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MSG3
Posts: 22788 Alba Posts: 4 Joined: 2/2/2009 Member: #2476 USA |
12/2/2010 1:41 PM
It's not the same, but Pat Riley coming back to MSG after he left for the Heat was pretty good. I was at that game...I think I was 14 or 15. Crowd was ALL over him. He even came out to center court and blew kisses as he was announced, which fired everyone up even more.
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Moonangie
Posts: 24766 Alba Posts: 5 Joined: 7/9/2009 Member: #2788 |
12/2/2010 2:00 PM
Maybe Roger Clemens at Shea after the Piazza incident.
On second thought, nah... this will be the worst ever. I hope Lebron takes it like a man and doesn't cry too much. I'm glad there is no Knicks game tonight, b/c I am really psyched to see him get his comeuppance. Mofo sort of deserves it for that ESPN debacle "The Choice". |
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SupremeCommander
Posts: 34057 Alba Posts: 35 Joined: 4/28/2006 Member: #1127 |
12/2/2010 2:04 PM LAST EDITED: 12/2/2010 2:23 PM
MSG3 wrote:It's not the same, but Pat Riley coming back to MSG after he left for the Heat was pretty good. I was at that game...I think I was 14 or 15. Crowd was ALL over him. He even came out to center court and blew kisses as he was announced, which fired everyone up even more. PAT THE RAT
DLeethal wrote:
Lol Rick needs a safe space
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cheers
Posts: 21060 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 11/27/2010 Member: #3316 |
12/2/2010 2:05 PM
this will be the worst ever. i hope lebron's reaction is very lebron, it will make for funny youtubes. this will be epic!
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GustavBahler
Posts: 42835 Alba Posts: 15 Joined: 7/12/2010 Member: #3186 |
12/2/2010 2:08 PM
Bobby Riggs?
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crzymdups
Posts: 52018 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 5/1/2004 Member: #671 USA |
12/2/2010 2:20 PM
I think just because this is a different era, even from 2007 when Vince left the Raptors... I mean, people tweet, the media is a constant pressence in everyone's life now... I think that has lead to more vitriol than ever...
Also, there's the question of unfulfilled expectations. By the time Vince left the Raptors, he wasn't even taking them to the playoffs anymore, same with Roger Clemens and the Red Sox. Lebron was supposed to win at least one championship for Cleveland. A championship that would have been their first in professional sports in what 50 years?! Throw in the pompous arrogance of his hour long television debacle, the Decision... I think all that combines to make Lebron the most hated professional athlete ever, at least by the city of Cleveland. I think he's going to get BOOED tonight. i hope it's relentless and he bursts into tears like a little baby. i hope. and i hope Cleveland keeps it to just booing and no one does anything stupid. ¿ △ ?
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fishmike
Posts: 53846 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 7/19/2002 Member: #298 USA |
12/2/2010 2:39 PM
crzymdups wrote:I think just because this is a different era, even from 2007 when Vince left the Raptors... I mean, people tweet, the media is a constant pressence in everyone's life now... I think that has lead to more vitriol than ever...yea man me too... I generally dont like seeing people shat on, but guys like this need a wakeup call to the world they live in. The reason he's a star, has that lifestyle and the reason he makes gazillions of dollars are the people that are in the that stadium. Guys like Eddie House can play in the NBA for 10 years, make a couple mill a year, go from city to city just be a player. Lebron wants the stardom, the fame, the power, the money, the attention, the brand... he wants to be the king. Well, now he gets to see what happens when the King ****s on his subjects. I dont want anything bad to happen. I hope nothing gets thrown. I hope nobody get ejected. I do hope that for 48 minuteds of BB or 2 1/2 hours of real time that he hears it from warm ups till he walks out through the tunnel. I hope het get emotional and I hope it does bother him and he freakin cries. As much as I was hoping he would be a Knick watching the decision sickened me, and I very quickly started hoping he would just stick with Cle. Status quo, we swung and missed, life goes on. Watching those cle fans in bars, etc during that special... man that sucked "winning is more fun... then fun is fun" -Thibs
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Bippity10
Posts: 13999 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 1/26/2004 Member: #574 |
12/2/2010 3:04 PM
fishmike wrote:crzymdups wrote:I think just because this is a different era, even from 2007 when Vince left the Raptors... I mean, people tweet, the media is a constant pressence in everyone's life now... I think that has lead to more vitriol than ever...yea man me too... I generally dont like seeing people shat on, but guys like this need a wakeup call to the world they live in. The reason he's a star, has that lifestyle and the reason he makes gazillions of dollars are the people that are in the that stadium. Guys like Eddie House can play in the NBA for 10 years, make a couple mill a year, go from city to city just be a player. Lebron wants the stardom, the fame, the power, the money, the attention, the brand... he wants to be the king. Well, now he gets to see what happens when the King ****s on his subjects. I've never had a problem with him leaving Cleveland. It's his life and he should be able to do what he wants with it. That being said, the way he went about it was disrespectful and cruel to the fans. He deserves the abuse(non violent) that he receives tonight. AS you said, you just do not shiot on the people that pay your salary I just hope that people will like me
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knicks1248
Posts: 42059 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 2/3/2004 Member: #582 |
12/2/2010 3:12 PM LAST EDITED: 12/2/2010 3:15 PM
fishmike wrote:Can you remember a player in sports who will be more vilified than Lebron will be tonight? there really isn't any comparison sports wise...lebron is almost the osama bin laden of basketball ES
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fishmike
Posts: 53846 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 7/19/2002 Member: #298 USA |
12/2/2010 3:18 PM
Bippity10 wrote:I've never had a problem with him leaving Cleveland. It's his life and he should be able to do what he wants with it. That being said, the way he went about it was disrespectful and cruel to the fans. He deserves the abuse(non violent) that he receives tonight. AS you said, you just do not shiot on the people that pay your salarythats it in a nutshell... I mean its free country, and if Lebron told Cle he was going to leave and had a face to face chat with Gilbert and said I want to leave for reasons x,y and z Gilbert would have no choice but respect him as a man. He could be pissed, fans would be pissed but at least he was standup about it. What the most nauseating is he couldnt just say I'm going to play for the heat. I'm taking my talents to south beach? You know he rehearsed that crap over and over and thats what he came up with? pathetic "winning is more fun... then fun is fun" -Thibs
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ActionJackson
Posts: 21398 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 7/5/2007 Member: #1602 |
12/2/2010 3:24 PM
I hope Cleveland boos him mercilessly & he gets pissed and does this on a breakaway
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Bippity10
Posts: 13999 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 1/26/2004 Member: #574 |
12/2/2010 3:43 PM
fishmike wrote:Bippity10 wrote:I've never had a problem with him leaving Cleveland. It's his life and he should be able to do what he wants with it. That being said, the way he went about it was disrespectful and cruel to the fans. He deserves the abuse(non violent) that he receives tonight. AS you said, you just do not shiot on the people that pay your salarythats it in a nutshell... I mean its free country, and if Lebron told Cle he was going to leave and had a face to face chat with Gilbert and said I want to leave for reasons x,y and z Gilbert would have no choice but respect him as a man. He could be pissed, fans would be pissed but at least he was standup about it. Low key press conference: "dear cleveland, thank you so much for supporting me through thick and thin. I have enjoyed every minute of my time playing here in Cleveland and I truly appreciate the priveledge to play in front of the world's greatest fans. It is with a heavy heart that I am announcing that I will be leaving Cleveland to pursue my goals in Miami. It was not an easy decision for me. I agonized over this decision for months. But in the end I feel that it was the best move for me and my family. Although I do not regret this decision, I do regret that I was not able to deliver a championship to Cleveland as we all had hoped(tears)......I want to once again thank Mr. Gilbert(because we already spoke about this well before this press conference) for being a fantastic owner, that provided our team with top notch facilities and went out of his way to help us build a winning team. I have no doubt that Mr. Gilbert will be able to quickly build a winner here in Cleveland after I am gone. Once again, thank you fans(tears rolling down cheeks) for all that you have done for me. If I could, I would make love to each and every one of you. But I can't. So I wont.............." Or something like that. How hard would that have been. Some would have still hated him, but............ I just hope that people will like me
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Olbrannon
Posts: 21913 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 10/2/2009 Member: #2919 USA |
12/2/2010 6:04 PM
knicks1248 wrote:fishmike wrote:Can you remember a player in sports who will be more vilified than Lebron will be tonight? Another example might be Clay after he returned to boxing in the states after he dodged the draft. Nah. It was an unpopular war. Even Brooks Robinson had some fans on his side when he was first into the majors. Whatever ...'fan' is short for 'fanatic' right? let's just get this behind us and nobody gets hurt I'll be happy. He chose this path knowing this day would come. Bill Simmons on Tyreke Evans
"The prototypical 0-guard: Someone who handles the ball all the time, looks for his own shot, gets to the rim at will and operates best if his teammates spread the floor to watch him."
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AnubisADL
Posts: 27382 Alba Posts: 13 Joined: 6/29/2009 Member: #2771 USA |
12/2/2010 6:08 PM
My message to the City of Cleveland
"No one man should have all that power" - Kanye West NY Knicks - Retirement home for players and GMs
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DurzoBlint
Posts: 23067 Alba Posts: 3 Joined: 7/10/2006 Member: #1152 USA |
12/3/2010 10:17 AM
fishmike wrote:Can you remember a player in sports who will be more vilified than Lebron will be tonight? JR Rider. You don't get any more vilified than being cut by your team when your its leading scorer. the fact that you can't even have an unrelated thread without some tool here bringing him up make me think that rational minds are few and far between. Bunch of emotionally weak, angst riddled people. I mean, how many times can you argue the same shyt
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