Cleveland is DONE

[gk]

This presumed 5 year deal will be longer than any he signed in Cleveland.

[gk]

Cavs potentially getting two first rounders and two second rounders in a S&T. I guess that's as good as they're going to get. Nothing like the #30 pick in the draft year after year.

[fatmenace]

I'm having a hard time linking it, but if you haven't heard the interview yet with Joe Tait, you should listen to it. Unreal. I know that the Spurs players, including Timmy and Tony go grab food with Schoening all the time. Kind of unbelievable.

[fatmenace]

Is it true Lebron never granted an interview to the local Cleveland media?

[fatmenace]

Collusion.


www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2010/07/inside_the_decision_miamis_cou.html

[gk]

Jul 11, 2010 1:04:36 GMT -6 fatmenace said:

Collusion.


www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2010/07/inside_the_decision_miamis_cou.html

This is an incredibly damning article.

However, the more I think about it, I'm not really mad about the decision itself (furious over how he pulled it off), but more saddened that he probably is the most talented basketball player of all time and yet, he'll never achieve the status or even be in the discussion of G.O.A.T. thanks to this. As sports fans, i think we like to see athletes do amazing things that we've never seen before. Why else would we care about swimming unless Michael Phelps is going to 23 gold medals in the olympics? Why else would we care about cycling unless Lance is going for his 8th Tour D'France? Why else would we care about an opening round tennis match unless it went 10 hours? We were even willing to look past Sammy Sosa's atrocious bacne during the Summer of '98.

LeBron James had a legitimate chance (and I suppose, still does technically) of being the Best Ever. Yes, even better than Michael Jordan. If he had won, say, 3 championships in Cleveland while winning 3 more MVPs, the discussion would have been arguable. And I think sports fans, not just Cleveland fans and not just NBA fans, would have enjoyed watching that.

Now that's not going to happen. He could win 5 championships in Miami as Wade's sidekick and it won't make a difference: he'll never be in the discussion for Best Ever. And sports fans will have to look for Greatness elsewhere.

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Lebron on ESPN, asked if he called Cavs personally on Thursday, James said, ”I didn’t talk to anyone personally because I got to a point the last day, I heard so much throughout the whole process. The last day I wanted to be about me."

Yes, that just happened.

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Daniel Gibson speaks up via his website.

This Message is Directly for the fans of Cleveland from your adopted son, The one and only Boobie G. As you know i was born and raised in Houston, TX. Never once stayed outside the state for more than two weeks and the time I did, that was for basketball. But after two years of college at the University of Texas I decided to make the jump. You can just imagine how fast my mind was racing going to a city so many miles out of my comfort zone not knowing one single person. But I thank God it was Cleveland! Because From day one the city embraced me and made me feel like I was home. My Second HOME. And as time went on I began to see why we connected. Cleveland is a never die city, city of loyalty, hard-workers, passion, desire, and toughness. A lot of the same characteristics I have in me and that inspired me. So I made a promise to myself that every day I stepped foot on that basketball court I would show the world what Cleveland was all about. Leaving everything i had on the court. So no matter what obstacle was placed in front of me, I would bust right through it. No matter how high, I would get over it. Or how wide I would get around it. N I hope I did that and will continue to do that. I said that to say, I know right now emotions are high, and people are confused about the way things went down. But I'm here to say DO NOT FORGET THAT WE STILL HERE. and WE GONE GRIND!!!! The Cavaliers haven't went anywhere, just lost a piece. Everything in life happens for a reason, Some which we dont understand and never will. Somethings we cant control, But the thing we can control is our passion and our love for city of Cleveland and state of OHIO. And that every single night we take that we floor We Will represent. Blood SweAT and Tears. We will go hard. Just like you. From the bottom to the top, this organization is committed to winning and we wont stop now..... Cant stop now. I LOVE you. We Love YOU. And together We gone make it HAppen. O H I O. Hang in there.






As for me on another note, I'm in LA working on my game so that i may be a key part of this movement next season. The family is doing great. MY wife to be is in the studio every day and night trying to create the best album of her career. Cutting no corners putting her heart in it like never before. With so much new emotion to show the world. My son Daniel Jr. is 4 months now. Everyday he gets bigger. We took him to the doctor yesterday to get two shots. And lil man did not shed a tear. even laughed a little bit. Tough lil dude, something like his daddy LOL. The rest of the fam is back home in Houston working with the DGib Hoops Foundation-Shooting for Success. Helping mainly inner city youth to meet new friends, become more discipline, athletically and academically so that one day they may qualify for scholarships and go on to college and be whatever they want to be. Following a living example. ME... Well thats enough for today, yall stay tuned for my next post and remember if you believe, you can achieve. ANYTHING


Cleveland Stand up


1LUV,


BooBie

[fatmenace]

Love Gibson, man.

If you haven't read the Rolling Stone article yet, here it is. Funny about the ESPN transcripts.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/matt-taibbi/blogs/TaibbiData_May2010/179533/83512

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Predictably, every single ESPN column is defending LeBron James. Every column found elsewhere, not so much.

So glad we have the Internet.

[fatmenace]

Whitlock's take, in case you can't get enough.

msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/lebron-james-chasing-celebrity-not-championships-070910

[fatmenace]

A bit more behind the scenes info on how the show got put together.

adage.com/article?article_id=144882

[fatmenace]

Welcome to your new life, Lebron. Always in the background from Wade.

[fatmenace]

I loved the scenario on Simmons' podcast today with the 'what if' situation of Lebron getting a season ending injury and the Heat still win the championship.

[fatmenace]

As everyone else is pointing out, Lebron has a forced smile on his face. I wonder if he doesn't hate being in the background.

Love it.