Oh, Happy Day! A team I can openly despise that isn't the Utah Jazz!
by grungedave on Jul 9, 2010 10:25 AM CDT
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PrintLeBron James owes the entire city of Cleveland breakfast.
What LeBron did last night was a dick move and this cannot be argued.
(NPH wouldn't do that.)
That said - with the trio of LeBron, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami, for the first time since the 2004 Los Angeles Lakers we will have a team in the NBA that will be exceedingly easy to root against. (Not including the Utah Jazz - who are inherently easy to root against.)
That particular Laker team cut Robert Horry and replaced him with Karl Malone. Nothing could be as insulting or in direct contravention of trying to win rings... but the Miami Heat are going to do their best to try to piss off everyone outside of South Beach. Of course, if they really want to measure up to that Laker team, Wade needs to have sexual assault charges filed against him (here's your cue, Star Jones) and Chris Bosh needs to give everyone the middle finger on his YouTube channel. Meanwhile, LeBron just needs to keep being LeBron. He's quite adept at being a douchebag. I think we can all agree on this now.
The Miami roster now has all of four players: the above trio and Mario Chalmers. Okay, so they drafted pretty much everyone selected in the 2nd round of this year's draft. Including Pittman and my super sleeper Jarvis Varnado. But they might need some, you know, actual NBA players to fill out their roster.
Pat Riley should take this opportunity to sign every player who has the personality trait of rubbing people the wrong way. This is where guys like Matt Barnes, Jason Kidd, Shaquille O'Neal and others should sign for the minimum... it could be the NBA's version of the Oakland Raiders or the Baltimore Ravens. All disliked players on one roster.
That said........... there's still no way I could hate this Miami team any more than I hate the Utah Jazz. It's just not possible. I really, really hate the Utah Jazz.
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LeBron doesn't owe Cleveland anything
they should thank him for allowing to Cavs to be relevant in the NBA for a full 7 years and single-handedly boosting Cleveland’s economy (which is what’s so ironic about Dan Gilbert’s diatribe).
by goingforthecorner on Jul 9, 2010 10:39 AM CDT reply actions
Dan Gilbert is an idiot
I don’t see how you can blame Lebron for wanting to win. The fans act like Lebron owes them a personal favor.
by PrinceOfThePalace on Jul 9, 2010 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions
No, this was the right move for him.
He needed to rally the fans, channel the anger, and tell them after this bullshit move that they would not tolerate Lebron, and that he is no longer welcome in Ohio for the rest of his life if the Cavaliers wanted any respect. And he did just that.
Minnesotan Rockets fan
dude, it's a joke
LeBron had to leave Cleveland. He had to. I accept that.
The way he decided to rub it in their face is just such a douche move though.
I'll agree with that
“The Decision” wasn’t necessary. I guess maybe he felt this whole episode would help market himself as if he needed any more marketability.
After seeing Gilbert’s response though, I’m more inclined to let LeBron off the hook for this. Gilbert somehow found a way to make LeBron actually look like the good guy in all this, which is hard to believe.
by goingforthecorner on Jul 9, 2010 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions
It was to counter his detractors...
in advance. He knew there would be horrible backlash. This gave him an opportunity to keep addressing his “real” fans. What he doesn’t understand is basketball is a team sport. People who idolize a particular player are not necessarily basketball fans. You follow a TEAM. If you follow a player or two, cool. However, fans should not care what is best for LBJ. That is the equivalent of being excited that O.J. was found not guilty. If you are a Cleveland fan, you want the best for your team.
The people who were p*ssed off were fans of Cleveland sports, not just LBJ. Trust me, one of my close buds is a Browns/Cavs fan for life. I think he died a little inside last night.
The idea of a team
I always wondered about this. If two teams just swapped every single one of their players, would you still root for the same team? As in, if the Houston Rockets swapped all their players with the Utah Jazz, would you still root for the Houston Rockets? (I almost barfed with this thought, and I’m sorry to anyone who actually did)
But yeah, I think people can be player fans, or fans of players. The thing is, what Lebron did isn’t even the best for Lebron. His legacy is tarnished, and even if he wins a ring, he’ll be known as someone who couldn’t do it alone as the top dog. He won’t be the clear #1 on his team. Wade already has won a Finals MVP, and winning more championships will only give him a larger legacy, especially in the Heat lore.
But yeah, Cleveland would’ve been gutted no matter how Lebron left. The way he left is even worse though.
by B- on Jul 9, 2010 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
The Jazz-Rockets swap
It phsyically made me shutter.
I agree with
that except the OJ analogy.. its not relevant to sports, hes a sports figure but that was a legal matter and if ppl wanted to see him get acquitted then thats their business.. bandwagon fans care about popular athletes and not teams and Lebrick is a bandwagon fan himself being hes a Cowboys-Yankees fan so the prospects of joining other superstars shouldnt be surprising.. I never have liked the guy with his showboating and dancing antics prior to free agency and this latest stunt cements it
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. used to be Astros too, but not sure there a pro team anymore
I agree!
Too much crap fed for the media frinzy that followed! Not even Kobe pulled a ‘Douche’ move and he’s got a big ego! This was so uncalled for, a simple deciding with your formaer team and new team would have suficed, and no rub it in your face, after all the managemnet of the Cleveland Cavs did for him and his family. Could have parted ways on a good note and no bad feelings, because i really don’t think Dan Gilbert would have said all he did if James would have done this the ‘Right’ way, no media, no special named ‘The Decision’, no hoopla!! UNCOOL LEBRON, I thought your leaving the court after you lost to Orlando without shaking your defenders/friends hands, was an uncool move but this takes it all!!!
Lebron was wrong tho
he blatantly wanted to write the latest chapter of heartbreak in CLE sports history with “the decision” Lebrick is a joke and the biggest asshole in sports.. he knowingly called a press conference in front of the nation to spit in CLE face, thats just isnt right.. if he wanted to leave Im fine with that but not in this pathetic manner
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. used to be Astros too, but not sure there a pro team anymore
And that's why we keep him around!
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by UofTOrange on Jul 9, 2010 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
If they get Shaq, then they surpass the Jazz.
Especially since they don’t have Boozer anymore.
Minnesotan Rockets fan
OK
why do people bag on Shaq? Yeah his ego is gigantic, but his heart for kids and helping is bigger. I’ve got no problem with the guy.
"voted for the Jazz"
ooooh, that’s like being a pedophile – it never goes away. //grudgedave//
by ressaliance_00 on Jul 9, 2010 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
because he's fat and lazy
Shaq talks a big game and picks on guys like Howard and Stan Van Gundy. But he can’t back it up with anything. Shaq needed Kobe and Wade to carry his fat ass to the rings. When Kobe was busting his ass, Shaq was sitting on his. He’s an overgrown child.
+1000000000000
I really have no idea while anyone on this website advocates for bringing him here to backup yao
the guy is poison to every team he has been on since Miami. He is done working to be successful in basketball. When he looses 50 lbs then I may consider it.
Find someone who is hard working and they will be better than Shaq.
Funny at times, charitable, etc…all great traits for a clown or a philathrapist…not a bball teamate in the NBA…he would also be good in the Nathans hotdog eating compeitition
shaq was clearly the best on the Lakers teams that won the threepeat...
Kobe was a "rising"talent
ROCKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!
rising talent?
Talk about revisionist history. Go back and watch the clips of Kobe from 1998-2002. Specifically Game 3 against the Pacers in the 2000 Finals and Game 1 against the Spurs in the 2001 Western Conference Finals.
By his third year in the NBA Kobe was already one of the top 5 players in the league. If anything, Shaq’s fat ass held him back.
whoooooooooaaaa there
Revisionist history? Who’s doing the revising? Shaq was the best or second-best center in the game in 98-02. Kobe became a top 5 player towards 2002, but by all means, the teams that won the 3-peat lived off Shaq.
I respect Kobe’s game, and I’m not that big a fan of Shaq, but if you watch those games, Shaq’s the one who dominated. Kobe was amazing even back then, but no way are you going to tell me Shaq held him back. Shaq was the best player on that team, if not the best player in the league, during that era.
by B- on Jul 10, 2010 7:38 PM CDT up reply actions
What if Horry comes out of retirement to join the Heat? :)
by goingforthecorner on Jul 9, 2010 11:20 AM CDT reply actions
to grungedave
GROW UP DUDE! I have to agree with PurplePeopleEaters! Get a handle on it! Utah has the Talent, it’s just to hard to play ball on a court that has 8 guys on one side and 5 on the other!!!!! If you know what I mean! BLOOD REFS!!! GO UTAH!!!!!!!!!! For the record I do not live in Utah!
by Steven Marshall on Jul 9, 2010 11:22 AM CDT reply actions
i think its time for the
BANHAMMER!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!
that shit is too funny
GO ROCKETS, GO TEXANS, GO ASTROS (EVEN THOUGH THEY SUCK)!!!
oh my god i was so close.
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Congrats Dave
You officially pissed off the Utah fans.
"voted for the Jazz"
ooooh, that’s like being a pedophile – it never goes away. //grudgedave//
only now?
I thought I pissed them off years ago!
by grungedave on Jul 9, 2010 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
The Heat
are not that bad. I still dislike the Celtics and Jazz more. I like Wade, and since he’s the face of the franchise, I won’t dislike the Heat too much. Even if they do have the most Lebron the douche and Bosh the lapdog on their team.
I like Wade too
but man he helped mastermind this villan team too, but I wont hate on him too much tho, jus LeBrick and Ru Paul
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. used to be Astros too, but not sure there a pro team anymore
I love it
I can’t wait to hate these guys like no other. The Jazz have been boring me as of late, and with Boozer gone they’re just slightly harder to absolutely and unequivocally despise. I’m excited about the Heat though. The 2004 Lakers is a fitting comparison, and I remember that team simply disgusted me. I like Wade and don’t mind Bosh, but Lebron is an entirely different story. Add in that they’ve basically become mercenaries going to the nearest, easiest available championship, and you’ve got a perfect formula for hatred. Coincidentally, the one team in the league right now that reminds me the most of the Pistons from ’04 is the Rockets. That alone makes me smile.
It amazes me
that by themselves, Bosh, Wade and Lebron were all lovable losers (like Garnett was with the T-wolves). Then the second they join forces they are compared to the 2004 Lakers? THE 2004 LAKERS? That team was full of douches and whiners. They are not even comparable. Shaq, Kobe, Malone and Payton? I’m sorry but Wade seems like a good guy and so does Bosh (you guys would have welcomed him with open arms to the Rockets just 2 days ago.) I kind of get Lebron after last night’s move, but come on! He doesn’t belong in the same sentence as Karl Malone and Kobe and Payton. (Well maybe Kobe.) So just like Kevin Garnett, whom most of us agree is a total d-bag, we start viewing these guys as villains? I don’t think so.
"voted for the Jazz"
ooooh, that’s like being a pedophile – it never goes away. //grudgedave//
by ressaliance_00 on Jul 9, 2010 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions
hey now
Don’t lump me in with those who were in love with Bosh. I think he’s a nice player and all, but he’s way overrated and not worth a max deal. Miami is going to pay him $16M a year to average 14 points and 9 rebounds… just watch.
But Wade ain’t such a good guy. The moment he got famous he dumped his high school sweetheart wife and started banging Gabrielle Union (understandable, but still… he was kinda married). Plus the 2006 NBA Finals made me kinda dislike Wade overall.
Ok
I won’t put you in the same sentence with Bosh lovers. But it’s still the principle of that matter. This team in no way should be compared to the 2004 Lakers. That was a team to hate no question.
And I get what your saying about Wade and Gabrielle Union, but the 2006 Finals? That was against the Mavs! How could you hate Wade for beating that Mavs?!
"voted for the Jazz"
ooooh, that’s like being a pedophile – it never goes away. //grudgedave//
by ressaliance_00 on Jul 9, 2010 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Really?
That surprises me
"voted for the Jazz"
ooooh, that’s like being a pedophile – it never goes away. //grudgedave//
by ressaliance_00 on Jul 9, 2010 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions
don't get me wrong
I consider the Mavericks to be our biggest rival and I would never cheer for the Mavericks. But I also don’t root for them to fail. Unlike the Cowboys. I hate the Cowboys and still hope that Emmitt Smith tears his ACL in the nursing home.
yea I dont hate boozer but
I dislike him to the highest degree before it turns to hate lol I never disliked a football player more in my life.. I now will root for the Bulls to lose altho I like Rose and Noah, hes the only player to stand up to Lebricks idiocracy
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. used to be Astros too, but not sure there a pro team anymore
did I say football player? lol
I mean basketball player
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. used to be Astros too, but not sure there a pro team anymore
You have no idea how creepy
it was when I was scrolling down to see that appear in real time.
It felt like one of those “Where’s waldo?” pictures that turns into a scary face and screams at you when you’re focusing too hard.
"I am from one of the top 15 cities in the world. Buffalo, New York." - TrentEdwardsHoF2018
lmao!! too funny
didnt intend to freighten anyone lol
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. used to be Astros too, but not sure there a pro team anymore
the one
where the exorcist chick pops out and screams at u almost made me piss myself man
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. used to be Astros too, but not sure there a pro team anymore
The first time I played that "game" is easily
top 10 most horrible moments in my life.
"He’s been following him around for two weeks like his lapdog". - Stan Van Gundy about Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade
by RocketsAstros on Jul 9, 2010 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
lol I 2nd that
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. used to be Astros too, but not sure there a pro team anymore
Yeah those things only lasted on the internet
for like a week.
I suppose they might still be out there frightening the old and naive.
"I am from one of the top 15 cities in the world. Buffalo, New York." - TrentEdwardsHoF2018
lol yea unsuspecting golden girls
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. used to be Astros too, but not sure there a pro team anymore
Ive also gotten rick rolled too
not a fun experience lol
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. used to be Astros too, but not sure there a pro team anymore
To put this own thing into perspective
I would highly recommend watching The Basketball Jones’s reaction to last night. I think they are dead on (especially Skeets)
>http://blogs.thescore.com/tbj/2010/07/09/tbj-reacts-lebron-lebron-lebron/
"voted for the Jazz"
ooooh, that’s like being a pedophile – it never goes away. //grudgedave//
Im not really against Bosh, and I still like wade.. kinda
Its hard to fault the 3 for wanting to play together.
But the way he made what whole special just to say fuck you Cleveland. God i dont think there is any way I could ever root for him again. He is a fantastic basketball player but I seriously do hope he never wins a championship…
Lebron ment so much to Ohio. I dont think there is anyone who ment as much to a region besides perhaps
Chris Paul. And the best part is that I hear that CP3 was part of this pack to play together. Im going to love it when Chris Paul leaves for Miami.
A single team that devastates two regions and automatically turns all fans in the NBA against them?
If that happens
I hope Stern enjoys the NBA Hemmoraghing money. No chance in hell NBA fans want to see an all star team start abusing the league night in and night out. Miami doesn’t even appreciate its sports teams, so even having such a star studded lineup won’t generate the right revenues from the Miami market. I just get the feeling that if the Lakers, Rockets, Celtics, and Magic can hang in there, some interest will remain. I think all of those teams I named are the biggest roadblocks in front of Miami.
This whole saga has actually made me a Kobe fan too. Let’s all hope a nasty case of Leprosy hits South Beach.
I'm always right, this isn't conjecture, merely statement of fact.
Same
I hope Yao and Co. destroy the three prom queens but if that doesn’t happen I am all for Kobe to spoil their parade.
"He’s been following him around for two weeks like his lapdog". - Stan Van Gundy about Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade
by RocketsAstros on Jul 9, 2010 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah..who knew we would all switch to supporting Kobe ahead a lebron?
that is quite an accomplishment of Lebron’s…he may not have a ring but he basically made everyone outside of Miami really dislike him.
…what moron thought that would be such a good idea…
One of Simmon's readers suggested the title of Nazgul for these bastards.
Former kings who turned into demons to hunt a ring.
I like it.
Minnesotan Rockets fan
Breaking News
The Miami Heat have reached an agreement with Tracy MacGrady for the vet minimum according to ipulledthisoffmyass.com
According to the deal, T-Mac will be allowed to read Vogue magazine during practice and in exchange he’ll have to attend towel-waving school this summer
Lol
by Carlos_HoustonSportsFanatic on Jul 9, 2010 4:00 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
That website
is very reliable. ESPN used it as a main source throughout free agency.
"He’s been following him around for two weeks like his lapdog". - Stan Van Gundy about Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade
by RocketsAstros on Jul 9, 2010 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Furthermore
Brian Cook is reportedly teached said class.
His extended experience at the end of the bench (LA, Orlando, Houston, etc) should prove invaluable under these circumstances.
"I am from one of the top 15 cities in the world. Buffalo, New York." - TrentEdwardsHoF2018
You forgot the newest city.
Hes playing for the clippers now. And he did a stint in denver as well if im not mistaken.
I really dont understand. How does he keep getting contracts?
He's perfect for the always inept Clippers
If you’ve read any Malcolm Gladwell’s books(not sure which one) he explains that on average a player selected in the 1st round of the NBA draft will stick around much longer than they actually deserve – assuming they’re a bust.
Look at guys like Darko and Kwame. They keep getting work when they’re not any better than DJ Mbenga. It’s just a fact of life – people always assume the best of a 1st round draftee and worst of someone undrafted.
"I am from one of the top 15 cities in the world. Buffalo, New York." - TrentEdwardsHoF2018
That and...
The Clippers have coveted his towel-waving skills all summer.
“Brian Cook is the key to a winning season” – said a Clippers executive
(from above mentioned reliable website
by Carlos_HoustonSportsFanatic on Jul 9, 2010 5:26 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
hey on nbatv during this
dal-den summer game they put the cam on Daryl frikkin Morey in the stands on his blackberry texting like a beast, I think hes stumbling across some info that compromises some unsuspecting GM ;)
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. used to be Astros too, but not sure there a pro team anymore
man I like Coby Karl (George Karls son) game
he has great court vision
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. used to be Astros too, but not sure there a pro team anymore
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