July 08, 2010
— Dave in Texas If you care. If you'd rather comment about the ESPN douche-fest right now, that'd be fun too.
I haven't been this excited since Geraldo opened up Capone's vault.
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Posted by: Raoul Ortega at July 08, 2010 05:23 PM (GUxTi)
Posted by: NJRob at July 08, 2010 05:23 PM (y/IxH)
Posted by: 48%er at July 08, 2010 05:24 PM (OThQg)
Posted by: Ombudsman at July 08, 2010 05:25 PM (y4B2y)
Posted by: Countrysquire at July 08, 2010 05:25 PM (Pq8mE)
You DVR Alton, too?
Posted by: Ombudsman at July 08, 2010 05:26 PM (y4B2y)
Posted by: Mr. Pink at July 08, 2010 05:27 PM (V/EYZ)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 08, 2010 05:27 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Alex at July 08, 2010 05:27 PM (ifK+p)
Posted by: EnBeeAay at July 08, 2010 05:27 PM (Swkya)
If you care. If you'd rather comment about the ESPN douche-fest right now, that'd be fun too.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 08, 2010 05:27 PM (0pYSi)
Posted by: Mr. Pink at July 08, 2010 05:28 PM (V/EYZ)
Very happy about that tonight.
I wouldn't care unless he went to the Yankees.
Fucking Yankees.
Posted by: mesablue at July 08, 2010 05:28 PM (AUndp)
If he wanted to win championships he would have gone to Chicago. Best roster.
Even the Clippers. Don't laugh.
Saves some money on taxes though.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 08, 2010 05:29 PM (0pYSi)
Posted by: Countrysquire at July 08, 2010 05:29 PM (Pq8mE)
Posted by: Alex at July 08, 2010 05:29 PM (ifK+p)
OMG!
It's rare that I can even look at Geraldo without thinking of that friggin fiasco.
What struck me then, and now, was that he didn't even seem embarrassed about it.
Posted by: jmflynny at July 08, 2010 05:30 PM (NHK5s)
Posted by: Alex at July 08, 2010 05:30 PM (ifK+p)
Posted by: Countrysquire at July 08, 2010 05:31 PM (Pq8mE)
Posted by: Al Gore at July 08, 2010 05:31 PM (toqoX)
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 08, 2010 05:32 PM (0pYSi)
Blind massage therapist?
Posted by: mesablue at July 08, 2010 05:32 PM (AUndp)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at July 08, 2010 05:33 PM (/h097)
The NBA sucks. No defense, and the talent has outstripped the rules of the game, like moving the fences in to 200 feet in baseball. Narrow the rim by 2 inches, raise the basket to 12 feet, and actually call offensive fouls, and maybe I wouldn't prefer watching. Lawrence Welk.
Oh, and also ban tattoos.
Posted by: Ombudsman at July 08, 2010 05:33 PM (y4B2y)
Partin' the interruption baby.
Posted by: Mike Wilbon at July 08, 2010 05:33 PM (nxUYP)
"LeBron James is a Cocksucker"
Trust me: it's epic.
Posted by: logprof at July 08, 2010 05:36 PM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: NJRob at July 08, 2010 05:36 PM (y/IxH)
Posted by: EnBeeAay at July 08, 2010 05:36 PM (Swkya)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 05:37 PM (UmqUc)
Posted by: Mike Wilbon at July 08, 2010 05:38 PM (nxUYP)
Posted by: George Newman at July 08, 2010 05:38 PM (okQKG)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 05:38 PM (UmqUc)
Posted by: Mr. Pink at July 08, 2010 05:39 PM (V/EYZ)
The second set of kids -- I loved the first set too much to do that to them.
Posted by: mesablue at July 08, 2010 05:39 PM (AUndp)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 05:40 PM (UmqUc)
Posted by: Alex at July 08, 2010 05:40 PM (ifK+p)
Geraldo Rivera and Al Capone's vault, oh the memories... All he could say was "more 1920s junk" ha, ha - thanks for the laugh.
LeBron James? Never heard of him.
Posted by: charlie gibson at July 08, 2010 05:40 PM (GLHmW)
Wimmen's poker?
I'll bet THAT'S hot.
Women's STRIP poker, maybe. Jessica Biel vs, Scarlet Johannsen- pay per view. Now that'd be TV gold.
Posted by: Ombudsman at July 08, 2010 05:40 PM (y4B2y)
Cowboys
You are cursed to die a horrible death.
Posted by: Samuel Adams, a 40 year Cowboys fan at July 08, 2010 05:41 PM (nxUYP)
Posted by: mesablue at July 08, 2010 05:41 PM (AUndp)
Lakers
Yankees
Fuck him.
Posted by: Mr. Pink at July 08, 2010 09:39 PM (V/EYZ)
Hey, I'm a big fan of the 27 Yankees, 85 Bears and the 96 Bulls.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 08, 2010 05:41 PM (0pYSi)
Posted by: Geraldo at July 08, 2010 05:41 PM (VXBR1)
Jealous wingnuts just jealous of Lebron James because he got the bling bling. And they hate black people.
Only Lebron James understands what it's like to be me....we live our lives soundtracked to the Eye of The Tiger.
Posted by: Dave Weigel at July 08, 2010 05:41 PM (UmqUc)
After all, it's a job saved or created!
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 08, 2010 05:42 PM (Ulu3i)
Discuss.
Posted by: logprof at July 08, 2010 09:40 PM (BP6Z1)
The former no doubt. Cleveland had a chance, Ostumble, not so much. He should have realized that.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 08, 2010 05:42 PM (0pYSi)
I don't fully get the hype. I hate basketball, but i think i am unbiased in this case. He is the best player in the league, or so I am told. He is hyped. He is packaged and sold. He is the greatest since Jordan.
But where are his championships? Didn't Jordan actually, you know, win stuff?
Meanwhile you have Kobe Bryant who has won 5 championships.
Both men came into the league from highschool(i think), not were hyped, one delivered, yet the one who delivers gets the short shrift in comparison to the one who doesn't
can someone explain this to me?
Posted by: Ben at July 08, 2010 05:42 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 05:43 PM (UmqUc)
Posted by: Ben at July 08, 2010 05:43 PM (DKV43)
85 Bears gave me what the Cubs never will. And every year of the Bulls where Scottie Pippen was not their "leader."
Posted by: mesablue at July 08, 2010 05:43 PM (AUndp)
Posted by: The OctoMom at July 08, 2010 05:44 PM (V/EYZ)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 05:44 PM (UmqUc)
Cowboys
Lakers
Yankees
Well, yes, there's an epic douche-itude in that, but... what's his favorite hockey team? Who does he root for to put the biscuit in the basket?
Posted by: Ombudsman at July 08, 2010 05:45 PM (y4B2y)
Both men came into the league from highschool(i think), not were hyped, one delivered, yet the one who delivers gets the short shrift in comparison to the one who doesn't
can someone explain this to me?
It must be because Kobe is an adulterer? That's the only thing I can think of.
Posted by: gloria at July 08, 2010 05:45 PM (GLHmW)
Discuss.
Oh please it's not even close.
Prez'nint McTarballs of course.
Cleveland is a dying city looking to keep its cash cow. O'bumblefuck had no business flying to Copenhagen for something so trivial. IIRC he hadn't even met with McChrystal by that point in time. Yet he had time to jetset to Denmark in the hopes of landing some contracts for his thug union bosses in Chitown.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 08, 2010 05:45 PM (5Y41L)
Posted by: mesablue at July 08, 2010 05:46 PM (AUndp)
Posted by: Mr. Pink at July 08, 2010 05:46 PM (V/EYZ)
Posted by: LeBron James at July 08, 2010 05:46 PM (0pYSi)
Oh shit I missed this thread. Lebron is going to play for the Cowboys ? Sweet !
He may want to see if he can book Romo on his new show, so they can limp out together on crutches.
Posted by: Blazer at July 08, 2010 05:46 PM (t72+4)
I don't fully get the hype. I hate basketball, but i think i am unbiased in this case. He is the best player in the league, or so I am told. He is hyped. He is packaged and sold. He is the greatest since Jordan.
But where are his championships? Didn't Jordan actually, you know, win stuff?
Meanwhile you have Kobe Bryant who has won 5 championships.
Both men came into the league from highschool(i think), not were hyped, one delivered, yet the one who delivers gets the short shrift in comparison to the one who doesn't
can someone explain this to me?
Posted by: Ben at July 08, 2010 09:42 PM (DKV43)
LeBron is exactly at the same point where Jordan won his first title (7th season). I think the more apt comparison is Kevin Garnett: another great player straight out of high school, and classily not bitching about his team's utter failure to get him any solid supporting cast. James saw the writing on the wall and did not want to chance the Cavs not getting him a Pippen or Shaq to help him. (Heh, Shaq himself actually did try to help him, but '09 Shaq < '00 Shaq.)
Posted by: logprof at July 08, 2010 05:46 PM (BP6Z1)
Lebron would be a fool if he were to go to Knicks or the Nets, as he will pay much more in taxes and probably be on a much worse team than Cleveland.
I'm not sure the Heat are going to have enough even if they do land James, as they will have to trade Beasley to make room.
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 05:47 PM (UmqUc)
Maybe Lebron is a right winger. He is going to Florida because there is no state income tax. That should save him 10+ million
They should use this example in math class, or economics perhaps. But maybe they don't teach that in schools anymore.
Posted by: jpsr at July 08, 2010 05:47 PM (GLHmW)
Posted by: Reader CJ Burch says.... at July 08, 2010 05:48 PM (sJTmU)
I owned an '86 LeBron. It LeSucked.
Posted by: Ombudsman at July 08, 2010 05:48 PM (y4B2y)
Posted by: Alex at July 08, 2010 05:48 PM (ifK+p)
I took a shower this evening, and I pulled a piece of lint out of my asscrack.
I'd rather comment about that than about LeBron Whateverthefuckhislastname is. Whatever city spent all those millions on him, here's to a swift and painful bankruptcy.
Posted by: Zimriel at July 08, 2010 05:48 PM (oMd+I)
Hey asshole, I died of syphilis. What condoms pizano? Bareback baby.
Posted by: Al Capone at July 08, 2010 05:48 PM (nxUYP)
Posted by: mim/ginaswo at July 08, 2010 05:48 PM (HiRrN)
Posted by: mesablue at July 08, 2010 05:49 PM (AUndp)
Posted by: LeBron James at July 08, 2010 09:46 PM (0pYSi)
--I like the spin I heard on the radio: No matter how well the Heat take off, now that James is joined to Wade he will always have one less ring that DWade.
Posted by: logprof at July 08, 2010 05:49 PM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 09:44 PM (UmqUc)
Bron lacks the killer instinct and a second level.
MJ, Kobe and Bird ..Isiah even.....most multi title superstars have it.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 08, 2010 05:50 PM (0pYSi)
Posted by: Dr. Spank at July 08, 2010 05:50 PM (xO+6C)
Posted by: Mr. Pink at July 08, 2010 05:50 PM (V/EYZ)
Posted by: Ben at July 08, 2010 05:50 PM (DKV43)
--I like the spin I heard on the radio: No matter how well the Heat take off, now that James is joined to Wade he will always have one less ring that DWade.
Posted by: logprof at July 08, 2010 09:49 PM (BP6Z1)
Excellent point. I sure know that MJ wouldn't have made a similar decision. His legacy now has a floor on it.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 08, 2010 05:51 PM (0pYSi)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 05:51 PM (UmqUc)
Hasta.
Posted by: mesablue at July 08, 2010 05:52 PM (AUndp)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 08, 2010 05:52 PM (zgZzy)
Posted by: Ben at July 08, 2010 05:53 PM (DKV43)
I took a shower this evening, and I pulled a piece of lint out of my asscrack.
I'd rather comment about that than about LeBron Whateverthefuckhislastname is. Whatever city spent all those millions on him, here's to a swift and painful bankruptcy.
Posted by: Zimriel at July 08, 2010 09:48 PM (oMd+I)
True, but it was a glorious lint-ball that you pulled out of your ass crack in the image of Allah that will get you beheaded if you dare show it to the press in Europa-istan.
Thats one way of looking at it.
Posted by: Blazer at July 08, 2010 05:53 PM (t72+4)
I took a shower this evening, and I pulled a piece of lint out of my asscrack.
Hot. I'll give you something else to pull out.
Posted by: Obligatory Andi Sullivan at July 08, 2010 05:53 PM (0pYSi)
Posted by: mesablue at July 08, 2010 05:53 PM (AUndp)
Posted by: Dunkirk at July 08, 2010 05:53 PM (ZkQ3p)
I can imagine a team like that doing well in the regular season but falling apart in the playoffs. And an injury to any of the stars becomes devastating. Winning will depend on finding the overlooked, undervalued player they can pay the minimum.
It's a very extreme strategy. Might work.
All that said, the whole special is an extreme dick move by LeBron to the fans of Cleveland. Just unnecessarily cruel.
Posted by: huh at July 08, 2010 05:53 PM (+ABdJ)
Posted by: logprof at July 08, 2010 05:53 PM (BP6Z1)
The fact that Lebron James seems to be Ohio's only tourist attraction does speak well for the state.
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 05:54 PM (UmqUc)
Don't worry Cleveland....you still have the Rock N Roll hall of fame, Drew Carey and cold gloomy winters. CLEVELAND ROCKS!!!!
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 05:55 PM (UmqUc)
And FUCK YOU to ESPN for going along with this "Bonds on Bonds" redux. If an ESPN reporter found concrete proof tomorrow morning that James was going to Cleveland or somewhere else, do you think ESPN would let him run with it? FUCK AND NO. They'd stick him in a fucking Lucite box and throw him in the cellar until 10PM. They're the whoringest whores that have ever whored. I heard they offered LeBron's crew free blowjobs if he wins a title next year. Wilbon asked to blow him JUST A LITTLE BIT. Not much. Just a little bit.
Posted by: logprof at July 08, 2010 05:56 PM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: Alex at July 08, 2010 05:56 PM (ifK+p)
Don't worry Cleveland....you still have the Rock N Roll hall of fame, Drew Carey and cold gloomy winters. CLEVELAND ROCKS!!!!
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 09:55 PM (UmqUc)
The Mistake by the Lake. . . .
Posted by: logprof at July 08, 2010 05:56 PM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 08, 2010 05:56 PM (9Lm5R)
Ben, that was not the lake, it was the Cuyahoga River. Search for the pics.
that's right.
It's time for the Cleveland Tourist commercials now that they lost LeBron.
Posted by: Ben at July 08, 2010 05:57 PM (DKV43)
Cleveland fans,
You can always watch Lebron play on tv and just pretend he's playing for Cleveland.
I don't see what the big deal is...you guys still have Shaq and Mo Williams? What more do you need?
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 05:59 PM (UmqUc)
Dunkirk, there's no loyalty. they're mercenaries. It's always about the money. I always got pissed off watching my NFL team, after a loss, laugh and joke with the team that just kicked their ass- until I became friends with a former NFL player. He said that for the most part, they all consider themselves part of the same fraternity,just like in college. They laugh at the fans
Posted by: Ombudsman at July 08, 2010 05:59 PM (y4B2y)
Posted by: Ben at July 08, 2010 06:00 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: mesablue at July 08, 2010 06:00 PM (AUndp)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 06:01 PM (UmqUc)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 06:02 PM (UmqUc)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 08, 2010 06:03 PM (swuwV)
Posted by: Mr. Pink at July 08, 2010 06:03 PM (V/EYZ)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 06:04 PM (UmqUc)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 06:06 PM (UmqUc)
Chris Duhon to the Orlando Magic was the biggest free agent deal so far, as they needed somebody who could play point.
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 06:09 PM (UmqUc)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 06:11 PM (UmqUc)
Posted by: lou at July 08, 2010 06:11 PM (byrE+)
Yeah, but I'm a Gamecock. COCK. Get it? South Carolina! A little ACC humor there. I'll stop now.
Posted by: Ombudsman at July 08, 2010 06:12 PM (y4B2y)
I'd rather watch NASCAR
Posted by: Ombudsman at July 08, 2010 06:13 PM (y4B2y)
In South Carolina, the locals that support Clemson call the 'Cocks the "coots", and the locals that support the Cocks call the Tigers the "taters".
I don't understand it. I'll defer to Kathleen Parker.
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 06:13 PM (UmqUc)
Huzzah. Bron-bron has made his decision. Now let me hear no more of him forever. Far too much hoopla over a dude who hasn't really won shit so far....
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at July 08, 2010 06:14 PM (ySNz/)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 06:14 PM (UmqUc)
Took the words right out of my mouth."
---------------
It's a bold man who will post the words "right out of my mouth" that close to the word "douche"
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at July 08, 2010 06:16 PM (ySNz/)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 10:14 PM (UmqUc)
Its better then watching the wwnba!!
Posted by: lou at July 08, 2010 06:17 PM (byrE+)
buzz,
I don't whine about people insulting my states. I just make them own it and gloat when the good folk of SC rise up and vote for Haley and prove all their stereotypes of South Carolina to be bullshit.
The negativie stereotypes of SC is actually a good thing for South Carolina, as liberal yuppies from up north have not moved there like they have to North Carolina. We dont' need liberals to mess up both Carolinas, and if it's an imaginary KKK in SC that keeps them out, that's cool with me. People believe what they want to believe, yes?
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 06:17 PM (UmqUc)
Posted by: logprof at July 08, 2010 06:17 PM (BP6Z1)
It's a bold man who will post the words "right out of my mouth" that close to the word "douche"
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at July 08, 2010 10:16 PM (ySNz/
lol
Got me there.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 08, 2010 06:19 PM (0pYSi)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 06:19 PM (UmqUc)
Posted by: logprof at July 08, 2010 10:17 PM (BP6Z1)
Big time. Read it a few hours ago. He makes some great points. Big Simmons fan here.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 08, 2010 06:21 PM (0pYSi)
Posted by: huh at July 08, 2010 09:53 PM (+ABdJ)
Fuck him; he's been dead to me since game 3 against the Celtics. Just another egomaniacal choking dog with huge skills but no fucking heart. I hope he takes his slut mother with him. Good fucking riddance.
If the Heat fall short of a championship it will be the greatest thing ever.
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 08, 2010 06:22 PM (qPpkJ)
Posted by: Dave Weigel at July 08, 2010 06:22 PM (UmqUc)
buzz,
You seem to hold petty grudges. I think that I made those posts over a month ago. Hockey fan, I suspect? On yeah, I know how you hockey fans are. Fanatical fools.
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 06:24 PM (UmqUc)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 08, 2010 06:27 PM (swuwV)
Both men came into the league from highschool(i think), not were hyped, one delivered, yet the one who delivers gets the short shrift in comparison to the one who doesn't
can someone explain this to me?"
Rapist proclivities aside, Kobe came into the league with as sleazy a move as Bron-bron just pulled. Kobe - a kid out of high school - announced that he would only play for the Knicks or Lakers. That was it. He got drafted by Charlotte and refused to play for them.
If the NBA had had any balls, it would simply have said "Fine, you don't play. Ever. Bye."
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at July 08, 2010 06:29 PM (ySNz/)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 06:29 PM (UmqUc)
Cowherd was shilling this very kind of thing today on his show trying to squash the US Magazine report that BronBron had booked six cabanas at the W in South Beach. Going on about how he was in Carmelo's wedding in Greenwich and he'd be there Saturday. Said, "Don't believe everything that's on the internet." OK buddy.
Posted by: the dandy at July 08, 2010 06:29 PM (vJK0V)
@81: "Tiger Woods fucked 89 women who were not his wife"
Yeah, but in Tiger's defense, how many guys here have also fucked women who weren't Tiger's wife?
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at July 08, 2010 06:31 PM (ySNz/)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 06:31 PM (UmqUc)
What guy here has made sweet passionate love to Tiger Woods outside of the Weigel.
Jealous teabaggers just jealous that I can have any guy I want, including TIger.
Posted by: Dave Weigel at July 08, 2010 06:36 PM (UmqUc)
Way to stab the fans of Cleveland and twist the knife on national TV, asshole.
Here's hoping the rest of his career is overshadowed by Wade and Kobe.
Posted by: blindside at July 08, 2010 06:40 PM (vT9Nl)
Posted by: Dave Weigel at July 08, 2010 06:42 PM (UmqUc)
My sacred honor compels me to stand with King James this day.
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 06:46 PM (UmqUc)
I wonder if Lebron leaving Cleveland can cause the entire state of Ohio to collapse?
Change you can believe in.
Posted by: blindside at July 08, 2010 06:46 PM (vT9Nl)
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 06:47 PM (UmqUc)
I kind of hope that Lebron leaving does hurt Ohio. What's bad for Ohio right now is bad for Obama and the Democrats, and good for the GOP.
Ohionions need to step up and eat grass for the country for the next couple of years.
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 06:49 PM (UmqUc)
Obama publically stated (8 different times) his support for Lebron going to the Bulls. Reverse Midas strikes again.
Posted by: Pyrexia at July 08, 2010 07:33 PM (4SGFc)
LeBron is a closet tea-partier. He picked Miami because Ohio, Illinois, NY, and NJ are tax theives and Florida has no state income tax.
Posted by: California Red at July 08, 2010 07:38 PM (884bD)
Posted by: pendejo grande at July 08, 2010 07:43 PM (ipxsa)
Posted by: Dirk Diggler at July 08, 2010 08:03 PM (YhGnJ)
C -- ummm, some stiff making minimum NBA salary
PF -- Chris Bosh
SF -- LeBron James
SG -- Dwyane Wade
PG -- Mario Chalmers
Bench #1 -- Michael Beasley, unless he's traded for parts
Bench #2-4 -- three rookies drafted in the 2nd round
Bench #5-11 -- six old guys making the minimum, trying to gravy-train a ring
You can win a title with three stars and role players, but only if those role-players aren't minimum-salary stiffs. This will be the softest interior team in the league by a longshot unless something drastic happens to their roster. If Vegas puts their win total above 62 (the computer geeks predict 66 wins), I'll go all-in on the under.
Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at July 08, 2010 08:11 PM (R3wqC)
Posted by: Blackford Oakes at July 08, 2010 08:14 PM (w9BEi)
I'll gladly be a Knight in King Jame's Court.
You jealous teabaggers should go set yourselves on your fire. LOL
Posted by: Dave Weigel at July 08, 2010 08:26 PM (UmqUc)
Lebron, sundown, you better take care, if I find you've been creeping around my backstairs.
I'm not bitter though.
Posted by: Cleveland Owner at July 08, 2010 08:30 PM (UmqUc)
Posted by: Lebron James counting his 20 million dollar annual salary at July 08, 2010 08:42 PM (YAFek)
Aww. I read this from earlier:
Maybe Lebron is a right winger.
and wanted to pretend he was going to play RW for one of the NHL teams down there. I'm guessing the Panthers if he said Miami, although the Lightning is the team that has already won a Cup...much to the chagrin of this Sabres fan. (Seriously, how fair is that? Tampa Freaking Bay beats us to a Super Bowl win AND a Cup win? Utter excrement, I say. And on that note
but... what's his favorite hockey team? Who does he root for to put the biscuit in the basket?
I'd say given the Cowboys, Lakers and Yankees, he'd be cheering for either the Canadiens (most titles, also very obnoxious road fans) or the Red Wings (second most titles, closest thing to a generic USA-based perennial winner the NHL has right now).
And on topic, I concur with how cruel this was to Cleveland fans. Even if the NBA isn't the best sport out there it was still something the fans had going for them given the not-Browns and the Indians.
Posted by: Guy of Gisbourne at July 08, 2010 08:47 PM (/zMD6)
Lebron hates George Dubya. When asked who he would like to dunk on if it could be anybody, he said Bush, and he said he would like to shatter the board in the process.
Do the "tea partiers" have this much "hate" for Bush? The Ron Paul-Glenn Beck faction, maybe?
Posted by: Matt X at July 08, 2010 08:51 PM (UmqUc)
Posted by: Blackford Oakes at July 08, 2010 08:59 PM (w9BEi)
"How to ruin your career in an hour" a new book by Lebron James"
Posted by: curious at July 08, 2010 09:12 PM (p302b)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 09, 2010 04:13 AM (e8T35)
Posted by: Alex at July 08, 2010 09:28 PM (ifK+p)
Oh, fuck you.
@Matt X at July 09, 2010 12:51 AM (UmqUc)
Ohio also went to GW. Twice. I did not vote for Obamessiah. As a native Ohioan, I'm sickened by the fact we're stuck with assholes like Kucinich, Strickland, Sutton, and Brown. I'm in a Dem stronghold of NE Ohio, and these stupid fucking Dem/union clowns keep inflicting the same shit on us, election after election.
As for LeBron James:
Anyone who followed the controversy over LeBron James realized two things: Even with him on the team, the Cavaliers possessed neither the ability nor the heart to get to a championship and win. Secondly, as soon as he got an offer he wouldnÂ’t refuse, heÂ’d be gone.
Now that both situations have come true, thereÂ’s a lot of anger among Cleveland fans. IÂ’m a football fan myself, having been a faithful follower of the Cleveland Browns for 46 years. Basketball is not my favorite sport. ItÂ’s the principle. What transpired was craven behavior on the part of a beloved athlete.
ItÂ’s not just what James did, itÂ’s how. He conducted a three-ring media circus with himself as the main attraction. He disrespected Cleveland on national T.V. and did not have the courage or conviction to face the fans or the owner, Dan Gilbert. He was not straightforward. He chose instead to broadcast his message from the comfort of an ESPN studio. Then he fled down to Miami where Pat Riley met him at the airport and whisked him away to a hotel. Nice touch, LeBron.
We all realize that sports is a “business”, but the trouble is, fans and local business owners also have a financial stake in their team, and they get shafted the worst. Vendors, restaurants, pubs, and parking lots, take a big hit when a star player or a team leaves town. The whole industry surrounding a sports team has an investment in the business and the effects are economically devastating.
Gilbert is right about James quitting. I watched those playoff games with the Celtics. He played like shit. You could tell his mind, heart, and body simply werenÂ’t in the game. Much of the blame rests on him. Having said that, one player does not a team make. You need a supporting cast to assist and step up when you falter.
As for his new team, the Miami Heat: He took his unfinished business to a team that has only won a single championship, back in the 2005-2006 season. The lure was the signing of Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, who will be his teammates. A warning to Miami: We Cleveland fans know all about hyperbole and the high hopes attached to newly acquired athletes. Tim Couch comes to mind. WeÂ’re also painfully aware of getting this close to a championship, only to watch in total disbelief as the chance slipped away with one fatuous mistake on the part of a coach or player. This is not the first time a well-liked player (or team owner) has abandoned our town. Unfortunately, weÂ’re old hands at this. Even after all that, we still believe that if you give loyalty, appreciation, and support to a team, youÂ’re supposed to receive it in return.
As for the Cavaliers and our other Cleveland sports teams, maybe this will serve as a catalyst for the determination to fill our teams with the athletes who will bring us our long overdue championships.
Lebron James has moved to Miami, taking his ego and self-promotion with him.
Good luck Miami; youÂ’ll need it.
Posted by: SFC MAC at July 09, 2010 06:09 AM (ZGdhe)
The Mistake by the Lake. . . .
Posted by: logprof at July 08, 2010 09:56 PM (BP6Z1)
Dude, that is soooooo 1970s. Get over that shit. We have.
Posted by: SFC MAC at July 09, 2010 06:14 AM (ZGdhe)
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