Lebron's not having any fun!

• jordo212000

  

  Wow @ the MJ commercial! Is that Nike official?
• Heretic

  

  jordo212000;576070 wrote:Wow @ the MJ commercial! Is that Nike official?

  
  I believe, if you're talking about the one embedded a couple posts up, it's a independently-created mash-up of a Jordan one with LeBron's recent one.
  
  http://chicago.sbnation.com/chicago-bulls/2010/11/26/1837457/nba-michael-jordan-takes-lebron-james-to-task-or-does-he
• like_that

  

  jordo212000;576070 wrote:Wow @ the MJ commercial! Is that Nike official?

  No.
  
  

  Scarlet_Buckeye;575799 wrote:Nice. [But all that was, was a splice of two commercials. But still pretty good.

  trep14;575838 wrote:That Jordan commercial is awesome. There are some great lines in it. "Maybe its my fault that you didn't see that failure gave me strength, that my pain was my motivation" is awesome. And also, its nice seeing Nike's own marketing used against them haha.

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• Thinthickbigred

  That new commercial with that sellout on it evertime I see it I turn the channel ...What a horses ass...I dont like any Cleveland team I love Pittsburgh teams ...But I support Cleveland against that pariah.........That dude is the Barry Bonds of basketball ..I have never seen a player betray his fans with such distaste ..Totally disgusting.... You guys better win that ####### game thursday
• the_system

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• friendfromlowry

  Nice article on ESPN this morning about Spoelstra being unpopular among the players. Here was my favorite:
  "He's jumping on them," one source said. "If anything, he's been too tough on them. Everybody knows LeBron is playful and likes to joke around, but Spoelstra told him in front of the whole team that he has to get more serious. The players couldn't believe it. They feel like Spoelstra's not letting them be themselves."
  
  God forbid the players on a very underachieving, disappointing 9-8 team be more serious huh.
• Pick6

  

  friendfromlowry;580504 wrote:Nice article on ESPN this morning about Spoelstra being unpopular among the players. Here was my favorite:
  "He's jumping on them," one source said. "If anything, he's been too tough on them. Everybody knows LeBron is playful and likes to joke around, but Spoelstra told him in front of the whole team that he has to get more serious. The players couldn't believe it. They feel like Spoelstra's not letting them be themselves."
  
  God forbid the players on a very underachieving, disappointing 9-8 team be more serious huh.

  Well if he has a problem with Spoelstra..God knows what it'll be like with Riley
• lhslep134

  

  Pick6;580543 wrote:Well if he has a problem with Spoelstra..God knows what it'll be like with Riley

  
  It's not Spoelstra....
  
  
  Lebron has clashed with every single coach because he thinks he's god's gift to basketball and that his opinions and thoughts are always right and that's why he refuses to listen to his coaches that actually might know a thing or two.
  
  
  Funny how he also "bumped" into Mike Brown a couple years ago during a losing streak.
• Heretic

  

  lhslep134;580576 wrote:It's not Spoelstra....
  
  
  Lebron has clashed with every single coach because he thinks he's god's gift to basketball and that his opinions and thoughts are always right and that's why he refuses to listen to his coaches that actually might know a thing or two.
  
  
  Funny how he also "bumped" into Mike Brown a couple years ago during a losing streak.

  
  And whenever a coach tells him something he doesn't want to hear, he just has Mav or one of his boys detach their mouth from his nutsack long enough to tell him what he wants to hear. LeBron might not have any rings, but he is a world champion at detaching himself from reality and only existing in his own world.
• jordo212000

  

  Man, the extent that Lebron has screwed the pooch is just downright laughable. He (D-wade and Bosh as well) really seem like they are crumbling under the pressure. I don't think they thought that every single team was going to be gunning for them to this level. They get everybody's A game, and on top of that, their coach is in way over his head. The players know it and now they are trying to get him fired.
  
  I have no doubt that Cuban was right about Lebron. He has lost millions due to every single decision he has made post-The Decision
• sleeper

  

  Heretic;580594 wrote:And whenever a coach tells him something he doesn't want to hear, he just has Mav or one of his boys detach their mouth from his nutsack long enough to tell him what he wants to hear. LeBron might not have any rings, but he is a world champion at detaching himself from reality and only existing in his own world.

  
  I guarantee the source from the article is one of Lebron's entourage trying to get Spolstra fired. Pretty clever if you ask me.
• KR1245

  

  This is turning into a mess.
  
  Wade likes Spoelstra
  Bron doesnt like Spoelstra
  Riley doesnt want to coach and even if he did it sounds like Wade doesnt want to play for him again
  
  I hated this team for obvious reasons but I am a little shocked to see them struggling like this. I dont see it ending anytime soon either. Their pgs arent even average NBA players. Their bigmen are downright awful outside of RuPaul.....those things arent going to change anytime soon
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Pat Riley Drops the Hammer on LeBron James
  By Justin Meiser. Published on 10/27/2010 - 7:17pm
  
  
  Miami Heat President and Free Agency Mastermind, Pat Riley
  
  LeBron James spent the first 7 years of his NBA career controlling nearly every aspect of his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers. Many wondered if this would continue with the Miami Heat under the watch of NBA LEGEND, Pat Riley. The answer is a RESOUNDING NO!
  
  According to local Cleveland radio host, Michael Reghi with ESPN 850 WKNR, LeBron James has had his privileges revoked by Pat Riley. Reghi was the Cavaliers play by play announcer for the first few years of LeBron James’ career and was removed when Dan Gilbert purchased the team. He has watched LeBron James very closely, has inside knowledge regarding the team and its operations and still has various contacts within the NBA.
  
  For those who are not aware, LeBron James received tremendous, and sometimes inappropriate, benefits from the Cavaliers organization. They will now try to downplay it in order to minimize any repercussions with the league office and to minimize their feeling of embarrassment, but it is certainly accurate. For YEARS, LeBron James was given preferential tickets for his family and friends, locker room and team flight access for his friends (including Maverick Carter and LRMR), and even jobs and cars for part of LeBron’s entourage. In addition, LeBron regularly controlled the team’s schedule and flight itinerary in order to accommodate his ability to stay an extra night when the Cavs played in L.A., NY, Miami, New Orleans, Atlanta, etc. This happened quite often during the year and over his 7 years in Cleveland. Some of this was grandfathered in by Gilbert upon his acquisition of the team and some of it was added in an attempt to keep LeBron happy and improve the chances of resigning him to a long-term deal.
  
  Honestly, who could blame Dan Gilbert or the Cavaliers. LeBron is a great player and WAS a Cleveland Icon. The organization was handcuffed and were forced to continually roll over and give LeBron, his friends, and his family ridiculous benefits in an attempt to keep him. According to Reghi, Pat Riley has put an immediate stop to this type of benefit for LeBron James. One of LeBron’s friends was given, for all intents and purposes, a seat on the Cavs bench for EVERY game and several of his friends were permitted to fly on the team plane and stay in the team hotel. Pat Riley has not allowed this type of benefit, let alone the jobs and cars provided to LeBron’s friends and family and reports are that LeBron is PISSED.
  
  Reghi indicated that this source said LeBron is very unhappy that these benefits are not being provided and that he’s starting to regret his decision to leave. In addition, in one of Miami’s final pre-season games this year against the New Orleans Hornets, LeBron is said to have approached an Assistant GM and requested that the team stay an extra night in New Orleans. When asked why, LeBron is said to have given his typical response in these instances…. to party and to hang out on Bourbon Street with Chris Paul. The Assistant GM is said to have called Pat Riley who said for “everyone get your asses back to Miami immediately”. This again, is said to have rubbed LeBron the wrong way.
  
  As I mentioned before, Maverick Carter and LRMR were given incredible access, influence, and benefit with the Cavaliers during the LeBron James era. But in Miami, they are not allowed the same benefits or latitude and LeBron, THE ENTITLED ONE, is not very happy with Riley or with his new team. LeBron may adjust and learn to live with Riley’s groundrules, but it’s honestly doubtful that he’ll do so happily. He knows with the criticism he took this summer that he can ill afford to appear even MORE selfish and like even more of an asshole so he’ll keep quiet. But if you have paid any attention to who LeBron is and what he’s about, you’ll know that he will not take this well.
  
  It's absolutely the right move for Riley as he has a chance to cut this type of BS out before it starts, whereas Dan Gilbert inherited much of it. If history tells us anything about Riley, we also know that he is only about ONE THING….. WINNING. Pat Riley doesn’t give 2 shits about spending the team’s off day in New Orleans for an extra night so LeBron can party with his BFF. But if history has told us anything about LeBron, it’s that he is ABSOLUTELY about this type of thing and he will not take it lightly.
  
  LeBron will NEVER admit it because he’s too stubborn, too proud, and is honestly too hurt from the backlash he received nationwide and in Cleveland, but I think he’s starting to see that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.
  
  http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/15114
  
  LMAO idiot ass LBJ. Though I will say I'm a bit pissed the Cavs bent over backwards for him like its conveyed in the article.
• Fly4Fun

  

  How vindicated would Cleveland be if the Miami Heat absolutely implode. Would this become the ultimate cautionary tale for not counting your eggs/chickens before they hatch?
  
  I'm not convinced yet that Miami can't turn it around... but this is definitely a much rougher start than anyone anticipated.
• wildcats20

  

  I'm pretty sure most people knew what was going on behind the scenes in Cleveland. Gilbert was doing everything he thought of to try and keep Bron in a Cavs uni. He even built the damn practice facility closer to his home in Fairlawn so Bron didn't have to deal with traffic and the like.
  
  What he didn't realize is that Bron's bromance with D Wade was more important than anything Gilbert could give him.
• FatHobbit

  

  poor bron bron. I don't feel sorry for him at all.
• wkfan

  When you make your bed....you have to lie in it.
• FatHobbit

  

  wkfan;580931 wrote:When you make your bed....you have to lie in it.

  
  You reap what you sow? Lol
• wkfan

  FatHobbit;580932 wrote:You reap what you sow? Lol

  Yea....that too.
• wes_mantooth

  

  Lebron has always seemed like a good guy even in high school. He worked oh so hard for everything he has got. His mom and dad are good people....this must be a fabrication of the truth.
• Fab4Runner

  

  Cleveland fans didn't care about all of the perks Lebron got because he always said the right things and did the right things and seemed like he genuinely meant all of it. Of course we were eager to believe he really was a good person...but he didn't do much to ruin that image while he was here. The Decision was a huge mistake and he's made even more since. It appears he doesn't care what people think now that he's gone....who knows.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  it all comes down to being a team. If you have one or more players thinking they are above the coach, team, game, etc. then you aren't going to be successful. Lebron is a head case, and thinks everything should be run around him and that is just not how it works(unless he stayed in cleveland of course). I'm sure spoelstra is a good coach, but until they do something about the fact lebron is being a bitch about the whole situation, there is just no way in hell they will win.
  
  Being a cleveland fan, and seeing what lebron did, I can honestly say it's great.
• lhslep134

  

  DeyDurkie5;581055 wrote:
  Being a cleveland fan, and seeing what lebron did, I can honestly say it's great.

  
  
  Couldn't agree more.