That said, there are few examples of botched communication that stand out as badly as LeBron James. In a misguided effort to top “The Decision”, he said recent interview:
“I’ve seen a couple of my teammates get technicals for, I’m not going to say nothing,” James said, “but really nothing.”
“That’s $2,000 for a technical these days, man. It’s not really about the money, but it is.”
I guess those weren’t linguistic skills he was taking to Miami. (Politicians and economists are excluded from consideration- communication is not exactly what they’re hoping to achieve)
(Late Addendum- Never to be outdone, the class of the 5’8” WR field, Wes Welker offered this press conference yesterday. HT: Shayan)
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