LeBron thanks Cleveland fans at annual bike-a-thon

[TheOUTLAW]

Please show me where your evidence comes from

I wish people would stop saying that. There are quite a few African Americans that dislike LeBron. Please don't take Jesse Jackson rather naive view of what happened. It's not correct.

[HtownPA]

its mostly white people who dislike lebron.

It's mostly Cuban people that like him.

[Benedict_Boozer]

I am not even angry with Lecon. He made his bed, and even his false apologies wont prevent him from lying in it. I believe most NBA fans will see through this lie and will treat him as he deserves to be treated. We Cavs fans know this is about damage control as has been stated.
What makes me angry is the Lecon jock sniffers and the morons coming here just to try to get a rise out of us Cav fans. Actually, I am not angry but just tired of them. Maybe a sticky for "morons who support Lecon", or something along those lines.

[realist1981]

Please show me where your evidence comes from

I wish people would stop saying that. There are quite a few African Americans that dislike LeBron. Please don't take Jesse Jackson rather naive view of what happened. It's not correct.

dislike yes but hate no.

[Rise Against]

No more derailing threads about race.. Next time that happens, it will be a warning.

[Visigoth]

I'm pretty sure the Cavaliers are the ones to blame for their massive P.R. schemes making LeBron into a diva and bloating his ego to be disproportionately large in comparison to his body. Hating him for doing something you taught him to do just because it doesn't benefit you is silly. Please get over it. Thanks.

[now and 4 life]

You are in your mid-30s, not bad-looking. You do smoke and drink, but not often.

So you have this girlfriend. You love her very much. She's good looking, has a nice body. She can also cook and is great in the bed. The thing she wants most in her life is having a baby. You recently proposed to her. She said she was not sure. You did lots of things to prove to her you are committed. You're even going as far as giving up on your smoking and drinking.

And then one day, she decides to throw a party and invites all her family and friends, as well as yours. She invited you as well.
During the party, she announces that she's breaking up with you, and decides to go for a man who she thinks is better than you because he is slightly younger and lives a healthier lifestyle, which translates into a higher chance of fertility.
All that in front of everyone both you and she know.

Then at this point, you realize love is such an overrated "thing". So you go out and bad mouth her. She doesn't apologize, or even show any sort of remorse towards how she broke up with you.

At least not until your friends finally gang raped her, just to teach her a lesson.

I have a better girlfriend analogy than this.

So Cleveland has been going out with pretty much the hottest girl out there(Lebron) basically on a trail basis because Lebron informs him that he need to do something to impress him in the next 3 years or he will see what other guys have to offer.

Now the next 3 years pass and the guy clearly hasn't done enough to warrant her staying without checking what other guys have to offer. So she does check out what other guys have to offer, but she does so by starting a reality TV show. Since she is the most popular girl out there the whole world tunes in to watch what girl she picks. She also invites her ex-boyfriend to participate in the show. She ends up picking pretty much the best guy on the market.

Now Cleveland is really mad about this and they complain that he shouldn't have done it in this fashion despite the fact they were participants in it, and they somehow feel abandoned despite knowing that he could have left for about 3 years in advance. The other guys on the show are also mad that Lebron didn't pick them, so they try to justify it by saying that it was wrong of her to do that to Cleveland, though they were also participants on the show, and they would have been cool with it if she picked them. There are also another group of haters who are bashing Lebron for the whole reality show thing, but they would hate on her no matter what, so who gives a crap.

Meanwhile, the rest of the world was loving the reality show because it gave them great TV.

[TheOUTLAW]

What's so weak is that others come hear and start conversations about this crap and LeBron and then the dimwitted follow them to say for us to get over it. While I will not say that we are over it, I will say that we are past it. If only you morons would stop posting about this crap.

[gflem]

Now and 4 life, you way oversimplify this in your analogy. Try adding that the hot girl picked out the house, car, decor, the family dog, almost everything down to the silverware and the freakin doilies on the tables. Then she mocks all of those choices, telling the dude he has no taste, and that she is moving to the Playboy mansion.
Add to that she thanks her first boyfriend for popping the cork so to speak, but as an afterthought she finally gets around to acknowledging you, only to not scare off poetential future suitors (read other teams fans) and to not have to listen to their catty remarks about her lack of class.
Now, add to that the reality that lecon misled a business worth near a half a billion and withheld information that could have helped that business even though that business showed him complete loyalty in every decision it made, and made him exceedingly wealthy by allowing him to be its showcase without exception. Now you are getting close with your cute little analogy.
Oh, and its nice to see racist1981 running his garbage at us again. Are you by chance Jesse Jackson or JJ junior?

[azuresou1]

Nice join date.

[Brenice]

The LeBron fans are gone except coming here to troll. All those left are CAVS fans. Fact is all this idiotic temperature taking of Cavs fans just makes me hate LeBron even more. Fact is, LeBron and his band of idiots have botched his transition from the very beginning and there is nothing he can do to fix that. Everything since that has just served to show how badly it has been handled. Waiting till now to thanks Cavs fans just points out that he hasn't done it til now. I think I saw it best on Around the Horn when someone said he just needed to go away until the season started. What he really should have done was played in the worlds and that might have help his PR a bit but the fact that he backed out for a movie (that has been delayed anyway) eliminated even that as a chance to show him as something other than an egotistical jack ass.

I am a proud wizard fan and empathize with the Cav fans. LeBron is not an ordinary free agent who left. He is from Ohio. That is what I don't like. I WOULD LOVE TO BE THE BEST (or top 2) players in the world and play for the Wizards. When will that happen again? Rose is good up in Chicago, but in all probability, he will never be Top 1 or 2 in the league.

As for him playing in the World's, his punk ass would probably rather play for Lithuania, since most of the better players are not playing for the U.S.

[chubby_1_kenobi]

For years Lakers fans have faced the same questions from clueless trolls. Why do you hate Shaq so much? Why do you guys won't retire his number? blablalbablalblas.....

My response to them is usually to tell them to shut up and mind their own business because if someone didn't get it from the beginning, he wouldn't get it at the end.

I suggest Cavs fans do the same thing and let James' action in Miami speak for itself because believe me when I tell you that he will screw it up again sooner or later. The man has no respect for fans or for the game of basketball so it's just a matter of time before his $h1t start stinking up the place and when that happens, all of you will be vindicated in the best possible way.

[tidho]

I'm pretty sure the Cavaliers are the ones to blame for their massive P.R. schemes making LeBron into a diva and bloating his ego to be disproportionately large in comparison to his body. Hating him for doing something you taught him to do just because it doesn't benefit you is silly. Please get over it. Thanks.

Do you really believe LeBron wasn't an egomaniac prior to joining the Cavaliers?
Simply laughable.

The Cavaliers did enable his behavior though and they are paying for it. That's the funny thing about behavior...when its bad you usually pay for it. LeBron is paying for his actions too. His brand is tarnished, his legacy limited, and his management company damaged - he couldn't land a big fish before, it seems less likely they'll be able to after demonstrating their incompetance on national television.

[Manny Phresh]

Please show me where your evidence comes from

I wish people would stop saying that. There are quite a few African Americans that dislike LeBron. Please don't take Jesse Jackson rather naive view of what happened. It's not correct.

dislike yes but hate no.

I'm black. I'm from Cleveland. I hate him. /Thread

[RRT]

Please show me where your evidence comes from

I wish people would stop saying that. There are quite a few African Americans that dislike LeBron. Please don't take Jesse Jackson rather naive view of what happened. It's not correct.

dislike yes but hate no.

I'm black. I'm from Cleveland. I hate him. /Thread

exactly.

[Sundov]

I don't understand why lebron gets criticised for the cavs bending over backwards to please him. He never told them he was gonna re-sign with them so the cavs had a choice: a) save cap room to give the team better flexibility if he leaves but run the risk of him leaving or b) go for broke and do everything to help him win now. Cleveland chose plan B. Lebron then had a choice to play with an 'ok' supporting cast that is not really getting any better, or go somewhere where he could win a ring. I think he made the smart decision to leave. I don't think he wanted to have a similar career to kevin garnett.

I don't like how he didn't release a statement thanking the cavs fans before he signed with miami, but I don't even think 'the decison' was a 'knife in the heart' for cavs fans, I think its just an excuse for cavs fans to hate on him for not staying in cleveland. He was a free agent, he wasn't owned by anybody. How come whenever a team gets rid of a player its 'business' but when a player does that its him 'not being loyal'. I'm sure dan gilbert and the cavs fans wouldn't give a **** about lebron if he had blown out his knee shaun livingston style a year ago. Lebron made the best decision for himself and his family.

By the way I'm a knick fan not a heat fan. I was never a lebron fan, I always thought he was way too coky and arrogant. But I don't think he did anything that deserves this sort of backlash.

I also hate how cavs, knicks and bulls fans are saying lebron is weak for forming the new big 3 in miami when most of them would have the exact opposite reaction if he had teamed up with wade and bosh to play for their team. So hypocritical.

[Rise Against]

This LeBron discussion is getting tiresome and it's just the same argument over and over, but I'll just chime in a bit just for you.. I will start by saying that the Cavs did EVERYTHING possible to build around LeBron and make this team better. Dan Gilbert took on much salary and made the Cavs top five in salary. Just so LeBron would stay. We sacrificed the future of the organization to win now in order to appease LeBron. It didn't help that he wasn't able to commit long term.. Because of LeBron's uncertainty in free agency. the Cavs weren't able to sign quality free agents (Ariza, Artest, etc.).

And if the Cavs supporting cast was just 'ok' then what explains the back to back league best record? Did LeBron do it by himself? No. But was he a big part of that? No doubt. And what was the reason for him to quit in game 5 to give up the best chance to win a title? And again, it wasn't the fact that he left, it was the way he left.. LeBron didn't have an obligation to stay, but the least he could have done was tell the Cavs front office that he will sign elsewhere.. And don't get me started on the national TV stuff and the fact that he called it "The Decision."

Oh, if he did make the best move for his family ...

Cleveland Cavaliers fans weren't the only ones unhappy with LeBron James's move to Miami. One of the NBA star's closest confidants wasn't too thrilled with the news, either.

"Personally, Miami was not my favorite place. Vacationing there is great. You go for three days and get some sun and it's time to go home," his longtime girlfriend, Savannah Brinson, tells the September issue of Harper's Bazaar, on newsstands Aug. 17.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0, ... tml?hpt=T2

Apparently, doing what's best for your family = not living with your kids.