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Skip Bayless Destroys LeBron James By Listing All Of His Career Failures

Published August 14, 2021 at 3:55 PM
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After having a sub-par performance last year and a first round exit in the playoffs, LeBron James sent a message to the league on his Instagram story.

«It's not about (how) you fail. It's about how you come back from it," James wrote on an Instagram story.

Skip Bayless, the number one LeBron James critique and hater grab the opportunity to hit the four-time NBA champion by listing all of LeBron's failures on his NBA career.

When LeBron talks bouncing back from failure, I listen. He has failed SO MUCH. 2009 Magic. 2010 Celts (Gilbert: "Quit.") 2011 Finals meltdown. 2013 G6 saved by Ray. 2014 record Finals margin loss. 2015 Finals G4/5/6. 2018 G1 OT pout. 2019 missed playoffs. 2021 G5 left bench.



Skip really listed all of LeBron's playoff campaign from 2009-2021.

Even having less support with his Cavaliers team back in 2009 to 2010, LeBron James led his team to at least an Eastern Semifinals. LeBron and the Cavs lost to a Dwight Howard-led Orlando Magic in 2009 Eastern Conference Finals that could've been set up a LeBron-Kobe Finals matchup if only LeBron and the Cavs beaten the Magic. The following year, LeBron bowed down to the Boston Celtics' bug three in 6 games of Eastern Conference Semifinals.

LeBron went to Miami to team up with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh but they were beaten by Dirk Nowitzki-led Dallas Mavericks in 6 games. In 2013, the Miami Heat almost lost the championship series to the San Antonio Spurs in 6 games after being down by 5 points with less than a minute left in the game, but Ray Allen saved the day for the Heat with a game-tying clutch three-pointer. In 2014, the Spurs got their revenge beating LeBron's Miami Heat in just 5 games.

In 2015, when LeBron went back to Cleveland, the Cavs made it to the NBA Finals but Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving went down due to injuries. LeBron and the Cavs were beaten by the MVP Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors in 6 games. In 2018, the Cavaliers were swept by the Warriors.

In 2019, when LeBron transferred to Los Angeles Lakers, they've missed the playoffs as he went down due to groin injuries.

And in the recent playoffs this year, the Lakers were eliminated by the finalists Phoenix Suns in first round in just six games. Anthony Davis had a groin injury during the series while LeBron was still not in his 100% after suffering a leg injury during the season.

Skip won't accept the fact that there's a reason and there will be a reason for all of those failures. He just can't appreciate talent of a once-in-a-lifetime player like LeBron. He'll always find a way to discredit and taint the legacy of a LeBron James.
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