"'I can’t say [Friday] is a just another game; I’d be lying,' said LBJ. 'You want to win as many games and try to get homecourt throughout the playoffs.'
It’s almost like he caught himself halfway through that comment. At first, he was saying what he really felt, that he wanted to get revenge for last year’s playoff series and kick the Celt’s while they’re down. But then corporate LeBron kicked in and he started talking about something as far away as homecourt advantage."
Have you listened to an NBA interview lately? It's unreal. Players never say what they want to say so what are the point of these interviews? The questions are useless and the players hate doing them, and don't even get me started on the between quarter coach's interviews.
Look at the newer KG commercial it's basically a celebration of nba interview cliches. I sometimes wonder if the players ever make bets in the locker room to see who can get the most cliches in one interview.
The same thing just happened in Lebron's interview at the end of the game, he hit on every cliche. I would love to see more emotion out of him, and to just once see him let his guard down.
I understand the image the NBA needs to protect and why the players do it, but I really hope that the players and people in the NBA, at ESPN, and in the media realize how big of a joke this part of NBA coverage has become.
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agreed. when i saw that kg commercial the only thing i thought was 'they really couldn't squeeze more cliches into this if they tried'.
They make all nba rookies go to a camp where they have to learn all the cliches in the book. Its the same camp that those kansas players got caught smoking weed. Makes the NBA suck.
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