The Plain Dealer's Front Page seems professional, but the oh so clever caption, "7 years in Cleveland, no Rings" smacks of a petulant child. Cavs majority owner, Dan Gilbert's letter, conveniently coming shortly after LeBron chose not to return, is perhaps the most immature act by an owner since Bud Adams double bird, and given that one was an spontaneous response and the other a page long crafted letter it could certainly be argued this is worse. Combined with fans lighting James' jersey on fire immediately after the announcement, LeBron's "cowardly betrayal" appears to be actions right in line with a "native son" of these people. Cleveland has gone from sympathetic losers to petty and un-sympathetic in less than 12 hours.
Friday, July 9
Cleveland Calls LeBron Classless, Should Look in Mirror
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Don't these idiots realize those jerseys they are burning will actually increase in worth now that he has a chance of winning a championship! They should be proud for their fellow Ohioan. After all, he did give them 7 years. What did they give him? Even Jordan had other talent to fall back on instead of being solely responsible for carrying the whole team.
I am still on the fence about the whole issue but I will say this, while there are the wahoos burning jersey out there I think the most level-headed and despondent Clevelander will tell you it is not just that he left it is the way he did it. Since no one has ever left a city as a free agent like this before, I still can't determine how I view it. I mean we can all agree LBJ has a huge ego, but how can he not and should we really throw this much vitriol his way because he does?
Have to love the owner of an organization that used to pass out confetti for fans throw in the air ala LBJ's powder criticizes him for being "narcissitic, self-promotional"
What man writes in Comic Sans?
Clearly Gilber is no the "font" of wisdom.
/shows self out
I personally loved the heavy use of quotes. Was LBJ being the ironic kind of coward?
What most people don't know is the Heat only have enough money for Brian Scalabrine, Kwame Brown, Michael Olowokandi, Marcus Fizer, and Sebastian Telfair.
Heat Exec 1: We need an All-Star dribble drive penetrator.
Heat Exec 2: WHY NOT 2!
Heat Exec 1: Brilliant! Then when defenses clog the middle we can have them outlet pass to...
Heat Exec 2: Wait we need 5 players on the floor? Shit.
The Heat can sign guys. This has been so mis-reported it's embarrassing (like much of this process). The Heat can always sign DWade because he's their player. The Bird Exception allows them to exceed the cap in such a case. Ergo, the team could sign Bosh and James and still have $20+ million to spend and be under the cap. Then they could sign Wade. The question is only how much the owner is willing to spend and if he's willing to go over the luxury tax.
Wait, they signed Mike Miller? How'd that happen?
For Walter's sake they just should have signed the big 3 and then Fred Hoiberg, Kelvin Cato, Dedric Willoughby, Marcus Fizer, Jamal Tinsley, Paul Shirley, and I'm sure Jeff Hornacek can still ball.
ISU alums = greatest team ever? And yes I am aware of the luxury tax and that they can "afford" players but like Catfish said, how high are they willing to go?
If I'm not mistaken it's a $1 to $1ratio once over the cap.
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