Following the Miami Heat and LeBron James taking a 1-0 leader over the Dallas Mavericks in game one of the NBA Finals last night Cavs forward JJ Hickson didn’t wait long to publicly support James on his victory last night.
“[Shoutout] to the homie @KingJames!!! Go get you one bra,” tweeted Hickson.
Needless to say, within seconds Cavaliers fans exploded with questions, outrage and comments towards Hickson that cannot be repeated here. Â The overwhelming majority seem to be astounded that days after LeBron publicly humiliated his old teammates Hickson seemed to simply not care. Â James has not been afraid to admit that he left the Cavaliers because the talent on the team wasn’t up to his standards.
“Wow… I wasn’t raised to hate another person…,” he tweeted.
This second tweet surly didn’t make Cavaliers fans any less aggressive. Â Most were either mad about what he said or just mad that he didn’t realize that in tweeting what he did that this would be the response. Â Cavs fans figured Hickson would and should know better.
“Ima play my heart out for Cleveland or whoever.. That’s just me.. Y’all acting like I left,” he tweeted.
Despite the hate from followers, Hickson remained confident that he is a Cavalier for the long haul. Â However, rather than defuse the situation Hickson began retweeting others and refused to end it. Â After every new Hickson tweet more and more fans began responding.
“Im just saying congrads!!! Wow Cleveland.. I feel like an outsider now. Sad face,” he tweeted.
Before long fans were already suggesting Hickson be traded. Â The biggest complaint seemed to be that fans couldn’t understand how someone disrespected so much by a former teammate could still call him his homie. Â From a fans perspective it’s always hard to understand these situations. Â Professional athletes are paid to play this game and most know very little about the team they play for. Â But, with Hickson, it’s just extremely surprising to see someone react so positively to James who’s publicly said he wasn’t good enough for him.
So how do you feel about Hickson’s comments? Â Was he right in sending a classy congratulation to James? Â Was he foolish for choosing twitter where he should have known this would be the reaction?
I can’t believe people would spew hate at JJ for simply congratulating a former teammate. Even if Lebron said that his former team wasn’t good enough, how is that a terrible disrespect to him? I’m sure JJ knows he’s not Dwyane Wade or Chris Bosh. The Cavs fans who ridiculed JJ for showing love for a former teammate and current friend are the real jerks here.
The fans look really bad here for being oversensitive whiners. However, the tweets were in poor taste and showed bad judgement on Hickson’s part. He had to know there would be some followers who were still very sensitive about LBJ. He should have sent a personal email or text and not tweeted. It almost seems like he wants to be traded with his actions.
To me, that’s the main issue. JJ should have known better than to post something like that. It would have been a better decision for him to send LeBron a text or call him. Fact of the matter is, JJ works for the fans of Cleveland who pay his salary. Sometimes, with our jobs, even when were not on the clock we owe it to our customers to always represent ourselves in a smart and respectful way.
i cant beleive hicksons still sucking up james ass.he is a boy in a mans body.i hope the cavs dump this loser and draft a real man who can stand on his own two legs with out queen james to hold his hand.thats the problem with the nba today the players all want to be friends.no wonder the nba is a declining product,they have no team or city pride anymore.i’m sick of seeing the players all huging and kissing each other all the time.i will not miss the nba if it go’s away.