Skip Bayless Calling It An "Obvious Disgrace" That LeBron Was Named The Olympic MVP Is A Generational Level Of Hate

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We interrupt the exhausting Jayson Tatum Team USA discourse to bring you an example of what true baseless hating looks like. Equally as embarrassing, you're not going to get a better display of irrational hate quite like we got from Skip Bayless today in regards to LeBron's Olympic MVP. 

Sure he may not have a show anymore and maybe this is his way of putting out some sort of audition to the TV networks out there, but you have to tip your cap to staying this committed to hating on a player that has now spanned two decades

I mean suggesting it was "obviously a disgrace that LeBron won" is a level of hate that I'm not sure any rational person could be able to achieve. I'm not even trying to be a LeBron-apologist or be one of his stans, I'm just someone who had eyes and watched what happened on the floor

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(he also barely trailed Curry in PPG 14.8 vs 14.2)

Yes, Team USA doesn't beat Serbia without how Steph closed that game. That is true. You know what else is true? They lose that game without what LeBron also did in that very same game in those very same moments. Pretty sure he had a triple double in that game and had massive buckets of his own in the final minutes to complete the comeback. 

It's also possible Team USA loses to France without Steph going nuts. There's no denying this run was the death blow

but again, LeBron was pretty instrumental in that game as well. Skip suggesting there were "politics" or "strings being pulled" to give LeBron the MVP is classic Skip and while there may have been a time when that type of approach played, given what we all just witnessed it doesn't quite hit the same anymore. It's more embarrassing than anything else. 

Steph Curry went Vintage Steph over the last two games and it was incredible to watch. True. He also really struggled in the first four

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which is also true. So it's not exactly shocking that a guy who led Team USA in a bunch of categories and who was also consistently dominant the whole way through ended up winning the MVP. In all honesty, that feels pretty normal to me. 

The reality of Team USA's performance at the Olympics was the trio of Steph/LeBron/KD was beyond incredible. It was unreal seeing those living legends on the court together kicking the rest of the world's ass. Guys like Devin Booker and AD were fantastic in their roles and made a real impact. Team USA clearly still runs the world in the game of basketball when we send our best. It's OK for that to be the story!