CryGate

Things are not going too hot down in South Beach. The Super-Friends have lost four in a row and seem to be reeling out of control. The media scrutiny is only going to get worse now that Spoelstra thought it was a good idea to reveal that several of his players were crying in the locker room after their loss to the Bulls.

I think there should be some ground rules set for crying because of a sporting event. It is permissible to do so if the loss cost you a playoff berth or eliminated you from the playoffs. I won't lie, I got teary-eyed my senior year during our loss to Whittier, knowing that it meant we'd miss out on the playoffs and a chance to repeat.

But these Super-Friends are getting leaky eyes after a game in early March? That's just awkward. What's even worse is that Spoelstra seemed to think he was making a point about how bad his team "wants" it. Instead, he affirmed what many of us have been assuming for a while now; The Heat are soft.

Their frustration is evident. Lebron and D-Wade are making a habit of commenting on how much the media and fans love to hate them. It drives me crazy how narrow-minded they are. Don't they understand that they asked for this? Were they actually naive enough to think that they would somehow become America's team? They had to know that they would turn into the villain, the team that everyone loved to hate.

Wade is tweeting about how the world is a better place because they're getting what they want with the Heat's struggles. He's just coming across as childish.

And don't even get me started on Lebron. The purest definition of a front runner, he LOVES to be at the front and center. Everything we see him do on the court is what he wants us to see. From his ferocious dunks, to his silly pre-game dance routines, to his nonchalant joking with teammates. When things are going well its all , "Oh everyone look at how much fun I'm having! I'm really just a man-child. Boy does this come easy to me!"

When his team is losing he does his best to find a serious face and it becomes, "Does this face look professional? Everyone look at how much I care!" It's all staged and phony. Just like when he whipped off his Cavs jersey conveniently right in front of ESPN's cameras right after he quit against us in Game 6.

MJ would have gotten stronger after a loss like this. He would gain control of his team by whatever means necessary, maybe even starting a fight in practice. He wouldn't pout. He wouldn't make excuses and he certainly wouldn't cry.

Lebron puts on this facade, constantly trying to convince us that he can have that type of impact. Truthfully I think he is a man-child. Instead of a professional athlete trying to succeed at the highest level, he is still just like any young kid acting out a game in the driveway or on a nerf hoop. Only Lebron is allowed to do this in an actual NBA game.

In my opinion he still has a lot of maturing to do. He calls himself a man but he'll need to stop acting like a child if he ever wants to make a serious run at a championship.