In the NBA shaking hands after a game is not the protocol. Most of the time in the regular season the players just leave the court and head toward the tunnel with the coaches/players sometimes giving a cursory wave to the other team or fans --- and most times not even that.
Same thing in the playoffs until the final game of a best of seven series where for some reason the teams fake congratulate or commiserate with each other, chest thump/bump and gladhand their goodbyes.
LeBron has taken a beating on this one but my thinking is that it isn't that big of a deal. Having said that, he should of have shook hands and/or played the part, just because that is what the NBA does and what is expected.
One thing LBJ had been always good at is knowing that "people are watching". He gets that part of the equation which is one of the reason he is admired more than let's say a Carmelo Anthony or an Allen Iverson or a Gilbert Arenas.
Friday, June 5, 2009
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