3 reasons to end the LeBron James 'nuclear negativity'

After failing to win the championship, the basketball star fans love to hate is in for a long summer. Is it time we left LeBron alone?

LeBron James
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We all know LeBron James floundered in the NBA finals, says Buzz Bissinger at The Daily Beast. But does that justify the smug "vitriol, the spewing hatred" commentators are spitting out? Truly, we've "sunk to a new level of nuclear negativity" since the Dallas Mavericks trounced James and the rest of the Miami Heat on Sunday night. After James ditched his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers last summer in search of a championship in Miami, NBA fans have relished his every misstep. But enough may be enough. Here, three reasons it's time to give LeBron a break:

1. LeBron is evil, but he's not Voldemort

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