NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
and players still want to play alongside him.....His endorsement money seems to be flowing...
Yet Riley can leave the Knicks the way he left them and still do alright for himself. Bron can't though.
Pat Riley: " No More Smiling Faces With Hidden Agendas."
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Yet Riley can leave the Knicks the way he left them and still do alright for himself. Bron can't though.
Roadie pipeher
From the embers
Does every free agent let the team know his intentions? shouldn't you as FO have contingencies? Its absolute amateur hour to not have a plan b..
When did I say what Riley did to the knicks back in the mid 90's ok?You know what bugs me out about white privilege you dudes play a part of.....Pat Riley is the current President of the Heat.
Left the Knicks under shytty terms but seems to be ok where he's at in life right now. But Bron does what you guys deem as similar and it hurts his business standing and future. HIM.
Yall don't even see how much privilege yall give these "superiors" in white skin.
Stop trying to force a racial issue when it's not. You are glossing over the fact that LeBron basically put himself in a position to burn bridges with 2 multi-million/billion dollar franchises because of the way he conducted himself in a matter of 4 years.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
You didn't. I said it didn't hurt him. You're in a thread saying what Lebron did may hurt him.
It's privilege bro. You're mad at me for recognizing it. I would be too if someone pointed that out about me.
From what I remember Riley got chastised for how he left New York to Miami.and players still want to play alongside him.....
Yet Riley can leave the Knicks the way he left them and still do alright for himself. Bron can't though.
Most players in the NBA don't come across as good business men either, of COURSE they want to play alongside LeBron James because it would elevate their status even if they are just a role player.
Field Marshall Bradley
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What prudent moderate to large market NBA teams don't dump salaries for an opportunity to acquire big time free agents?
How long you been watching the NBA?
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
Looks like yall get yall ideas about manhood from cable TV and youtube
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
Chastising fades away. did it hurt Riley? NO.
So they're not businessmen now? Ask them if they wuold play for free.
Stop it man.
Not the point, the point is that they took those guys for their word and stuck with the plan to see it through.What prudent moderate to large market NBA teams don't dump salaries for an opportunity to acquire big time free agents?
How long you been watching the NBA?
If LeBron would have been up-front with the Cavs in 2010 and Miami in 2014 he wouldn't have received this much heat for this BS. It doesn't come from nowhere.
Field Marshall Bradley
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Breh you are getting way too emotional over this, you still haven't been able to counter how what LeBron did show any indication that he has good business acumen. He is in a privileged position because of his physical talent and his results on the court, not because he was able to orchestrate contract deals like a Darelle Revis has for most of his career. The Miami Heat had JUST as much to do with the situation in Miami as did LeBron/Wade/Bosh did.
At best he just comes across as someone who can't sit at the table and air out his feelings and at worse shows how disingenuous he really is. Which one is it? Because good business man is NOT one of them.
You basically admitted that you have no counter argument.
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
I’m here for the scraps
Classic coli playbook. When your argument fails, make it an argument about race
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
LOL @ emotional.
I'm here at work chilling. Yall dudes are defending a dude who faxed his way out of NY and is doing VERY well for himself while saying a player that left under what you consider similar circumstances hurt his business reputation somehow.
The privilege yall knee jerk give these dudes is hilarious....
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Daniel.
BK to NJ, but always a New York Knicka
Why are there so many horrible comparisons and willful ignorance to what dude is saying being made in this thread, particularly by someone like Reb who always seemed level headed as hell? Cats kill me (
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How is even a discussion whether or not ducking your former employer and not simply saying you're going isn't bytch made? It's not comparable to half the shyt you all are comparing it to. Riley, regardless of his snake past, obviously had an expectation or hope of him returning. B Ron obviously did not want to return. Why not just say so? There's no slave mentality to that. You worked somewhere for four years, had success and the company wanted you back...you opted not to. Why not say so? Why duck and run unless you know what you're doing is shaky? All y'all with this "owe" shyt because you think he's being about his business and standing against the establishment, but to me it just seems bytch made to not just say I'm out, especially when you know there's an expectation for you to return. It's the same for any team that just trades or cuts someone with no notice. If there is no amicable or understood action, you're engaging in poor business practice. Period.
)How is even a discussion whether or not ducking your former employer and not simply saying you're going isn't bytch made? It's not comparable to half the shyt you all are comparing it to. Riley, regardless of his snake past, obviously had an expectation or hope of him returning. B Ron obviously did not want to return. Why not just say so? There's no slave mentality to that. You worked somewhere for four years, had success and the company wanted you back...you opted not to. Why not say so? Why duck and run unless you know what you're doing is shaky? All y'all with this "owe" shyt because you think he's being about his business and standing against the establishment, but to me it just seems bytch made to not just say I'm out, especially when you know there's an expectation for you to return. It's the same for any team that just trades or cuts someone with no notice. If there is no amicable or understood action, you're engaging in poor business practice. Period.