How old are you, 13? 14? Your irrational love and defense of LeBron is puzzling.
I agree Kap. This guy has what 3,000 plus post and I would venture a guess at around 1,000 of them have been the last couple days probably all about LeBron.
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Quote Originally Posted by kaponofor3:
How old are you, 13? 14? Your irrational love and defense of LeBron is puzzling.
I agree Kap. This guy has what 3,000 plus post and I would venture a guess at around 1,000 of them have been the last couple days probably all about LeBron.
Everyone wanted to hear from him and he needed to talk about his decision. He didn't do it to rub Cleveland nose in it like TO would. He a 25 year old kid, a good kid! How much has he given to the community of Cleveland or elsewhere? In a time when athletes in the news are cheating the game and their wives, James is the bad guy? Yeah right?
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Everyone wanted to hear from him and he needed to talk about his decision. He didn't do it to rub Cleveland nose in it like TO would. He a 25 year old kid, a good kid! How much has he given to the community of Cleveland or elsewhere? In a time when athletes in the news are cheating the game and their wives, James is the bad guy? Yeah right?
Dan Gilbert is a self serving bitch. I can't stand how he is talking. Man up and act like a real owner, not like a kid who did not get his way and who is gonna take his ball with him. No real owner would act like he did. Not even Jerry Jones or Marc Cuban would respond this way.
Dan Gilbert is a self serving bitch. I can't stand how he is talking. Man up and act like a real owner, not like a kid who did not get his way and who is gonna take his ball with him. No real owner would act like he did. Not even Jerry Jones or Marc Cuban would respond this way.
Good stuff... I especially liked this part [redacted the profanity]:
Look at what Kevin Durant did today. He signed an extension well before he could have filed for free agency, announced the signing, and then went back about his business. He didn't need all this dog-and-pony show [bs]. James does, and that means he's a dip$hit. People have been kissing this man's ass SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, and he still needs this hourlong AFI tribute special? [BS.]
I didn't know that about Kevin Durant. Love that guy. I hope that franchise continues its rise.
Good stuff... I especially liked this part [redacted the profanity]:
Look at what Kevin Durant did today. He signed an extension well before he could have filed for free agency, announced the signing, and then went back about his business. He didn't need all this dog-and-pony show [bs]. James does, and that means he's a dip$hit. People have been kissing this man's ass SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, and he still needs this hourlong AFI tribute special? [BS.]
I didn't know that about Kevin Durant. Love that guy. I hope that franchise continues its rise.
Are you kidding me? From James talking about his soon FA sweeps during the NBA playoffs to insisting on this big pub news conference. He is a media wh*re and proved it once again. He didn't need the big news conference if he wanted to handle it in a discrete manner he could have annouced it via press release and taken out a full page add in the CLE paper thanking the loyal fans. Nothing James did is indicative of class. You seem to forget that HE controls how the information gets out and not the over hyping media.
Oh please the media goes along hand in hand with this kind of bull-****...whether it's Lebron, D.Patrick, or Kornikova it dont matter....They create these monsters only to destroy them at their choosing....Well guess what....This guy really is above all that BS...And really is the King of his sport.....Dont be mad at him.....Be mad at the society that you live in....Your nothign more than an enabler like the rest of us....Dont bring us that holyier than though bullcrap....This is the NBA....It's about stars...Not loyalty and TEAM play....You know that...
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Quote Originally Posted by jesron1269:
Are you kidding me? From James talking about his soon FA sweeps during the NBA playoffs to insisting on this big pub news conference. He is a media wh*re and proved it once again. He didn't need the big news conference if he wanted to handle it in a discrete manner he could have annouced it via press release and taken out a full page add in the CLE paper thanking the loyal fans. Nothing James did is indicative of class. You seem to forget that HE controls how the information gets out and not the over hyping media.
Oh please the media goes along hand in hand with this kind of bull-****...whether it's Lebron, D.Patrick, or Kornikova it dont matter....They create these monsters only to destroy them at their choosing....Well guess what....This guy really is above all that BS...And really is the King of his sport.....Dont be mad at him.....Be mad at the society that you live in....Your nothign more than an enabler like the rest of us....Dont bring us that holyier than though bullcrap....This is the NBA....It's about stars...Not loyalty and TEAM play....You know that...
Oh please the media goes along hand in hand with this kind of bull-****...whether it's Lebron, D.Patrick, or Kornikova it dont matter....They create these monsters only to destroy them at their choosing....Well guess what....This guy really is above all that BS...And really is the King of his sport.....Dont be mad at him.....Be mad at the society that you live in....Your nothign more than an enabler like the rest of us....Dont bring us that holyier than though bullcrap....This is the NBA....It's about stars...Not loyalty and TEAM play....You know that...
I think one rediculous uneducated pointless comment is bad enough. No need for you to repeat yourself by cutting and pasting.
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Quote Originally Posted by DeHoyos:
Oh please the media goes along hand in hand with this kind of bull-****...whether it's Lebron, D.Patrick, or Kornikova it dont matter....They create these monsters only to destroy them at their choosing....Well guess what....This guy really is above all that BS...And really is the King of his sport.....Dont be mad at him.....Be mad at the society that you live in....Your nothign more than an enabler like the rest of us....Dont bring us that holyier than though bullcrap....This is the NBA....It's about stars...Not loyalty and TEAM play....You know that...
I think one rediculous uneducated pointless comment is bad enough. No need for you to repeat yourself by cutting and pasting.
Gilbert is a 2-faced FRAUD. He should be embarassed. He has a right to be frustrated that James made it all about him....and he has a right to be pissed that James dragged it out and left Cleveland with no opportunity to sign FA's. That's definitely on James.
But he is completely gutless to come out now and talk about James quitting during the Celtics series. What a coward. If Lebron had re-signed with Cleveland, Gilbert wouldn't have said a WORD (nor did he skewer James during the playoffs) because he wouldn't want to get on his bad side. But now that he's chosen to leave, Gilbert is Mr. big tough guy going after him.
What a complete box.
I love what he siad about Lebron quitting.....he did we all knew that. No owner is going to announce to everyone and hurt his business that his star laid down if he is on the team. That would be chatastrophic!! Now that he is gone, he can rip his ass and tell it like it is. You saw it they guy was lathargic and uninterested in playing. Fuck him.
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Quote Originally Posted by HutchEmAll:
Gilbert is a 2-faced FRAUD. He should be embarassed. He has a right to be frustrated that James made it all about him....and he has a right to be pissed that James dragged it out and left Cleveland with no opportunity to sign FA's. That's definitely on James.
But he is completely gutless to come out now and talk about James quitting during the Celtics series. What a coward. If Lebron had re-signed with Cleveland, Gilbert wouldn't have said a WORD (nor did he skewer James during the playoffs) because he wouldn't want to get on his bad side. But now that he's chosen to leave, Gilbert is Mr. big tough guy going after him.
What a complete box.
I love what he siad about Lebron quitting.....he did we all knew that. No owner is going to announce to everyone and hurt his business that his star laid down if he is on the team. That would be chatastrophic!! Now that he is gone, he can rip his ass and tell it like it is. You saw it they guy was lathargic and uninterested in playing. Fuck him.
LEBRON WAS A FREE AGENT AND HE HAS A RIGHT TO GO ANYWHERE HE WANTS. HE DOES'T OWE ANYBODY NOTHING. HE PLAYS HIS HEART OUT AND HAS MADE CLEVLAND ALOT OF MONEY. SAME THING THE OWNERS DO BY RELEASING PLAYERS AT THE LAST MIN. BRON BRON DOESN'T OWE ANYBODY BUT HIMSELF. HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY LEBRON
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LEBRON WAS A FREE AGENT AND HE HAS A RIGHT TO GO ANYWHERE HE WANTS. HE DOES'T OWE ANYBODY NOTHING. HE PLAYS HIS HEART OUT AND HAS MADE CLEVLAND ALOT OF MONEY. SAME THING THE OWNERS DO BY RELEASING PLAYERS AT THE LAST MIN. BRON BRON DOESN'T OWE ANYBODY BUT HIMSELF. HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY LEBRON
"He quit," Gilbert said. "Not just in Game 5, but in Games 2, 4 and 6. Watch the tape. The Boston series was unlike anything in the history of sports for a superstar."
Congratulations Dan Gilbert -- you've just made me a Cavaliers fan.
first, i think all of the Lebron circus was bullshit, and the announcement show was bullshit......
BUT... this right here is 10 times bigger bullshit! the guy was sucking his dick after showing 10 minutes of family guy and talking about how Lebron is family and all of that shit... but then, because Lebron doesn't stay in Cleveland, suddenly he's saying this shit!???
fuck Dan Gilbert! people who are that low in integrity deserve to get screwed in that ass! this statement by him is the lowest of the low!
if he thought Lebron quit in 3 out of 6 games in a playoff series (which is absolute horseshit!!!), then why did he want James to return to the Cavs???
how about this, Dan: you quit on him 7 years ago, because that was the last time you brought in a superstar player... and don't give me this crap about who Lebron did or did not want to play with... you are the GM, it is your job to have the slightest fucking clue how to build a team around him, and you didn't!
it was a 100% sure thing he was leaving Cleveland, and it was Gilbert's fault, completely!
this is the most pathetic rant i've ever heard from a sports executive, and anyone saying he is right to say it has seriously flawed logic!
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Quote Originally Posted by kaponofor3:
"He quit," Gilbert said. "Not just in Game 5, but in Games 2, 4 and 6. Watch the tape. The Boston series was unlike anything in the history of sports for a superstar."
Congratulations Dan Gilbert -- you've just made me a Cavaliers fan.
first, i think all of the Lebron circus was bullshit, and the announcement show was bullshit......
BUT... this right here is 10 times bigger bullshit! the guy was sucking his dick after showing 10 minutes of family guy and talking about how Lebron is family and all of that shit... but then, because Lebron doesn't stay in Cleveland, suddenly he's saying this shit!???
fuck Dan Gilbert! people who are that low in integrity deserve to get screwed in that ass! this statement by him is the lowest of the low!
if he thought Lebron quit in 3 out of 6 games in a playoff series (which is absolute horseshit!!!), then why did he want James to return to the Cavs???
how about this, Dan: you quit on him 7 years ago, because that was the last time you brought in a superstar player... and don't give me this crap about who Lebron did or did not want to play with... you are the GM, it is your job to have the slightest fucking clue how to build a team around him, and you didn't!
it was a 100% sure thing he was leaving Cleveland, and it was Gilbert's fault, completely!
this is the most pathetic rant i've ever heard from a sports executive, and anyone saying he is right to say it has seriously flawed logic!
LEBRON WAS A FREE AGENT AND HE HAS A RIGHT TO GO ANYWHERE HE WANTS. HE DOES'T OWE ANYBODY NOTHING. HE PLAYS HIS HEART OUT AND HAS MADE CLEVLAND ALOT OF MONEY. SAME THING THE OWNERS DO BY RELEASING PLAYERS AT THE LAST MIN. BRON BRON DOESN'T OWE ANYBODY BUT HIMSELF. HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY LEBRON
God Damn Right!
i hated the whole free agency circus, but the guy has a right to go where he wants to go, and there isn't a single person (fan or GM) who has a right to be mad at him about it...
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Quote Originally Posted by MRQBALL:
LEBRON WAS A FREE AGENT AND HE HAS A RIGHT TO GO ANYWHERE HE WANTS. HE DOES'T OWE ANYBODY NOTHING. HE PLAYS HIS HEART OUT AND HAS MADE CLEVLAND ALOT OF MONEY. SAME THING THE OWNERS DO BY RELEASING PLAYERS AT THE LAST MIN. BRON BRON DOESN'T OWE ANYBODY BUT HIMSELF. HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY LEBRON
God Damn Right!
i hated the whole free agency circus, but the guy has a right to go where he wants to go, and there isn't a single person (fan or GM) who has a right to be mad at him about it...
How old are you, 13? 14? Your irrational love and defense of LeBron is puzzling.
your irrational hate is pathetic!
how can you support an owner like Dan Gilbert? it's like this... you work for a company for 7 years, and you get nothing but rave reviews and high marks... but then one day you quit because you get offered a better job, and your employer (for whom you busted your ass for 7 years) starts saying you were a shitty employee, and that you always fucked up, and gave a half-assed effort... just because he's pissed that you left!
bullshit! Dan Gilbert just proved to the entire world that he has ZERO integrity! and you are giving him props for it... grats!
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Quote Originally Posted by kaponofor3:
How old are you, 13? 14? Your irrational love and defense of LeBron is puzzling.
your irrational hate is pathetic!
how can you support an owner like Dan Gilbert? it's like this... you work for a company for 7 years, and you get nothing but rave reviews and high marks... but then one day you quit because you get offered a better job, and your employer (for whom you busted your ass for 7 years) starts saying you were a shitty employee, and that you always fucked up, and gave a half-assed effort... just because he's pissed that you left!
bullshit! Dan Gilbert just proved to the entire world that he has ZERO integrity! and you are giving him props for it... grats!
"how can you support an owner like Dan Gilbert? it's like this...
you work for a company for 7 years, and you get nothing but rave
reviews and high marks... but then one day you quit because you get
offered a better job, and your employer (for whom you busted your ass
for 7 years) starts saying you were a shitty employee, and that you
always fucked up, and gave a half-assed effort... just because he's
pissed that you left!"
I can support an owner like Gilbert because he bent over backwards to make his star employee happy.
Your analogy is flawed. I'm not pissed at LeBron for leaving -- that's his right that he earned for being a free agent. I'm upset and sad for the city of Cleveland because of HOW he left. That was cold blooded, throwing a knife in the back of the community that supported him on national television. Just cold man. If I were leaving a company that catered to my every whim for the last 7 years, I'd give them more of a heads up than saying "yo PEACE, I'm out!"
It's about respect. LeBron showed none for Cleveland, Gilbert, the Cavs, his fans, etc.
"how about this, Dan: you quit on him 7 years ago, because that was
the last time you brought in a superstar player... and don't give me
this crap about who Lebron did or did not want to play with... you are
the GM, it is your job to have the slightest fucking clue how to build
a team around him, and you didn't!"
You might want to go check who the owner of the Cavs is versus who the GM is. Just saying.
The Cavs made moves based solely on what LeBron wanted. Mo Williams? Done. Shaq? Done. Jamison? Done.
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"how can you support an owner like Dan Gilbert? it's like this...
you work for a company for 7 years, and you get nothing but rave
reviews and high marks... but then one day you quit because you get
offered a better job, and your employer (for whom you busted your ass
for 7 years) starts saying you were a shitty employee, and that you
always fucked up, and gave a half-assed effort... just because he's
pissed that you left!"
I can support an owner like Gilbert because he bent over backwards to make his star employee happy.
Your analogy is flawed. I'm not pissed at LeBron for leaving -- that's his right that he earned for being a free agent. I'm upset and sad for the city of Cleveland because of HOW he left. That was cold blooded, throwing a knife in the back of the community that supported him on national television. Just cold man. If I were leaving a company that catered to my every whim for the last 7 years, I'd give them more of a heads up than saying "yo PEACE, I'm out!"
It's about respect. LeBron showed none for Cleveland, Gilbert, the Cavs, his fans, etc.
"how about this, Dan: you quit on him 7 years ago, because that was
the last time you brought in a superstar player... and don't give me
this crap about who Lebron did or did not want to play with... you are
the GM, it is your job to have the slightest fucking clue how to build
a team around him, and you didn't!"
You might want to go check who the owner of the Cavs is versus who the GM is. Just saying.
The Cavs made moves based solely on what LeBron wanted. Mo Williams? Done. Shaq? Done. Jamison? Done.
ugh... yes, i typed GM instead of owner... would have hoped you had a better argument... the GM is an extension of the owner...
the moves the Cavs made cannot be blamed on Lebron, even if Lebron DID insist on who to play for... a GM and an owner should know better... Lebron James does not get paid to scout talent...... that is the GMs job, and the failure to put a team around James falls solely and squarely on the GM and owner......
i agree that he should have and could have handled it all better... his action in that way were attrocious....... BUT, that does NOT make Dan Gilbert's statement excusable! that is far more attrocious (by ten fold) than Lebron being callous and cold in his departure......
there's no way anyone can defend that kind of crap! it is the lowest of the low to come out and say stuff like that only after the fact because you didn't land your man...... if Lebron picked the Cavs, Dan would be humming his praises, and it would be all lovey-dovey!
therefore, Dan's entire statement is complete bullshit, with no clout!
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ugh... yes, i typed GM instead of owner... would have hoped you had a better argument... the GM is an extension of the owner...
the moves the Cavs made cannot be blamed on Lebron, even if Lebron DID insist on who to play for... a GM and an owner should know better... Lebron James does not get paid to scout talent...... that is the GMs job, and the failure to put a team around James falls solely and squarely on the GM and owner......
i agree that he should have and could have handled it all better... his action in that way were attrocious....... BUT, that does NOT make Dan Gilbert's statement excusable! that is far more attrocious (by ten fold) than Lebron being callous and cold in his departure......
there's no way anyone can defend that kind of crap! it is the lowest of the low to come out and say stuff like that only after the fact because you didn't land your man...... if Lebron picked the Cavs, Dan would be humming his praises, and it would be all lovey-dovey!
therefore, Dan's entire statement is complete bullshit, with no clout!
I love what he siad about Lebron quitting.....he did we all knew that. No owner is going to announce to everyone and hurt his business that his star laid down if he is on the team. That would be chatastrophic!! Now that he is gone, he can rip his ass and tell it like it is. You saw it they guy was lathargic and uninterested in playing. Fuck him.
Then you sit him down 1 on 1 after the season and discuss it....which I can promise you he never did.
The T-Wolves did whatever KG wanted as well....Joe Smith. Anthony Peeler.....Troy Hudson....ALL KG's moves. And he ran Wally Szcerbiak out of town. And people made fun of McHale and owner G. Taylor because they let KG run the show (and they should have gotten shit for letting him run the show).
That's what you get if you let the inmates run the asylum. And if you say, "well, that's the way you have to operate these days," that's bull shit. That's the way he CHOSE to operate. And you don't like it, either do it differently or quit bitching about it.
What is that one saying. Someone can only take advantage of you if you let them.
I100% agree that Lebron's approach was COMPLETELY unprofessional and full of douchebaggery, but for Gilbert to come out now and piss and moan tells me what a box he is.
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Quote Originally Posted by Louis_IV:
I love what he siad about Lebron quitting.....he did we all knew that. No owner is going to announce to everyone and hurt his business that his star laid down if he is on the team. That would be chatastrophic!! Now that he is gone, he can rip his ass and tell it like it is. You saw it they guy was lathargic and uninterested in playing. Fuck him.
Then you sit him down 1 on 1 after the season and discuss it....which I can promise you he never did.
The T-Wolves did whatever KG wanted as well....Joe Smith. Anthony Peeler.....Troy Hudson....ALL KG's moves. And he ran Wally Szcerbiak out of town. And people made fun of McHale and owner G. Taylor because they let KG run the show (and they should have gotten shit for letting him run the show).
That's what you get if you let the inmates run the asylum. And if you say, "well, that's the way you have to operate these days," that's bull shit. That's the way he CHOSE to operate. And you don't like it, either do it differently or quit bitching about it.
What is that one saying. Someone can only take advantage of you if you let them.
I100% agree that Lebron's approach was COMPLETELY unprofessional and full of douchebaggery, but for Gilbert to come out now and piss and moan tells me what a box he is.
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