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  • Murkurial
    Rookie
    • Mar 2007
    • 156

    #5791
    Re: LeBron James Signs With Miami Heat

    Originally posted by phenom1990
    I don't honestly think anyone is trying to act like a team can't have 2 potential HOF'ers. What I think has disappointed so many people about Lebron is that someone with so much talent and ability has seemingly ducked a challenge. The challenge was of the belief that players of the ability and talent of a Lebron in the past knew they were good enough to win titles without having to join another guy of such ability and talent to do it. They knew not being able to do it probably said more about them than they wanted to believe. But they were determined to do it anyway and go down trying in the process.
    Originally posted by Pared
    No he won't... get outta here. Those teams built around MJ. MJ didn't go and sign with Reggie and Isiah and say, "Hey guys, let's do this together! Shucks."

    People take different paths to greatness. IMO anyone of right mind can't say that they would consider this a respectable path.

    And with that said, he was full within his right to do what he did. But that's not the point. And guys here know that this is exactly what this conversation is about.
    I think people should take a look at these two posts again. Because these points have been made numerous times and yet...people keep coming with the same retorts.

    To add on to phenom's point, if people REALLY don't believe that Lebron had the potential to win a title without joining another superstar, or be one of the greatest players ever (by leading his OWN team to victory), then I guess there's nothing wrong with what he did. But that would require you to have not watched ESPN at all in the past seven years when these very things were being said about him and to have not bought into it even a little bit.

    That's all it is. People talked about him like he could be better than MJ (or at least equal). He himself made it appear that he was looking to be THE MAN on a team (he won't be that in Miami, but feel free to keep disagreeing on that point), and it's a bit weird that he'd decide to up and leave to join another superstar who's in his prime and pretty much erase the possibility of him being the leader of a championship-winning team.

    Originally posted by Hiro1
    Saying he doesn't need to do fund raisers to give to charity for kids because he is already wealthy is a cop out, Period. Rich people do it all the time.
    Nobody said that. But there are fundraisers, and then there are, put the sporting world on hold while everyone anxiously awaits my decision...with a fundraiser attached.

    Please tell me you see the difference. Please.

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    • phenom1990
      MVP
      • Mar 2008
      • 4789

      #5792
      Re: LeBron James Signs With Miami Heat

      Originally posted by NovaStar
      To further your point, Kobe had'nt won a ring yet.
      Kobe hadn't played a game yet .
      "Ma'am I don't make the rules up. I just think them up and write em down". - Cartman

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      • NovaStar
        Banned
        • Aug 2002
        • 3561

        #5793
        Re: LeBron James Signs With Miami Heat

        Originally posted by phenom1990
        Kobe hadn't played a game yet .
        So then my statement would be true.

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        • OSUFan_88
          Outback Jesus
          • Jul 2004
          • 25642

          #5794
          Re: LeBron James Signs With Miami Heat

          Originally posted by utexas
          David Robinson is not HOF worthy? lol
          I sense AlexBrady is coming...
          Too Old To Game Club

          Urban Meyer is lol.

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          • terrapinman
            Rookie
            • Nov 2004
            • 391

            #5795
            Re: LeBron James Signs With Miami Heat

            he made a business decision and it should stay as that...Grown men getting angry about what another grown man does?!?!

            More power to him Free Agency is beneficiary to all major sports, more power to him.


            Didn't Shaq leave the Magic when he realized he wouldn't win a ring in Orlando? All still being in his prime?
            "when you win nothing hurts"-Broadway Joe

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            • OSUFan_88
              Outback Jesus
              • Jul 2004
              • 25642

              #5796
              Re: LeBron James Signs With Miami Heat

              Might as well close this thread. The sides are seeing things completely different and one side is refusing to acknowledge the other.

              Side one: It's not about his choice, it's about how he went about making that choice.

              Side two: Why are people mad about his choice?

              Side one: It's not about his choice, it's about how he went about making that choice.

              Side two: Why are people mad about his choice?

              Too Old To Game Club

              Urban Meyer is lol.

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              • Murkurial
                Rookie
                • Mar 2007
                • 156

                #5797
                Re: LeBron James Signs With Miami Heat

                Originally posted by OSUFan_88
                Might as well close this thread. The sides are seeing things completely different and one side is refusing to acknowledge the other.

                Side one: It's not about his choice, it's about how he went about making that choice.

                Side two: Why are people mad about his choice?

                Side one: It's not about his choice, it's about how he went about making that choice.

                Side two: Why are people mad about his choice?

                LOL, pretty much.

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                • BlueNGold
                  Hall Of Fame
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 21817

                  #5798
                  Re: LeBron James Signs With Miami Heat

                  Originally posted by OSUFan_88
                  Might as well close this thread. The sides are seeing things completely different and one side is refusing to acknowledge the other.

                  Side one: It's not about his choice, it's about how he went about making that choice.

                  Side two: Why are people mad about his choice?

                  Side one: It's not about his choice, it's about how he went about making that choice.

                  Side two: Why are people mad about his choice?

                  You're forgetting the "legacy" guys.
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                  • OSUFan_88
                    Outback Jesus
                    • Jul 2004
                    • 25642

                    #5799
                    Re: LeBron James Signs With Miami Heat

                    Originally posted by BlueNGold
                    You're forgetting the "legacy" guys.
                    Side three: This ruins LeBron's legacy because he didn't come to *insert favorite team here*
                    Too Old To Game Club

                    Urban Meyer is lol.

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                    • Vince
                      Bow for Bau
                      • Aug 2002
                      • 26017

                      #5800
                      Re: LeBron James Signs With Miami Heat

                      I like Roadman's posts, but saying DRob isn't a HOF'er is crazy man...
                      @ me or dap me

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                      • utexas
                        Greatness
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 4867

                        #5801
                        Re: LeBron James Signs With Miami Heat

                        Originally posted by OSUFan_88
                        Might as well close this thread. The sides are seeing things completely different and one side is refusing to acknowledge the other.

                        Side one: It's not about his choice, it's about how he went about making that choice.

                        Side two: Why are people mad about his choice?

                        Side one: It's not about his choice, it's about how he went about making that choice.

                        Side two: Why are people mad about his choice?

                        How he chooses to announce his decision is still his choice
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                        • jmood88
                          Sean Payton: Retribution
                          • Jul 2003
                          • 34639

                          #5802
                          Re: LeBron James Signs With Miami Heat

                          Originally posted by OSUFan_88
                          Might as well close this thread. The sides are seeing things completely different and one side is refusing to acknowledge the other.

                          Side one: It's not about his choice, it's about how he went about making that choice.

                          Side two: Why are people mad about his choice?

                          Side one: It's not about his choice, it's about how he went about making that choice.

                          Side two: Why are people mad about his choice?

                          There are those people who don't like how he did it but there are also a lot of people complaining about how unfair it is that he went to the Heat and how he's a coward for going there.
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                          • DieHardYankee26
                            BING BONG
                            • Feb 2008
                            • 10178

                            #5803
                            Re: LeBron James Signs With Miami Heat

                            Originally posted by utexas
                            How he chooses to announce his decision is still his choice
                            And how people choose to react to it is still their choice.
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                            • roadman
                              *ll St*r
                              • Aug 2003
                              • 26339

                              #5804
                              Re: LeBron James Signs With Miami Heat

                              Originally posted by utexas
                              David Robinson is not HOF worthy? lol

                              Even if I agree on the pistons, you can only cite 2 examples out of all the years of championships in the NBA.
                              If I recall correctly, you asked people whether a player has won a ring w/o at least one other HOF'er on the roster

                              I didn't know Robinson came out of retirement for the last chip. My bad.

                              I answered your question. You didn't think it could be done.

                              I proved it can be done in past history.

                              Edit-- Vince, I wasn't thinking of the past Spurs, the current Spurs w/o Robinson. (2007 and 2005)

                              Let's not forget the Pistons of 2004, either. I was going back to the Thomas years.
                              Last edited by roadman; 07-10-2010, 05:11 PM. Reason: Last team I was wrong about.

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                              • OSUFan_88
                                Outback Jesus
                                • Jul 2004
                                • 25642

                                #5805
                                Re: LeBron James Signs With Miami Heat

                                Originally posted by jmood88
                                There are those people who don't like how he did it but there are also a lot of people complaining about how unfair it is that he went to the Heat and how he's a coward for going there.
                                Those people are just bitter that their team is now going to have to go up against what is basically an Eastern Conference all-star team.
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                                Urban Meyer is lol.

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