thats a tad surprising to see that
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lol guaranteeingg to win a championship before lebron... he is delusionalComment -
I bet Cleveland will win before Miami as well. Karma has a way of catching up to you...Originally posted by OmgUrMomComment -
And what is your problem pal? Off your medication again?Originally posted by Wrigley
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I'm surprised an owner would put that out there. Good luck on your guarantee Dan. Don't know how you can make it happen but good luck. I kind of hope they don't win a title for at least a couple years.Comment -
Tasteless guy is pissed because he knows revenues and tickets sales get cut in half.Guy had ample chances to improve a sub par team let's face it Shaq is a cut out
of himself in his Laker days.The other plays just Jack up threes .They will be a 30 win team unless they act fast and theirs no great talent left.Comment -
this fool gets the douche bag of the day award. the whole time lebron was in cleveland he did nothing to get him a supporting cast that could win a championship. good for lebron. king knows that he would never have won a ring in cleveland. this douche bag is just pissed cuz the best thing that happen in cleveland in decades just walkd out like a fart in the wind to actually go and get himself a ring. if he wasnt gonna help get a ring with him there i cant wait to see his bright moves with bron not there. nominated for the stupidest article i ever read in my life.
CASH THAT DAN GILBERT.Comment -
Lebron could just stick around for a couple of more years on a maxed contract, he could leave after if no title, pretty sure they wouldn't mind getting rid of West.Comment -
Bron was friendly with KG and was envious of the Big 3, thought about what he could do with actual top players around him.
Fact is, LeBron in Cleveland was like KG in Minnesota. He saw it was going nowhere higher than it went. He clicked with Wade and Bosh and Pat Riley.. go for it Bron.
Dan Gilbert owns Quicken Loans I wonder how many people he's screwed over.
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Back to the gutter for Cleveland.Comment -
Good for Gilbert. He couldn't have said it any better!Comment -
Taylor are you serious??? Gilbert and Ferry did everything possible to improve the Cav's. Gilbert paid millions over the salary cap each year Lebron was here. Every trade was signed off by Lebron first. He got rid of coaches and players that Lebron didn't like. The Cav's had the best record in the league 2 years straight. They were the prohibited favorites this year especially after they went after Jamison. Even you thought they would win it all. How the hell can you call a 62 win team "sub par"??? I don't feel like going through the history but I'll repost another post from another forum where a guy answered the same question you posed...Originally posted by tltaylor89
You mean like signing Hughes, Marshall and Damon Jones, after being spurned by guys like Joe Johnson and Ray Allen. A summer FA haul that was lauded by the critics
Or when, after that haul didn't work, somehow they got rid of all three overpaid losers, and turned them into Mo Williams, Delonte West, Ben Wallace and Wally? A turnover that many around the league felt was remarkable and savvy as all hell?
Or when THAT didn't work, how we drafted J.J. Hickson, a guy lots of teams would LOVE to have, and turned Ben Wallace and Sasha F'ing Pavlovic into Shaq and signed Moon, Parker and Powe to nothing contracts and then, in the midst of a great season, still found a way to bring in Antawn Jamison, a career 20 and 8 PF that had the vast majority of NBA-insiders saying THIS time the Cavs would win!?!
Face facts, man. This team did EVERYTHING it could to put a winner around James. Each time they did, it failed, and they tried again! Each time their moves were applauded by those who "know basketball" and yet each time the fell flat. There were only TWO pieces that consistently played a role in our eventual failures over the pat 5 years. One, was our inept though well-meaning coach who taught Lebron how to play defense and created an atmosphere in C-Town and an identity with the Cavaliers of a team that would scrap, fight and play hardnosed Defense. Was his offense abysmal? oh hell yeah it was! And he deserved to get the boot eventually...
....but the other guy who was there for it all was Lebron James! And like Gator said, the Cavaliers have given this guy a myriad players, all shapes and sizes and strengths and mental states...and most of shrunk in his mere presence, given way to his on-the-ball-dominance (often times to the detriment of the team) and all the while LBJ has giggled and played and galavanted like it was no big thing.
So IF he decides to go to Miami, on the pretense that he wants championships - i personally don't think he will - then it will be a major shift in who Lebron James the athlete and, quite frankly, Lebron James that person in who he is. From once a carefree, hometown-loving, hero to now just another athlete, afraid to accept responsibility for his own failings, desirous of accolades he's never earned even if acquiring those trophies means forgetting who he is, forgetting where he came from, and forgetting those who LITERALLY put their careers, desires and even dreams on hold to try and help him get there (that includes fans, just like Redzone).
I personally don't think he's forgotten us. The fans, the city, the owner and players, the truly unique situation he has here in C-town.
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its obviously sour grapes, wake up peopleComment -
It might be sour grapes, but what LeFag pulled was so low class.Originally posted by hoopster42Comment -
You know, Gilbert is right, Lebron will never win a title. He's going to fuk LeBron's momma himself which will throw this loser off his game.
Show her whose daddy Dan!
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Owner: LeBron 'quit' on Cavs during the playoffs
The hits keep coming.
Link: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...html?eref=sihp
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert says LeBron James "quit" during the playoffs and should be accountable for his actions.
Gilbert, who posted a letter to Cavs fans on the team's website shortly after James announced he plans to sign with Miami, tells The Associated Press late Thursday night that he feels "personally betrayed" by James and that it's "accountability time."
In a phone interview with the AP, Gilbert says "people have covered up for (James) for way too long. Tonight we saw who he really is."
Gilbert says James quit on the Cavs during their second-round series against the Boston Celtics, who rallied from a 2-1 deficit to eliminate Cleveland.Comment -
We all knew that Lebron tanked games, especially game 5. Yeah blame it on your elbow that you had to have surgery on... Oh wait?
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again if you think lebron tanked game 5 you should be happy he is gone so you can get some players in that will win and not tank games.
you can get players with real talent and not tankers.Comment -
WOW Cavs owner attacks James in letter
Gilbert attacks James in letter
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Dan Gilbert blasted LeBron James after the two-time league MVP picked the Heat on Thursday night.
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Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert wrote an open letter to the team’s fans after LeBron James(notes) announced his decision to leave the franchise after seven seasons. Here it is in its entirety.
Dear Cleveland, All Of Northeast Ohio and Cleveland Cavaliers Supporters Wherever You May Be Tonight;
As you now know, our former hero, who grew up in the very region that he deserted this evening, is no longer a Cleveland Cavalier.
This was announced with a several day, narcissistic, self-promotional build-up culminating with a national TV special of his “decision” unlike anything ever “witnessed” in the history of sports and probably the history of entertainment.
More LeBron James CoverageThree very different reactions to 'decision' Anguish in Cleveland Video: Fans burn LeBron jerseys Clearly, this is bitterly disappointing to all of us.
The good news is that the ownership team and the rest of the hard-working, loyal, and driven staff over here at your hometown Cavaliers have not betrayed you nor NEVER will betray you.
There is so much more to tell you about the events of the recent past and our more than exciting future. Over the next several days and weeks, we will be communicating much of that to you.
You simply don’t deserve this kind of cowardly betrayal.
You have given so much and deserve so much more.
In the meantime, I want to make one statement to you tonight:
“I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WILL WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE THE SELF-TITLED FORMER ‘KING’ WINS ONE”
You can take it to the bank.
If you thought we were motivated before tonight to bring the hardware to Cleveland, I can tell you that this shameful display of selfishness and betrayal by one of our very own has shifted our “motivation” to previously unknown and previously never experienced levels.
Some people think they should go to heaven but NOT have to die to get there.
Sorry, but that’s simply not how it works.
This shocking act of disloyalty from our home grown “chosen one” sends the exact opposite lesson of what we would want our children to learn. And “who” we would want them to grow-up to become.
But the good news is that this heartless and callous action can only serve as the antidote to the so-called “curse” on Cleveland, Ohio.
The self-declared former “King” will be taking the “curse” with him down south. And until he does “right” by Cleveland and Ohio, James (and the town where he plays) will unfortunately own this dreaded spell and bad karma.
Just watch.
Sleep well, Cleveland.
Tomorrow is a new and much brighter day….
I PROMISE you that our energy, focus, capital, knowledge and experience will be directed at one thing and one thing only:
DELIVERING YOU the championship you have long deserved and is long overdue….
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Shitland will never win a championship, so I guess lebron will never win one which is impossibleComment -
If you read my post after the series you would know that I think it's a blessing in disguise. I've been a Cav fan before he was born and will be a Cav fan long after he keeps losing.Originally posted by antifoil
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Haha funny sh!tComment -
That sucks to be a cavs fan, you have to watch the bottom feeders for the next 10 years in every sportOriginally posted by Mac4Lyfe
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Originally posted by Mac4LyfeIf you read my post after the series you would know that I think it's a blessing in disguise. I've been a Cav fan before he was born and will be a Cav fan long after he keeps losing.
could you link me to a post you made saying you dont want lebron back in cleveland that was made before today? also you could find me some informantion where someone was burning lebron's jersey before today perhaps because of his poor play in cleveland and perhaps they wanted him out?Comment -
It doesn't suck to be a Cav fan. I won a lot of money on them in 2008/2009. We had a good run. Only one team wins the title. There's more to life than basketball. It was disappointing to see Lebron lay down though. Now Gilbert is about to come out and spill the beans...Originally posted by CappinpicksThat sucks to be a cavs fan, you have to watch the bottom feeders for the next 10 years in every sport
Gilbert also said he believes James quit on the Cavs in Game 6 of their series in 2009 against Orlando.
"Go back and look at the tape," he said. "How many shots did he take?"
Gilbert, who has owned the Cavs for five years, said he was most disappointed by James' behavior in the months leading up to the superstar's announcement that he is going to Miami to play with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Gilbert said James never returned a single phone message or text since the end of the season and that the Cavs were not informed of James' decision until he went on the air.
Gilbert said Rich Paul, one of James' business partners, called the Cavs moments before the announcement. "LeBron James needs to go to another team with two superstars already so he can win a championship," Gilbert said. "We will win a championship before (the Heat) do."Comment -
unlike the amazing tradition of the Marlins, Heat and Dolphins, the 2 former of which sell to 30-40% capacity in each game, the latter of which barely sells enough to avoid black-outs.Originally posted by CappinpicksThat sucks to be a cavs fan, you have to watch the bottom feeders for the next 10 years in every sportComment -
Use the search button, your highness... Or just ask Williams23, we've had plenty of arguments, where have you been? Ask Pronk. I didn't say that I wanted him to go but I said that Lebron won't win a title until he get's better. If he stayed then great but it wouldn't be the end of the world if he left.Originally posted by antifoil
James game hasn't improved since he's been in the league. He has a 3pt shot and then he batter rams into the lane. That's his game. He hasn't worked on a midrange nor a low post. It's all athleticism for him. That works well in the regular season but you have to get better in the playoffs. Jordan found that out and so did Kobe and they both developed a pull up. They got better every year. Is Lebron better than 2006? Not really.Comment -
There all a bunch of bandwagoners. That city is pathetic when it comes to supporting sports. Even the Hurricanes couldn't fill the OB when they had all that talent. Miami is a bunch of illegals anyway. They don't want to get deported on the way to the game.Originally posted by BiffTFinancialComment -
LOL so awesome. Dan Gilbert is my new hero.Comment -
Guy can do what he want Gilbert needs to back off. Dan is a hot tempered prick, always has been. I know people that know him personally and they all say the same. Maybe Danny should have worried about this when he was funneling cash to Kwame Kilpatrick.Comment -
what's next, some of your best friends are minorities? so attenuated....Originally posted by DeuceComment -
Originally posted by Mac4Lyfe
i am not royalty but thanks for thinking that; however, i am too lazy to use the search function to Wade through your post. for you to suggest so is kind of a Bosh statement is silly.
and i generally don't read the basketball forum but i came today to troll the cleveland fans, and stayed once i found solid arguments to make where you would have to concede one thing or the other.Comment -
Whatever that implies...Originally posted by BiffTFinancial
I know quite a few that worked for Rock Financial higher ups. Part ownership of Cavs. Minuscule % though.Comment -
Webster's: "attenuated" means to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of. i'm not implying anything. i'm saying directly that your argument is startlingly weak. but hey, maybe you'll come back and say that your brother got an email from a frat brother forwarded from a business associate that confirms your argument. you'd be better off...Comment -
Your too lazy to search but your not too lazy to ask for me to prove what I said a few months agoOriginally posted by antifoil
I'm a Cav fan but also a realist. I noted many faults on this team, mainly Mowill and Delonte but also with Lebron. I didn't like Ferry or Paxson's moves nor did I like the way Lebron held the team hostage. Mike Brown was a horrible gameday coach but better than most gave him credit. That's my take on the Cav's in a nutshell. I broke down Lebron's game too many times to regurgitate. I've especially questioned his so called team/unselfishness. He's really a me, me, first guy.Comment
