The LeBron James Thread

[HMcCoy]

Re: The LeBron James Thread

Obviously they ended up with nothing, but they made a hell of a run didn't they?

You say all of that as if it is fact, when none of what you're saying can be proven.

I don't give a rat's butt what LeBron said he wanted or what he didn't want, if Amare was on the table I find it hard to believe they go with bench player Jamison. Sorry, that doesn't compute.

Looking back to the past few years in Cleveland, like I said, it speaks volumes what LeBron was able to do for this no better than .500 team. He took a team that is on the outside looking in [this year] to a level where people viewed them as worthy title contenders. No other player in the world could have done that. Kobe, Wade, nobody but LeBron.

Witness that.

This team is not last years team. Different front office, different coach, different players.

I'm really really excited to see The King get a legit player. If he can get another legit player at the 2 or 5 position this summer.. look out history books.

I don't see any team beating Cleveland in a series.

Big ifs for Orlando and Boston, too many ifs and in the end Cleveland will overcome both of these teams. Cleveland owns Atlanta. Can't wait for a Finals featuring the best player in the world.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...son-cle-3.html

Again, it was "computing" fine for you before the meltdown, no? It's kinda crazy dissing CLE and the supporting cast all the time when you never took the stance beforehand, mang. Carry on tho, lol.

[CFRMIC$]

Cleveland Coach says STFU to LeBron

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[TheMatrix31]

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Merged with LeBron James Thread.

[sportzbro]

Re: Cleveland Coach says STFU to LeBron

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I KNEW that I saw that. Glad I wasn't just seeing things.


Also, as they become available, could someone post some vids of the crowd and intro/chants? I was in a crowed bar and couldn't really hear any of the game... then they switched the audio to the Eagles game for some reason (for 3 random Eagles fans)


And I really wish the cavs aquired/drafted some stud that already hated LeBron... the attitude for the cavs would have been meaner. Just about all of them were really buddy-buddy (I know that they obviously don't care as much as the fans)... although I did see Gibson drain a three over LeDramaqueen and kinda shoved him, then s*** talked after. That was about it.

Really hope Cavs rebound from this.

[BaselineBakes]

Re: Cleveland Coach says STFU to LeBron

via Lebrons twitter

Did a post game interview with Craig Sager and I mentioned "Greatness" and I didn't mean my self individually, I meant to say US as a TEAM working towards "Greatness". Anyways Great Team Win for US tonight!

[HMcCoy]

Re: The LeBron James Thread

Garnett, after seeing an uproar occur, released a public statement calling the entire exchange a "major miscommunication." Garnett says he told Villanueva that he was cancerous to his team and the league.

Bron and KG...just misunderstood.

[BaselineBakes]

Re: The LeBron James Thread

Bron and KG...just misunderstood.

lol ... well played.

[BlueNGold]

Re: Cleveland Coach says STFU to LeBron

via Lebrons twitter

Lol @ "Continuing MY greatness" somehow equaling the rest of the team.

Whatever. These things get way too picked apart anyways.

[HMcCoy]

Re: Cleveland Coach says STFU to LeBron

Lol @ "Continuing MY greatness" somehow equaling the rest of the team.

Whatever. These things get way too picked apart anyways.

Agree.

Was good to see Lebron have one of "those" games at the Q, TBH. I'll miss that the most.

Im just glad that CLE represented themselves well. Besides a couple signs that went overboard, I thought the fans did a great job not going as far as we could have...although the Cavs PATHETIC performance helped diffuse the crowd. I thought we'd for sure see thrown batteries and stoppages...in retrospect, we shoulda pelted our own bench.

[BaselineBakes]

Re: Cleveland Coach says STFU to LeBron

Agree.

Was good to see Lebron have one of "those" games at the Q, TBH. I'll miss that the most.

Im just glad that CLE represented themselves well. Besides a couple signs that went overboard , I thought the fans did a great job not going as far as we could have...although the Cavs PATHETIC performance helped diffuse the crowd. I thought we'd for sure see thrown batteries and stoppages...in retrospect, we shoulda pelted our own bench.

Seriously it was good to see. That whole media blitz last week had me down on Lebron's season thus far and I was just watching youtube videos of his games last year hoping he would get back to that somehow, this game was vintage Bron and really fun to watch.

Part of me still misses those Cleveland fans though when watching these Heat games. The fans do deserve a winner and it was just a joy to watch the Q when it was jumping and the Cavs were winning with Lebron. Couldn't help but have a bittersweet feeling at times during tonight.

[ProfessaPackMan]

Re: The LeBron James Thread

This team is not last years team. Different front office, different coach, different players.



http://www.operationsports.com/forum...son-cle-3.html

Again, it was "computing" fine for you before the meltdown, no? It's kinda crazy dissing CLE and the supporting cast all the time when you never took the stance beforehand, mang. Carry on tho, lol.

Thought I was the only one that noticed that on here LOL

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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Bron and KG...just misunderstood.

Oh I see what you did there.


Does it anger anyone else that Cleveland has a fan base that actually cares and they get s*** on while Miami has like one of the worst fan bases and they get 3 superstars? That has nothing to do with why I hate Lebron, but I just feel so bad for Cleveland and watching Miami's home games is just depressing when they like don't even cheer for Wade and Lebron (and Bosh).

[z Revis]

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Oh I see what you did there.


Does it anger anyone else that Cleveland has a fan base that actually cares and they get s*** on while Miami has like one of the worst fan bases and they get 3 superstars? That has nothing to do with why I hate Lebron, but I just feel so bad for Cleveland and watching Miami's home games is just depressing when they like don't even cheer for Wade and Lebron (and Bosh).

It is sad. Miami is such a terrible sports city. They didn't even sell out their last home game. How do you not sell out with James, Wade, and Bosh? It's ridiculous.

[jsg]

Re: Cleveland Coach says STFU to LeBron

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i know that guy, lol

[HMcCoy]

Re: The LeBron James Thread

Just a quick question for Clevelanders:

Have you ever been made fun of?

Friends got jokes all the time, right? It's all good when it's just you and a couple homies talking crap. Like that Captain Morgan's commercial with the 4 guys sitting around the sofa cracking on each other. Good fun, no emotions. Put that same conversation at a crowded restaraunt or bar with a bunch of fine ladies around. Suddenly, the dude catching the hairline and fat jokes isn't as accepting of the ridicule. If all the females were laughing and pointing at him, he's be pissed, guaranteed...even if the jokes were exactly the same. A part of being embarrassed is predicated on the volume of people who are making fun of you. C'mon son, lol...you've been there.

Bron cracked on us, and dissed us. Left our franchise in the worst possible situation you can leave a team in...all the while pumping up our hopes. He referenced our pain by naming "The Decision" in a way that coincided with our past. OK, that all hurts bad enough. But to purposely get on stage and make sure you gather up a huge audience before you stick that knife in? Wow. One douchebag making an innappropriate sign doesn't reflect on a city. It's one individual sending a message to another. LeBron inviting the world in to ridicule my entire city...that's embarrassing. He didn't have to talk smack...just teasing us publically only to drop a building on us is joke enough for the peolpe laughing.

Announcing early in FA that he planned to leave would have been a story. Basketball fans would have digested it first, then sports fans in general, and eventually the wider world over a period of weeks. Nah, LeBron made sure EVERYONE, including people who don't even follow basketball or sports in general were paying attention while he delivered the fat jokes. Made sure everyone would be talking about it the next day. Made sure all the tired "Cleveland is a dump" cliches and snickering at CLE's sports misery striking yet again is THE story around the whole world.

Even on here you see it on OS...vitriol aimed at CLE by people I would wager have never been here, and only care to comment cuz they've been sucked into the totally predictable backlash to the backlash. Do you go on different websites tho? Do you know what it's like to literally have millions of people pointing and laughing at you and your city? I'm born and raised here. They're talking about my streets. My restaraunts. My family and friends. LeBron and co. followed through on this debacle with no regard to how it made us look. Is it "teh wurst thing evar? Lol, nah. But it does annoy a Clevelander as much as e-crap can, I guess. It really does suck to know your franchise will be stuck in the mud for half a decade, but that's another subject.

I will say this tho...I really believe in my heart that when "The Decision" was conceived, the parties involved expected it to be CLE, and by the time he had actually decided, it was too late. This was Maverick's baby, and Bron wasn't going to pull that rug out from under a real freind, just to spare the feelings of a town he had an inferiority complex against anyway.