04.16.09 LEBRON MIFFED AT THIS CHALUPA BUSINESS

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Just before sitting on the bench for the Cleveland Cavaliers’ final regular-season home game, LeBron James thanked the fans for a great season. Naturally, he was just buttering them up for a favor.

James told the crowd that it was a season of “wins and smiles.” But with his teammates around him, he had one request. “We’re all a family and sometimes families have disagreements,” James said. “If we win, 99-20, don’t boo us because you don’t get a free chalupa.” “We want to bring you all a championship,” James said Wednesday. “Not tacos.”

I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that Cleveland would rather have tacos. How does one eat a championship? Although I’m sure anyone from Cleveland could figure that out as well. That said, “Don’t boo us” has to be the worst mantra of any athlete of this age. This isn’t Israel; I paid for the right to sit in this seat and ride you into the ground. Sure, you have your fancy cars and fancy clothes and fancy shoes and unsophisticated women, but for three hours on game night, your ass is mine.

|Plain Dealer, via the original chalupa monarch Ben Maller|