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I am a Cavaliers fan and did not appreciate how he handled the last year or two of his tenure there. We defended him for multiple years when stories came out of him being a coddled, entitled jerk who was only concerned with his bramd. The ESPN special used to stab Cleveland in the back on prime time TV and subsequent "not 1, not 2, etc" fireworks and hydralic lift show made me feel betrayed and sick that I defended him all those years. Then hearing slipped quotes from him saying he, Bosh and Wade had planned it all, more or less, in 2008 and it just finally came to fruition.

The whole thing left a sour taste in my mouth. He was in Cleveland for 7 years and did nothing in the offseason to recruit others or work on his game. When he couldn't win the big one in Cleveland he blamed it on the lack of teammates around him (65 win seasons aren't done from bad teams), then he couldn't win in Miami with a better supporting cast so only had himself to blame and actually put the time in. He came out hard and carried Miami to the title so I will begrudgingly accept that he has grown up a bit.

But I still don't have to root for the guy.

I had to play katchup while the people behind me were losing, going from 2-7 to 6-9 isnt the easiest.

I agree with everything but the intelligent part, he was not very mature/ intelligent when he announced he WILL win a title with the cavs, not maybe, not possibly, no he WILL. Thats what made a lot of people upset. But what Lebron thought is that he will get better team members to do this. He was horribly wrong. Have you ever seen a man win a championship by himself in the NBA, no. Celtics, Lakers, Bulls all had help and big three's. The cavs gave Lebron nothing to work with... What does lebron do, He wont stay in a place that tortures him like this. Nobody would. Thats Lebrons story in my eyes and thats why I'm a huge fan.

Yea, I can understand. The front office when Lebron was drafted was pretty terrible. When Gilbert bought the team and changed management it took them a year or two (wasted years) to flip liablities into assets to be able to compete.

However, his unwillingness to coax other players to come to Cleveland in the off season combined with him not signing a third long term deal really compromised what the Cavs could bring in. I think they did a pretty darn good job, all things considered, puting together that 65 win team that got beat by the Cs when Lebron melted. They were better than history will remember them for.

You are right that his guarantee to bring a Championship to Cleveland added fuel to the fire, as well.

I am too excited for the Cavs future to be worried about him anymore, though.

Ya, speaking of the draft...

The first 5 picks

Lebron James
Draco Milicic
Carmelo Anthony
Chris Bosh
Dwayne Wade

ALL Superstars in thier prime right now... but Draco Milicic... a nobody. Horrible pick by the T-Wolves and was one of the worst picks in draft history.

Highlight of my season.

if he doesn't sell, ill pee on u

If you notcied, I raised the bid at 1pm myself to free up yours funds because the player I wanted was sold for 450k, which I didn't have. Thanks for the help, though.

I don't even...what the hell happened...

Not a great stretch for you huh...
I thought maybe LSD put more effort but..."Both teams played at the same effort level."

I got first place :D

Last edited by Lemony at 7/14/2012 9:43:33 PM