"Hehas a gotten a free pass. People have been covering for him for a long time. tonight, we saw who he really is." http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5365793
The way that Dan Gilbert promised Cleveland would win before LeBron did smacked of a death threat of it's own.
Wasn't Gilbert the other owner that came out and said he was PO'd by it. Maybe he should have wrote a threatening letter last year too. To LeBron
Yes. Karl Malone went to the Lakers to play with Shaq, Kobe, and Gary Payton. And they lost Rasheed Wallace. That was a great Finals.
I love this letter. Just as I loved James doing a 1 hour TV special to crush the dreams of a city. It's all great entertainment (conceptually, I mean...I didn't watch the show, sounded really boring).
Didn't Gilbert bring in some Chinese investors a year or two ago? I'm sure that letter was more about pacifying them then it was to express his outrage. Gilbert: "Hello? Yes... yes... don't worry, he's going to sign here. He loves it here! No worries. Huh? Yes, I know you wouldn't have invested if.... What? Executives do what in China when they fail? Trust me, it won't come to that, he'll sign... he'll sign..."
He was always going to give an interview, he's only getting criticized for not calling the organization on Wednesday. I just don't care enough about this to be offended, but the Karma thing strikes me as pretentious on Dan's part. Like not calling you a day before means James should suffer eternally, only good guys win titles, and no one should leave Cleveland. That's quite an exaggeration.
I just realized that the Cavs are my second favorite team in the NBA. If they can pick up Luis Scola and a couple other pieces that fit, they could still make the playoffs. A Heat/Cavs first round series would be Epic.
As the figure in your avatar said, "Do unto others as they deserve, and sock it to 'em with Buddhist karma."
Gilbert comes off like the guy that has been kissing the ass of the "entirely too hot to date him" **** and he finally got dumped. I would respect him if he would have had the balls to do something like this while Lebron was still a Cav. Toronto deserves the same for pampering Bosh.
What? 30 minutes of Jim Gray and 30 minutes of Stuart Scott didn't make you want to tune in? Dear Lord. I don't mind the concept of the 60 minute show, but it was like those two guys were trying to do extended interview masturbations and seeing how long they could get away with it before they were caught. Ed O.
Thank you. I can't BELIEVE the lack of outrage at the ridiculous and spurious use of Comic Sans! Ed O.
agree. it may have been over the top, but I think any fan can understand where he is coming from. the entire event was handled so poorly that lebron will never recover from it. I am so happy now the entire world sees him for what he is, the biggest douche bag to ever play in the nba.
I'd say James is the one being "unprofessional." Gilbert gave him everything he wanted--including building a $25 million practice facility 20 minutes closer to his house and providing a masseuse for him on all the team flights. Then James has a "friend" call Gilbert 2 minutes before he makes his big announcement on TV. Are you kidding me??? After everything that Gilbert did for him, James didn't even have the decency to tell him the news in person. Unbelievable. LeBron James has set the bar pretty high when it comes to lowclass behavior.
Another billionaire acting like an infant. Is Gilbert related to Paul Allen? Perhaps Larry Miller wrote the letter for Gilbert?
