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The battle of the NBA Finals memes

Everybody hates LeBron James. Chris Bosh looks like a dinosaur. Oklahoma City fans are bandwagoners. The NBA finals are a time of intense rivalry... between competing Internet memes.
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Published: June 12, 2012 at 12:52 PM
By GABRIELLE LEVY, UPI.com

The NBA Finals beginning Tuesday night are shaping up into a battle of good versus evil, Oklahoma's favorite son versus Miami's King James.

And of course, the battle of the memes.

Fans of both the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder are taking to the Internet and covering photos of players with the now-ubiquitous white lettering that instantly signals snark.

A few winners have begun to emerge, too. Here are some of the fan favorites:

Everybody hates LeBron.

Chris Bosh is a dinosaur.

The weather.

James Harden's beard.

Bandwagoning.

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