Cleveland's Finest

Well, he must be pissed. Look at LeBron now. He's avidly recruiting players. In the seven years as a Cav, when did he ever try and get a star here? Could've gotten Michael Redd, Ray Allen 5 years ago, but LBJ wouldn't commit.

Why when they finally lost Boozer. Will Millsap ever get to finally be the big man star?

Wow at his tweet. Are you kidding me? This guy's tweeting about family and loyalty.

Takes one to know one I guess.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx08JJdsZ2M&feature=player_embedded HAHA!!!!!

He never even had a chance. He was the point guard who started when we had our 13 game win streak last season. And when he started the year after we made the finals, he averaged 10 ppg until Delonte pushed him back. Injuries have hurt him very much since, hurting his chance to play more.

He's obviously a revered player on Cleveland. Remember he scored 30 plus in the clincher to a NBA championship? Gotta be worth something. You don't know who's popular in Cleveland. Half the girls at every game wear Boobie apparel.

Cavs.com links you to his site where the blog is but you have to register. Go to Cavs.com and you'll see it's a headline. http://www.boobiefor3.com/profiles/blogs/cleveland-stand-up And this is what I like to hear.

If he goes to the Heat, can we still retire his number next season? So when the Heat come to Cleveland, we can retire it and FLBJ will have to watch the fans going nuts for Z.

First Childress to the Suns now this? So much for the Cavs getting anyone. Suns stealing who we want.

I feel something needs to be said on how most if not all fans of Cleveland sports feel right now. I have to say LeBron's name in this thread although I'll try not to use it in the future. First of all, let me address the whole situation. Some fans had their doubts on LeBron following this post season. Mostly because he was back to back MVP's, and he had some questionable comments following some of the games. Following the most disturbing moment in Cavs history that some may never forget, which was Game 5, LeBron seemed disengaged from the game and had some interesting comments during the press conference. He said that he spoiled the fans with his play, only has had a few bad games in his career, and feels bad for himself when he played like that. No reaction to losing a home playoff game. Rather, he decided to comment on his state of being. Following what could've been one of the most uninspiring triple doubles in Game 6, LeBron seemed dejected from the fact that they just got eliminated from the playoffs. The most petrifying image was when he was so quick to tear off his Cavs jersey once he reached backstage. It seemed like he was so eager to do this. Following another disappointing season, Cavs fans were going crazy. All they heard leading up to July 1st were all the possible scenarios pertaining to where their "hometown hero" could land. Leading up to that feared day, LeBron appeared on CNN's "Larry King Live", where he said that the Cavs have an edge. The interview seemed very weird, because LeBron came off as though he had no feelings after being eliminated from the playoffs and wanted to delve into the free agency period and discuss it before it even happened. Once free agency started, fans were very nervous. To that point, LeBron still had no contact with Dan Gilbert whatsoever in terms of any moves he would've liked to have been done for the betterment of this franchise. LeBron continued to draw out his "decision" and hold Cleveland fans hostage. No hometown hero would do this. When it was announced that LeBron would announce his decision on ESPN through an hour long special "The Decision", Cleveland fans thought that it was a guarantee he was staying. ESPN runs through the Cleveland moments in terms of terrible sports moments, and "The Decision" would perfectly add along to those moments. The fans were confident because they believed that there was no way LeBron James would do us like that on national television. Why would he? Why would he hold us hostage for weeks long and proceed to announce his departure in the worst way possible on live TV to humiliate us? The day came. His posse personally hired Jim Gray to ask the questions. Therefore, LeBron could pick the questions and know how to answer them. In effect, he controlled every aspect of this show. He hid behind the Boys and Girls Club donation. As the show began, he showed very little emotion. If he was leaving Cleveland, he would at least cry or show a hint of emotion, right? Nope, not one bit. When he announced he was "taking his talents" to the South Beach, the dagger slowly entered into the hearts of Cleveland fans. He did do us like that. And the funny thing is, he showed no emotion. After seven years you did us like that. Then to top it off, refers to Cleveland as "that city". He permanently removed himself from this city by referring to it as "that city". Then ESPN asks him about what it would be like to play with Barack Obama? Yeah, that's the question on everyone's mind alright. Michael Wilbon congratulates him on making the decision? That's like congratulating me when I come to work one day. It happened. ESPN now could go over Cleveland sports moments once more, and conveniently the show was called "The Decision". The following show continues to show footage of Cleveland fans soaking in their own tears. He really just did that. On live TV, knowing the history of Cleveland sports, he did us like that. More so, owner Dan Gilbert, after trying to reach LeBron for the weeks leading up to this, didn't even get the right to find out about the decision until 9:01 P.M. on that day. An owner who personally catered to LeBron James and his group for 5 years, doing whatever it took to satisfy him, is told by LeBron's agent Rich Paul less than a half hour before the decision, that he's leaving. Now onto Dan Gilbert's comments. He did go out of line with the title guarantee. However, Cleveland fans just got humiliated on live TV by someone who they believed was their hero. They needed a voice. The only person who has the notoriety to give them that voice was Dan Gilbert. Dan Gilbert expressed the sentiments of ALL Cavs fans that night. We were betrayed. Did LeBron have a right to leave? Yes. But after 5 years, you give your decision through your agent only minutes before your decision. In effect, he held the Cavs hostage for weeks. It's been only a few hours, and the Cleveland Plain Dealer's newspaper cover comes out: http://cdn2.sbnation.com/imported_assets/497065/lebron-gonejpg-d7728841873976bb_medium.jpg What an empty feeling? Life goes on, but how much bitterness goes through the mind of a Cleveland fan to see that. Trying to cope, somehow only one day later LeBron is in a Miami heat uniform, being lifted by a forklift with his other two buddies, dancing, guaranteeing titles, getting the key to the city, and smiling. A little more than a day ago, he was at Cleveland State University playing hoops. And now he's doing this? He says he wishes he brought a championship to "that city". How did all of this fanfare happen? In the spur of the moment? There's no way all of this could be set up less than a day after the announcement. This is where the dagger goes a little deeper into Cavs fans. We are upset that he left, but we are pissed at how he did it, and that will echo how we feel about him for the rest of our lives. http://cavs.ohio.com/2010/07/lebron-responds-to-gilberts-scathing-letter/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter And now, Cleveland as a sports town is off the map. People wonder if this was contrived all the way back in 2006 when LeBron and the other two singed three year contracts. People wonder if it was contrived when LeBron changed his number to 6 while in Miami, finding out that 23 was retired there. LeBron had the key voice in every move the Cavs made. From getting Jamison to Shaq to Mo, he put us in this position. There's even a conspiracy that LeBron switched from Amare to Jamison last minute because he thought if Amare came then the Cavs would win a title. If the Cavs won a title, there's no way he could've left. He made it easy for him to leave. From the disturbing exit from the playoffs to the elbow situation. As Skip Bayless correctly says, it always came across as though LeBron always thought he was "doing Cleveland a favor" by being on the Cavs. He always made it clear he was not a fan of Cleveland. From never wearing Browns or Indians apparel when he went to games, rather wearing the opposing teams gear, to never promoting the Cavs at all, it always seemed as though he had no loyalty at all. The way everything transpired was such treachery. This was betrayal, not a decision. There is so much being covered up, and Cavalier basketball is left on the bottom of the spectrum. LeBron handled this matter the worst way it could've been handled, and there are clues and speculation that this was a scandal all along. Cleveland fans are left to deal with it, and the only video describing our feelings that will be shown on ESPN frequently will be the video of LeBron's jersey being burned because it puts the negative light on our fans and the positive light on LeBron. It's a new day. We can move on. But when you consider moving on and forgetting vs. going off on LeBron, you have to realize that this town was so loyal that you have to talk about it and go off on LeBron. Thanks for reading and at least trying to see how this city and all of Northeast Ohio feels.

If anyone else goes to Miami, they are just a bum wearing a jersey. Those three thugs are the show in Miami. Anyone else is just a guy working just as hard and getting no recognition. Stay in LA where basketball is still in some classy form.

CP3 was defending FLBJ's decision on his twitter. These new generation players, like Dwight Howard also, have promoted a new era of basketball. No longer is it popular to accomplish goals by leading a team.

Wouldn't getting Shaq move Josh Smith to starting small forward?

I don't see how three players who are all considered to be in the top ten of players throughout the league can get any type of that recognition solely because of what I mentioned. It's like getting 3 of the first ten picks in a fantasy draft. Anything they win will be because of the fact that they have that many top ten players. Not one player will get sole credit. No matter who the finals mvp is.

So what we're looking at here is signing and trading Shaq. I don't know exactly how it'll work, but Childress has to opt out by the 15th this month. Thoughts?

I saw highlights and it's hard to watch a minute of it without feeling sick. This guy was our hometown hero. Now he's piggingbacking at 25 years old. Was so humble about winning and now he's counting rings? Seems to have a whole new personality and it makes me sick. This guy has the nerve to do us like that on national TV, and the next day he's dancing around. Never thanked Cleveland, never apologized, never told Cavs management before announcement, and showed more unprofessionalism last night. Yet Dan Gilbert is the one who gets called out.

One of the announcers said he guesses it was premeditated. Applies so truly to Cleveland's situation. This whole disgraceful exit was a conspiracy in the works. FLBJ changed his number to 6 when the Cavs were in Miami and he realize that Miami had 23 retired.

Before I get into this, I want you to know that in no way am I saying they will get a top four seed. I'll give a .1% chance they get the 5 or 6 seed. But can they get the 7-8 seed in the playoffs? Let's look at the potential rotation for next year: Mo Williams/Sebastian Telfair/Daniel Gibson Free Agent/Anthony Parker/Manny Harris Antawn Jamison/Jamario Moon JJ Hickson/Leon Powe Free Agent/Anderson Verajao You still got Danny Green somehow in there. So right now, they're talking about getting Josh Childress and possibly using that trade exception to get maybe Al Jefferson, who Minny has made clear that want to get rid of. Let's say they get one of them. Say, they get Al Jefferson. Now they have Manny Harris and Jerome Dyson on their summer team, so say one of those guys can emerge. This is what you are looking at: You've got an above average point guard who like it or not, was an all-star no matter how he got there. You have Jamison. You may say he's out of his prime, and he very well may be. However, he still has the talent when you look at this lineup to be a 20 ppg scorer. At the SF position, I think he'd be more comfortable given his size. So, you have a couple of scorers that you know can put up points. Jamison has the ability to put up 30 on any given night. I'm pretty sure he did it a few times last year so don't say he's a subpar veteran. They have one year to use the trade exception, so they'll obviously use it now. They can use it to get Al Jefferson. If they can add Big Al, does that change your opinions on if they can make it? Say if you think they can make it or not, and say what you think the roster will look like. Remember something important here: Byron Scott is the new coach of this team.

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