LeBron Had A Weird Night

Things started so swimmingly. It kicked off by being officially named head coach, a title that was well overdue. And he celebrated in style by promptly ending Jusuf Nurkic with a hammer of a dunk.

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An incredible feat of athleticism for a man who has logged as many career minutes as James. 2003 was a long time ago, people don’t like to talk about that, and LeBron’s STILL throwing down with the same fervor and intensity as he was in ’08 when KG tried to meet him at the rim.

But then things started going awry. The boo birds came out of the weeds and started chirping at him. A nightly occurrence for LeBron over the past two decades. But this time he decided to chirp back with a zinger straight out of a second grader’s handbook.

Boom, roasted. Goodnight, Irene. I’m surprised the building was still standing after that one and it wasn’t just LeBron standing surrounded by piles of smoldering rubble. Structural integrity like you dream about in Portland.

And then, the train came entirely off the tracks when Ty Lue attempted to get his head coach spot back and was immediately forced back into his chair whilst being berated by LeBron.

Complete and utter disrespect. No wonder soups are being tossed around that locker room like frisbees in a Freshman quad. There’s a power struggle at the top, and by power struggle I mean Ty Lue’s struggling to realize who actually has the power. Hopefully David Blatt has an assistant job open and ready because there’s no way Lue can ever address this team again and have anyone in there pay a shred of respect to what he’s saying. Because who are you really going to listen to: the guy who dropped 35/14/6/3/2 tonight or that guy who let Allen Iverson step over him without repercussions many moons ago?