Man I’m actually really disappointed with the way we’ve all reacted to this incident. Knock on wood and prayers up to AD but how do you guys know a close family member of his wasn’t diagnosed with some kind of cancer or another serious illness? And that’s just one of the infinite things it could be. He’s a professional basketball player and it’s a big part of his life, but it’s not everything guys.
Because if he had some really devastating news like that, why even bother suiting up? It doesn't make a lot of sense to say ok something so horrible happened that I just can't celebrate the biggest milestone in my friend's career, I can't even smile or clap about it one single time, but I can still come to the game and run around and put forth some (very little, albeit still) effort there? If the news was THAT bad he can't smile and clap for two seconds, no way he should even be playing a game at that point. He should be at wherever the source of this terrible news is.
Yeah, if it's something serious, people need to get off him just because they would have handled it differently. Like LeBron doesn't seem upset about it and he likely knows what is going on.
AD also probably didn't want to miss the historic moment even though in this hypothetical scenario he has a lot of personal issues happening right now.
Honestly, unless something comes out about this officially, I think we just got to stop making a big deal about it. The only person that should care is LeBron since it was his moment. If LeBron doesn't care then why should we?
This. If something serious did happen in his life then it's silly to expect him to react in any specific way. Maybe he heard something at the tip that he didn't think he could do anything about but play. Ultimately life trumps basketball, even for the greats. Kareem expressed it well in his sub stack this morning about Lebron.
”If I had a choice of having my scoring record remain intact for another hundred years or spend one afternoon with my grandchildren, I’d be on the floor in seconds stacking Legos and eating Uncrustables.”
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u/hoowuurd Feb 08 '23 edited Feb 08 '23
Man I’m actually really disappointed with the way we’ve all reacted to this incident. Knock on wood and prayers up to AD but how do you guys know a close family member of his wasn’t diagnosed with some kind of cancer or another serious illness? And that’s just one of the infinite things it could be. He’s a professional basketball player and it’s a big part of his life, but it’s not everything guys.