It won’t be long now. Most people think it will be Miami, but nothing’s etched in stone just yet. There’s not much more to say at this point — it’s time to just sit back and watch it happen. I’ll be live-blogging the festivities with the Daily Dime Live crew, so head over there to participate in the fun, or hang out here if you want. Check back here immediately after the announcement for some analysis.
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Here we go kids. Let’s hope for the best and expect the worst.
here we go………………….
no matter what its gonna be intresting hour x
This spectacle and the verdict in Oakland…
I am not convinced the world is going to Hell. Its been a fun ride everyone.
Whoops… last post should have said:
“I am NOW* convinced…”
been way too busy at work today so i have a couple things to get off my chest -
- best idea i’ve seen via twitter – Lebron should reveal his choice by wearing all 30 jerseys and taking them off one by one
- frightening thought that hadn’t occurred to me until i saw it in print – Cleveland police braced for possible riots
- too close to home – Oakland policy brace for possible riots
I was wondering why Oakland would be bracing for possible riots … but then I remembered, it’s Oakland.
Maybe they should’ve asked Paul The Oc topus to predict where LBJ would end up…
He looks hella nervous.
Lebron has gotten lost in his own hype. How sad.
LeBron, if he chooses Miami, will regret the decision immediately. YOu can tell he isn’t ready to do this.
God my LeBron Jersey next to me. Going up in smoke if I hear those words that I don’t want to hear.
My question is who will cry more if he leaves. Will it be Cleveland losing him or LeBron acting emotionally about his decision.
LeBron. Cleveland is seriously going to see some stuff get burned down tonight .Police are preparing.
There was the “I just wanna win now & in the future” thing.
Miami it is. Sorry Cleveland, you just got shanked.
Guess I’ll be cheering for a nice long lockout now
FAIL
About the worst choice I could hope for.
LeBron James…the next Scottie Pippen. Fucking joke. I always thought the ugy could surpass Jordan…impossible now. Been a fraud the whole time. Ring chasing at 25 and throwing his hometown under the bus on national television.
I don’t even have words… I hope they burn his house down tonight.
What kind of fucking person does a prime time special to announce he’s screwing over his home town?? What kind of human being does that? It takes one sick bastard.
Rich…light it up
Sorry guys. Haven’t liked Lebron and by extension the Cavs the last few years, but I feel for you all. Best of luck going forward.
Many of us have or will ask, “why can teams like the Lakers, Celtics, Bulls and Heat land three marquis players and the Cavs have to settle and over pay for AP, Mo, Antawn and a washed up Shaq?”
The best answers I can come up with are:
1)Danny Ferry sucked at his job and 2)Cleveland sucks as a city.
We are now the Washington Wizards, but without Wall and future draft picks. Welcome back mediocrity and futility!
What a circus you created Lebron. Many have lost a lot of respect for you. Still can’t figure out why you chose Greenwich for the announcement.
It’s burning. I wish I was in Cleveland tonight. I’d be up there lighting up that damn poster.
It’s one thing ot leave. It’s another to run away to a team which has a 1A star on it. It’s even ANOTHER thing to do it on national television. Coward, period. Couldn’t handle the thought of losing, so he took the easy way out.
Just make sure there’s no sign and trade for extra money, see if it really is all about “winning”.
@Steve- Answer is #1, Ferry screwed the pooch.
i’m now a durant fan! :)
He talked of loyalty, rings and becoming a billionaire. He showed his true colors and I hope he ends up with ‘bad knees and no rings.’
Rofl, fucking douche. “All he brought to the city…” NO TITLES BIG GUY. YOU FAILED HERE
Even if Ferry did suck…HE IS STILL GOING TO GO BE A SIDEKICK. This is the problem here. He is admitting he doesn’t want to be truly great..just sort of great. He’s afraid. Period.
NOT TO MENTION IT WAS ON NATIONAL FUCKING TV
Ahhh I love being a Cleveland fan….. I love the heartache.
He can win 10 rings in Miami, but that is Wade’s team. He’ll will be Bronwonder to Batman. At best he can only be compared to Scottie Pippen. He failed here and is nothing more than a gravy-training puss that should be run out of here for good.
If there is Karmic Justice, the Heat will miss the playoffs next year or be gone in the first round.
A LeBron torn ACL is as sweet as a Cavs championship to me.
It’s Cleveland. If all holds to form the Heat will win 12 straight titles.
Jesus don’t go over to the new thread…it’s just profanity-laced tirades against Lebron and against the city of Cleveland
Also does it look like he is developing a Sammy Sosa head?
My pipe dream: CLE starts dropping rumors about LeBron on HGH/Roids..and they happento be true.
LeBron was defs tearing up when they showed the burning jersey.
He just wants to play with his friends. Sucks that I have no correction to Miami to care for the team though…
I don’t think he was tearing up at all. He showed no emotion related to parting with Cleveland at all. He does not care. He said he didn’t know if he would continue to live in Akron.
@JR- I certainly wouldn’t want to live in a town where I’m the Pariah. Chances are he’s off to somewhere on the Florida coast.
Barkley summed it up people, and this is what everyone is missing when they say he wants to play with friends or just wants to win…..you should WANT t obe the man. That should be in you. You should want to be the one to lead a team to a title. LeBron doesn’t have that drive in him, period. We can no longer overlook it because it’s obvious.
His legacy is failure, quitting, back-stabbing and gravy-training regardless of how many rings Wade’s team wins. And I hope he never feels safe or welcome here again.
wow cleveland this sucks worse than the night our title dreams were killed. ( you know when ron ron went into the stands and slapped around a few fans.)
Well, rooting for a CP3 to Orlando now. If it happens, Orlando bitch slaps Miami for the next 5 years.
To lebron being stupid for leaving that is crazy. Guys kobe has pau gasol, ron artest, lamar odom, bynum and a host of good players. Cleveland could of got lebron to stay if they would of atleast got another peice. Be mad at dan gilbert lebron wanted to stay but in this day and age look at his competition. Lakers i listed there team what about boston they whooped you guys this year. Not to mention that if he stayed bosh and wade would be in miami. The writing was on the wall when the cavaliers sat on there hands and waited for him they should of been out lobbying other top fleet talent to entice him to stay. And one more thing lebron at best was never going to be micheal jordan maybe a stronger magic johnson but never mj.
Really guys? I mean what is with the jersey burning? The guy doesnt want to be in Cleveland anymore. The team wasn’t going anywhere and he couldn’t get anyone to get on the Cav bandwagon. You should at least respect him for what he has done all these years. Grow up and stop with the hatin’
L.O.S.E.R I HATE LBJ
Wow!!! you cleveland fans are a bunch of freaking whiners! you hope his house burns down? you hope he tears an ACL? No wonder he wanted to leave!!!!!