Friday, December 3, 2010
The "Debacle".....
I cannot believe how much hype was placed on the Cleveland-Miami game last night, for the past 72 hours all that was on any site or sports channel was more talk about the "Return." Seriously??? We've made it through the "Decision," now we've made it through the "Return", and I am declaring the debacle that was last night's game the "Blowout!" I enjoyed every minute of last night's game, I have been enjoying this Cleveland-LeBron beef since free agency started. Everyone knew it was going to happen, who really thought he was going to stay in Cleveland?? Mr. James proved his point last night, his new teammates provided the kind of support that wasn't possible by his former teammates. What player wearing a Cavaliers uniform in the past 7 years was going to give LeBron 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists in 3 quarters of work as support to the cause?? He never had that kind of teammate, I'm not a LeBron fan nor do I have anything against the guy, but if you were him wouldn't you run out of Cleveland to go play with Dwayne Wade? Think about this for a moment, in last night's game the double teams were being run at Wade!! LeBron didn't get the double teams sent his way until Wade and Bosh were on the bench!! Speaking of Bosh, he isn't exactly Anderson Varajeao!! You can actually give Bosh the ball and let him work, that wasn't truly an option for LeBron during the 7 years in Cleveland. What post presence did they have, honestly the best one was Big Z and he left with LeBron!! The people of Cleveland should be ashamed of themselves, if you were really fans than yesterday shouldn't have been the only game that actually looked like it sold out!! Why wait to fill the building only 2 times a season, that's as many times as LeBron is going to be in the Q a year. For everything the kid gave you for 7 years, would it have been too much to at least not boo during the introductions?? How about even giving him some love or an ovation during the introductions for the good times that were shared with each other?? I had no problem with booing him after tip off, he's on the opposite team. I hope that what happened to the Cavs last night gave them some closure, or at least helped them to realize that there should be closure because LeBron isn't looking at the past. His new "family" supported him in throttling his former 'family" to the tune of 118-90, LeBron didn't miss out on anything he just shouldn't have declared his leaving in that terrible way ( the "Decision"). What did you all think about last night's game?? Is LeBron better off in Miami, or do you still think he could have won a chip in Cleveland had he stayed??
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I dont see why he couldn't have won in Cleveland. They obviously wanted to win with him, i think they just spent money foolishly in an attempt to prove to 'Bron that they were commited to trying to win and to keep him there. What makes me think Cleveland is a bunch of morons is that they could have traded for Amare last season but didnt want to include Hixon in the deal. Think about that for a second, they might have won for sure but also i bet LeBron and Amare would have stayed. But that never happened.
ReplyDelete"The Decision" and the whole way it was handled and drawn out over the entire FA period was rediculous. For one, this is your home state LeBron. I would think it would be most athletes dream to just play for their hometown team, let alone be a savior for it, the entire state would love you; and they did. So why drag it out, why air it on ESPN in an hour long special, it was a dumb move, im pretty sure LeBron regrets "The Decision". However, this was his choice to make, basketball is a business, teams trade, cut, and demote players without ever thinking of their feelings, they think of the bottom line. I have NO problem with LeBron leaving, he honored his contract and FAgency and the choice to pick where he wanted to play was his. And he wanted to play on the kind of team that you make a bunch of bogus trades on NBA Live to get three superstars on one team.
So that leads us to Miami, is he better off there? Sure why not you made some good points Wilson, and I think they will play some good ball together, i dont know if they are as good as Boston or Orlando, the Heat have some glaring weaknesses (a 1 and a 5), but they got two top 5 players. Miami will only get a better supporting cast in the years to come, so maybe LeBron can become the winner he wants to be, in some ways I hope he does, because I hear ya LeBron: "Ohio Sucks!!!"
-P. Neeley