The Summer of Lebron

[SWedd523]

How's it taint his legacy? He's a free agent!!! He owed Cleveland NOTHING! In the words of Herm Edwards, "You play to win the game!" He was never going to be Jordan if he stayed in Cleveland because there was only one Jordan. Kobe, Wade, LeBron...all good players, not Jordans.

Let the man be! He's still going to wipe out the competition. Tell me this, if Wade had left Miami to join LeBron and Bosh in Cleveland would we be talking about Dwyane this way? No way! He's still a good guy despite the bad idea to do this on ESPN. And by the way....He owed Cleveland NOTHING!

My momma always said, "It's not what you say, it's how you say it."


The issue isn't him leaving, that was just about expected. The issue is the manner in which he left.



He's played every single team with cap space by flirting openly with them all. He quit in the playoffs and cost the team the series. He held the Cavs hostage by not letting them know sooner so they could make other moves to improve the team. He announced, ON NATIONAL TELEVISION!!! that he was leaving to go to Miami.


For a city in such disarray, after basically worshipping the ground LeBron walks on, he could have broke the news a little better.

[Keetch]

Exactly and exactly. And screw you for not weighing in all of this madness earlier! You didn't get your exemption form signed! You have to stay in the trenches!

I've been of the opinion from the get-go that Bosh would get his max. sign & trade and would join a max'ed out Wade in Miami. For the same reason, I figured there's NO WAY LeBron would settle for less and would inevitably re-sign with Cleveland. It seemed pretty simple.

But it appears these 3 had a longer vision of getting greater value by reducing their playing load and thus extending their playable years. Not a bad business decision really. Maybe. It could backfire.

Hey; of the 3 I've liked Bosh the best. I've always thought he was the quintessential basketball player. Dude actually LOOKS like a Raptor. Very Cool Guy. I wish Bosh and Durant were playing together, not Bosh and LeBron.

How can you not respect the hell out of Dwayne Wade; incredible talent and plays like a warrior.

LeBron? I've disliked him ever since watching him throw that chalk dust up at the TWC Arena. You do that on your own court; not on someone elses. It offended me.

Then he pulled that creepy quitter routine against the Celtics in the playoffs this year. Checked .. Out ..

No thanks. LeBron = creepy. Cleveland is better off without him.

[dvdbumpus]

He's a total moron. This will taint his legacy forever. He will be hated in Cleveland. He'll never be able to play there. He left 30 million dollars on the table. He'll be accused of riding Wade's coattails. He comes away looking like a traitor and a coward.

I live in Columbus, OH and the state is somber and pissed at the same time. I don't think there's one person in the state that's not ready to go to his house and piss on his doorsteps.