Dan Le Batard: LeBron's Reps "Misled" The Heat

[Rekkapryde]

Wrong. Riley does it EVERY year

But the "extra motivation" and "manning up" part though.....that part you can't see? :youfury:

 

[VladTheImpaler]

he is mad lol

 

[HiphopRelated]

fukk it, I'm going to say it, this is fukking payback for Pat Riley faxing in his resignation from my beloved Knick team nearly 20 yrs ago.

The chickens have come home to roost.....

Them chickens hatched 3 rings

 

[Newzz]

that "cramp" in game 1 suddenly lookin funny in the light

Nope....too late


You and the Heat stans already gave us all the excuses why it was legit

 

[FTBS]

Right now they've been lowered. Any year in Miami that didn't end in a championship was considered a failure. Right now if he doesn't win a ship everyone will say "well its a young Cleveland team, they don't have much playoff experience, LeBron can't do it alone" - thats the narrative going forward for the next few years. If he had stayed in Miami and even with Wade washed up, he would be expected to win every year, especially if they got anyone besides the Spurs in the finals.

This is a damn lie. People shat on Bron for not getting past KG, Pierce, Allen and Rondo with Mo Williams and Antawn Jamison. People shat on him after the Finals despite being the only thing resembling a superstar on his supposed superteam. This idea that people are gonna suddenly start taking it easy on Lebron is laughable and ironically it is being pushed by the very people that will be shytting on him.

 

[the artist known az]

I work as a Private CLient Advisor for Jp Morgan and one of my private bankers who works at the Brickell Chase Branch is teh banker for Lebron's trainer and he told me this exact same thing before Lebron made his decision.

Also if you read Lebron's letter, he intimates that this was the case. He specifically talks about his wife and mom not being thrilled with the idea.

Like i said in an earlier thread, this was a brilliant PR move by his camp.

Seemed that way to me too. His mom was living her 3rd childhood and his wife opened up that juice spot.

 

[cook]

This is a damn lie. People shat on Bron for not getting past KG, Pierce, Allen and Rondo with Mo Williams and Antawn Jamison. People shat on him after the Finals despite being the only thing resembling a superstar on his supposed superteam. This idea that people are gonna suddenly start taking it easy on Lebron is laughable and ironically it is being pushed by the very people that will be shytting on him.

They shat on him because he sucked ass in the playoffs after dominating all year.

 

[FTBS]

They shat on him because he sucked ass in the playoffs after dominating all year.

He sucked ass in game 5 of that series. For the series overall he literally doubled up Paul Pierce's production. The fact that to this day people say Bron "quit" in that series despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary does nothing but support my stance that people are not gonna take it easy on him for any reason. Way to ignore the rest of my post BTW.

 

[Ziggiy]

Cacs mad because a BLACK player once again did what was in his OWN best interests..

 

[MsBigHead]

Stugotz I always sideeye white people that criticize black people lookin out for themselves in business. Like we have no right to look out for own best interests. He stopped fukking his wife and somehow that's Bron's fault?

 

[Newzz]

Yup, and in Cleveland Bron had free reign to do whatever he want and had the Cavs practice facility fukkin BUILT close to his home....

Gilbert didn't even get a phone call from Bron before the decision and nikkaz act surprised?

This is not true breh.


The Cavs practice facility is in Independence, Ohio (a Cleveland suburb)......LeBron's house is about 30-40 minutes away in Bath Township (Akron Suburb)


Downtown Cleveland, where the Cavs used to practice at 1 Court Center in the Quicken Loans Arena, is about 40 minutes-50 minutes from LeBron's house.

 

[Newzz]

Stugotz I always sideeye white people that criticize black people lookin out for themselves in business. Like we have no right to look out for own best interests. He stopped fukking his wife and somehow that's Bron's fault?

That was the most pitiful thing he wrote in that emotional piece

 

[madness]

Dude bough championships, revenue and relevance to that city.

too bad he couldnt bring any championships to his own city

 

[MsBigHead]

I actually dismissed that on some "that doesn't mean anything" type shyt at the time.



So it's Bron's fault that this other grown ass men were waiting on him to make their moves? He wasn't stopping anybody from doing anything that they wanted to do. As far as we know he didn't lie or make any promises so what's unprofessional...being methodical and making choices on your own time without giving anyone any indication as to what you are doing until you actually do it aka sound business strategy?

It is comical how deeply entrenched in their feelings people get over this dude. Got nikkas sounding like dudes who didn't get their phone calls returned from a chick that they were sweating heavy. It's comical how you can mislead someone by being noncommittal. Bu...bu...but she said she was thinking about it MIA fans were over this same behavior 4 years ago and now it's so wrong.

Of course there is PR component but I don't think anybody chooses to live/play in Cleveland over MIA, LA, PHX, HOU strictly for PR.

Exactly.....I was one of those people laughin at cleveland on some shyt so I cant even be mad now

 

[jetflyinglimousineriding]

Woj put out a piece in 2012 that all but called the return, and that seeds were already being planted

I dont think Le Batard is giving an accurate description of events, I have to believe the Heat had some inclinations he was leaving. So many signs were pointing to it

Although the Shabazz pick was really

Yeah, i think they did have some feeling. They were targeting Deng when free agency first began and there wouldnt be any way he was signing there unless Bron was gone from the money he sought/got.

And do people really think he faked a cramp to purposely throw a NBA Finals and opportunity at a ring