It's Called the 'Retweet' Button, LeBron

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Karma.Exactly what is karma? According to Google Dictionary:
Synonyms:
noun: fortune, fate, destiny

1. (in Hinduism and Buddhism) The sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences
2. Destiny or fate, following as effect from cause

Take it for what you will. And most of you know where I'm going with this.

After the Cleveland Cavaliers suffered a major shellacking on Tuesday night at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers, former Cavs player turned Heat player turned villian, LeBron James submitted a tweet he probably wishes he hadn't.

"Karma is a b----.., Gets you every time. Its not good to wish bad on anybody. God sees everything!"

And that could very well be why LeBron suffered a bit of his own karma last night in the form of a 111-105 loss to...the Los Angeles Clippers. Yes, the Clippers. To pile on, James tweaked an ankle in the loss.

But the fun started after the game when James was questioned about his tweet. According to Bill Reiter of FOXSports, James meant no harm in his now infamous tweet:

"I don't think there was no intent at all," he said. "I think everyone looks into everything that I say. And everybody looked too far into it. But there wasn't no intent at all."

What we have here is the double negative. That leads to prove positive. Which would mean he did mean the tweet in a spiteful manner, right?

In LeBron's defense comments, he was adamant that no harm was meant toward the Cavs.

"Like I said, it wasn't no hit at that franchise, no hit at that team," LeBron said. "Especially those players. At all."

Reiter extols that the hit may have been meant for Cavs owner Dan Gilbert. That I would believe until I heard from where the "comment" emanated.

"It was just how I was feeling at the time," he said. "It wasn't even a comment from me. It was someone who sent it to me and I sent it out. But like I said, it wasn't toward that team. It definitely wasn't a good showing by that team last night, and I know they wish they would have played better, but nothing towards them."

LeBron has people, doesn't he? You would think at least one of them would inform him of the "retweet" button. I can find it. It's not hidden. I use it on occasion.

Or is this just a way for James to deflect the issue away from him. Maybe that villian role is settling in on him all that well.