LeBron Offers Varejao Boo Protection
We are often told that what defines a great player is his ability to elevate the play of his teammates. LeBron James is a great player - as evidenced by the Cavs stopping their ugly five game losing streak when he made his return last night - and it appears that he’s an equally great teammate.
Last night, Cavs fans got to see Anderson Varejao for the first time since the NBA Finals, and thanks to LBJ, he didn’t get booed lustily. James says he asked head coach Mike Brown to come off the bench along with Larry Hughes and Varejao so that the Brazilian wouldn’t feel the wrath of the home fans.
‘’I thought it would raise the intensity of the fans, having me, Larry and Andy come in at the same time, and it worked,'’ James said.
‘’I thought by coming in with Andy, it might stop the boos Andy might get; just protecting my teammates.'’
Is there anything this guy doesn’t do for the Cavs?
32 Responses to “LeBron Offers Varejao Boo Protection”
Dec.12 at 10:08 am
white hot eboy says:
Nice move by Bron to support a shi*tty coc*sucker.
Dec.12 at 10:11 am
Bigsmooth says:
If he really is a great team mate he wouldnt feel the need to tell everyone thats why he did it.. he would just do it
Dec.12 at 10:11 am
white hot eboy says:
Or what he said, too.
Dec.12 at 10:12 am
TADOne says:
So Eboy, how do you really feel??
Dec.12 at 10:13 am
h-town nick says:
I mean, classy, i guess, but doesn’t sideshow deserve some boos for d!cking his team around for a quarter of a year? Public shaming is the only answer to selfish athletes…shoulda let that happen, Bron.
Dec.12 at 10:17 am
peteb80 says:
“That’s a charming story and it did work…
But it’s not 100 percent true. Brown didn’t discuss his substitution pattern with James; he was the one who made the move. Not that Brown wanted to get in the way of James’ poetic statements.” From another game report, written by the same author. I guess, it’s all about perception for the king.
Dec.12 at 10:18 am
white hot eboy says:
TAD, from a cynical point of view, I agree with Bigsmooth. But to be “SLAM-friendly” it’s better to just say that it was a cool move by the kid.
Dec.12 at 10:22 am
Mayor Adam West says:
I love this job more than I love taffy … and I’m a man who enjoys his taffy.
Dec.12 at 10:25 am
TADOne says:
But you are right Eboy, Andy doesn’t really deserve this treatment from LeBron after the sh*t he pulled.
Dec.12 at 10:31 am
Gerard Himself says:
on a sidenote: what a game by Hughes!
Dec.12 at 10:33 am
Rasheedionics says:
Who’s Andy?
Dec.12 at 10:37 am
TADOne says:
Andy = Anderson Varejao
Dec.12 at 10:52 am
Sesa says:
A good move by Mike Brown while LeBron gets all the credit. What a class act.
Dec.12 at 10:53 am
Ryan Jones says:
Yeah, he’s a d*ck!
Dec.12 at 11:00 am
white hot eboy says:
Ryan should stick with the SLAM line.
Dec.12 at 11:38 am
Bryan says:
f*ck this piece of sh*t motherf*cker.
Dec.12 at 11:41 am
white hot eboy says:
There’s that too.
Dec.12 at 12:04 pm
The Cool says:
Andy is garbage. they should have let his ass go but Bron Bron is a leader and he ain’t gon let his troop fall off like that. I respect that out of LeBron but I know the fans were still booing andy varry p#ssy. play wit it.
Dec.12 at 12:22 pm
ENDS says:
LBJ got that kind of power already that he can tell the head coach when, how, and who’s coming into the game at what time? better not piss him off Mike Brown! I’d love to see what their huddles are like in a close game…
Dec.12 at 1:21 pm
wizards1 says:
Now the knicks just have to figure out how to get isiah boo protection.
Dec.12 at 2:07 pm
ciolkstar says:
After reading the title I thought Lebron had agreed to either protect Varejao’s “Boo” from other NBA playa’s or just promised not to do her himself… woulda been way more interesting.
Dec.12 at 2:37 pm
underdog says:
It’s nice to see Larry Hughes still can play ball.
Dec.12 at 3:06 pm
Chief says:
Am I the only person who really doesn’t care what the hell Varejao does in the L?
Dec.12 at 3:16 pm
teddybear says:
when did they start calling him andy? what is he? 8?
Dec.12 at 3:47 pm
Chukaz says:
LeBron is a f*ckin’ @$$hole for doin’ something classy and then pointin’ out that he did something classy. What’s next? Is he going to donate money to charity and then tell everyone that he did it for tax reduction?
Dec.12 at 4:05 pm
Jukai says:
I’d say Brown’s the liar on this one. It might be my intense, unbiased love for King James, but he wouldn’t lie like that.
Dec.12 at 5:12 pm
d.Y. says:
James acted opportunistically. Not a good sign.
Dec.12 at 7:37 pm
Z says:
Not a good sign for what exactly? His capacity to lead this team to victories? Non-story.
Dec.12 at 9:52 pm
D-Advocate says:
The player on the Cavs that looks like sideshow Bob, deserved to get boooooed. He wanted to get payed more than what he was worth. Andy/Bob is acting like he’s Lebron’s sidekick, he’s like the sixth or seventh best player on the team, he should of got kicked to the side.
Dec.13 at 2:57 am
will says:
just cus hughes got 36 doesnt mean anything(see craig smith) hes still not a consistent performer
Dec.13 at 8:32 am
Dre Bladwin says:
i wonder if kobe would do this. the “lebron off the bench” thing makes sesne now, that he asked to not start. i always wonder why a player coming back from injury needs to come off the bench instead of starting. what is the difference?
Mar.17 at 10:18 pm
LeBron James says:
This wasnt something i did wrong its just something that came over me i discovered my self esteem and everything went allright but even just with me i dont stop im famous im richer than u and i got yo momma in the bed last night ya digg