A man in the middle of a negotiation. Are you a child?
Report: LeBron James won't talk to the Cavs until they re-sign Tristan Thompson
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The Devil's Advocate
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let me get this straight...
you believe grown MEN.. business MEN... have negotiations by playing silent treatment and pouting in silence when they don't get what they want?
what business deals do you know of that were closed like this?
hey time warner you want to merge and create this worldwide conglomerate???
yes we would... but until you meet all my demands and hook my cousin biff up with a ceo position.... we here at time warner will not be speaking with you, nor our lawyers, or anyone who could possibly negotiate these things.... thank you
Lebron don't really give ashyt about love. I $alute lebytch for looking out for the boy tho
beenz
Rap Guerilla
TT can pretend like he'll go to the Blazers so he can try and squeeze more out the caves 
beenz
Rap Guerilla
Verajao has no value. He's been hurt the last 4 seasons. Plus he has another guaranteed year after this one.
Bird rights let them go over the cap to resign their playersExplain to me how they're going to pay Thompson, Joe Johnson AND LeBron!?
And how are they using monopoly money to bypass financial trade rules
July 9th is when players can actually sign their contract
Since they don't have brons bird rights he will have to sign first
Goat poster
KANG LIFE
let me get this straight...
you believe grown MEN.. business MEN... have negotiations by playing silent treatment and pouting in silence when they don't get what they want?
what business deals do you know of that were closed like this?
hey time warner you want to merge and create this worldwide conglomerate???
yes we would... but until you meet all my demands and hook my cousin biff up with a ceo position.... we here at time warner will not be speaking with you, nor our lawyers, or anyone who could possibly negotiate these things.... thank you
The shyt you are implying LITERALLY happens in business ALL THE TIME!!!
Talks break down and some sides cut off interaction for periods of time to gain more leverage. HOW OLD ARE SOME OF YOU DUDES?
Bron is nowhere near the only athlete to play hardball as free agent, ANY athlete with leverage should get everything they want from these super rich owners, ESPECIALLY DAN GILBERT.
Never seen so many people hate on a Black man for flexing on cac owners as much as Bron does, most of yall dudes CAN NOT BE BLACK
The Devil's Advocate
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maybe you missed my original post... i said IF he told them everything then that's cool... but IF he straight up REFUSES TO TALK, that's a bytch move
The shyt you are implying LITERALLY happens in business ALL THE TIME!!!
Talks break down and some sides cut off interaction for periods of time to gain more leverage. HOW OLD ARE SOME OF YOU DUDES?
Bron is nowhere near the only athlete to play hardball as free agent, ANY athlete with leverage should get everything they want from these super rich owners, ESPECIALLY DAN GILBERT.
Never seen so many people hate on a Black man for flexing on cac owners as much as Bron does, most of yall dudes CAN NOT BE BLACK
it's because here is lebron playing cupcake to america with this "i need to come home" story... then 1 year in and you already holding leaving over their head.... 365 days of loyalty... more lip running about what the future holds... then when it all comes down to living up to your word, you turn your phone off... then it'll be someone else's fault when you don't get what you want
those are bytch moves... it's not he's saying give me a max or i'm sitting out... nah he's saying give my boy and my company a max, on a player you don't care to give a max to, or i won't even speak to you, and i'll leave you high and dry
that's just corny man.... keep it business if it's business and don't write personal letters about how much you NEED to come home and be loved... then run away cause you don't get the free millions.. not for you... not for your services... but for your mans and them
be willing to sell out a whole city for your homie brehs
there's about 449 other black players who make business moves every day... what are we acting like lebron is doing? holding ONE owners hostage.. if that... sure didn't hold him hostage the first time.. .miami refused to pay him max or be held hostage... no other team he's been on so we can't say he did it anywhere else either
so i'm supposed to be praising him for what exactly? being the best player in the world and getting a max deal tells me ZERO of his business moves.. what grand businesses is Bron running that I should be aware of as a black man? endorsements are not his businesses you know
let me get this straight...
you believe grown MEN.. business MEN... have negotiations by playing silent treatment and pouting in silence when they don't get what they want?
what business deals do you know of that were closed like this?
hey time warner you want to merge and create this worldwide conglomerate???
yes we would... but until you meet all my demands and hook my cousin biff up with a ceo position.... we here at time warner will not be speaking with you, nor our lawyers, or anyone who could possibly negotiate these things.... thank you
this post is retarded.
The irony of this statement after the way Gilbert and Riley acted after Bron left is just
.I am truly amazed at how Bron can shift the paradigm. I was always told that real nikkas move in silence and kept their moves close to the vest. Now that is bytchmade and you are supposed to surrender all of your leverage and tell everybody everything so their feelings don't get hurt.
I was always told that chasing behind a person that was not reciprocating your interest and then turning around getting mad at said person for that very same reason was bytchmade. Now it's bytchmade to keep moving and doing you and only deal with people on your terms when you want and how you want once your commitment to them is over. This nikka Bron is the glitch in the matrix
ExodusNirvana
Change is inevitable...
Smart move considering he's not leacing the Cavs...better make sure he's got SOMETHING there for the future
The Devil's Advocate
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nikka this ain't selling drugs.. how you got a boss saying "what can we do to help you" and your response is "......."The irony of this statement after the way Gilbert and Riley acted after Bron left is just
I am truly amazed at how Bron can shift the paradigm. I was always told that real nikkas move in silence and kept their moves close to the vest. Now that is bytchmade and you are supposed to surrender all of your leverage and tell everybody everything so their feelings don't get hurt.
This nikka Bron is the glitch in the matrix
for the third time... IF HE TOLD THEM, then that's cool.. makes sense... he told them.... now he waiting on their move... COOL
this whole fire towards lebron is the statement he REFUSES to talk to them... ok so he's just holding a regular old holdout right?? nah breh he's holding out to make sure his boy gets his boy signed..... ok so he's looking for a fair market deal right???? nah breh he wants them to give his boy's boy a max... then loop back around and give him a max.... after trading away for another player we just had to give a max too.... but this is just business right??? nah breh he wrote a letter saying how this was personal to be here..... oh ok but this is open to negotiation right????? nah breh he ain't picking up the phone
name 1 other athlete who ever even attempted to pull some shyt like this.... tell me there wouldn't be an 18 page thread if tony romo told jerry jones don't call me until dez is signed to a max deal asap or i'm leaving... shyt revis don't even do this much drama queening and he's a known cut bait for more money dude... bron playing the "doing it for the family" role while saying fukk cleveland the instant his lackey doesn't get 80 million dollars
come on we not talking about them not paying bron.... we talking about them being charged an extra 20-30 million for someone they don't want
The Devil's Advocate
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nevermind i was wrong... it all makes sense now.. lebron learning from the master
lets give props to the original "get your boy signed to an overpriced nba deal" cavalier
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8224253/new-york-knicks-sign-chris-smith-younger-brother-jr-smith
lets give props to the original "get your boy signed to an overpriced nba deal" cavalier
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8224253/new-york-knicks-sign-chris-smith-younger-brother-jr-smith
ajnapoleon
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How much money is lebron brining in that city and in that team.......it went from 500 million to a billion plus the money gilbert is getting from the casino that the playoffs there bring in ......damn I guess you want a yes master types of players in the sports worldnikka this ain't selling drugs.. how you got a boss saying "what can we do to help you" and your response is "......."
for the third time... IF HE TOLD THEM, then that's cool.. makes sense... he told them.... now he waiting on their move... COOL
this whole fire towards lebron is the statement he REFUSES to talk to them... ok so he's just holding a regular old holdout right?? nah breh he's holding out to make sure his boy gets his boy signed..... ok so he's looking for a fair market deal right???? nah breh he wants them to give his boy's boy a max... then loop back around and give him a max.... after trading away for another player we just had to give a max too.... but this is just business right??? nah breh he wrote a letter saying how this was personal to be here..... oh ok but this is open to negotiation right????? nah breh he ain't picking up the phone
name 1 other athlete who ever even attempted to pull some shyt like this.... tell me there wouldn't be an 18 page thread if tony romo told jerry jones don't call me until dez is signed to a max deal asap or i'm leaving... shyt revis don't even do this much drama queening and he's a known cut bait for more money dude... bron playing the "doing it for the family" role while saying fukk cleveland the instant his lackey doesn't get 80 million dollars
come on we not talking about them not paying bron.... we talking about them being charged an extra 20-30 million for someone they don't want
Supposedly their relationship soured during the season anyway. They already weren't talking ....other than Riley telling LeBron his mom and fam cant get certain access
Sometimes powerful people no longer see eye to eye. Riley being loose lips at the press conference was something he's usually too cool and calm for.
In the end they both were right and wrong about certain things and could have handled this better.
Man I could care less about Riley and other GMs. They will trade a dude and not even tell him. Dude will look or twitter and ESPN and see he was traded.
Let's not also forget the rumors that before the draft with rose and Beasley that folks were saying that Miami was leaking info that Beasley was a weed head so that he could fall in the draft and maybe they could trade back and get him and pick up a pick.
So I have no sympathy with Lebron treating Riley like a prostitute. Ain't like Riley didn't try to fukk Wade out his money either......and leave in the night like a thief to go to Miami and fax the Knicks a message saying I am gone.