Why LeCon won't ever win in Miami (or anywhere else)

[NY King]

You can't blame Dan Gilbert for that. OBVIOUSLY he wants a player with Lebron's talent back. What is he supposed to do? Let him go? Its his job to do everything in his power to keep his superstar on his team...

People don't think about that...

But you also have to see it the other way. He acted like a 5 year old that didn't get what he wanted.

Yes I have thought about it that way, I actually agreed with him last night. Just because it was in the moment of damn LeBron just ###### everyone over. Once I woke up in the morning I was thinking LeBron did the smart thing, but not the way he should've announced it. I was thinking that Dan Gil ranted about losing him and putting a curse on him. Both parties handled it wrong. That's what I'm saying.

 

[playmaker7]

But you also have to see it the other way. He acted like a 5 year old that didn't get what he wanted.

Yes I have thought about it that way, I actually agreed with him last night. Just because it was in the moment of damn LeBron just ###### everyone over. Once I woke up in the morning I was thinking LeBron did the smart thing, but not the way he should've announced it. I was thinking that Dan Gil ranted about losing him and putting a curse on him. Both parties handled it wrong. That's what I'm saying.

He didn't act professionally but he's doing it as a way of damage control which seems more like anger.

Obviously he feels betrayed. Now the Cavs don't have anything to fall back on. Lebron left them out to dry and who are they gonna get now?

 

[NY King]

He didn't act professionally but he's doing it as a way of damage control which seems more like anger.

Obviously he feels betrayed. Now the Cavs don't have anything to fall back on. Lebron left them out to dry and who are they gonna get now?

Yes this is all true. They don't really need to get anyone, but it would be helpful. I think with a little bit of good coaching and more vengeance instilled in the minds of players and fans can take a team a long way. Byron Scott is no push over and I think he's the right person for the job when it comes to coaching the cavs. They have good role players and maybe with 1 or 2 more people they can still be in the top 8 of Eastern Conference. I actually love the East Conf. because of that. Even with the strong teams it's still pretty competitive.

 

[A.E]

Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! covers this whole Dan Gilbert thing best:

Now, Gilbert is the tough guy with James leaving the Cavs behind? Listen, Ferry and Brown always warned Gilbert that giving James everything he wanted – giving it when and where and how – wouldn’t be the way they would keep him. LeBron didn’t respect them because they never demanded it.

Gilbert always believed he should do everything James wanted – hire his buddies into jobs, throw them on summer-league rosters, allow him to do those stupid pregame choreographed dances – that James would love him, that he would never leave. Only, James is a taker, and he took and took until he had bled Gilbert and that franchise to the bone.

So now, Gilbert unleashes the most revisionist and self-serving screed that a scorned owner’s ever done. Gilbert is a bully and a baby. As much as James, Gilbert revealed himself, too. He asked for this humiliation and deserves it. Only those fans in Cleveland don’t deserve this. They were loyal, true, and ultimately they must know Gilbert lashed out to make James the villain for a most self-serving reason: to avoid the blame himself. Damn right James quit on the Cavaliers in that playoff series, but that was because Gilbert was always there to make it easy for him. All those times Ferry and Brown warned the owner they had to make stands with James, that they had to force him to have some level of respect within that organization or there would be an ultimate price to pay.

 

[elcheato]

I know you're trying to get attention and all, but stop sucking on LeBron's nuts.. seriously

 

[Pugz]

ive hardly posted in this thread. but i wont knock on what he did, although the way he did was uncalled for and i never supported that tv show. now we get dan gilbert, he can stfu! hes being a god damn baby. he was there for 7 years and that guy never put a winning team around lebron. dont knock him for leaving to play with his friends and wanting to win multiple 'ships. those three are putting career numbers aside.

no doubt lerbon will be a hofer, but wade and bosh need personal stats to try and be hofamers, that may not happen cause of this. but they want to win and do nothing but win.

my hometeam shares the same conference as miami and this isnt good for them, but i will not sit here and knock those three for wanting to win and dominate.

 

[A.E]

I know you're trying to get attention and all, but stop sucking on LeBron's nuts.. seriously

I know you're not talking to me. Attention, why? People here already know my name.

 

[MR.ballin]

If Miami doesn't make the finals or win it, I wonder what everyones reactions would be like. I also think that if they don't reach the finals, Lebron will regret his decision of joining Miami.

 

[Pugz]

only an idiot would think that team is a lock right now in the first year. im still picking the lakers as of now. next season, id say miami. they need more players, a lot more. they NEED a rebounding center. i dont want to say it, but ben wallace would be nice in that starting lineup..

 

[$tunna]

Honestly none of their Big 3's games complement each other imo

 

[Pugz]

i think they fit just fine. if you are the best at what you do, you WILL find a way to fit.

 

[The Young One]

Lakers got another solid 2 years in them. Then hopefully KD's thunder hit their stride around then and become contenders.

 

[NY King]

Honestly none of their Big 3's games complement each other imo

See I agree with this. If you have heard the analysis by the crew on NBA tv and also the people that they talked to they basically said the same. They didn't like this trade because what it would mean for Wade and LeBron. They would have to step back and find new ways to play. They're not spot up shooters, or anything of that sort, but they will have to find a way to play with each other. I'm sure they will find a way. It's just not going to be the same LeBron or the same D-Wade we have seen in the past. Now they have a new role.

 

[Pugz]

Lakers got another solid 2 years in them. Then hopefully KD's thunder hit their stride around then and become contenders.

exactly. this league just became three or four teams competing and the rest just hoping for a chance to sneak up and get a win somehow.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

I guarantee the Heat don't win more than two titles in the next 5 years.

 

[Rios15]

This topic wouldn't have been made if he signed with the Knicks. lol

 

[A.E]

Lakers got another solid 2 years in them. Then hopefully KD's thunder hit their stride around then and become contenders.

The Thunder are going to be nasty within 2 years. Give OKC a big body in the paint and they're not going to be stopped.

 

[Pugz]

they got cole, he may be solid enough.

 

[dcpwner]

Yeah, let me put it this way:
If you're parents had been promising you a car for years, on your 16th birthday, and your 16th birthday came and went with no car and you had put every effort into making getting you a car seem like a logical decision i.e. you paid for your own drivers ed, you got your 50 hours, you went a got your license, all leading up to your 16th birthday (well you got your license on your 16th birthday) wouldn't you be pissed? And above all that, for your 16th birthday your parents took a 1 week trip to Aruba without you, and then you find out that they bought a nice house for themselves in Aruba and are going to live their leaving you alone with your siblings, would that not be a kick in the face?

More than that, now I am left to support my house and brothers, sure I have a job but those paychecks are all going to support my new family. While i may have the money to sustain us, my parents are the people who paid for anything extra, like any fun or anything like that. And now I don't have them so extracurriculars are out of the question.

Bogus right?

If you need me to explain the parallels for you here AE specifically, I will, but you should probably get it yourself.

 

[dcpwner]

BTW, as long as Aldrich hits the gym, the Thunder will be the next contenders in 2 years almost guaranteed.