New LeBron commercial - "Rise"

• sleeper

  

  Dumb.
• 2quik4u

  

  would have been better if it came out like 3 months ago when this mattered
• mallymal614

  Loved it!
• clickclickboom

  The man is in love with himself and is seriously dillusional if he didn't think half the nation wouldn't like him after this.. What did Cleveland do except make you seem like a god? Who wouldn't wanna leave that to play second fiddle to Dwayne Wade?
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  How was Jordan "crushed" in this commercial? I don't see where people are jumping to that conclusion.
  
  As for the commercial itself... not bad; but it still doesn't change my opinion / perception of #6. Sellout.
• friendfromlowry

  I thought it was ironic there was clip of him driving through a basketball arena smashing it up with a bulldozer. I mean that's what he basically did to the Cavs, since he kept them in the dark for a month of valuable free agent time then ditched town after most of the big names had already signed. I'm not saying the Lebron-less Cavs stood much of a chance of bringing someone like Rudy Gay, Stoudamire, Joe Johnson or Boozer to town, but for as long as kept the center of attention on himself, he basically left them with no feasible back-up plan. All that's left is a bunch of role players brought in to support him.
• gport_tennis

  Scarlet_Buckeye;532482 wrote:How was Jordan "crushed" in this commercial? I don't see where people are jumping to that conclusion.
  
  As for the commercial itself... not bad; but it still doesn't change my opinion / perception of #6. Sellout.

  
  The part where he is giving a hall of fame induction speech to an empty room is where Jordan is "crushed"
  
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• jordo212000

  

  clickclickboom;532475 wrote:What did Cleveland do except make you seem like a god?

  
  That's part of his problem. He never had to answer for anything he did and they ran all key decisions by him.
• HitsRus

  

  Nike has to do something...the guy they invested a ton of money in has lost a lot of his glitter.
  Spin spin spin.
  
  Lebron made a decision, and everybody...including himself and Nike have to deal with the consequences of it.
  
  If it really didn't matter...do you think Nike would have made this commercial?
• ohiotiger33

  

  Sweet commercial. Gotta love Nike's ad agency.
• hoops23

  

  The commercial is absolutely genius, but I think it would be better served for LeBron and Nike to move on from this.
  
  There is a reason LeBron is the 6th most hated athlete now, and it's not because he's a perennial champion.
  
  He keeps bring up the decision more than anyone I see.
  
  As for Cleveland fans getting over it, nope and don't really give a fuck what any of you think. It's not the fact tat he left, it's how he left. Knowing Cleveland's history and to title it "The decision"... Yeah, that was a slap in the face.
  
  As for ESPN going to Cleveland Karen, WTF did you expect ESPN to report? Trust me, I'm in Cleveland 5 days a week and the city is not nearly as pathetic as ESPN portrayed it to be.
• bigkahuna

  gport_tennis;532529 wrote:The part where he is giving a hall of fame induction speech to an empty room is where Jordan is "crushed"
  
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  How?
  
  Sent from my ass....
• lhslep134

  

  bigkahuna;532982 wrote:How?
  
  Sent from my ass....

  
  I'm curious as well.
• hoops23

  

  Yeah, it was pretty obvious to me that the empty HOF ceremony was more of an ode to his diminished image from his peers and media members.
• lhslep134

  

  hoops23;533030 wrote:Yeah, it was pretty obvious to me that the empty HOF ceremony was more of an ode to his diminished image from his peers and media members.

  
  I mean that would make sense if MJ had a diminished rep, but not really. Not as much as Lebrons.
• OQB

  

  Just saw this commercial, and thought it was stupid.
  
  
  If he really doesn't care what people think about him, and could careless if he is hated like he says....then why make this commercial?
  
  He is stuck on himself so bad.
• OQB

  

  hoops23;532969 wrote:The commercial is absolutely genius, but I think it would be better served for LeBron and Nike to move on from this.
  
  There is a reason LeBron is the 6th most hated athlete now, and it's not because he's a perennial champion.
  
  He keeps bring up the decision more than anyone I see.
  
  As for Cleveland fans getting over it, nope and don't really give a fuck what any of you think. It's not the fact tat he left, it's how he left. Knowing Cleveland's history and to title it "The decision"... Yeah, that was a slap in the face.
  
  As for ESPN going to Cleveland Karen, WTF did you expect ESPN to report? Trust me, I'm in Cleveland 5 days a week and the city is not nearly as pathetic as ESPN portrayed it to be.

  
  I agree with all your points...Everyone thinks Cleveland is a Shi*town, but it really is not that bad as they portray.
  
  I don't care if the Cavs win the championship or not, but I would love for them to knock out the Heat in the first or 2nd round if they met up...what a way to get back at him.
• ohiotiger33

  

  Nike is so damn smart. Edgy ads get played on the news... I just saw this ad on sportscenter. That, my friends, is called FREE advertising. They pulled it off with the Tiger Woods ad too. Politicians use this strategy all the time.
• Tiernan

  I should have added this a-hole to the Who's a Bigger Sports Doosh? thread.
• bigkahuna

  I would like someone to explain to me how Barkley and Jordan got crushed. What was the significance of the doughnut?
• Fab4Runner

  

  Chuck likes donuts.
• Tiernan

  OrrvilleQB;533040 wrote:I agree with all your points...Everyone thinks Cleveland is a Shi*town, but it really is not that bad as they portray...

  Official City of Cleveland Motto: "Cleveland...Its Not That Bad"
• KR1245

  

  Its a solid commerical, I wouldnt call it "genius" or "brilliant" though. It got the point across and it was well done....I'm certainly not going to give Lebron any credit for it.
  
  What should he do? I dont know, maybe treat the fans and franchise that supported you for 7 years with a little more respect.
• thedynasty1998

  

  friendfromlowry;532504 wrote:I thought it was ironic there was clip of him driving through a basketball arena smashing it up with a bulldozer. I mean that's what he basically did to the Cavs, since he kept them in the dark for a month of valuable free agent time then ditched town after most of the big names had already signed. I'm not saying the Lebron-less Cavs stood much of a chance of bringing someone like Rudy Gay, Stoudamire, Joe Johnson or Boozer to town, but for as long as kept the center of attention on himself, he basically left them with no feasible back-up plan. All that's left is a bunch of role players brought in to support him.

  
  You do realize that he made his decision like the 4th day of free agency right?
• KR1245

  

  thedynasty1998;533122 wrote:You do realize that he made his decision like the 4th day of free agency right?

  
  I think the point he was trying to make was that Bron didnt leave the Cavs anytime to go after other FA's