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I think that, as long as James keeps making off the wall comments like the ones he made in the GQ interview, its more thank OK to blog about. Seeing how out of touch with reality he is… I find it fascinating.
I think our biggest hurdle with him was his lack of a father to turn him into a Cavs fan as a kid (they played in like 15 minutes from his house in Richfield for at least a few years of his youth). Nobody ever taught him about sports loyalty. No surprise he turned to simply loving front-runners.
He could care less about Cleveland. He always made sure everyone knew he was from Akron and not Cleveland. He was telling us this all along, we just didn’t want to read between the lines. Just because the media claimed he was a “hometown” kid, doesn’t make it so.
Where Lebron is way off though is that he thought all of Akron would continue to love him if he left. He though Akron was full
of Lebron fans, and not Cavs fans. He never realized that Akron sports fans consider themselves Cleveland fans… even if he
never did.
No, its cavstheblog not lebrontheblog.
Let espns mainsite fawn over him.
I come here for Cavs news not news about Lebrons wardrobe and his ego.
It’s time for Cavs fans to move on from the LeBron situation. He used to play here, it was fun, they won a lot, now he’s gone.
There’s really no use and going over it again and again. Although I imagine the Plain Dealer won’t stop talking about it until the season begins, if they even stop then.
I think that it is OK , but only in outstanding situations where he says something or does something off the wall or relevant Cleveland. And don’t t ry to completly ignore him, but make sure as my friends said above, this stays cavstheblog not lebrontheblog
I’d go with “less Lebron”, not “no Lebron”, but want MORE about the new look, the new faces, the new challenges – I find triumph in adversity fascinating, and though not a true blood Cavs fan, see a tremendous opportunity here.
I would say that as long as Lebron continues to run his trap and make disparaging remarks about Cleveland, it’s still acceptable to trash him.
Agree with the “less” LeBron,
Also, you’ll need to update your banner to the new color scheme. Thoughts on the jerseys? They are growing on me – the authentics look ten times better than the replicas that were circulating yesterday.
Less LBJ in general. Sure he pulled a once in a lifetime classless @sshole move but thats been overdone. Stick a fork in that and lets focus on watching JJ finishing on the break – that is if he doesn’t fumble the pass away with his stone hands.
LeBron is making it tough to not talk about him due to his insanely clueless comments. It’s like we are watching him become someone new and entirely different. Him constantly talking in the third person, hiring a spiritual advisor, doing the dumb dance moves in Vegas, calling his long-time girlfriend and mother of his kids, his “sidekick”. I think we may see a lot of dirt dug up on him this year, because he is out of his shell and exposed for the first time. He is like the college freshman let loose for the first time. So, he will be in the news and the temptation to avoid talking about him is tough. Escpecially when the Cavs may be struggling through the season.
Love it or hate it, lebron will always be a presence in the cavs organization, it’s something we will have to deal with. I don’t come here to talk about lebron, but it wil happen from time to time and I completely understand it.
I actually come here to see the progress the cavs are making and trying to decipher/understand their reasoning for some of the moves they have made. I wish they were a bit more opened about some of the bigger moves, i.e West’s trade, but on the other hand I can see why they have decided to keep it quiet and just go about their business.
Finally, i come here to see what my fellow cavs fans are thinking about the future of the franchise and the upcoming season.
I’m fine without Lebron updates. I can learn about non-Cavs elsewhere. But, you usually have interesting insights, so if you find something interesting I’d say go ahead and blog about it I probably will find it interesting too.
Sam Amico: Andy Varejao injures ankle in international play after former Magic draft pick Fran Vazquez falls on it. Varejao taken to hospital. Twitter
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I don’t think there have been too many LeBron post/comments here becaue they have generally been Cavs related. This GQ article is an example, LBJ was asked about Cleveland and the possibility of him playing for the Cavs again etc, that’s baketball related. If nothing about Cleveland or the Cavs was discussed, then I would not expect it to be talked about on this site. I’m sure in the natural progression of time there will be less post about him because he won’t be asked as many questions or comment as much about the Cavs. LBJ will continue to be big news for the next several seasons, but only when it’s Cavs related should it be on this site.
Kind of related, have Delonte or Big Z made any comments about leaving the team (outside of Z’s letter)?
as an avid reader, less avid commenter, i think you’re doing a good job, john. i feel like you have a pretty good sense of what is and is not appropriate to talk about in regards to lebron. i’d say just trust that.
and i actually prefer your commentary because it’s more insightful, well-thought and oddly encouraging than that of most other writers.
it’s impossible to ignore elephants in the room, especially when they keep destroying their fan base and are covered in ridley scott-themed tattoos.
Krolik’s insights are usually more tactful because he writes after the fact. ESPN’s writers, for instance, are constrained to reactionary timeliness, whereas Krolik always seems to come in after the main arguments have blanketed the sports world. This is not a knock on Krolik, by the way. We need people to assess situations with a more objective, thoughtful vantage.
The guy….yikes. Not only can he not fully bring himself to just say the words “I didn’t like Cleveland nor did I like living in NE Ohio,” but he then throws out an open door for some possible return to CLE, even when he knows he will never be welcome back and we know he doesn’t want to come back. Douche.
I also really like the job your doing. I will be commenting more in the future. Less Lebron sounds good though. Pippen highlight videos, crystal castles, stuff of that sort is great, but Lebron dominates espn’s site other than insider info.
btw, do people really buy Insider? is that worth it?
John, I love the blog! I used to go to ESPN’s Cavs page and get to your blog from there. During the Lebacle and really the whole off season, I realized that this was a great (and entertaining) place for real team related news and game breakdown. So now I skip ESPN’s house of overblown stories and hype and just go straight here. That being said, I think it’s time to let the LeBron watch die. It’s over, we are all excited to see what the team does this season and I couldn’t care less about every comment he or others make about him. When everword he utters is published and analyzed, we make him that much more important and feed into his enormous ego. Thanks for asking the readers thier opinion in true blog style!
When “adversity hit in Cleveland, what did Lebron James do? Oh yeah, he ran away. How deliciously ironic he comes out in GQ mag. Quoting: “My mother always told me: ‘You will see the light of people when they hit adversity. You’ll get a good sense of their character.’” Indeed, Lebron, we got a good sense of your character.
Never should anyone refer to him as the “King” again.
Scooter says:
August 19, 2010 at 6:48 am
When “adversity hit in Cleveland, what did Lebron James do? Oh yeah, he ran away. How deliciously ironic he comes out in GQ mag. Quoting: “My mother always told me: ‘You will see the light of people when they hit adversity. You’ll get a good sense of their character.’” Indeed, Lebron, we got a good sense of your character.
Never should anyone refer to him as the “King” again.
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LOL @ you spoiled Cav’s fans… You all sit here and run your traps about LBJ leaving you. You have the nerve to call him a traitor. Yet you bunch of scrubs seem to forget that NBA teams do this to players all the time. LBJ did what would make him happy and what would help him win NOW. He came to Miami to play with Wade and Bosh because here he has the second best Player in the NBA in Wade and he has the best PF in the NBA in Bosh. Had the Cav’s had Riles running the team LBJ would not have gone anywhere. Riles is the reason that the Heat cleaned up in the best FA in History. None of you can deny that. You morons talk as if you’re part of the Cav’s front office and automaticlly claim he left you high and dry. I mean seriously you take AJ over Amare because you didn’t want to get rid of JJ? Had you brought in Amare, LBJ would still be there. Even your 14yr old female of an owner admitted it that NOW your team is focused on winning like never before. I mean seriously you people are clueless to understand that the NBA felt sorry for you up until you morons started running your mouths. Too bad your team is going to suck more and more every year. I would have loved to see a Heat vs Cav’s Playoff game. The problem is that your team has to make to the playoffs to compete and lets face it, you have NO CHANCE.
Just one more FYI, Riles told D-Wade to STFU and sit in a corner until the summer of 2010. Thats why the Heat sucked the past few years and now had the money to pull a coup. If your team had a person with that kind of presence and balls, LBJ would be winning rings with the Cav’s. LOL all Danny Ferry did is try to add whatever was around. You see, LeBron wasn’t running away from adversity… He was running away from a team that was way too pussy to wait and add the right pieces to win many rings. You people cry about him giving up in one game in the playoffs but forget that his last game in a Cav’s Jersey he put up a triple double 27points 19 rbs 10ast. If thats a quiter then I hope he quits like that every game. NO ONE on that scrub team could ever put those numbers up. Seriously the guy hits those numbers and you people have the nerve to call him a quiter? This is the reason why him leaving Ohio and coming to Miami was the right choice. Enjoy the next 10yrs of irrelevance Cleveland, with that attitude you all deserve it tenfold…
One more thing Cleveland, you all need not worry about calling him King…. He will always be the KING of Miami even if he decides to go play for you traitors in the future as he stated in GQ.
I vote as little LBJ as possible (only the LBJ stuff that is directly relevant to Cavs, Ie., “LBJ drops 52-10-12 his first game back in Cleveland” (ugh), if for no reason other than to avoid d-bag trolls that google/ESPN their way in here to every LBJ thread and then decide to hang around on the other non-relevant ones saying lame, immature things and distracting from the generally high level of discourse.
And to all future trolls, please just leave us the F alone until we come out of our collective Jason Segel phase.
ben tej says:
August 19, 2010 at 2:33 pm
And to all future trolls, please just leave us the F alone until we come out of our collective Jason Segel phase.
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Not trolling, just being real about how dumb this hate for LBJ really is. Be honest had LBj come in to the Cav’s and become the next Kwame Brown no one on here would be pulling for the kid to stay on the Cav’s roster. As a matter of fact 99.99% of you would be pushing for a trade. How do you think players feel when this happens to them. Mo Williams even went on Twitter begging not to be traded because he knew he was a no show the past few yrs in the playoffs. I understand that Cleveland fans are hurt but anger is not the answer. The kid wanted to play with his friends and wanted to win a ring. None of these things are possible in Cleveland, atleast for the next few yrs. The team is full of bad contracts and they had no cap to sign an FA or relevance. The only reason Cav’s fans are angree at the 1hr special is because LBJ didn’t pick you. Had he picked you all of you traitors would be defending and pointing out the fact that he raised all that money for those kids. Ofcourse you spoiled fans are overlooking all these things and call me a troll for stating facts. NOTHING that I have said is BS… The problem is you fans have too much crap in your eyes to see that im right. Let the guy go win his rings, if you all really love the guy like you claim you did then you would want whats best for himm not whats best for you bunch of spoiled brats.
I for one wanted him to stay in Cleveland but after seeing the burning Jersey im glad he plays for us. We would never over react that way to any player leaving Miami. People have to do what is best for them. When D-Wade said that he might leave to Chi-Town no one here cursed his name. Being a true fan doesn’t mean wishing harm to any player that you had the privilege of having on your team, no matter what.
Oh and FYI next time you get sand in your vagina because someone is stating facts and those facts hurt you…. Plz try getting a better comeback then calling them a troll. Atleast comeback with facts of your own on how you’re right and the “Troll” is wrong…
GL Cleveland and I hope of you childish fans grow up and leave King James alone. Wish him well, it’s only right, 29 19 10 in his last game and you people have the balls to call him a quiter? The guy left it all on the court for you spoiled fans and you all are too blind to see it.
Hey troll,
If that’s what you call leaving “it all on the court”, then I hope to God #6 leaves it all on the court for those passionate 12 fans in Miami.
riq80 — I believe I speak for a lot of cavs fans when I say it wasn’t about him leaving, but everything that surrounded his decision. If you take a look at the Boston series, you can tell he gave up. Fro
the “elbow injury” to his lack of aggresiveness, you can clearly see he wasn’t there.
The one question I have for you is, would you’ve been happy if Wade had done that a couple of years back when he was on the way to the finals, and then jumped ships to the Lakers? Dude is not the fact he left, we get that, is the quitting on his team when the though got going, after years of speaking about loyalty.
And the other thing is this, do you really think Riley/Wade hadn’t planned this whole fiasco 1-2yrs. ago after the olympics? If you truly believe this happened out of nowhere you are truly stupid. This had been planned and decided years ago, thats why Wade stayed quiet and went the last 2 seasons not givig a damn – he already knew what was to come.
And last, for Lebron to have held the cavs hostage until after all the big names were taken by other teams, shows how much he really give 2 fucks about the cavs/city. So yes I hope he comes to Cleveland on Dec. 2nd – goes for a dunk and breaks both ankles when he lands… I’m dead serious.
If you are going to just answer me by saying – fuck you, you are a loser, stop crying blah blah blah – just save it. I really don’t give two shits about that. But please do answer the questions I posted, so that we can have a grown-ups’ conversation.
If you look at the series as a whole you can see where he gave up trying to make it inside and kept going for 3′s – even when his elbows supposedly hurt and was bone-bruised.
http://espn.go.com/nba/recap/_/id/300513002/cleveland-cavaliers-vs-boston-celtics
2 of 17 on the four losses to Boston. Those were 15 times where he held the ball for way too long, ran down the clock and took a shot that wasn’t needed. He could had attacked the paint and easily gotten a foul call – what he did all season long, so why not do so now?
Also his comments after the games, as to how he spoiled the fans, that just shows his mental state, he wasn’t there to win it. But he could just not played – it would had been more obvious, his predetermined plans, if he had only gone 15pts a game, then everyone would had seen that the Miami deal had been set in stone long before.
Again, if you want to go fine, look at Z we didn’t burn his jerseys, it was the way it was all done.
Wade is the 2nd best player in the NBA? So what does that make LeBron? 3 or 4? Because we all know the best player in the NBA is Kobe Bryant.
And Miami fans wouldn’t overreact because most of them could care less. Hell, LeBatard was right even when he was joking the day after, “Did you see our half empty sports bar!?!?”
I’m sure there are a few die hard Heat fans… I’m also sure they aren’t wasting time commenting on this blog because they’ve been fans for years and don’t feel the need to waste their time.