So LeBron is opening a museum about himself in Akron and charging $23 entry

[Im Still Ballin]

This guy, man.

:roll:


https://twitter.com/MarcJSpears/status/1722628249115926626

The LeBron James Family Foundation says it’s slated to open the first official museum dedicated to the journey and milestones of Lakers star LeBron James. It will be named LeBron James’ Home Court, at House Three Thirty in Akron, Ohio on Nov. 25, including a self-guided tour.

https://twitter.com/ComplexSports/status/1722635689454370892

The LeBron James Museum dedicated to his journey and career milestones is set to open on Nov. 25 in his hometown of Akron

Tickets will be $23

Here are some of the top comments on the Reddit thread. Thought they were funny and/or interesting enough to share with ISH.


This legit sounds like a headline from The Onion

6726 upvotes


This has real 3rd world dictator energy

448 upvotes


Anyone else think it’s weird to open a museum while you’re still active?

2628 upvotes


Its weird in general to dedicate a museum to yourself.

2632 upvotes


Trump is 100% stealing this idea

709 upvotes


Pretty on brand for the guy who got "The Chosen One" tattooed on himself. Megalomania is a helluva drug

142 upvotes


Cristiano Ronaldo built a museum of himself when he was age 28.

66 upvotes


Like I implied, those are also huge museums that you could spend all day in. Do people really think you'll be in that museum for longer then an hour? I guess maybe you'll see some Lebron memorabilia, but that's probably it?


Millenia old artifacts s well as documents and technology instrumental to the development of human civilisation.. or.... 2016 Lebron Cavs jersey

532 upvotes423 upvotes


Maybe we'll get to see the lab he was made in.

209 upvotes


Delonte West: "One ticket please"

154 upvotes


What if the museum included things like his Miami Batman mask, hair transplant bills, game-worn jockstraps, and the hitman contract on Delonte West? I think $23 is worth it for those.

214 upvotes


Does The Louvre have an entire wing dedicated to hair transplants? Didn’t think so.

49 upvotes


if Bron's museum doesn't have a JJ Barea exhibit, I'm asking for a refund

32 upvotes


I don’t think anyone loves LeBron James as much as LeBron James loves LeBron James.

542 upvotes


The propaganda coming from LeBron post retirement is going to be on another level. In 30 years he's going to claim he invented basketball.

663 upvotes

I hate to agree with you but it's 100% true

Klutch Sports will go into overdrive trying to make LeBron seem like the greatest ever (and that will ever be)

Hell, when he announces retirement, he will demand a huge retirement tour than the ones MJ and Kobe got

263 upvotes


What’s going to be the worst is his version of The Last Dance, where he tries to dramatize some aspect of his career over 12+ episodes. He’s followed MJ’s blueprint in so many other aspects that this is a given. Expect a cringe fest.

175 upvotes


“I can’t believe I’m making this museum as a tribute to myself. Never thought this would happen to me” and people will still try to argue this guy isn’t a total egomaniac

367 upvotes


this is actually what's so off putting about Lebron. He's too involved in constantly wanting to shape and mold how the public perceives him. And I get that every public figure has a hand in how they are perceived by the public...but Lebron's is heavy handed in a way that it shouldn't for a global icon like him. It just gives vibes of "i'm not content with people just thinking what they think of me; i have to shape their opinion of me."

And I know someone is inevitably going to try to dunk on me with "but jordan and the last dance." Yes- but it also came like 20+ years after he was out of the game--and Jordan's relative silence and reclusiveness really helps because when he does stuff like the last dance, it just feels like a glimpse into his psyche rather than a constant barrage of jordan self aggrandizing himself to us and assaulting the senses.

113 upvotes


The man nicknamed himself "King James" of course he's an egomaniac

60 upvotes


This is the “I woke up like this, no makeup!” equivalent for LeBron.

“I just woke up and they made a museum about me, had no idea!”

36 upvotes


The narcissism of this dude is off the charts.

326 upvotes


Least narcissistic NBA player

798 upvotes


****ing hilarious. I wouldn't even pay $23 to visit a Michael Jordan museum.

325 upvotes


What a gigantic ego. At least the price of admission is Michael Jordan’s number.

37 upvotes


Paying 23$ to glaze lebron is crazy

38 upvotes


Well that seems pretty damn egotistical to open a museum dedicated to yourself, while you're still playing. Hell it's wild to do it before you're 40

34 upvotes


Damn even MJ didn’t do something like this and he’s the least humble player of all time, this is GOAT status narcissism

306 upvotes


I hope one day scientists get to study Lebron's brain. He is one of the strangest figures in the world to me. Freakishly ambitious yet self-conscious. Extremely hard-working and diligent in both his craft and his image control.

Jordan was a psycho because he wanted to crush anyone who was unworthy of greatness, and stand on top of the ashes with a cigar in his mouth.

Lebron is a psycho because he wants a sanitized, idealized version of himself to live forever, beyond basketball.

173 upvotes


Bet it’s gonna skip right over 2011

48 upvotes


That ain’t no museum. Call it what it is. Ain’t nobody else in this world that builds a “museum”after themselves while still alive except for the likes of Kim Jong Un and Putin.
The only difference is this dude is trying to charge ppl in HIS HOMETOWN $23 admission? The **** is this clown thinking?

116 upvotes


Opening a museum for yourself at the age of 38 is crazy

37 upvotes


Sure Kobe and Jordan were ***** and all that but nothing can change my mind that deep down Lebron has an ego bigger than both of them combined.

67 upvotes

[sdot_thadon]

I .mean 99% of the us population will never find themselves in Akron so..........doesn't really move the needle. Maybe some super stans, or haters will make the pilgrimage to the birthplace of a goat but most normal people ? Nah.

[Xiao Yao You]

it's for his foundation so it sounds like it's for a good cause no?

[Full Court]

Eh, of all the things he's done that are worthy of criticism, such as trying to trademark Taco Tuesday, this isn't really one of them. I mean, he is one of the most popular sports stars in the country right now, and I don't see making a museum to preserve all of the memorabilia and stuff as a big deal. If people don't care, they won't shell out the $23 and go.


You know Screwy Louie, aka Lebron23, is going to be saving his pesos for a pilgrimage to Akron. :lol

[SATAN]

This is a great idea. He should build one in every state.

[Gudo]

Eh, of all the things he's done that are worthy of criticism, such as trying to trademark Taco Tuesday, this isn't really one of them. I mean, he is one of the most popular sports stars in the country right now, and I don't see making a museum to preserve all of the memorabilia and stuff as a big deal. If people don't care, they won't shell out the $23 and go.


You know Screwy Louie, aka Lebron23, is going to be saving his pesos for a pilgrimage to Akron. :lol

Is there a minimum height requirement to enter?

[WhiteKyrie]

Self serving narcissism on another level

[Airupthere]

:facepalm

[sdot_thadon]

This is a great idea. He should build one in every state.

Oh man, that would just give people like White Cryrie another reason supposedly to hate the man. I wouldn't recommend it but it would be hilarious to see the usual suspects throw fits all over the interwebs about it.

[Akeem34TheDream]

Hilarious:roll:

[FultzNationRISE]

As he should, Lebron is a cultural icon and a civil rights hero.

If anything, 23 dollars is not enough. That price if a gift. Lebron's basically giving away entry fees worth hundreds, if not thousands, for free.

We are not worthy.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Foa1naOWYAELI2o?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

[Phoenix]

As self-centered as it seems on one hand, I haven't read the article but if the funds go towards building schools and/or otherwise improves Akron's infrastructure in some tangible sense there are worse ideas.

[tpols]

It will be named LeBron James’ Home Court, at House Three Thirty in Akron, Ohio on Nov. 25, including a self-guided tour.


That's the illuminati number.



Why is the number 33 so important in freemasonry?

The nature of everything in existance is governed by the ratio 1.618 which is a ratio of thirds. From the laws of light and sound to the spiral of electrons around an atom, to the 33 vertebra in the human spine. Christ was 33 when he died and risen 3 days later.

[Xiao Yao You]

As self-centered as it seems on one hand, I haven't read the article but if the funds go towards building schools and/or otherwise improves Akron's infrastructure in some tangible sense there are worse ideas.

yeah hard to see anything bad about giving back but this is ISH :facepalm

[Hey Yo]

That's the illuminati number.

330 is an area code in Akron.

[SouBeachTalents]

330 is an area code in Akron.
:roll: tpols is a fool.

[k0kakw0rld]

Self serving narcissism on another level

Misery loves company. You wouldn't be saying that if you were at his level in life.
It's always the broke who have something smh ...

[FultzNationRISE]

As self-centered as it seems on one hand, I haven't read the article but if the funds go towards building schools and/or otherwise improves Akron's infrastructure in some tangible sense there are worse ideas.

Better yet there will probably be monthly field trips for I Promise students, with the 23 dollar admissions tickets fully subsidized by the government directly.

LePhilanthropist :applause:

[Jud]

to do this while still being active is kinda weird

lecorny

[Im Still Ballin]

He couldn't just, you know... donate money directly to said causes? This museum ain't about him helping the community. It's to satisfy his gargantuan ego.

[Xiao Yao You]

Never put it past ISH to bash someone for doing good :facepalm

[Im Still Ballin]

Never put it past ISH to bash someone for doing good :facepalm

Opening a museum about yourself is doing good? Lol.

[Xiao Yao You]

Opening a museum about yourself is doing good? Lol.

The money from it is going to a foundation so ultimately yes. Just because he's not the goat doesn't mean he can't do good for others

[Im Still Ballin]

The money from it is going to a foundation so ultimately yes. Just because he's not the goat doesn't mean he can't do good for others

So he needs other people's money to finance this foundation? There's no way in hell this museum is turning a profit. Why not just donate money directly and transparently? Because it's not about helping the community, it's about satisfying his gargantuan ego.

[Xiao Yao You]

So he needs other people's money to finance this foundation? There's no way in hell this museum is turning a profit. Why not just donate money directly and transparently? Because it's not about helping the community, it's about satisfying his gargantuan ego.

not supposed to turn a profit is it? Money is going to a foundation

[Im Still Ballin]

not supposed to turn a profit is it? Money is going to a foundation

If the venture loses money - which it will - then it really isn't about donating money to a cause. Is it? He could just directly donate money to said causes. But then he wouldn't get his self-authored museum. He just needs to make sure he doesn't come across as completely self-centered. Only just a 'lil.

[WhiteKyrie]

Misery loves company. You wouldn't be saying that if you were at his level in life.
It's always the broke who have something smh ...

I’m broke? And not necessarily. There’s other people that have been his level in life that haven’t done this type of stuff. Being successful doesn’t mean you do something as hilariously self absorbed and narcissistic as this. More LeExcuses. Anyone a fan of this guy or who defends him is an even bigger loser and clown than he is …

[Hey Yo]

This doesn't come close to MJ's 'decision' to start shootin 'Last Dance' directly after the 2016 Finals.


That screamed insecurity.

[SATAN]

No one cared when other athletes done the same thing. The LeBron hate is insane.

[Hey Yo]

This doesn't come close to MJ's 'decision' to start shootin 'Last Dance' directly after the 2016 Finals.


That screamed insecurity.

Coach?

[Akeem34TheDream]

No one cared when other athletes done the same thing. The LeBron hate is insane.

Who else did this? I am curious actually.

[Im Still Ballin]

Who else did this? I am curious actually.

Cristiano Ronaldo did it when he was 28. Wasn't surprised to learn about that - totally checks out. He only charged $6 entry though.

[Xiao Yao You]

Cristiano Ronaldo did it when he was 28. Wasn't surprised to learn about that - totally checks out. He only charged $6 entry though.

was it for charity?

[highwhey]

jeff should raffle off some tickets just to fvck with 3ball

[sdot_thadon]

jeff should raffle off some tickets just to fvck with 3ball

I imagine 3balls picture will be on the counter for security reasons.

[Full Court]

I imagine 3balls picture will be on the counter for security reasons.

Nah, 3ball wouldn't go anywhere near the place. They should probably keep an eye out for 8ball though. He might try to hump all the memorabilia.

[Xiao Yao You]

Nah, 3ball wouldn't go anywhere near the place. They should probably keep an eye out for 8ball though. He might try to hump all the memorabilia.

ISH should bring in a lot of business for sure

[kawhileonard2]

I .mean 99% of the us population will never find themselves in Akron so..........doesn't really move the needle. Maybe some super stans, or haters will make the pilgrimage to the birthplace of a goat but most normal people ? Nah.

Yeah who would go there?

[eliteballer]

Hilarious and so on-brand for the egomaniac.

[Axe]

Haters on suicide watch rn as usual.