Lebron to Miami

jerry1013 · #1 07-08-2010, 06:34 PM

Sorry Cavs fans......

evildeadjedi · #2 07-08-2010, 06:47 PM

Natty are you still with us?

powerslave_85 · #3 07-08-2010, 07:00 PM

Move over, A-Rod! There's a new most hated man in pro sports!

DethMaiden · #4 07-08-2010, 07:02 PM

I can't even make myself hate him. The Cavaliers organization failed time and again to field the best team and put smart people on the coaching staff and in the front office. I'm sad, and I will root against the Heat out of spite, but LeBron isn't an enemy to me.

powerslave_85 · #5 07-08-2010, 07:16 PM

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I can't even make myself hate him. The Cavaliers organization failed time and again to field the best team and put smart people on the coaching staff and in the front office. I'm sad, and I will root against the Heat out of spite, but LeBron isn't an enemy to me.

I think he did it in a fucking cowardly way, though. To go on TV and shove a knife in Cleveland's back like that was classless. Especially to go to a city where, by all accounts, no one gives a shit about sports.

The fact that I'm madder about this than you are is deeply confusing to me

DethMaiden · #6 07-08-2010, 07:20 PM

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I think he did it in a fucking cowardly way, though. To go on TV and shove a knife in Cleveland's back like that was classless. Especially to go to a city where, by all accounts, no one gives a shit about sports.

The fact that I'm madder about this than you are is deeply confusing to me

When the Cavs play the Heat, I'm sure I'll be foaming at the mouth every time he scores, but right now, I guess I'm trying to keep a cool head. And yes, doing it on live TV was awful. If he went on live TV to say he was staying in Cleveland, it would have been totally okay because it's not like he owes Miami or Chicago or New York anything anyway, and they'd be disappointed, shrug, and walk away. But leaving Cleveland on TV...yeah, there were better ways to handle that.

Anyway, it's impossible not to make him seem like a villain, and I can understand that he wants to win a championship. It's not like the Heat could get past the Lakers anyway, even if they make it to the Finals.

powerslave_85 · #7 07-08-2010, 07:24 PM

I'm listening to Cleveland sports radio right now, and they just read an email sent out by the Cavs' owner, Dan Gilbert. The words "heartless," "coward," "selfish," and "narcissistic" were used, and he personally guaranteed that the Cavs would win a championship. Holy shit

DethMaiden · #8 07-08-2010, 07:26 PM

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I'm listening to Cleveland sports radio right now, and they just read an email sent out by the Cavs' owner, Dan Gilbert. The words "heartless," "coward," "selfish," and "narcissistic" were used, and he personally guaranteed that the Cavs would win a championship. Holy shit

Yeah, I read the letter. It's downright vitriolic. Not only did he guarantee a championship, he guaranteed one before LeBron gets his first.

Uh, no. David Lee just signed with the Warriors and that means there's no free agents left except Shaq.

jerry1013 · #9 07-08-2010, 07:30 PM

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Yeah, I read the letter. It's downright vitriolic. Not only did he guarantee a championship, he guaranteed one before LeBron gets his first.

Uh, no. David Lee just signed with the Warriors and that means there's no free agents left except Shaq.

Reports have him as saying he wants to be a Spur.

DethMaiden · #10 07-08-2010, 07:32 PM

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Reports have him as saying he wants to be a Spur.

As a Spurs fan I'll be pissed unless they keep his minutes to like 5 a night. Ever since the Heat title he's just been making teams worse.