The ‘King’ bears the flag

The honor of carrying the flag for the Olympic opening ceremony often falls to those who represent the country the best. In other cases, it falls to someone like LeBron James.

Team USA will be led into the 2024 Olympics by LeBron, the NBA star who represents several facets of being an American, such as nepotism and pretending to read books. But LeBron’s selection is also peculiar, given that he does not care for the national anthem, hates police officers, and doesn’t really like America. You may recall that LeBron questioned why an American imprisoned by the Russian government would even want to go back to the United States.

Surely there is a better fit among the hundreds of American athletes in attendance, isn’t there?

On the bright side, LeBron’s selection represents a victory over China , as LeBron chose to represent the USA over the CCP. Surely, he must have been in consideration for China’s team after he declared that any critics of China’s authoritarianism were “not really educated.”

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So, sure, LeBron may not like America and may pander to a genocidal government that hates everything America stands for, but he still chose the U.S. over China. Beating China in the Olympics is about as American as it gets these days. Maybe it’s a wash.

LeBron may be the most prominent American athlete on the planet, but his carefully managed public (political) persona does not allow him to be the most American one. LeBron has chosen politics over patriotism, which may unfortunately make him the perfect choice to represent modern-day America. LeBron has also made a career of dominating Canadian teams. Once again, I guess we can call it a wash.