LeBron Was Disappointed Cavs Didn't Acquire More After Learning Of IT Injury

[RealGM Wiretap]

LeBron James preferred the Cavaliers keep Kyrie Irving last offseason despite his trade request and sources say he was not impressed with how the front office handled its attempt to rework their deal with the Celtics after the severity of Isaiah Thomas' injury became more clear.

"(It) didn't just disappoint James as a basketball player. It disappointed him as a businessman," wrote ESPN.

The Cavaliers only acquired a second round pick after pausing the deal and not a young player or future first round pick.

James had respect for Thomas but was skeptical of his fit with the Cavaliers.

Via Dave McMenamin, Brian Windhorst/ESPN

[BorkLazer]

Maybe LeBron should have done his job then

[PerfectJab]

And you wonder why people dislike LB.

You are the reason Irving wanted to leave in the first place Lebron!

It was viewed as a great trade at that time, hindsight is 20/20.

You are not going to replace a talent like Irving unless you are talking a direct trade with the superstars in the league and Irving is close but not at that level. Add the fact that Lebron basically de-valued Irving's trade value and you could argue that he is one of the reason's the Cav's were NOT able to acquire more than they did.

As great as Lebron is, his backseat GM'ing and inability to blame anyone but himself makes him the type of guy at this point in his career you'd rather not have to deal with.

As hindsight is 20/20 and based on the look of the eastern conference at this time, I would go so far to say that perhaps the Cav's should have kept Irving and traded Lebron instead. Imagine the assets they could have gotten for him and you wouldn't have to deal with the BS that comes along with Lebron.

Moral of the story, just stfu and play! I don't get how your comments does anything to benefit the team or your image.

[PerfectJab]

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[Dallas2020]

Translation - I'm leaving coz you didn't immideately trade that Nets' pick.

[hyberx]

Oh yeah, just to show you how much LeBron care about the team he has not committed to nor planned to re-sign with.

[DthTrap]

Cavs shouldve let Kyrie have his surgery bc IT missed the 1st half of the season anyways. I wish LBJ got Bledsoe, Tyson Chandler back for Kyrie and sent Tristan Khardashian to a 3rd team.

[Kurosawa0]

Well it turns out LeBron was right. We'll have to see what Cleveland ultimately gets from the Brooklyn pick. If they end up with DeAndre Ayton they may still win the trade. Although for this year they certainly didn't get enough for Kyrie.

[kb24vskb8]

All this guy does is cry and complain stfu it's done now
Coulda woulda shoulda

[ccvle]

And you wonder why people dislike LB.

You are the reason Irving wanted to leave in the first place Lebron!

It was viewed as a great trade at that time, hindsight is 20/20.

You are not going to replace a talent like Irving unless you are talking a direct trade with the superstars in the league and Irving is close but not at that level. Add the fact that Lebron basically de-valued Irving's trade value and you could argue that he is one of the reason's the Cav's were NOT able to acquire more than they did.

As great as Lebron is, his backseat GM'ing and inability to blame anyone but himself makes him the type of guy at this point in his career you'd rather not have to deal with.

As hindsight is 20/20 and based on the look of the eastern conference at this time, I would go so far to say that perhaps the Cav's should have kept Irving and traded Lebron instead. Imagine the assets they could have gotten for him and you wouldn't have to deal with the BS that comes along with Lebron.

Moral of the story, just stfu and play! I don't get how your comments does anything to benefit the team or your image.

Lbj is the only reason the city of cleveland in all sports got a championship over the past 50 years so in my mind, everyone can stfu (not you in particular). Cavs going was pathetic before lbj and will be again.

[ccvle]

And you wonder why people dislike LB.

You are the reason Irving wanted to leave in the first place Lebron!

It was viewed as a great trade at that time, hindsight is 20/20.

You are not going to replace a talent like Irving unless you are talking a direct trade with the superstars in the league and Irving is close but not at that level. Add the fact that Lebron basically de-valued Irving's trade value and you could argue that he is one of the reason's the Cav's were NOT able to acquire more than they did.

As great as Lebron is, his backseat GM'ing and inability to blame anyone but himself makes him the type of guy at this point in his career you'd rather not have to deal with.

As hindsight is 20/20 and based on the look of the eastern conference at this time, I would go so far to say that perhaps the Cav's should have kept Irving and traded Lebron instead. Imagine the assets they could have gotten for him and you wouldn't have to deal with the BS that comes along with Lebron.

Moral of the story, just stfu and play! I don't get how your comments does anything to benefit the team or your image.

Lbj is the only reason the city of cleveland in all sports got a championship over the past 50 years so in my mind, everyone can stfu (not you in particular). Cavs was pathetic before lbj and will be again.

[Hoopzilla]

Newsflash: Lebron is not satisfied with his team, he always needs more help.

He will go down as the only guy in league history to never get enough help... in his eyes.

To the rest of the world he will go down as the biggest whiner that never stopped complaining no matter how many all stars he is surrounded by. He could never win anything unless he had an unfair amount of talent on his side. He never gave his teams any stability to be able to build around him, but always blamed management when they couldn't attract the kind of players he wanted. He never understood he was the biggest problem the whole time...

[ChokeFasncists]

And you wonder why people dislike LB.

You are the reason Irving wanted to leave in the first place Lebron!

It was viewed as a great trade at that time, hindsight is 20/20.

You are not going to replace a talent like Irving unless you are talking a direct trade with the superstars in the league and Irving is close but not at that level. Add the fact that Lebron basically de-valued Irving's trade value and you could argue that he is one of the reason's the Cav's were NOT able to acquire more than they did.

As great as Lebron is, his backseat GM'ing and inability to blame anyone but himself makes him the type of guy at this point in his career you'd rather not have to deal with.

As hindsight is 20/20 and based on the look of the eastern conference at this time, I would go so far to say that perhaps the Cav's should have kept Irving and traded Lebron instead. Imagine the assets they could have gotten for him and you wouldn't have to deal with the BS that comes along with Lebron.

Moral of the story, just stfu and play! I don't get how your comments does anything to benefit the team or your image.

NTC

OP: Seeing that IT isn't playing very well even in LAL, Ainge is really super lucky, with a big help from stupid King.

[Lalouie]

Seriously, it's gotten to the point where LeBron hogs the mike so much reporters are starting to feed him for opinions

[AussieRules]

The bronAvengers at it again, we must defend Lebron and make him look good not only as a player but as a business man at all cost

[CIN-C-STAR]

Newsflash: Lebron is not satisfied with his team, he always needs more help.

He will go down as the only guy in league history to never get enough help... in his eyes.

To the rest of the world he will go down as the biggest whiner that never stopped complaining no matter how many all stars he is surrounded by. He could never win anything unless he had an unfair amount of talent on his side. He never gave his teams any stability to be able to build around him, but always blamed management when they couldn't attract the kind of players he wanted. He never understood he was the biggest problem the whole time...

I mean, he is obsessed with winning titles, so of course he is obsessed with being on the best team possible in order to win as many titles as possible.
It kind of makes sense if you put your Lebron hate aside for a second.

[Bricks]

Bron is a **** armchair GM, he got himself in this situation by asking for Love and trading Wiggins to get him. He single-handedly asked for players that made his team slow and old.

[miltk]

Bron is a **** armchair GM, he got himself in this situation by asking for Love and trading Wiggins to get him. He single-handedly asked for players that made his team slow and old.

i agree. if minnie had not let go of klove they'd have been the same 40win team instead of the abhorently cr@ppy 16win team they became without him, and they wouldn't have gotten KAT...so there's that. and klove would still be the 25/14/5 all star instead of the marginalized wingman lebron turned him into

[Hoopzilla]

Newsflash: Lebron is not satisfied with his team, he always needs more help.

He will go down as the only guy in league history to never get enough help... in his eyes.

To the rest of the world he will go down as the biggest whiner that never stopped complaining no matter how many all stars he is surrounded by. He could never win anything unless he had an unfair amount of talent on his side. He never gave his teams any stability to be able to build around him, but always blamed management when they couldn't attract the kind of players he wanted. He never understood he was the biggest problem the whole time...

I mean, he is obsessed with winning titles, so of course he is obsessed with being on the best team possible in order to win as many titles as possible.
It kind of makes sense if you put your Lebron hate aside for a second.

We are talking about a guy who had five, count them, five current and former all stars on his roster at that time. Count them: Korver, Rose, Love, Thomas and D Wade. Thomas finished fifth in MVP voting the season before, injured or not, he was going to help out the team, but we all know Lebron sabotaged that when he came back anyways. Everyone on the planet thought the Cavs got the best deal they could have for Kyrie, but Lebron was just still not happy...

It's not hate for Lebron, it is laughing at how pathetically pitiful this guy is. Give him the highest payroll in league history, not enough. Give him the team he handpicked the roster for only for him to force management to overpay his friends, still not enough. If you stand back and think about it sensibly, you would see just how sad and pathetic this guy is. He is always given what he asks for and all he does is complain about what else he could have had. It's like he thinks the league should just be giving him everything he wants and that the Cavs will just pay hundreds of millions in taxes, but he offers no stability and trash talks ownership/management in the media in return...

[Dr Huge Pecs]

That is how he will be remembered... as a complainer who hid in a weak conference on super teams was handed everything he wanted and was not as great as he assumed he was.

Hes getting old, the excuses are coming faster and the blame. He wont even pass kobe let alone mj

It's becoming funny.

Keep the arthur posts coming lebron...