New LeBron billboard

[INKtastic]

the story is here
http://link.brightcove.com/services/pla ... 8230188001

[tidho]

"Born here, raised here, plays here, stays here"

That's very cool. Great location too. I don't see how the national media doesn't pick up on that Saturday.
I think that dude is going to end up turning a profit on this once the t-shirts start selling.

[B Mac]

RCF represent. Very proud of that sign and being a part of something so awesome.

[TheChaser]

I hope you guys keep Lebron. I would love for the Magic and the Cavs to have a long ECF battleground. Good luck in the playoffs.

[prekazi]

Awesome.

[prekazi]

Bad news from Glen Infante:

It's unfortunate news, but we have been notified a few hours ago that our permit to display the banner has been denied by the Commissioner of Buildings for the City of Cleveland.

[BBman]

That's ok, it was a good idea but in the end it probably won't make a difference. I remember years ago the Toronto Raptors posted billboards all over with the slogan "Come Back T-Mac." That didn't work too well either, did it?

What matters more to LBJ is winning championships and growing his brand. That's why today's news that the salary cap is expected to come in around $56.1 million was such bad news for Cavs fans.

It is well-established that a team needs at least 2 star players to win a NBA championship.
Cleveland does not have that 2nd star - Shaq is too old; Mo Williams is a good, not great player; Jamison is the same. Plus the Cavs are getting older (Jamison will soon be 34 yrs old) and they have no cap room or assets to get that second player. If the Cavs win it all this year, it will be because of the singular brilliance of LBJ.

Compare that to the Knicks situation, particularly now that the cap has increased. The Knicks can provide LBJ with that second star - of his choosing (Bosh, Stoudemire, Johnson, Gay, Wade) or three or four excellent players if he wants to go that route instead. And the Knicks existing supporting cast is completely underrated. Gallinari is a future star (compare his same age stats with Nowitzki at 21), Wilson Chandler (21 yrs old) is a rising versatile talent, Toney Douglas (23 yrs old) proved he belongs in a NBA rotation, and Bill Walker (who the Knicks can now afford to keep) has tons of talent. Add to that the possibility of a center in Eddy Curry (26 yrs old), who when he last was healthy, averaged 19 points and 8 rebounds a game. In short, the Knicks could be very good for a very long time with the addition of two stars.

The supporting cast in Cleveland is completely overrated. THE CAVS ARE 1 AND 13 WHEN LEBRON DOESN'T PLAY OVER THE LAST 3 SEASONS (1 AND 5 THIS YEAR). In Mo Williams last 2 years in Milwaukee (2006-07 and 2007-08), the Bucks were 28-54 and 26-56. Do I need to mention the disaster that was the Washington Wizards over the past 2 years when Jamison was one of the Wiz's "stars." The real trouble is the Cavs are over the cap for the foreseeble future and they don't have the room or the assets to get better. Compare the Knicks record to the Bucks and the Wiz over the past 2 years - the Knicks just need a star.

If LBJ wants to win multiple NBA championships - it is clear he should go to the Knicks. The prospects are much brighter there.

[Triumph36]

So you're clearly not a Knicks fan...lmao.

Come back to reality and give up on the LeBron dream. Please.

[throwd]

That's ok, it was a good idea but in the end it probably won't make a difference. I remember years ago the Toronto Raptors posted billboards all over with the slogan "Come Back T-Mac." That didn't work too well either, did it?

What matters more to LBJ is winning championships and growing his brand. That's why today's news that the salary cap is expected to come in around $56.1 million was such bad news for Cavs fans.

It is well-established that a team needs at least 2 star players to win a NBA championship.
Cleveland does not have that 2nd star - Shaq is too old; Mo Williams is a good, not great player; Jamison is the same. Plus the Cavs are getting older (Jamison will soon be 34 yrs old) and they have no cap room or assets to get that second player. If the Cavs win it all this year, it will be because of the singular brilliance of LBJ.

Compare that to the Knicks situation, particularly now that the cap has increased. The Knicks can provide LBJ with that second star - of his choosing (Bosh, Stoudemire, Johnson, Gay, Wade) or three or four excellent players if he wants to go that route instead. And the Knicks existing supporting cast is completely underrated. Gallinari is a future star (compare his same age stats with Nowitzki at 21), Wilson Chandler (21 yrs old) is a rising versatile talent, Toney Douglas (23 yrs old) proved he belongs in a NBA rotation, and Bill Walker (who the Knicks can now afford to keep) has tons of talent. Add to that the possibility of a center in Eddy Curry (26 yrs old), who when he last was healthy, averaged 19 points and 8 rebounds a game. In short, the Knicks could be very good for a very long time with the addition of two stars.

The supporting cast in Cleveland is completely overrated. THE CAVS ARE 1 AND 13 WHEN LEBRON DOESN'T PLAY OVER THE LAST 3 SEASONS (1 AND 5 THIS YEAR). In Mo Williams last 2 years in Milwaukee (2006-07 and 2007-08), the Bucks were 28-54 and 26-56. Do I need to mention the disaster that was the Washington Wizards over the past 2 years when Jamison was one of the Wiz's "stars." The real trouble is the Cavs are over the cap for the foreseeble future and they don't have the room or the assets to get better. Compare the Knicks record to the Bucks and the Wiz over the past 2 years - the Knicks just need a star.

If LBJ wants to win multiple NBA championships - it is clear he should go to the Knicks. The prospects are much brighter there.

i honestly dont even know where to start...ur post should come with a background image of home simpson...

[BBman]

Triumph36 - how did you ever figure out I was a Knicks fan. You must work with CSI Cleveland! We'll see what the reality is. My dream could be your nightmare.

[INKtastic]

that's all the knicks have are dreams. Do you really think LeBron is leaving one of the best run franchises in all of sports to go to one of the absolute worst?

[B Mac]

The city just approved the sign. Now they are scrambling to try to find an installer to get it up before the game starts.

[Niko23]

Typical f#cking City of Cleveland. They make it impossible to do sh$t in the city. People probably complained and magically it got approved

[BBman]

To LJ4MVP:

The Knicks actually have a plan. They are in the process of executing that plan.

The Cavs organization is no better and no worse than most other NBA teams. What makes them great is one person - LBJ.

The Cavs plan to get LBJ was pretty simple. Tank games (that's according to then Cavs coach John Lucas), thereby improving lottery odds, get lucky in draft lottery, and make no-brainer selection of LBJ. The Cavs got lucky and now they are now "one of the best run franchises" in the universe. Before the Cavs got lucky they were a joke (you'll rememberthat, LJ4mvp, unless you're 12 yrs old).

At least Popovich, Ferry's mentor, has always been honest. He's readily admitted that getting lucky in he lottery and drafting Tim Duncan, makes him look like a genius. The Spurs could then combine
Duncan with the other star, David Robinson. The Spurs are also instructional for another reason, as pointed out today by Harvey Araton in his NY Times Blog about Tim Duncan: "(Duncan) has long been one of my favorite players, a fundamental joy to watch and a study in team-first values in the age of look-at-me stardom. Though Duncan’s Spurs were a television ratings downer for the N.B.A. during their four championship runs, I’ve always maintained that if they played in New York, they would have been hailed as the second coming of the two-time championship “Old Knicks” — times two. Duncan would have been portrayed as the modern Willis Reed and Popovich as the visionary who brought his rich blend of internationalism (namely Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili) to the city that deserved it most."

Not only has Ferry been unable to find that 2nd star, as Popovich did with Ginobli and Parker, and he now can't. Clearly it is in the NBA's, the broadcaster's, LBJ's and the entire league (except Cleveland unfortunatley) for LBJ to go to the Knicks.

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[kenneth9265]

Stop! Please stop.... Lebron is not going anywhere, I wish people would stop wishing for him to go anywheres else. He is a Akron, Ohio man and he will stay Cleveland Cavalier for life...

[B Mac]

BBMan take your crap out of this thread... This thread is not about the same rehashed nonsense that Knicks fans keep trying to dream up.

This thread is about...

[kenneth9265]

Yeah it would really make sense to leave an established, title contending team that is just 20 or so miles from your hometown, just a few minutes from your brand new house; from a city that worship you like a living a Legend just to go to a team that is year after year lottery bond and would take another 4 to 7 yrs to build a team around just to be in the same situation that you left the team before to be in the first place...

[BBman]

Hi Kenneth - you should hope that LBJ's vision is as limited as yours.

[Appleshampoo]

Cleveland one of the best franchises? I just read you guys lost 20 mill a season for the past 2 seasons with the best player in the NBA. The Knicks franchise history compared to yours is like comparing Lebron James to Anderson Varejo.

[kenneth9265]

Cleveland one of the best franchises? I just read you guys lost 20 mill a season for the past 2 seasons with the best player in the NBA. The Knicks franchise history compared to yours is like comparing Lebron James to Anderson Varejo.

Do you got a link to that? And what team haven't lost money in this down economy?