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Well someone had to do it! My apologies to RockaFowler and Trumad. Didn't actually think it was gonna happen. Still not a fan. I'm gonna be interested to hear what my cousins in Cleveland think
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)TZ
(42,998 posts)A Cleveland LeBron jersey now MadinOhio?
TBF
(32,086 posts)play a little and then retire. It's understandable. Good luck LeBron.
Auggie
(31,184 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)For a nice place in Cleveland...to see your post!
Auggie
(31,184 posts)"People there have seen me grow up. I sometimes feel like I'm their son. Their passion can be overwhelming. But it drives me. I want to give them hope when I can. I want to inspire them when I can. My relationship with Northeast Ohio is bigger than basketball. I didn't realize that four years ago. I do now."
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http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2014/07/lebron_james_cavaliers_heat_decision_2.html#incart_big-photo
Holy shit
Very mature sounding. He is very driven by needing to be loved and respected I think. And if he gets Cleveland a championship.. He will be worshipped
Auggie
(31,184 posts)many douchebags gave him four years ago.
mythology
(9,527 posts)I think if he had left without the big todo of "The Decision" and the not 1, not 2, not 3 etc and the giant self promo video, he wouldn't have been nearly so hated. People in Indianapolis don't hate Peyton Manning for example. People in San Francisco don't hate Jerry Rice or Joe Montana for finishing their careers elsewhere.
But I don't know that I fully buy LeBron James changing. He's still going by King James and in the previous finals after he made that impressive block on Tiago Splitter, he stood and preened rather than going down the court with his team mates.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)The spectacle of it all was the easy scapegoat but if he choose Cleveland on the show you wouldn't see much hate.
Wade & Bosh the day before went to ESPN or ESPNNews(which I mysteriously happened to get for free long enough to hear them say it on one of the nothing but text channels, they broke the news directly on-the-air. Maybe it would have been better to do it that way but the show didn't bother me at all, Boys & Girls Club actually received a very large donation through but all we found out what team he choose to sign w/ anything else I didn't pay attention to.
RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)I will never forget the last 4 years
They have been wonderful
To be honest - the "fans" in Cleveland don't really deserve him. Just 2 weeks ago they were calling him all the names in the book. I find them worse than LeBron going back. I remember what they did to his jersey and his memorabilia - oh yeah and the Dan Gilbert Letter that was just taken down on Sunday. Not sure I understand why he would want to go back to all of that . . .
And you won't hear of anything like that happening here. We loved LeBron while he was here. Micky Arison wrote a beautiful tweet to LeBron - nothing vindictive. That is class, just like the rest of the Miami Heat organization!!
TZ
(42,998 posts)If you help a team get wins, any and all sins are forgotten. In baseball for example lots of non Nats fans say lots of nasty things about Bryce Harper, yet if he was hitting HR's for their team he'd suddenly b a not so bad guy
RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)TZ
(42,998 posts)So many people care only about winning.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Seriously who could write this. I can't believe all that happened, unique career as far as teams played for by the greats.
Good job Cleveland because he wouldn't go back to a lottery team, they did a pretty good job building a team for the future and the ability to now trade for Kevin Love was a attractive option for both players. The big 3 James/Love/Irying > James/Bosh/Wade.