The body of work someone produces is not what we usually remember about that person. Rather, it’s the story-line created about them, and thus the societal acceptance in subscribing to said narrative.
Politicians, scientists, celebrities—we see it in our media coverage on a daily basis. But no one gets characterized by talking heads as much as professional athletes, along with the guys who work within the sport.
LeBron James gets elbowed in the back, goes down, and proceeds to gets humiliated by detractors and haters alike. They point to instances of LeBron flopping, calling him ‘LeFlop’, the ‘Queen’, and much, much worse.