Re: LeBron James Signs With Miami Heat
Yeah i'm disappointed overall, i really thought he was going to stick with the Cavs and i do feel sorry for the fans but a few observations I have of the whole thing are:
1. Anyone who wishes a player injury because he changes team is a punk, pure and simple. Have some class, move on, at the end of the day it's only basketball.
2. While the whole tv show aka "the decision" was a full on ego strokefest it still raised millions of dollars for a great charity. Say what you want but at the end of the day those charities are much better off because of this media whoring. No i don't agree with it but at least some good came from it.
3. This has obviously been in the works since the olympics. I don't believe for a second that he only made up his mind a few hours / days ago. This has been a long term plan for these guys and everything else has just been a song and dance to throw people off.
4. If LeBron didn't contact Gilbert man to man and actually tell him until it was aired on tv that reeks of a lack of respect and class. Gilbert and and Cavs deserved better than that after 7 years.
5. That still doesn't absolve Gilbert from acting like a classless fool with that venom filled tirade. Be the bigger man, move on.
6. I can see why he made the decision from both sides. If he stays in Cleveland that team had very little flexibility and probably wasn't going to win a title any time soon regardless of how well LeBron played. The competition was all getting better and the Cavs were kinda stuck in limbo with untradable assets and unless Hickson was going to develope into a bonafide star (not likely) there was little chance he would win a title there. On the other hand a single championship victory for the team you have struggled with for so long just has to be sweeter than winning multiple titles with a thrown together pseudo-allstar team.
I guess at the end of the day he felt he had to weigh up the risk of possibily winning a title as a 2nd fiddle vs having a Barkley like career where you play well but are never considered a true champion because you couldn't get over the last hump. He took the "easier" way out.
When it's all said and done i love watching LeBron play basketball and i'll continue to do so. Miami (and the rest of the league) will be in for quite a show!
Yeah i'm disappointed overall, i really thought he was going to stick with the Cavs and i do feel sorry for the fans but a few observations I have of the whole thing are:
1. Anyone who wishes a player injury because he changes team is a punk, pure and simple. Have some class, move on, at the end of the day it's only basketball.
2. While the whole tv show aka "the decision" was a full on ego strokefest it still raised millions of dollars for a great charity. Say what you want but at the end of the day those charities are much better off because of this media whoring. No i don't agree with it but at least some good came from it.
3. This has obviously been in the works since the olympics. I don't believe for a second that he only made up his mind a few hours / days ago. This has been a long term plan for these guys and everything else has just been a song and dance to throw people off.
4. If LeBron didn't contact Gilbert man to man and actually tell him until it was aired on tv that reeks of a lack of respect and class. Gilbert and and Cavs deserved better than that after 7 years.
5. That still doesn't absolve Gilbert from acting like a classless fool with that venom filled tirade. Be the bigger man, move on.
6. I can see why he made the decision from both sides. If he stays in Cleveland that team had very little flexibility and probably wasn't going to win a title any time soon regardless of how well LeBron played. The competition was all getting better and the Cavs were kinda stuck in limbo with untradable assets and unless Hickson was going to develope into a bonafide star (not likely) there was little chance he would win a title there. On the other hand a single championship victory for the team you have struggled with for so long just has to be sweeter than winning multiple titles with a thrown together pseudo-allstar team.
I guess at the end of the day he felt he had to weigh up the risk of possibily winning a title as a 2nd fiddle vs having a Barkley like career where you play well but are never considered a true champion because you couldn't get over the last hump. He took the "easier" way out.
When it's all said and done i love watching LeBron play basketball and i'll continue to do so. Miami (and the rest of the league) will be in for quite a show!
) and now that he's signed elsewhere it's because "he couldn't hack the bright lights if NYC". I don't think so. At least the Knicks are having a very positive offseason so far though, things are looking up....
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