If any of you has ever watched ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning, you have heard about the "Just Shut Up" award handed out each week. Well, I'm ready to give mine, and it is directed towards the majority of people in the country.
Everybody criticizing LeBron James today needs to shut up. LeBron did the absolute right thing in passing the ball to an open Donyell Marshall in the closing seconds of last night's Conference Finals game 1. Why shouldn't he have? Marshall has proven to be a consistent three point shooter in the past, and he was wide open! A leader does not take every shot; he does what is best for the team. And what are we saying if Marshall hits that shot? James would have had a triple-double and everybody would have been singing a different tune. And what if Lebron did take the shot and he happened to miss? I guarantee there would be more than a handful of people talking about the wide open Marshall in the corner.
Give the guy a break, he is one of the NBA's best players and he is only 22 years old. He did the right thing, and just because he isn't Kobe Bryant doesn't mean he should hear about it.
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