED team lost in the first round to a team with a losing record. In the deciding game of the series, Magic went 2-14 with 9 turnovers and only shot 6-11 from the line. With 30 seconds left and a 1-point lead he went to the line and missed both shots, had Dunleavy hit the game-winner in his face, then went for the game-winner himself and airballed it from just 8 feet away.

You're talking midgets when the player that was bodying the Lakers to the tune of 21 and 5 was 5'9" Calvin Murphy.

But that doesn't count, cause somehow 1st-round losses to 40-42 teams are more noble than Finals losses to great teams, and because Magic isn't held to the same standard as LeBron for obvious reasons.

We could also talk about a Finals where Larry Bird scored 8, 8, and 12 points in three consecutive games against a shytty opponent and only averaged 15ppg on 42% shooting for the series....but again, Bird isn't held to the same standard.

Or Kobe averaging 22-3-4 on 38% shooting (17% from three) while straight shooting his team out of a Finals against a heavy underdog....but again, not held to the same standard.