The LeBron James Thread

[da ThRONe]

Quote: Originally Posted by phenom1990

As much as I haven't liked Kobe in the past. My feeling is that the major difference was Kobe competitively would have wanted to compete against anyone that was in the same conversation with him ( Lebron, Wade and maybe like 2 or 3 other guys) instead of playing with them because he would want to play against the very best and probably also for his legacy.

How do you know? He got his demands met before he had to look for a place to be traded.

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Pippen was traded from seattle for olden polynice
Pippen wasn't ready in his early years and thus he was schooled by the greatest ever to learn the ropes
Kobe had shaq from his rookie year

What I'd like to ask vince is, when jerry buss didn't want to talk to shaq, when he had mitch do a press conference to say we don't want shaq, when shaq found out he was traded by watching it on tv

Where was your anger? Where was your outrage? Why are you not angry with them but you are with bron?? I know why and you do too

And the reason noone is calling bosh out for dissing toronto is because nobody cares about the raptors besides toronto

[Eman5805]

So....anyone came up with a name for the group yet?

I was thinking...LCD or to put D-Wade first...DLC.

Thoughts?

[da ThRONe]

We as fans are such hypocrites. Who here would not do the samething in their professional career?

I dont get it Jordan takes less money to win and he just want to win. LeBron takes less money to win and he's a coward. SMH.

[jbrew2411]

Quote: Originally Posted by ProfessaPackMan

Why would any FA set themselves up to sign to play with Lebron when Lebron himself wasn't even sure if he'd be on the team? Makes no sense, especially when there are possibly better options out there. Obviously playing along side Lebron was the only thing they could tell any other FAs but again why would anyone commit there if he wasn't committed? It's a two way street and James had just as much a hand in that as Gilbert, Ferry and Brown had.

Did you not watch LeBron the past 7 years. He played as hard as anyone in the league most every night. He could have packed it in a few years back. He even said Cleveland was his first chioce but didn't want to end up 31, bad knees, and zero rings. You can't tell me the best they could have done was Williams, Parker, Moon, West, O'Neal. The team was the best in the East this past season. Why would a player not want to be on a team that was playoff bound evey year? The city and owner were the key issue. See who they can get now that James is gone if he was the problem.

[BaselineBakes]

Everyone wants to compare Lebron to Kobe/Jordan/Bird/Magic the difference here is they all played in big market basketball cities. LA/Chicago/Boston ... Small market team's in the last 20 years to win a title are few and far between. Lebron saw the writing on the wall

Gary Payton Sonics failed
Reggie Miller Pacers failed
Stockton Malone Utah Jazz failed
Barkley wherever failed
KG failed

Kobe and Jordan had organizations behind them that allowed for them to stay and wait, big money teams. Lebron is suppose to build a dynasty in Cleveland? the guy is great and all but Cleveland is the next location of an NBA dynasty I'm not buying it. He knew it and being a student of the game and "knowing his history" why would he stay when he knows what happened to every other superstar playing on a small market team in the last 20 years.

If you have a chance to be on a potentially great team that has money to spend how do you turn it down?

Also, please tell me how him joining Miami is riding coattails?, Pat Riley bought Wade a championship and after that the last few years they have been not a good team. The comparison of Jordan joining the Pistons or Lakers is reaching. The Pistons and Lakers at the time were championship winning teams, the Heat barely made the playoffs. It's not like Wade had some powerhouse down in Miami by himself. Just a bunch of people with sour grapes today pilling on cause it's the thing to do.

[KG]

Quote: Originally Posted by da ThRONe

We as fans are such hypocrites. Who here would not do the samething in their professional career? I dont get it Jordan takes less money to win and he just want to win. LeBron takes less money to win and he's a coward. SMH.

I agree. It's like some people want Lebron to fit into this career cardboard path. The notion that you have to struggle in order to reach the ultimate peak and only then will the results be fully justified. What's wrong in wanting a little help. We all know no one gets there by himself including MJ.

[jeremym480]

Found this on another board and it was too good not to share. Another poster made up a "Mikhail Prokhorov (New Jersey Nets' new Russian owner)" alias and posted this gem:

"Heat. This is warn.

First you pay many rubles to Christov Bosh and countryman Dwade. Was OK. You give rubles to King as well? I will now crush you.

Glorious Nyets offered maximum rubles amount to King LeBron and get verbal commitment of "maybe." Black friend Jason-Z say Miami is nice place to live. I say Trenton is nice place to live. Almost nice as Moscow.

This is warn. I have crushed Knick with Billboard. You will surrender King LeBron to Nyets or I will execute following plan of action.

1. I make giant billboard to block sun in Miami. Not nice place anymore. Property value down. Will Smith make no more song about glory of Miami.

2. I buy Heat and trade King and comrade Bosh to Nyet. Prime Minister Stern will have to be terminate for this to be allow. I will crush Prime Minister Stern. Then move Heat to Novosibirsk to die in famine of cold Russian winter. You now have cheer for Magic.

3. I release my Boris Bear in center of Miami. You are no longer safe.

Make decide."