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This has been and will most likely be the most difficult summer of LeBron James NBA career as well as his adulthood! King James up until the end of May was the Golden Boy of the NBA there had never been as much as a hint of controversy since he joined the league. However since then the planet has been kind of topsy-turvy for the man known as the Chosen One! And the hits just keep on coming! As soon as one thing seems to be resolved another thing pops up to take it’s place.

LeBron and his people have pulled some freaky-deaky things over the last few weeks. First there was the problem because he was not a good Frickin loser after his team the Cleveland Cavaliers got knocked out of the NBA Playoffs by the Orlando Magic. James did not congratulate the other team or speak to the Frickin High and Mighty Media after the game and he took a whupping because of it.

LeBron says the reason he did not congratulate the Magic was he felt like he was beaten up and he could not give praise to someone who just mugged him. New York Vinnie knows that by agreeing with James I am in a very small minority. But Vinnie could not congratulate someone who beat the spit out of him either! 

The next incident was just Frickin Stupid and never should have happened! That was when earlier this month Xavier player Jordan Crawford dunked twice on James at a Nike Basketball camp. Then Nike took away two guy’s video-tapes recording the dunks. The Frickin media and and the public went wild because of the Frickin Spin control that Nike was trying to pull off.

Have you seen the Frickin tapes since Nike released them last week? They really are no big thing. Had Nike not pulled their Frickin shenanigans the tapes would have been on SportsCenter for two days and nobody would even remember Jordan Crawford’s name right now.

And of course the Frickin Hat-Trick was completed last week when the media was rocked by yet an other Frickin scandal! The entire USA was gripped by Frickin Reefer Madness after info came out that LeBron smoked weed in  high school! The news came out due to a book that James has written Shooting Stars about his time as a high school student in Akron, Ohio. LeBron co-wrote the book with one of the biggest Puds in the media Buzz Bissinger a guy that New York Vinnie has never taken a liking too. This Pud Bissinger most likely told James to put that it in the book so it would sell better. And of course it will help sales of the Frickin book look what is happening already!

Since this hit the media last week the Country is in a Frickin uproar! It’s as if by LeBron James smoking weed in high school he gave Frickin Putin and Osama Bin Laden the keys to the USA! Our society our values lie in ruins at our Frickin Feet! Come on give me a Frickin break!

One of my favorite readers is a young lady from Boston (yeah I know New York Vinnie likes somebody from Boston! Will wonders ever cease!) She has a theory that possibly James invited this controversy on himself to show that he is not perfect and has flaws. And while New York Vinnie thinks that may have something to do with the book that has certainly not led to his problems all Summer!

No James unfortunately has been a victim of circumstances and certainly some have been of his own doing. Let us remember how long it takes to write a book! This has been in the planning stages for quite a while and they certainly had no idea all these other incidents would take place when they wrote it.

A wise man I know has told me that people in this country love to build people up to be Frickin heroes! But they love to tear them down even more! That is what LeBron James is facing this Summer for the first time! The question is how do you come out the other side?

Have you ever seen a porcupine? When a porcupine is on all fours it is an almost indestructible animal. It is covered in these sharp pointy quills and any thing that tries to attack it will just walk away stung! However if it’s predator can get that porcupine on its back it is set! You see the porcupine has a soft underbelly it is the animals only weakness.

Currently it appears that LeBron James has been kind of  like that Porcupine on its back with his underbelly exposed. But New York Vinnie has the feeling that LeBron is not going to be on his back for long and  any wounds he suffers will soon heal. The experience in the long run may even help him! Any thing that doesn’t kill you makes you stronger right? New York Vinnie thinks that James will bounce back from this just fine. It’s all just a matter of his getting back on his feet!