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Re: The LeBron James Saga
Not to burst your bubble dude, but didn't Shaq get traded to Cleveland?
Players are going to go where the money is. Elton Brand left friggin Los Angeles for Philadelphia. Kevin Garnett wouldn't leave Minnesota for like ten years. Bosh knew Bron wasn't staying in Cleveland so of course he had his mind made up that he wasn't going there, if LeBron wasn't a lock to become Hollywood Hogan Wade probably would have went on home to Chicago and Bosh would have followed one of them because he doesn't wanna do anything by himself.
On another note, thus far does anyone think the Heat crisis is shoveling dirt on Las Vegas getting an NBA team? Guys on a team like this wanting to 'chill' in Miami can only be much worse in Sin City.Comment
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"Well the NBA is in great hands but if I had to pick the single greatest player on the planet, I take Kobe Bryant without hesitation." - Michael Jordan, 2006Comment
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Re: The LeBron James Saga
Yeah but Elton left the Clippers. Nobody wanted to stay and play for the Clippers. The Clippers and 76ers both offered around the same amount. Also you have to remember that Elton is from the north east so that move brought him closer to home.Comment
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I stand corrected. Thank you sir, I forgot he was traded.
Just because YOU don't like Cleveland don't mean that you know Cleveland. Jim Brown, Donyell Marshall, and other athletes that have played for Cleveland still lives in Cleveland. I guess when you get a computer you type what you think is right and you don't have to use it for it's real purpose and look up facts.Comment
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Re: The LeBron James Saga
Found this to be... interesting...
I understand wanting to avoid chaos, inebriated fans causing a ruckus, and anything posing a threat to the safety of fellow fans and players, etc.... but banning T-SHIRTS??? I think that's a bit much. What's next? No booing? No frowning?
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/trueho...ory?id=5847505
Cavs ban anti-LeBron James apparel
LeBron James will return to Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena on Dec. 2 for the first time since the Akron-born James announced he was leaving the Cavaliers for the Miami Heat.
And the Cavaliers and the NBA are doing all they can to make sure the emotional and hostile scene does not turn ugly.
The team and the league have been planning for this date since the summer, starting a continuing dialogue since the Heat's first game in Cleveland was scheduled in early August. The Cavaliers, the league and the Cleveland Police Department have had conference calls discussing the proper way to secure the game, which will be televised nationally on TNT.
To ensure James' safety, there will be dozens of extra police officers on hand, both uniformed and undercover. Officers will be stationed inside and outside the arena, and many will be positioned by the Heat bench and at the tunnel where the Heat players will enter the court.
"Honestly, I'm a little bit afraid," one member of the Cavs organization said. "Some people don't care. Their mentality is '‘I've got to get this off my chest.' There's so much negative energy around this game. People aren't excited about the game itself. They're just like, '‘I can't wait to do something.'"
The Cavaliers have been one of the few NBA teams to have metal detectors at every arena entrance since Dan Gilbert bought the club more than five years ago, but they will go beyond that on Dec. 2.
The team has done research on the various crude and offensive James T-shirts in circulation locally, and officials will be stationed at entrances to make sure no fans enter with such shirts or signs that disrespect James or his family members. They'll also be in the stands, authorized to take away inappropriate apparel. Fans who have such shirts will be required to remove them and then will be given a Cavaliers-branded T-shirt to wear instead. All inappropriate signs also will be confiscated and officials will be on the lookout throughout the game for inebriated fans or fans who are preparing to throw things onto the court.
"We don't want to create a police state," said Tad Carper, the Cavaliers' senior vice president of communications. "We've always had a real energetic, super-charged home crowd and we want to encourage that for every game, including Dec. 2. We want people to enjoy themselves and express themselves, but we don't want fans to cross the boundaries of decency. We're not going to allow profanity and things like that. We'll have no tolerance for anyone trying to cross those boundaries."
Carper and other members of the organization will appear on local television and radio stations next week, encouraging fans not to go beyond the boundaries of what is considered acceptable fan behavior. That may be wishful thinking, though, as many Clevelanders are angered not only by James' departure but by the fact that he announced it on a nationally televised ESPN show referred to as "The Decision."
Carper said the number of media requests the club has received -- for a CNN news crew included -- equals that of an Eastern Conference finals game.
"We feel like we're in good position," Carper said of the security plans for the game. "We understand that folks want to let out their emotions and we feel they can do that without crossing the line. Law-abiding, legal, safe behavior is what we're looking for."Comment
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Re: The LeBron James Saga
I've found a second wind and ability to enjoy LeBron's "Decision" the last couple days.
I mean..."I'm gonna take my talents to South Beach." I always knew it was ridiculous to say that....but I'm just now fully realizing the extent to which it is just utterly dumb founding for those words to come out of someone's mouth on national television and be serious about it.
The other thing that kills me about it...is the way he starts "This fall..." and then realizes..
Hey wait a second! I only have one sentence prepared here, I better drag this out somehow or it's going to be over way too quick! OK I got it..
So he throws in the "and this was really tough."
Everything about it is just perfectly hilarious to me. I read some quote today where he said (paraphrasing badly) that he didn't tell the Cavs before hand because it was a long process and he was tired and just wanted the final day to be all about him, LOL.Comment
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Re: The LeBron James Saga
Damn I just realized that game is next week.
But yea...banning T-Shirts/Signs though? Come on now...#RespectTheCultureComment
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Re: The LeBron James Saga
Glad they're banning the Tees, personally. There are some very very nasty shirts directed at the Gloria/Delonte rumors, and that would be so classless.
I'm hoping for a video montage of his 7 great years as a Cav, W/ a standing O...stay classy....then roaring, non-stop boos for 48 straight minutes after.Last edited by HMcCoy; 11-24-2010, 11:12 PM.Hank's Custom Collectibles 3D printer/painter extraordinaireComment
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Who'd have thought that Cleveland would be only 1.5 GB of the Heat at this point?Comment
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