The LeBron James Thread

[King_B_Mack]

Re: The LeBron James Saga

Act like a punk?

Sounds like your feelings are hurt, it's not that serious. I wasn't trying to "call anyone out", or call you out in particular so my bad if you took it that way. I'm just saying it's funny how people connect his dancing on the sidelines to how he practices.

If they're joking about it, it's not all that funny. It just makes them look bitter that their team got beat and then danced on.

And HM, whatever man, if you think Mo was the sole reason for the win have at it. LBJ hit some big shots down the stretch and his stat line was ridiculous as usual. I guess it's routine for him to have that sort of production.

Trust me my feelings aren't hurt, it's the internet, the globe will keep spinning. Don't put yourself on too high a pedestal in my life. It's just if you don't like something someone has to say don't go all..."I find it funny when people" and yadda yadda. You know who's comments you had a problem with so just say that and don't try to hide it and be all subtle about it. I'm not bitter about my team losing and getting danced on, there are plenty of people who AREN'T Bulls fans who made they're displeasure known with Bron's childish dancing. Like I was saying, you don't get to dance up and down the court like a frontrunner when it doesn't really count and then get ghost when it does and then turn around and talk about how your leadership skills won't let you settle for behaviour that YOU yourself have displayed in the recent past.

[ex carrabba fan]

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A pedestal? I'm not sure who's taking the internet more seriously now, me or you. LMAO. Your responses to the topic have given me a clear answer.

I have no need to be subtle or outward about anything. It's a message board. Haha. If you don't like my posting methods I apologize, sort of. I don't specifically look to single anyone out, but from what I've gathered lately in the thread, people are making up connections that aren't there.

[King_B_Mack]

Re: The LeBron James Saga

Meh, whatever dude I'm not going to sit here and argue with you over who takes the internet more seriously. Let's keep this topic on LeBron James and the stupid things he continues to let come out of his mouth since forming the nWo.

[utexas]

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Lebron has always been 100% at practice. I remember Coach K being asked who was the hardest worker on the olympic team and he said it was James by far. You can't be as good as he is and not work at it. I understand alot of people are upset that he decided to leave and how he left in such a public way, but the constant name calling and over analyzing everything he says isn't rational, its pure emotion.
The fact of the matter is he now has teammates that won't shrink in the spotlight. I find it funny that so many people are bashing him that were actually trying to sign him or wanting him to sign with their favorite team. Cuban got fined for making comments about him and trying to lure him to Dallas before free agency, but now is publicly criticizing him. If he and Donnie Nelson didn't over pay every one of his little buddies, (Terry, Dampier, Kidd,even as far back as Finley getting a max deal) He would have the cap space to do what Miami was able to do. There was even a song done by one of Cuban's friends in the media that host a show begging Lebron to sign in Dallas.
I think alot of the negativity is sour grapes. We aren't allowed to talk about the race comments, but if you want to pm me, I would love to have this discussion. Lebron is a great ball player who can potentially be one of the best to ever play. I am wanting him to avg a triple double this season because he has the skill set to do so.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I just find it sad/comical that folks are actually talking about this man's PRACTICE HABITS as if that's really a big or even a small deal? I mean am I the only one that finds that silly, especially considering his practice habits have never been questioned? But then again, I don't remember a single time where folks have questioned how hard someone is Practicing

[dossier]

Re: The LeBron James Saga

Lebron has always been 100% at practice. I remember Coach K being asked who was the hardest worker on the olympic team and he said it was James by far. You can't be as good as he is and not work at it. I understand alot of people are upset that he decided to leave and how he left in such a public way, but the constant name calling and over analyzing everything he says isn't rational, its pure emotion.
The fact of the matter is he now has teammates that won't shrink in the spotlight. I find it funny that so many people are bashing him that were actually trying to sign him or wanting him to sign with their favorite team. Cuban got fined for making comments about him and trying to lure him to Dallas before free agency, but now is publicly criticizing him. If he and Donnie Nelson didn't over pay every one of his little buddies, (Terry, Dampier, Kidd,even as far back as Finley getting a max deal) He would have the cap space to do what Miami was able to do. There was even a song done by one of Cuban's friends in the media that host a show begging Lebron to sign in Dallas.
I think alot of the negativity is sour grapes. We aren't allowed to talk about the race comments, but if you want to pm me, I would love to have this discussion. Lebron is a great ball player who can potentially be one of the best to ever play. I am wanting him to avg a triple double this season because he has the skill set to do so.

I agree with you to a point. Some of it is sour grapes, some(although very few, and by few I mean minuscule amounts of) race, and some was just the complete immaturity of it all. The whole decision and flirting with teams was completely ego driven.

But at the same time he still is the best basketball player on the planet

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

Re: The LeBron James Saga

Lebron has always been 100% at practice. I remember Coach K being asked who was the hardest worker on the olympic team and he said it was James by far. You can't be as good as he is and not work at it. I understand alot of people are upset that he decided to leave and how he left in such a public way, but the constant name calling and over analyzing everything he says isn't rational, its pure emotion.
The fact of the matter is he now has teammates that won't shrink in the spotlight. I find it funny that so many people are bashing him that were actually trying to sign him or wanting him to sign with their favorite team. Cuban got fined for making comments about him and trying to lure him to Dallas before free agency, but now is publicly criticizing him. If he and Donnie Nelson didn't over pay every one of his little buddies, (Terry, Dampier, Kidd,even as far back as Finley getting a max deal) He would have the cap space to do what Miami was able to do. There was even a song done by one of Cuban's friends in the media that host a show begging Lebron to sign in Dallas.
I think alot of the negativity is sour grapes. We aren't allowed to talk about the race comments, but if you want to pm me, I would love to have this discussion. Lebron is a great ball player who can potentially be one of the best to ever play. I am wanting him to avg a triple double this season because he has the skill set to do so.

Regarding the Mark Cuban thing, he specifically said that he likes LeBron, and wishes he had signed with Dallas, but he thinks that The Decision and the racism thing were poor decisions on LeBron's marketer's part.

[King_B_Mack]

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I agree with you to a point. Some of it is sour grapes, some(although very few, and by few I mean minuscule amounts of) race, and some was just the complete immaturity of it all. The whole decision and flirting with teams was completely ego driven.

But at the same time he still is the best basketball player on the planet

Agreed to extent as well. I think yeah there's some sour grapes involved but there's also the feeling of being played for a fool at work as well and just generally being turned off by the actions of LeBron over the course of this summer. I myself have been a James fan and I'm sure guys know I was driving the bus on LeBron to the Bulls. If we didn't get him, fine, we move on make other moves, congrats to the team that did. But as it became clearer and clearer that this was a massive tour of ego stroking it just turns people off. It's not so much so grapes that he didn't sign with a lot of people's teams, but the fact that he had no intention of signing with any of the teams he strung along the whole time. The decision was made years ago that if the three of them could play together they would. I'd buy that they never thought it was possible, but Miami put themselves in position to do it by the trade deadline at the earliest, the Draft at the latest. Knowing actually being able to teamup was on the table there was ABSOLUTELY NO WAY they weren't going to sign together. Plus I think people may just be upset they have to admit Stephen A Smith was right about something lol.

[utexas]

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Regarding the Mark Cuban thing, he specifically said that he likes LeBron, and wishes he had signed with Dallas, but he thinks that The Decision and the racism thing were poor decisions on LeBron's marketer's part.

He also said that he didn't have a problem with anything Dan Gilbert said the night of The Decision. He came out in the Dallas Morning news completely backing that crap. Cuban is injecting himself in the story. But that is his M.O.

Everything that Lebron does now is being scrutinized, and that comes with the hype and the build up of the team and this season. But plan that on the media who chooses to devote way to much attention to the Heat,Lakers,Celtics and not enough to other teams.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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He also said that he didn't have a problem with anything Dan Gilbert said the night of The Decision. He came out in the Dallas Morning news completely backing that crap. Cuban is injecting himself in the story. But that is his M.O.

Everything that Lebron does now is being scrutinized, and that comes with the hype and the build up of the team and this season. But plan that on the media who chooses to devote way to much attention to the Heat,Lakers,Celtics and not enough to other teams.

So? All he said is that Gilbert was sending a message and that he was speaking on behalf of most of the fan base. He didn't say it was the right thing to do or anything like that

[RayAllen20]

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After about 2 and a half months after the Decision, I've finally concluded what I think of the whole thing.

One, the show, The Decision, was a huge joke. Just dumb by LeBron and I hated it from the moment it happened. It was just a bullet in the chest for Cleveland.

Second, I do have respect for LeBron to make the decision to go to the Heat. For the weeks leading up to the decision, fans had claimed LeBron didn't really want to win a championship, he didn't care as much as Kobe did or other superstars. Yet, LeBron had the balls to blow off his old Cleveland team that unless he played spectacular for the entire season wouldn't win it all, to go to a team that could possibly win up to 5 titles.

He knew that he'd sacrifice some of his fan base, but he still did it for the titles. I hate the show, but to make that decision, it really showed how much LeBron wants to really really win a championship, and he doesn't care what people say about him. I expect a monster year from the Heat.

[capp34]

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Everyone is talking about they hated the '' decision'' will someone tell me what you would have done if you were Lebron. I honestly believe no matter which way Bron handled that situation it would have been highly scrutinized.

[King_B_Mack]

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Everyone is talking about they hated the '' decision'' will someone tell me what you would have done if you were Lebron. I honestly believe no matter which way Bron handled that situation it would have been highly scrutinized.

If LeBron calls Cleveland and all the other teams and let them know privately what his decision was and then passes it on to the media, he'd be in the clear around the country. Cleveland would probably have hated him regardless mainly because of the way the season ended, but he wouldn't be hated around the country if he didn't put on that farce of a special for a decision he, Bosh and Wade made about three years ago.

[dossier]

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Everyone is talking about they hated the '' decision'' will someone tell me what you would have done if you were Lebron. I honestly believe no matter which way Bron handled that situation it would have been highly scrutinized.

Are you serious?

I would keep my mouth shut, visit teams that I would actually see my self playing for, and then join the team thats was the best fit, thats it.

[NC State-31 UNC-27]

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Everyone is talking about they hated the '' decision'' will someone tell me what you would have done if you were Lebron. I honestly believe no matter which way Bron handled that situation it would have been highly scrutinized.

He could have done anything else...and it wouldn't have been this bad.

The guy made a 1 hour special for himself on TV...think about how arrogant that is?

Now...add in the fact that his two star teammates went on TV together the day before to announce they would both be in Miami...with no major fanfare, etc...just went on TV in the early afternoon did a normal interview and that was that. And for some reason LeBron still wanted that 1 hour special all to himself? Major red flag anyone????

The solution: Go on TV with your other two teammates instead of making the entire thing about you.

Not to mention he didn't tell the other teams which is incredibly unprofessional.