LeBron James has so few friends that only his kids will play
Assured of his status as the East’s second seed and rightfully confident in his Cleveland Cavaliers’ ability to wipe the floor with the Eastern Conference come playoff time, LeBron James has now taken to destroying his kids at video games
Possibly playing as himself on a Cavalier off-day, James gave his sons LeBron Jr. and Bryce fair warning prior to their time with the controller, while letting daughter Zhuri and wife Savannah off the hook.
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The welcome respite came toward the end of another rather event-filled day for James, who disclosed on Monday evening that, shock horror, he doesn’t consider himself to be great friends the whole of the NBA. From Joe Vardon’s feature at Northeast Ohio Media Group:
Of course, this should only remind you of Marc Maron’s bit about only needing to have two friends, and little else. Anthony, Wade and James were drafted in the same class together and immediately pegged as the standard bearers for a post-Shaq and post-Tim Duncan NBA (we got that one half-right), while the similarly-aged Paul has ranked just below James for the title of the NBA’s best player for the better part of his healthy career.
Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love? They were opponents until last summer, and didn’t share the same drafting history as Wade and Chris Bosh did prior to their formation as teammates in 2010.
(Wait, where is Chris Bosh in this list? I smell a feud! Hop on it, daytime programming on ESPN!)
James’ shocking disclosure comes on the heels of Kevin Love “admitting” that he and James don’t spend every waking hour palling it up off the court, what with their on the court work doing most of the talking that actually counts. Not listing co-workers, Facebook pals or Twitter followers or minor acquaintances as “very good friends” is more than normal for a 30-year old married father of three who recently moved and has some video game work to do once he finishes dinner and helping his kids with their homework.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are playing video game-level ball at exactly the right time of year. Behind James, they’ve grown into the championship favorite we’d long assumed them to be, and that’s all that matters, per usual.