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LeBron: 'Even my own family gets spoiled at times watching me'

Aug 17, 2010, 10:00 AM EDT

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I believe my recent advice to LeBron James was to lie low and not do interviews until the season starts. What was I talking about?! LeBron did a big interview with GQ, excerpts of which were released on its web site today, and it worked out perfectly! Except for the several quotes where he ends up looking like an ass.

“I love our fans. Cleveland fans are awesome. But I mean, even my family gets spoiled at times watching me doing things that I do, on and off the court.”

Egomaniacal Douchebag alert. Also, about Dan Gilbert:

“I don’t think he ever cared about LeBron. My mother always told me: ‘You will see the light of people when they hit adversity. You’ll get a good sense of their character.’ Me and my family have seen the character of that man.”

Did he really just refer to himself in the third person?


More excerpts, as LeBron talks with GQ writer J.R. Moehringer:

“It’s not far, but it is far. And Clevelanders, because they were the bigger-city kids when we were growing up, looked down on us…. So we didn’t actually like Cleveland. We hated Cleveland growing up. There’s a lot of people in Cleveland we still hate to this day.”

On Charles Barkley criticizing him last week:

“Charles was probably trying to be funny. It wasn’t funny to me.”

Someone’s in denial (Barkley was, of course, totally serious). Can’t wait to see what else he said in the September issue, previewed here in GQ’s Lebron Can Take the Heat section.
Bronny, you need a press secretary, and you need him right now. I cannot imagine people hating you more.
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LeBron Interview: ‘We hated Cleveland growing up’ [SportsbyBrooks]
LeBron James can take the Heat [GQ]

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  1. Dan - Aug 17, 2010 at 1:45 PM

    The LebronJamesEgo twitter account is out-egoed by Lebron James. Impressive.

  2. ccclay57 - Aug 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM

    One thing that Gilbert said that seems dead on was the comment that there were a lot of people protecting LBJ during the Cavs years. This kept the public from seeing the true Lebron all those years. I think we’re seeing him now. Does this get me on his mentally organized pay back list?

  3. kpax - Aug 17, 2010 at 4:28 PM

    Pretty soon even Heat fans will be sick of this guy!

  4. Erickk - Aug 17, 2010 at 4:31 PM

    That’s why we all hate Lebrick james…We Really hate this guy and hope he never wins a ring. KOBE IS THE REAL KING. GO LAKERS….

  5. Harry Ball - Aug 17, 2010 at 4:37 PM

    When you refer to yourself in the third person, you are a certifiable weirdo.

  6. AaRodge - Aug 17, 2010 at 6:25 PM

    So will his family…

  7. George Costanza - Aug 17, 2010 at 6:42 PM

    George is getting angry!

  8. ron - Aug 17, 2010 at 8:08 PM

    the guy is a complete ass. all he cares about is himself. very immature for 25 years old if you believe it.i think he is more about 28 with a mind of 12 year old.

  9. smokehouse - Aug 17, 2010 at 10:19 PM

    He has it all but yet he has nothing but some hangers on who will suck him dry of his fame and money. Poor man child. I used to like him as a person. He was a great talent and looked to be a fun guy. But all that has changed. Same with Tiger.

  10. DiamondDuq - Aug 17, 2010 at 10:24 PM

    Actually, Jordan is the King, Kobe’s more like the Prince and Lebron’s looking a lot like the court Jester!

  11. VINNIE - Aug 18, 2010 at 7:10 AM

    HEY LEBRON NOBODY IS GOING EVER TO FORGET YOU THREW GAME 5 AGAINST BOSTON SO YOU CAN SIGN WITH YOUR BUDDIES AND THE ELBOW INJURY YOU FAKED .THIS IS GOING TO BE HOW YOU ARE GOING TO BE REMEMBERED !! YOU A CLASSLESS PUNK!

  12. hnirobert - Aug 18, 2010 at 8:28 AM

    Nah, we’re going to be celebrating championships. SOUTH BEACH, SPREAD YOUR LEGS!

  13. Lion Woods - Aug 18, 2010 at 10:38 AM

    Geez, why the piling on… Lebron is a basketball player. It doesn’t take people skills, political savy or some type of mathematic intellegence. He plays a game. Lebron had an opportunity to leave the only team he has played for after 7 years. Why do fans expect so much from these players. I don’t look for Lebron to say anything compelling or expect him to not show us all how he spends his time and/or money. He is essentially a very rich young man and he acts just like that. So let him do his thang.

  14. Peter - Aug 18, 2010 at 2:09 PM

    I think it’s pretty egotistical to think that your advice to Lebron matters, Rick

  15. skidog - Aug 18, 2010 at 2:51 PM

    All u Muther F@#$%ers was kissing his ass before he left Cleveland, now all u be-yatches are crying about how he handles his life,well wake up he doesn’t owe any of u haters a dam thing. Lets keep it real if one u changed your everyday job, would people blast u for living Walmart to work for IBM.

  16. Rick Chandler - Aug 18, 2010 at 3:14 PM

    If you thought I was serious, you’re obviously not a regular reader. Hopefully we can change that! I’ll mention that to LeBron tonight when I see him at bingo.

  17. Emoney - Aug 18, 2010 at 4:35 PM

    Hey skidog, You sound like Lebron’s b****. First of Lebicth is
    never going be a player like Kobe or Jordan and you should know that.

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