Juice wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:

BasketballJones wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:

BasketballJones wrote:Just generally, the whole PR around this was awful.

oh come on... LeBron hired some exceptionally gifted, experienced PR professionals and awarded the contract in a truly competitive process

IOW he asked Maverick to handle it for him.

yeah... I love my boys from home but, uh, I'm not lettin them handle my business affairs

Actually there were reports people in his camp were advising him not to do this.

Well his camp and childhood friends rely on him as a meal ticket. Sometimes you need a professional to be like "this is retarded and I will not let my name be attached to something so vain and childish." That tends to get the point across better than saying "well I don't know King" in the middle of a game of Madden

i still don't get it. it's like duke was saying "HEY!!! HEY!!! LOOK AT ME!!! I'M RIGHT ABOUT TO PUSS OUT RIGHT NOW!!! YOU WATCHING?! OK! WATCH NOW!!! HERE IT GOES!!! I'M A PUNK!!!! WHEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!"

eViL wrote:can't believe this letter made it past cavs PR. though the way he handled the departure was beyond terrible.

i still don't get it. it's like duke was saying "HEY!!! HEY!!! LOOK AT ME!!! I'M RIGHT ABOUT TO PUSS OUT RIGHT NOW!!! YOU WATCHING?! OK! WATCH NOW!!! HERE IT GOES!!! I'M A PUNK!!!! WHEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!"

lol - good to laugh, makes it all easier to take.

BRIGGS wrote:He didn't take the high road. Sounds more like a bitter man.

Lebron took the high road?

BRIGGS wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:Nice letter. No corporate euphemisms from this guy- he went for the jugular.

Good for him.

I feel bad for us, but really bad for Cleveland, Akron, and Ohio in general. I have lived in smaller cities and towns, and I understand that picking up someone like Princess J, who is local, a great athlete, and just happens to be there when you win the draft lottery, is a rare occurrence.

Princess LeBron has committed legacy suicide. He is not only a coward who chose the easy path, but he is also a hypocrite who threw his hometown into the gutter after building up an image that was created to make you think he was above such things.

How can he ever go back to his home now?

He gave 7 hard years--what about your freedom of choice? He's been in Ohio for 25 years. I think he's earned the right to do what he wants--he still is a human being.

I agree with Briggs on this. LeBron did what was best for him after trying very hard to bring a championship to Cleveland. What was that franchise like before LeBron came? What will it be like, in spite of Gilbert's chest pounding, now that he's gone. The Cavs were lucky to have a very special player. Handle it like a man, Gilbert - not lucky an adolescent who's trying to show how tough he is.

The show was over the top and a bad idea from a player who's a little too full of himself, but, like all of us, he has a right to play and live where he wants.

Ira wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:Nice letter. No corporate euphemisms from this guy- he went for the jugular.

Good for him.

I feel bad for us, but really bad for Cleveland, Akron, and Ohio in general. I have lived in smaller cities and towns, and I understand that picking up someone like Princess J, who is local, a great athlete, and just happens to be there when you win the draft lottery, is a rare occurrence.

Princess LeBron has committed legacy suicide. He is not only a coward who chose the easy path, but he is also a hypocrite who threw his hometown into the gutter after building up an image that was created to make you think he was above such things.

How can he ever go back to his home now?

He gave 7 hard years--what about your freedom of choice? He's been in Ohio for 25 years. I think he's earned the right to do what he wants--he still is a human being.

I agree with Briggs on this. LeBron did what was best for him after trying very hard to bring a championship to Cleveland. What was that franchise like before LeBron came? What will it be like, in spite of Gilbert's chest pounding, now that he's gone. The Cavs were lucky to have a very special player. Handle it like a man, Gilbert - not lucky an adolescent who's trying to show how tough he is.

The show was over the top and a bad idea from a player who's a little too full of himself, but, like all of us, he has a right to play and live where he wants.

I agree with that entirely. That being said, LeBron quit on his team in the playoffs, then said Cavs were the frontrunners, then had this pathetic courting process which ended with a 1 hour TV special in an F'ing Boys and Girls Club with Jim Gray serving him softballs. You want to leave Cleveland, I have no problem with that, this is America and he has that right. He should've handled it better, told the Cavs before announcing it on national TV, and, um, NOT ANNOUNCED IT ON AN F-ING LIVE TV SPECIAL. LOL. THis isn't the WWE, its the NBA. Nobody is bigger than the game. Win a ring and then maybe you can get a one hour TV special.

Gilbert ETHERED LEBRON and I think it was well deserved by Queen James. Congrats on completely F-ing your brand and your legacy. Enjoy the weather punk.

BRIGGS wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:Nice letter. No corporate euphemisms from this guy- he went for the jugular.

Good for him.

I feel bad for us, but really bad for Cleveland, Akron, and Ohio in general. I have lived in smaller cities and towns, and I understand that picking up someone like Princess J, who is local, a great athlete, and just happens to be there when you win the draft lottery, is a rare occurrence.

Princess LeBron has committed legacy suicide. He is not only a coward who chose the easy path, but he is also a hypocrite who threw his hometown into the gutter after building up an image that was created to make you think he was above such things.

How can he ever go back to his home now?

He gave 7 hard years--what about your freedom of choice? He's been in Ohio for 25 years. I think he's earned the right to do what he wants--he still is a human being.

In the off season they lost their GM and coach - how can he go back to turmoil when Kobe is winning rings? While I think he should not have had a special and this entire thing was nuts - I don't blame him for leaving Cleveland. Just ask Noah about that place - it sucks.

Miami is a pretty cool place and he is going to play with 2 other stars and for a GM that knows how to win. I don't like Lebron but I can see the logic to why he chose Miami.