Dwight a hero? Could be far from it. Although he did not demand the media hype and attention when leaving his team in Orlando, he did not handle the situation right. Telling the management that he did not want to play for Van Gundy, he got his coach fired, and then still was an unhappy and did not want to play there. In front of the media, although he tried to play it off as if he did not say that, his sarcasm and demeanor towards Van Gundy publicly made Dwight look like a ungrateful drama queen that cannot be satisfied.
Yes, Lebron handled the situation incorrectly when leaving Cleveland but people do make mistakes and the greater importance is how they act after the fact and if they learned a lesson. Lebron, after the horrible reaction, well deserved, from the Cleveland fans, at first was all about proving all the "haters" wrong and standing out. He would then lose in the finals in his first season with the Heat giving all the haters what they wanted; to see him fail. In the season after that, Lebron made it known that he changed his outlook on the game. No longer was it about proving people wrong and making a statement, for him it was all about playing as best as he can and trying his hardest to put himself and his team in a position to win. He has said in postgame interviews that whatever happens happens, as long as he gave a 110% he would have zero regrets. A complete turn around from what his outlook on the game was a year ago, Lebron seemed to have matured greatly in just one season.
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