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LeBron, Ego Apparently Unharmed By Everyone Hating Him, Enjoys LeBron-Themed Cakes

Did you think LeBron James might cool down with the ego-driven self-promotion now that he is, for the moment, defined by a universally-despised event?

You can probably guess where this is going – the answer is, of course, no, as he proved by partying in Vegas over the weekend and proudly posing with some lavishly designed and decorated self-themed cakes. One was Heat-themed (of course, featuring a cake version of LeBron’s jersey), and the other was King-themed, even though LeBron’s a second banana on his own team now.

In fairness to him, one of the reports from the Examiner on his Vegas excursion (here’s the other) noted that he took time out to acknowledge fans (and, in one case, whipped out his camera to preserve the moment when he saw a group of them chanting his name), but still…those cakes. (Which, again in fairness to LeBron, were “surprises” for him from Las Vegas cake specialists Gimme Some Sugar, but those poses were all him.)

Trey Kerby over at Yahoo!’s Ball Don’t Lie says about what we’re thinking:

You know, when people are criticizing you for being too infatuated with yourself, one of the best ways to alleviate those concerns is to videotape a bunch of fans chanting your name. Common sense, really. I like to think that when LeBron gets sad, he’ll just pop in that tape and watch for hours and hours until he’s his usual gregarious self. Then, I imagine, he’d put on sunglasses and a striped t-shirt and just wait around for Gimme Some Sugar to give him a cake, because that seems to be their modus operandi.

Yes, it appears that despite his poorly received free agency, LeBron still has plenty of people falling all over themselves to impress him. You know, the people fueling his out-of-control ego. He’s either blissfully unaware of/insulated from the bad feelings he engendered in so many, or he just doesn’t care. Either way, it doesn’t look like he’ll change. Oh well.

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