Really?

As I've listened to the coverage following last night's Eastern Conference finals game, in which Orlando eliminated Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, I can't help but laugh.
Surprise, surprise... the media have turned on Lebron.
His team lost a series in which he averaged 38 points, and the 24-year-old was aggravated, or upset, or downright pissed.
Actually no one knows what he was feeling because the man left the arena without talking to the media.
What? He just talked to his team mates in the locker room and then got on the bus?
I can't imagine why a man who was probably frustrated at the lackluster performance of his teammates Less Williams and that kid from High School Musical, aka Anderson Verejao, would want to skip the press conference.
Sure it's supposedly the media's right to needle an already frustrated athlete with such questions as...
"So, Lebron, does it bother you that Kobe is going to get a shot at another title and you guys are going home?"
"Did your team mates let you down tonight?"
"Lebron, what are you going to need this offseason to win a title?"
"So are you ready to go to New York NOW?"
Wasn't leaving the arena a better choice, as a team mate and superstar, than what I would've wanted to say in that presser?
"Yeah, I'm pretty upset that I'm gonna have to wait a year for my first title, but I'm really not competing with Kobe until we get to the Finals at the same time. Of course my team mates let me down, don't you have a television? I need Cavs management to get their heads out of their backsides and get me something better than Mo Williams and a broke-down Ben Wallace. Seriously, Mo Williams is the best you can do? And I thought about it, even hanging out with Jay-Z isn't cool enough to make me wanna play for the Knicks. If I want to go to New York, I'll buy a plane."
Now THAT would've been unprofessional. In my mind, what he did could be percieved as personal damage prevention.
Rather than risking going T.O. in the press conference, Lebron just walked away.
So before you judge, think about how you would respond to these questions.
After you don't finish a sale,
"So does it bother you that all that commission just walked out the door and, wow, Jimmy's really landing a big one over there?"
After your favorite student gets suspended for getting in a fight,
"Did Johnny let you down today?"
After you work on a project for months and your group members let you down tremendously,
"Next time, which group members would you want again and which do you want out of the group?"
After an awful work week,
"So when are you gonna start applying with other companies?"
Now imagine that your answers are going to be published all across America, without the preceding questions, leaving only your angry and potentially hurtful commentary.
I've been in the other side of the business, and I'd go straight to the bus, too.