Jim Gray ......"complete tool".......CAVS owner is spot on with comments

[Fishhead]

CBS/ AP) Jim Gray says Dan Gilbert was way off-base blasting LeBron James for leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat, and will regret his words.

Gray hosted the ESPN show in which the free-agent basketball mage-star announced his decision. It was his Gray's idea to have James do the show and give sponsor proceeds to charity.

Afterwards, Gilbert, who owns the Cavs, posted an open letter to fans on the team's website ripping James and told The Associated Press he believes James didn't play up to his abilities in Cleveland's second-round playoff loss to Boston.

"He quit," Gilbert said. "Not just in Game 5, but in Games 2, 4 and 6. Watch the tape. The Boston series was unlike anything in the history of sports for a superstar. ... People have covered up for him for way too long."

In the letter, Gilbert called James "self promotional" and "narcissistic," and depicted his actions as "cowardly" and "a shocking act of disloyalty."

But Gray begs to differ, telling "Early Show" co-anchor Chris Wragge Friday, "This is totally over the top. I mean, he didn't say any of these things when he was trying to recruit him to come there. So, if he felt that way, he was being disingenuous. I think he's gonna regret those words.

[Fishhead]

As the conclusion of the LEBRON show was coming to a close last evening, it struck me then what a complete suck up/tool Jim Grey is .........this was glaring as hell as one watched the show unfold, right up to the very end.

Now after reading the above comments this morning, it is even more sickening.

Jim Gray is in love with Lebron James and you can bet your bottom dollar this media tool will be sticking up for his boy Lebron until hell freezes over.


I suddenly have become a small fan of the CAVS, hope they win a title within the next 10 years and Lebron and CO. go winless.

[jjgold]

Lebron did look like he quit in a few games and no clue why

It might of been pressure was too great

With Miami he does not have to do it all and actually less pressure

[The General]

There is nothing that can surprise me anymore and I just look at Gilbert's comments as freedom of speech. I'm not looking to find fault in anyone's actions during this last few days. Things happen and we move on. No one was harmed personally and I cannot find it in me to feel sorry for an owner who is already Very wealthy, has a family and everything he needs in life. He is very blessed without Lebron around. It's all good. I'm ready for some NFL.

[Fishhead]

Lebron did look like he quit in a few games and no clue why

It might of been pressure was too great

With Miami he does not have to do it all and actually less pressure

We have a guy that Q-U-I-T on his teammates and fans...........and then has the nerve to have a one-hour length show to tell those interested what team he is going to play for.


Unreal!

[MonkeyF0cker]

Sadly, you contributed to it by watching it, Fishhead. It was something that people could have easily read on a ticker. To have an entire show dedicated to it is beyond ridiculous. I don't think either side looks like a winner PR-wise. The owner looks like a sore loser and James looks like a self-centered prick.

[nobshine]

Inmates are running the asylum. This whole ordeal stinks of selfishness.

[str]

Inmates are running the asylum. This whole ordeal stinks of selfishness.

Completely 100% correct.

[mtneer1212]

For those of you prepping for SATs for college, complete the following analogy:

LeBron James is to Jim Gray as Michael Jordan is to:

A) Scottie Pippen
B) Bob Costas
C) Ahmad Rashad
D) Stuart Scott
E) Bugs Bunny

[MonkeyF0cker]

Yeah, but is Jim Gray boning Claire Huxtable?

[cleaveland]

For those of you prepping for SATs for college, complete the following analogy:

LeBron James is to Jim Gray as Michael Jordan is to:

A) Scottie Pippen
B) Bob Costas
C) Ahmad Rashad
D) Stuart Scott
E) Bugs Bunny

B) Bob Costas

[brooks85]

the only tool is the cavs owner, thats it

that little whiny bitch

[EaglesPhan36]

Where's Pete Rose when you need him.

[Fishhead]

For those of you prepping for SATs for college, complete the following analogy:

LeBron James is to Jim Gray as Michael Jordan is to:

A) Scottie Pippen
B) Bob Costas
C) Ahmad Rashad
D) Stuart Scott
E) Bugs Bunny

C

I hope this isn't a trick question though, as BUGS definetly improved his image through MJ

Still, I go with answer C

[Dark Horse]

Lebron didn't create the insane image around him. The NBA did. The NBA needed a successor to Magic-Jordan.

The motivation behind Lebron's move was not winning a ring, but fear that he would not. By staying in Cleveland he would have risked becoming one of the biggest jokes in sports. He needs to win to be legit, so he chose a 'sure thing'. I'll be rooting against Miami, though.

[milwaukee mike]

only 2 other back-to-back mvps have no rings (steve nash, karl malone)

i don't think anyone thinks those weren't great basketball players. perhaps lebron has been overhyped to the point where he needs some championships to justify being "the chosen one"?

i'm not sure it's lebron's fault that the rest of his team was pretty mediocre at best

[ronjon619]

Where's Pete Rose when you need him.

Rose should have knocked him out a few years back when Gray got in his face

[$Burm$]

Lebron did look like he quit in a few games and no clue why

It might of been pressure was too great

With Miami he does not have to do it all and actually less pressure

pressure is the thing that made MJ and makes KOBE so great...i love the pressure and arent afraid to take it on their shoulders and be the guy that takes the blame or the game...lebron is pussied out and everyone in the world saw it

[BernardMadoff]

How is the Cavs owner on spot with comments? LeBron doesnt owe them anything, I could see if LeBron said he would sign with Cavs and then ducked out, but he never said that, this is a business, if LeBron kept playing long enough he would get old and his skills would erode and you better bet the Cavs would do what was in their best interest. Cavs owner just mad because his meal ticket just walked out the front door.

[aceking]

LeBron James should have left Cleveland long ago .

[bbenson011]

Dan Gilbert is a classless ego driven maniac IMO

[samdapatriotsfan]

pressure is the thing that made MJ and makes KOBE so great...i love the pressure and arent afraid to take it on their shoulders and be the guy that takes the blame or the game...lebron is pussied out and everyone in the world saw it

LeBrick pussied out.............

[Chuck Sims]

Jim Gray is a suck up. Remember this tool's over the top defending of Kobe raping the girl in Colorado.

[Fishhead]

Jim Gray is a suck up. Remember this tool's over the top defending of Kobe raping the girl in Colorado.

It never stops with this guy..........and if doesnt get an athlete to suck his penis he goes out of way to smear them.

[thebestthereis]

jim gray is duece bigalow male gigalow that's about it

[FrozenMAN]

jim gray is a total tard and classless, ever since he confronted pete rose DURING the ceremony for the all century team (back in atlanta i think) during the all star game, he's a complete joke.....

[brandon m]

I'll tell you one person who didn't QUIT on his team and team mates when things were going badly. KOBE, 4-17 down 13 points in the third quarter and the dude kept his head in the game and came up with 15 boards, and kept shooting even though he and the rest of the team was playing like shit.

[$Burm$]

lebron doesnt owe cleveland anything, but hes a tool...how cant you at least say something to your fans and your team in cleveland like we had a good run or something, anything in that hour long special..hes a selfish dic* and i think cleveland now sees that, which a lot of people have seen outside cleveland for a long time...and its funny 2 me because he wants to b seen as a global icon like MJ yet he goes 2 a team with another top 3 and a top 10 player on it..so he wins a couple titles, tahts sposed to make him better than jordan????? hell nooooooooo...fuk off lebron, youll go down in history as the great ROLE player to DWADE..i feel bad for anybody that think wat lebron did last night was for those kids or for anyone else, all he wanted was the spotlight on himself, it takes 15 seconds to announce where your going, not an hour on an espn special, if he truly cared about his HOMETOWN of cleveland he wouldve at least talked to them and told them that he wasnt coming back so they couldve maybe snagged up another FA they liked, like maybe a salmons or something, thats WHY he fuked over Jim Gray and thats partially y jim gray was so pissed off

[HauntingTheHoly]

Remember when Jim Gray interviewed Mike Tyson at the dressing room door after he bit Holyfield's ear? I have never, EVER seen a bigger pussy in my life. Or a bigger idiot. I think he asked him two questions and they were the same question, he just quivered more when he asked the second time.