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Lebron James (Los Angeles Lakers)

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Tlangs;1729385; said:
He could have done everything you all wanted but the second he said "Miami" his Jersey would be burning in the street anyway.
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You don't get it, just give up...

If you get a divorce, it sucks...Some people might burn the others shit, some might hate them...But if you work to make not so painful then it will work out for most...Some become friends...But 7 great years and then a divorce when you tried to work things out can be taken a lot better than...7 years of spewing how loyal, and all that, and then to leave at the 11th hour and make a public spectacle out of it...
 
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jwinslow;1729329; said:
If he wasn't one, he was close to being a top-10 player this year.
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really, not a top ten player. thats a joke. i hope youre joking?

JCOSU86;1729333; said:
Disagree, thought it was spot on.


Yes, and quality #2s are falling out of trees year and year and the Cavs simply refused to sign them.

:roll1:
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well they did make a slew of questionable trades to keep lebron happy, shame on them for selling short i guess.

crazybuckfan40;1729335; said:
Hell Kobe ran Shaq out of town, so he could be the man and win titles as the man...

Garnett went later in his career, same with Allen...Barkley, Malone, all tried their last 2-3 years to steal a championship...You didn't see them trying to go and join Jordan...

3 guys at the age of 25-27 is like saying I can't be the man...

I understand you need a team in basketball and Kobe is winning some very good players around him, but he isn't putting the traveling all-stars together...
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to me i have no problems with that approach. but, however it was how he did all this. if he wants to go and win, no problem with me.

ORD_Buckeye;1729336; said:
I don't.

I am, however, fascinated by the larger issues at play here: narcissism, stupidity, surrounding oneself with incompetent sycophants, self-destruction and cowardice. It like frickin' Shakespeare.
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yes, comical to say the least.

BuckeyeNation27;1729339; said:
Lebron James....the best basketball player that franchise will ever see....says he wants better players around him. He's not asking for the Cavs to get Pippen out of retirement, he has the same pool of players to work with as every other team.

How did the Lakers get Gasol? Did he fall out of a tree? Why did they get Jamison instead of Amare?
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could have been, however im not sure history will paint him in that manner. the cavs have had some half way decent players...

ORD_Buckeye;1729341; said:
Agreed. Best one line summation of LBJ



I think the Chosen One is going to be quite surprised at the venom directed his way and not just by Cleveland, NY or Chicago. He's just made himself the biggest villain in all of sports not named Orenthal.
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i said this before he announced. then again mike vick probably ranks right up there also...
 
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What a freaking sellout. I'm not a Cavs fan by any means, but i'm completely disgusted by that whole ordeal we just witnessed. I even have been hoping for Lebron to leave to a better team for the last year or two, but the way that he went about that was the most egotistical, soul-less thing i've ever seen.

Lebron will never be MJ. He will never be Kobe. He will never be an all time great after this. He is jumping on the Dwyane Wade bandwagon at an ideal time as they sign another all-star in Bosh. Lebron doesn't have an ounce of competitive drive in him to not only be the best, but to beat the best as the truly "great" ones do.


God I hope Miami plays LA in the Finals this year and Kobe shoves Lebron's "crown" right up his ass.
 
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crazybuckfan40;1729394; said:
You don't get it, just give up...

If you get a divorce, it sucks...Some people might burn the others [censored], some might hate them...But if you work to make not so painful then it will work out for most...Some become friends...But 7 great years and then a divorce when you tried to work things out can be taken a lot better than...7 years of spewing how loyal, and all that, and then to leave at the 11th hour and make a public spectacle out of it...
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This.

People will try to bring up Dan Gilbert's public posturing that he wouldn't do a sign and trade for LeBron--but who would? Who would even do a sign and trade with Miami for any player? The Ohio Aviators--rest in peace--wouldn't have done that!

I think it is especially salty because of how public it became, because it was drug out to the 11th hour when it became impossible for the Cavs organization to react, and just how callous he acted about Cleveland in general during that train wreck last night.
 
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Tlangs;1729391; said:
If he wins a title it doesn't matter. If he doesn't win a title, the move wasn't worth it. It's pretty much a given that he is better player than Dwayne Wade. He may come out next year and be the Heat's leading scorer. Maybe Wade is his Scottie Pippen.
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He who shan't be named appears to be a guy that is obsessed with his own image. He has trashed that image to a very large portion of the public. If, yes it's if, he wins a title in Miami, in the short term it won't matter. But, in the long term, when it's not viewed as he who shan't be named winning a title, it will eat him up. I find that hilarious. He went from the golden boy trying to do right by his hometown to a scumbag mercenary in a lot of people's eyes in one fell swoop. He spent seven plus years carefully developing his image/brand and it's gone.
 
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crazybuckfan40;1729394; said:
You don't get it, just give up...

If you get a divorce, it sucks...Some people might burn the others [censored], some might hate them...But if you work to make not so painful then it will work out for most...Some become friends...But 7 great years and then a divorce when you tried to work things out can be taken a lot better than...7 years of spewing how loyal, and all that, and then to leave at the 11th hour and make a public spectacle out of it...
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I don't have a dog in this fight. Cleveland fans are pissed and they have a right to be pissed. But it isn't nearly as bad as some in this thread indicate.
 
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kn1f3party;1729398; said:
This.

People will try to bring up Dan Gilbert's public posturing that he wouldn't do a sign and trade for LeBron--but who would? Who would even do a sign and trade with Miami for any player? The Ohio Aviators--rest in peace--wouldn't have done that!

I think it is especially salty because of how public it became, because it was drug out to the 11th hour when it became impossible for the Cavs organization to react, and just how callous he acted about Cleveland in general during that train wreck last night.
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Screw a sign-and-trade. Miami's not giving up anything I'd want in return. I don't want James to get the extra money he'd see in such a deal. Fuck his wallet.
 
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buckeyemania11;1729387; said:
:lol:

LeBron's chasing celebrity, not championships - NBA News - FOX Sports on MSN
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It appears Dan Gilbert is irate because he realizes LeBron made LeDecision long ago. This whole spectacle was a gigantic tease, a charade. The Cavs? offseason approach (draft, free agency, Mike Brown, Danny Ferry) might have been dramatically different had the organization known from the get-go James was leaving.
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This is my biggest problem with the whole ordeal. Why didn't he just man up and tell the Cavs he was leaving?
 
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