The LeBron James Thread

[roadman]

Re: The Official "Where is LeBron going?" Thread

I dont see the reason for the hate really

Respect him for staying in CLE but not for leaving? So you basically if he loses he takes home the moral victory of your respect but doesnt achieve what he's playing bball for

As opposed to teaming up with another star for a more legit shot at a ring whom he won a gold medal with?

Would it matter if it was him joining NY with Amare then Melo comes over?

I dont get it really but I dont feel the same way.

I'm hating on the parade and the three ring circus that has developed. Also, appearing to orchestrate all three players in one place.

[DieHardYankee26]

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LeBron will be Batman wherever he goes. That's why Wade and Bosh said they'd take a paycut so he could sign the max.

I still don't think LeBron will be the Batman in Miami. That's D-Wade's city and he owns it. Everyone there loves him and I doubt LeBron will change that.

[Starlin4Prez]

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You're lying to yourself if you think Mo Williams is a good PG, Antawn Jamison is a championship PF and Anderson Varejao is any different than a Big Baby Davis or Marcin Gortat. I don't think any of those guys would have started in Boston, Los Angeles, or even Dallas or Phoenix.

Well Big Baby can actually shoot the basketballl. Mo Williams is a good regular season PG and how is Antawn Jamison a championship PF, he has never even seen the finals?

[Brankles]

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But they managed to have the best record in the league last year (60+wins 2yrs in a row), and were the favorites to represent the east the past two years. I wonder why that was?

Easy... that's how good LeBron James is

[elprez98]

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You're lying to yourself if you think Mo Williams is a good PG, Antawn Jamison is a championship PF and Anderson Varejao is any different than a Big Baby Davis or Marcin Gortat. I don't think any of those guys would have started in Boston, Los Angeles, or even Dallas or Phoenix.

Edit: Or even San Antonio, Utah, or Atlanta

So would you call Varejao a poor man's Noah?

[Brankles]

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Well Big Baby can actually shoot the basketballl. Mo Williams is a good regular season PG and how is Antawn Jamison a championship PF, he has never even seen the finals?

I agree. Antawn Jamison is one of the worst 20/10 guys I think I've ever seen.

[jeebs9]

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Because this is a guy who said that he wants to be the greatest of all time, he nicknamed himself King James. This guy wants to be Jordan x10. And now he is taking the easy way out because it will give him the perception of being a champion.

Here is what I want to know: LeBron is always brand conscious, and he has to be aware of how much damage this would do to his brand, no matter what. Why is he doing this? Is someone flat out lying to him saying that they are getting great results? Do they think that any news is good news?

I don't know...this is so bizzare. LeBron's ego has taken a GIANT step. He is Jordan and Kobe combined with Tiger right now.

Wrong....He never called himself King James. If you know the true story was the guy that founded the Jordan Brand for Nike. I forgot his name. give LeBron James the nickname after giving him a tee with the name on it. He never give himself the nickname. And I remember that because I was following LeBron James (as a fan) way before that even happen. This during one of those ABCD camps in New Jersey.

[Bornindamecca]

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Not over yet, Cavs are trying to get Johnny Flynn from the Wolves.

I was secretly hoping the Knicks would get Flynn for Lee. Not sure how he helps Lebron stay in Cleveland go.

Lebron: Oh yeah, now I won't go play with two of the top 7 players in the league. Not now that a shrimp PG in his 2nd year and not the fifth best PG in his class is here.

[Dice]

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I agree. Antawn Jamison is one of the worst 20/10 guys I think I've ever seen.

I'll raise you David Lee for your Antawn Jamison.

[utexas]

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Well if he stays in Cleveland, only Wade and Duncan have won a championship in any type of similar situation in the last however many decades... and that was in the early-mid 2000s, a completely different (and worse) league then it was before or after. Bird, Thomas, Kobe, Jordan, Shaq, Pierce, Olajuwon all won with much better teams than LeBron's ever played on or maybe ever will play on in Cleveland.

I dont see the reason for the hate really

Respect him for staying in CLE but not for leaving? So you basically if he loses he takes home the moral victory of your respect but doesnt achieve what he's playing bball for

As opposed to teaming up with another star for a more legit shot at a ring whom he won a gold medal with?

Would it matter if it was him joining NY with Amare then Melo comes over?

I dont get it really but I dont feel the same way.

You're lying to yourself if you think Mo Williams is a good PG, Antawn Jamison is a championship PF and Anderson Varejao is any different than a Big Baby Davis or Marcin Gortat. I don't think any of those guys would have started in Boston, Los Angeles, or even Dallas or Phoenix.

Edit: Or even San Antonio, Utah, or Atlanta

Finally some other people with sound logic and reasoning skills. Carry on...

[Brankles]

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So would you call Varejao a poor man's Noah?

Noah's much better, so yes.

Every team offering LeBron max money right now is a better basketball situation than Cleveland, except maybe New Jersey.

[OSUFan_88]

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Wrong....He never called himself King James. If you know the true story was the guy that founded the Jordan Brand for Nike. I forgot his name. give LeBron James the nickname after giving him a tee with the name on it. He never give himself the nickname. And I remember that because I was following LeBron James (as a fan) way before that even happen.

Okay then, how about Chosen 1? He got that inked on his back.

[NovaStar]

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Easy... that's how good LeBron James is

So if he is that good why would he leave? He should just man up and be better. That is what kings do. Obviously he has enough around his greatness to be competitive.

[wildcatchild]

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What is the point of LeBron waiting around in Cleveland for a Pau Gasol/KG Ray Allen-type miracle trade when he can straight up skip the whole process and join a championship-ready team? The last three NBA champs have been megastar teams. Paul Pierce and Kobe don't get knocked for it, but logically they had something of a similar situation happen to them. All-NBA players handed to them and they just put it on auto-pilot, playing the same way they have their whole career, on the way to a title. The only difference was their teammates.

Easy: because Kobe and Pierce stayed with the only team they'd ever played for and their GM's traded for a talented supporting star...or in Pierce's cases, two.

LeBron LEAVING his hometown team to join forces with two superstars is an entirely different concept that should and will be viewed at differently if he goes to Maimi. Totally different than if Wade and/or Bosh would have signed with Cleveland.

[boomhauertjs]

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Someone I work with said he heard that if LeBron signs with Miami, the Cavs, Knicks, and Bulls are going to pursue tampering charges against the Heat. Not that it's going to do anything to change things.
Stern won't do anything. The Nets through Jay-Z have been tampering with LeBron for years.