In the Miami Heat’s 35 seasons, it can be argued that no player did passive-aggressive as well as LeBron James.
Even when it got sideways with Dwyane Wade during the soured negotiations that led to the brief 2016 detour to the hometown Chicago Bulls, the iconic guard made clear, and public, his displeasure. It was all out in the open.
In fact, in all of sports, it could be argued that LeBron remains King James in that regard, or at least up there with Aaron Rodgers’ passive-aggressive Green Bay Packers’ manipulation of trade demands and head games regarding the notion of Jordan Love as his heir apparent.