Don’t fire up Lebron, just don’t do it

The Washington Wizards are boneheads. Gilbert Arenas, DeShawn Stevenson, Brendan Haywood and the whole crew. What makes you or anyone think it’s a good idea to talk crap and fire up one of the best basketball players to ever live, Lebron James. When asked about the upcoming playoff series against the Wizards, Arenas said something along the lines of:

“Of course we want to play the Cavs. Every team wants to play the Cavs in the first round. They are nothing better than a 50/50 team since the trade.”

Yikes… It gets better. DeShawn Stevenson went as far as to call out Lebron as being “overrated“. Ouch!

“He’s overrated,” DeShawn told Mike. “And you can say I said that” (Washington Post).

So this did indeed fire up Lebron who basically dominated the Wizards in games 1 and game 2. I think it is now time to apologize DeShawn! Honestly though, shouldn’t these guys just shut their mouths and try to play the game. They beat you EVERY YEAR. Why add fuel to the fire? In game 2, Brendan Haywood added to the boneheadedness by commiting a flagrant foul on the king which led to his ejection.

Some guys will never learn. One thing is for sure, should be an entertaining game 3 and 4.