You MUST watch Lebron's new Nike commercial...wow

[frash.exe]

i'm not going to hate on lebron or anything he's done, but this "i won't do what you tell me to do" poo is getting repetitive.

he's on a team with another superstar player and another great player. from here on out there are no excuses, no more "well he has no support around him" BS. if he can't do it on this team, the skeptics were right all along

[rico6]

here we go.

[Hotsauce]

I compare his situation with the Julius Peppers situation, almost step for step with the exception that Julius didn't go out and make a 1 hour special about leaving Carolina because it wasn't as big of news. Home town guy that made good on his talent, playing for the only team in the state and the only professional team he has ever known, criticized for not taking his game to the next level at the most important times regardless of how true or untrue that may be, offered an obscene amount of money by said home town team to stay but rejects it for reasons unrelated to money, and joins a team with a more recent track record of sustainable victory. Instead of doing what everybody "expected" him to do, by staying "loyal" to the team that invested so much money and the fans that invested so much "love" for him, he takes his own path and leaves that behind for other motives.

Will you take heat for a move like that? Always. The fans are what elevate the man. They are what makes those games you play important. That repulsive amount of money you make? It wouldn't exist without the fans paying to watch you display your talents. They DO own a piece of you. It has nothing to do with race, gender, or creed. The same way that the owner of Pepsi takes responsibility when contaminated product goes out, the owner of Lebron James Inc., the man himself, must take responsibility for his decisions in the public forum. If a business makes a poor decision in the eyes of the public, regardless if that opinion is true or not, then the owner must answer for that and explain himself and the absolute worst thing one can do in that situation is sit back and be smug about it being "his choice", as if the money stacked itself in his bank account.

Everybody that ever bought a ticket to a Cavaliers game, a cold beer, and a big foam finger owned a piece of Lebron James. They owned a piece of Dan Gilbert. They owned a piece of Delonte West. That's why it means something when you win a championship TOGETHER with the people that have invested personally, emotionally, and financially into your success. You do owe them something if you decide to break that bond with them. You owe them to do it with respect to preserve the good memories that were created in a shared experience. Lebron had some bad advice that told him that you didn't need to do that. That Lebron James Inc. was about the decisions of one man and one man alone. Not the share holders, emotional or otherwise. He spit on that connection he shared with his Cleveland fans by ripping their heart out over the course of an entire season, culminated by the embarrassment that was "The Decision", which was so unprecedentedly bad that it will NEVER happen again.

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I havent thought about the Peppers/Lebron comparisson, but its a good one! Nice post

[Carolina Husker]

What a douche.

[King Taharqa]

i'm not going to hate on lebron or anything he's done, but this "i won't do what you tell me to do" poo is getting repetitive.

he's on a team with another superstar player and another great player. from here on out there are no excuses, no more "well he has no support around him" BS. if he can't do it on this team, the skeptics were right all along

I think thats fair enough. This is obviously the best position he's been in to win a chip. On the same coin, when LeBron and the Heat win the NBA Finals in June this season, I dont want to hear any excuses from the detractors. I dont want to hear how the NBA is rigged and Stern made it happen, because you know its coming. LOL.

[SOJA]

I think thats fair enough. This is obviously the best position he's been in to win a chip. On the same coin, when LeBron and the Heat win the NBA Finals in June this season, I dont want to hear any excuses from the detractors. I dont want to hear how the NBA is rigged and Stern made it happen, because you know its coming. LOL.

If anything the NBA had a hand in the Gasol trade.....I still can not believe that happened.

[Wither]

[...] not appointing yourself King or going our of your way to tell us how important you are with a two hour special.

If I ever get the chance to do a TV special to tell everyone how important I am I will definitely do so.

People need to know this stuff, after all, me being King and all.

[Dpantherman]

Damn KT, did u write a novel? want to sum that up for me?

[Kevin Greene]

More self serving bullsh!t.

Shutthefug up and win.

That's all.

[frash.exe]

I think thats fair enough. This is obviously the best position he's been in to win a chip. On the same coin, when LeBron and the Heat win the NBA Finals in June this season, I dont want to hear any excuses from the detractors. I dont want to hear how the NBA is rigged and Stern made it happen, because you know its coming. LOL.

you won't hear it from me

also i think right now it's unlikely they don't win one championship

[cbarrier90]

Derrick Rose commercial >>>>> LeBron's commercial