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| | #Jason Collins — saw constant media coverage over him for being a homosexual even though he isn't even that good at basketball. | | #Jason Collins — saw constant media coverage over him for being a homosexual even though he isn't even that good at basketball. |
| | #Bryce Harper — an incredibly overhyped #1 draft pick in [[Major League Baseball]] who later signed the third most lucrative contract in professional sports, with the Philadelphia Phillies. Then he hit only .260 and the team that dumped him, the [[Washington Nationals]], won the [[World Series]] without him. | | #Bryce Harper — an incredibly overhyped #1 draft pick in [[Major League Baseball]] who later signed the third most lucrative contract in professional sports, with the Philadelphia Phillies. Then he hit only .260 and the team that dumped him, the [[Washington Nationals]], won the [[World Series]] without him. |
| − | #[[LeBron James]] — over-promoted by the media to an absurd extent. [[LeBron James|"King" James]] is overrated compared with [[Nikola Jokic]] and two outspokenly [[Christian]] stars, [[Steph Curry]] and [[Kevin Durant]]. LeBron helped Miami win two titles and helped Cleveland win a come-from-behind title in 2016, but received over-hype, such as the media claiming he is "superhuman". In Finals appearances LeBron is a mere 4-6 (far behind Bill Russell, who appeared in 10 consecutive Finals and won nine of those, en route to 10 titles in 12 overall Finals appearances). LeBron has set many career records but not always the helpful kind, such as holding the record for the most career turnovers.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/13/us/lebron-james-turnover-record-trnd/index.html</ref> "King" James was swept 4-0 in the playoff semifinals in 2023 by a team led by the far better -- but far less media-promoted -- [[Serbian]]-born [[Nikola Jokic]] who outperformed "King" James in every major category.<ref>https://www.espn.com/nba/stats/player</ref> | + | #[[LeBron James]] — over-promoted by the media to an absurd extent. [[LeBron James|"King" James]] is overrated compared with [[Nikola Jokic]] and two outspokenly [[Christian]] stars, [[Steph Curry]] and [[Kevin Durant]]. LeBron helped Miami win two titles and helped Cleveland win a come-from-behind title in 2016, but received over-hype, such as the media claiming he is "superhuman". In Finals appearances LeBron is a mere 4-6 (far behind Bill Russell, who appeared in 10 consecutive Finals and won nine of those, en route to 10 titles in 12 overall Finals appearances). LeBron has set many career records but not always the helpful kind, such as holding the record for the most career turnovers.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/13/us/lebron-james-turnover-record-trnd/index.html</ref> "King" James was swept 4-0 in the playoff semifinals in 2023 by a team led by the far better -- but far less media-promoted -- [[Serbian]]-born [[Nikola Jokic]] who outperformed "King" James in every major category.<ref>https://www.espn.com/nba/stats/player</ref> "In James’ six seasons with the Lakers, they have been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs twice and not even reached them two other times."<ref>https://sports.yahoo.com/lakers-eliminated-nuggets-game-5-044156238.html</ref> |
| | #[[Magic Johnson]] — lucky enough to play on [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]]'s Lakers to win some titles, but was crushed by [[Michael Jordan]] and the Bulls; no problem, Magic was a critic of President [[George H.W. Bush]], which thrilled liberals. | | #[[Magic Johnson]] — lucky enough to play on [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]]'s Lakers to win some titles, but was crushed by [[Michael Jordan]] and the Bulls; no problem, Magic was a critic of President [[George H.W. Bush]], which thrilled liberals. |
| | #*People look at him, and say, 'Hey, it's OK to get HIV because I'm living with it.' That is the wrong message. [https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500202_162-57319698/20-years-since-magic-johnsons-hiv-stunner/] | | #*People look at him, and say, 'Hey, it's OK to get HIV because I'm living with it.' That is the wrong message. [https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500202_162-57319698/20-years-since-magic-johnsons-hiv-stunner/] |