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This could be the, long awaited day that everyone expects so soon from the King , he could finally be crowned. Tonight is Game 5 of the NBA Finals, and the Miami Heat could get their first championship with the trio of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. The Heat is in the lead against the Oklahoma City Thunder Three to one, entering game five of the finals.  No team has overcome a 3-1 deficit in the finals, so it’s safe to say the Heat will this thing, unless something unexpected happens.

King James (This is what he calls HIMSELF) may be on the road to his long awaited Championship ring, but some still seems to hold some hatred toward him.

As we all know Public opinion is such a fickle situation. When LeBron James started he was the man that could do no wrong.  This all changed when he made a drastic decision to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat in search for gold.

Cavs fans Josh Hall (left), Rob Hose (center) and Mike Adams burn LeBron James No. 23 jerseys

This decision at the time, made LeBron one of the most hated men in sports, even more then Kobe Bryant and Tiger Woods, who both at one time, were the right of all righteous. One situation can change a whole lot of things.

With the last two or so  years  we have seem James go from the most popular to the most unpopular  But with a ring, will people forget and forgive ?  Sure people in Cleveland will never forgive him for leaving , and taking the easy way out.  When James was asked about this earlier this week he quoted

 “I just want to be a winner,” he said. “That’s all I want to be.”

James and the public expected to much too soon, from young phenom . With the pleasure of the public and peers, a young mind will always do the unexpected to keep respect.  Wednesday, on TNT the legendary, Charles Barkley quoted the situation toward James being hated

“It’s like I always say, everybody always hates the homecoming queen because she’s pretty, especially all the ugly girls,” “And all the dumb kids always hate the smartest kid. That’s how it is for LeBron, too. When you’ve got a successful person, like he is, then there are a lot of people who just don’t like him and never will.”

People do love a success story, so I’m sure if he brings home the ring, he will gain more and more popularity. I just don’t feel that he will ever be loved like a Jordan or Magic,  only time will tell .