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Re: What does Lebron have to do for national respect?
I think the TYPE of coverage Lebron gets when he gets coverage is not as good as other players, and it leads to a lot of what he does going under-appreciated. Most of the national news articles about Lebron are about how he's going to leave to go to New York, or who he's meeting with on any given day. They are usually about Lebron the celeb not Lebron the basketball player.
How many articles besides Windhorst really break down his impact this season on a consistent basis? How many of his come from behind wins are taken for granted and only covered on the AP?
There's an overarching trend going on in Lebron's career starting at the playoffs last year and going through this year, that the greater populace who doesn't have league pass is largely ignorant of. And I think that's the sports media's fault. They just don't watch enough games. Or any games.
Our perceptions are being controlled by ESPN highlight package editors whose bottom line is crafting a narrative that may or may not be based within reality.
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