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People who were comparing Lebron to Jordan should stop now. He isn't even the greatest player of his generation, and he isn't better than Wade.
Oh, and Kobe is way better than Lebron. At least he stuck around in LA after Shaq had left, to be the leader of the team, and win it his way!
Lebron is a douche and a giant piece of shit. He typifies the old adage, if you can't beat em, join em. Typical loser mentality!
Jordan, Magic, Bird, etc... never left their teams to team up with other superstars somewhere else! Jordan didn't join Detroit, he worked hard to beat them!
Oh, and Kobe is way better than Lebron. At least he stuck around in LA after Shaq had left, to be the leader of the team, and win it his way!
Lebron is a douche and a giant piece of shit. He typifies the old adage, if you can't beat em, join em. Typical loser mentality!
Jordan, Magic, Bird, etc... never left their teams to team up with other superstars somewhere else! Jordan didn't join Detroit, he worked hard to beat them!
Thank you.
I'm not upset at him for leaving Cleveland. Here is what I am upset with.
#1) The preposterous, self absorbing, self indulgent, egomaniacal manner in which he handeld this whole situation. Having a 1 hour special on ESPN to do something that would take 30 seconds. Basically stabbing his city and state that he has played in and lived in all his life on international television. You do not do that to a fanbase that has watched you play ball since you were thirteen years old, followed your every move through high school, cried openly when the Cavaliers won the draft lottery that year, and loved you unconditionally. That was a callous, classless, bush league move on his part.
#2) You talk about winning championships. You didn't feel that Cleveland would be the place. Fine. I get that. There is a franchise 150 miles up the road that not only has an excellent, excellent core of young talent such as Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah, Luol Deng, and Taj Gibson, but they had plenty of cap room, and used half of it to sign Carlos Boozer. You had a chance to take over for the legacy of Michael Jordan and build upon that history, creating your own legacy. You had the chance to be the man, and you did not take it, because you can't handle it. Plain and simple, you can't handle that type of pressure.
#3) In your quest for multiple championships, instead of going to a place such as Chicago, you have decided that the best route to win rings are to latch on to another superstar that has already proven that he can win a championship. True legends of the game simply do not do that. Magic didn;t, Larry didn't, Michael didn't, Kobe didn't, Duncan didn't, Olajuwon didn't. They all stuck it out during the hard times, were not afraid to fail, and not afraid to take responsibility and ownership of their own destiny. You are now, and will forever be, a wingman. Whatever rings you pick up are hollow. You do not do this at the age of 25 years old. you latch on to win championships when you are 32, 33 years old, NOT when you have not even reached the prime of your career yet.
#4) You asked for help the last few years. The Cavaliers did everything they could to accomodate you. They went to the finals in 2007, and had the best record, and the #1 seeds for the last two years. Danny Ferry won executive of the year. Did he win that because he stood pat? No, he did not. He mortgaged everything the last 2 years to get you the best talent around, and obviously, there was talent there, or else they wouldn't have had those records. You didn't like Mike Brown, they fired him. You didn't like the fact that Danny Ferry had issues with you having your entire entourage on team flights, and the Cavaliers make him "resign". One of your pre-requisites for returning to Cleveland was to have a coach who was a disciplinarian, who had playoff experience, who could relate to players, and who was a former NBA player. They hire Byron Scott, and that is not good enough for you
I'm not upset at him for leaving Cleveland. Here is what I am upset with.
#1) The preposterous, self absorbing, self indulgent, egomaniacal manner in which he handeld this whole situation. Having a 1 hour special on ESPN to do something that would take 30 seconds. Basically stabbing his city and state that he has played in and lived in all his life on international television. You do not do that to a fanbase that has watched you play ball since you were thirteen years old, followed your every move through high school, cried openly when the Cavaliers won the draft lottery that year, and loved you unconditionally. That was a callous, classless, bush league move on his part.
#2) You talk about winning championships. You didn't feel that Cleveland would be the place. Fine. I get that. There is a franchise 150 miles up the road that not only has an excellent, excellent core of young talent such as Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah, Luol Deng, and Taj Gibson, but they had plenty of cap room, and used half of it to sign Carlos Boozer. You had a chance to take over for the legacy of Michael Jordan and build upon that history, creating your own legacy. You had the chance to be the man, and you did not take it, because you can't handle it. Plain and simple, you can't handle that type of pressure.
#3) In your quest for multiple championships, instead of going to a place such as Chicago, you have decided that the best route to win rings are to latch on to another superstar that has already proven that he can win a championship. True legends of the game simply do not do that. Magic didn;t, Larry didn't, Michael didn't, Kobe didn't, Duncan didn't, Olajuwon didn't. They all stuck it out during the hard times, were not afraid to fail, and not afraid to take responsibility and ownership of their own destiny. You are now, and will forever be, a wingman. Whatever rings you pick up are hollow. You do not do this at the age of 25 years old. you latch on to win championships when you are 32, 33 years old, NOT when you have not even reached the prime of your career yet.
#4) You asked for help the last few years. The Cavaliers did everything they could to accomodate you. They went to the finals in 2007, and had the best record, and the #1 seeds for the last two years. Danny Ferry won executive of the year. Did he win that because he stood pat? No, he did not. He mortgaged everything the last 2 years to get you the best talent around, and obviously, there was talent there, or else they wouldn't have had those records. You didn't like Mike Brown, they fired him. You didn't like the fact that Danny Ferry had issues with you having your entire entourage on team flights, and the Cavaliers make him "resign". One of your pre-requisites for returning to Cleveland was to have a coach who was a disciplinarian, who had playoff experience, who could relate to players, and who was a former NBA player. They hire Byron Scott, and that is not good enough for you
