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Lebron James (Los Angeles Lakers)

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if anyone cares you can now listen to the interview of windhorst from yesterday in its entirety here

http://www.cleveland.com/dsn/index....sn_about_lebron_joining_espncom_and_more.html

heres his choking part

"I don't think [LeBron] quit, I think he choked," Windhorst told Harry Petsanis and Chuck Booms on "The Gloves Are Off" on Wednesday. "There are some details that I could reveal about what was going on in the playoffs, but because of confidences and I still have to cover the league, I can't," Windhorst said. "It has nothing to do with what anybody else thinks, it has to do with something that's never been discussed before."
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billmac91;1813944; said:
Has he had a single top 10 play on ESPN since joining the Heat? He used to have 2 or 3 every game for the Cavs.

Again, the damage to his brand has been off the charts. It's not even fun watching the Heat. It's like watching 3 super-stars be shells of their actual potential. Watching LeBron make several 18 foot jumpers a game and settling for 8-9 assists isn't exactly riveting basketball.

Good drama, really poor product.
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You said "brand damage" and I immediately associated this with New Coke.

It's pretty clear that the old LBJ, old Wade and old Bosh were significantly better players and more entertaining than "New Heat".

Couldn't have happened to a nicer buncha fellas. :lol:
 
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BrutusBobcat;1814758; said:
You said "brand damage" and I immediately associated this with New Coke.

It's pretty clear that the old LBJ, old Wade and old Bosh were significantly better players and more entertaining than "New Heat".

Couldn't have happened to a nicer buncha fellas. :lol:
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Between Tiger and Lebron Nike lost a lot of brand value over the past 12 months.
 
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Not sure if it has been posted, but I just came across this:

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Why people hate LeBron James


Doesn't seem like a Pro-Lebron article... can't tell though... best quote

If we did not love sports, we would not hate LeBron James. He has not sinned against society. He has sinned against competition. And this sounds backward, but it's true: If he had sinned against society, we would have an easier time forgiving him. We all sin against society at some point. In sports, competition is everything.
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jimotis4heisman;1818208; said:
i wonder what he makes as the beat writer? i wonder what a lebron tell all would be worth as far as a book deal?
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yah this is a good question...would he be better off waiting 10 more years covering the heat and lebron, and THEN writing the tell all book? or should he just write it now when the hatred for lebron is at an all time high?...i would think that he could make a good amount of money off a tell all book, but i think the money he would make at espn for 10 or so years, and the money lebron pays him to not release the book will be more...i hope eventually windhorst writes a book on lebron and all the crap that has happened...i know him and terry pluto have a book with nice pictures but i want the shit on gloria and the choking in the playoffs

also a reminder: we play the heat at home in 9 days
 
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http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/mi...same-sights-different-sounds-for-lebron-james

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- LeBron James will be the first member of the Miami Heat introduced in the starting lineup on Wednesday night at Amway Center.

The Magic home crowd, like every other crowd outside Miami this season, will likely boo him. And then when James touches the ball early in the game there will probably be more boos.

The boos will follow James as he travels the league this season, whether he's checking in at the scorer's table or walking to the foul line. The volume might vary based on region, the competitiveness of the game or general level of interest, but the pattern figures to be consistent.

This is the new norm for James and one of the many things he admits he?s adjusting to as a member of the targeted Heat.

James admitted last week after another night of routine boos in Memphis that he?s been perplexed by some of the grief he?s received on the road this season.

?It is funny that Memphis fans and fans in the league -- some of the fans that had nothing to do with what I did -- still boo like I was sitting in their room saying I was coming to Memphis,? James said last Saturday.

James knows it's coming full force next week in Cleveland when he makes his return. He probably expects the same treatment in New York next month and when he visits Chicago in January, two fan bases that he rejected in free agency last summer along with the Cavs.

But in places like New Orleans and Memphis, James has still been jeered by fans who supposedly didn?t have a dog in the fight last summer. It seems that universal reaction is part of the fallout of how James handled free agency.
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James knows it's coming full force next week in Cleveland when he makes his return. He probably expects the same treatment in New York next month and when he visits Chicago in January, two fan bases that he rejected in free agency last summer along with the Cavs.

But in places like New Orleans and Memphis, James has still been jeered by fans who supposedly didn?t have a dog in the fight last summer. It seems that universal reaction is part of the fallout of how James handled free agency.
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Do the math, dumbass. If you set out to be the biggest star in the world, and then do something to offend their sensibilities, you make a global ass out of yourself instead. This is why people hire real publicists instead of their high school buddies.
 
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I just noticed that he has "what we do in life echoes in eternity" tattooed on the inside of his arms.

First, who knew he was a fan of Gladiator.

Second, congratulations LeBron, you are going to be a fucking piece of shit for eternity. Must feel good.
 
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jlb1705;1819190; said:
Do the math, dumbass. If you set out to be the biggest star in the world, and then do something to offend their sensibilities, you make a global ass out of yourself instead. This is why people hire real publicists instead of their high school buddies.
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People don't like when you ruin the game. And regardless of who he played for, it was fun to watch him play. It's not nearly as much fun watching Wade, Bosh, and especially James turn their games down in an effort to play team-ball. The NBA isn't the NFL or MLB. We want to see the athletes do amazing things. Not settle for 18 foot jump-shots and take 2 shots a quarter to get other super-stars off.

He was an idiot to think this would somehow make him even "cooler" in the eyes of fans outside of Cleveland.

But then again, it most likely goes back to his childhood, and thinking it's awesome to be a fan of the Bulls, Cowboys, Buckeyes football team, Kentucky Basketball team, and the Yankees. He was the exact person who would have been a huge Heat fan. Because he is the biggest bandwagon fan ever. So in his mind this "super-team" should have been widely popular.

But most people aren't nearly as "bandwagon" as he hoped.
 
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Romanowski;1819253; said:
Someone who sits in the front row behind the scorers table should take one of these old air bellows and squeeze it in LePolesmoke's direction as dumps the powder in his hands or tosses it in the air...
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They should really hide the powder before this game. A more mature LeBron would hopefully realize he's just kicking the dog again by doing this in front of the fans that once loved him, so he would refrain this time.

But stupid, arrogant, ignorant LeBron will see nothing wrong with it. I hope he gets hit in the face with a cold beer a la Ron Artest if he does it.
 
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