ESPN pulled some strings with parent company Disney and sat down with King James to watch the new hoops film Glory Road. (The film’s website notes it’s “From the producer of Remember the Titans.” No way! Are there any racism/coming-of-age soccer stories out there we can write for this guy?)
Afterward, LeBron posted his thoughts on the film. Sort of. What we get here is really LeBron’s thoughts on himself, but it’s some nice insight into where he feels he’s been and where he feels he’s going.
It’s all about competing, about trying to be the best. It’s also important to me to make the team I’m on now the best. I don’t want to go ring-chasing, as I call it; you know, going to a team that’s already pretty established and trying to win a ring with them. I want to stay with the Cavs and build a champion. And I feel like we’re on our way.
Part of being considered the best is having rivalries. I don’t have any at this point. Rivalries start in the playoffs. I tell you what, I’ll be happy for it to start. I haven’t been a part of the playoffs yet, but I will be this year. Then we’ll see if a rivalry develops.
The obvious impending rivalry is Detroit, which is going to give ESPN’s editing crew all kinds of fade effects work showing today’s Pistons beating on LeBron contrasted with MJ getting beat up by the Bad Boys. Not only are Detroit and Cleveland division rivals, they also have the Gilbert/Michigan connection, plus the retarded playoff seeding means the Cavs would see the Pistons in the 2nd round, despite having the second best record in the East.
Another choice excerpt from LeBron’s essay:
I don’t think I have an instinct like Kobe, where I just want to kill everybody.
Now some people might laugh at that, including us. One thing we don’t learn anywhere is whether this is a good movie or not. With NBA expert Josh Lucas starring, we’re going to guess “maybe.”
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