Cleveland Cavaliers 11-12 season thread

• wes_mantooth

  

  like_that;1058030 wrote:So would I, but I don't see that happening any time soon. He just bought an arena team.

  I think he would...problem is, I don't think the Dolans have any intention of ever selling. Jacobs reamed them pretty good and now they are stuck with it.
• Midstate01

  

  Skyhook79;1057976 wrote:70% of the stuff on this board is posted by people to "rile" up people. People try to rile me up all the time. I could care less. I have never reported a post in my entire time on this board. If "riling" people up is so wrong then make it a rule. Talking about Cavs attendance figures is legitimate in a Cavs season thread and its not to "rile" people up. Its to dispute what Cavs fans said last year about the attendance not dropping off because Lebron left.

  
  Ummm isn't that exactly what riles ppl up??
• Skyhook79

  

  SportsAndLady;1058025 wrote:Never ever ever ever respond to skyhook...ever.

  Try and stay on topic or get out of the thread.
• Skyhook79

  

  Wilbon from PTI thinks Lebron is coming back to Cleveland. Talks about at around the 15:50 mark.
  
  http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=7477075
• TigerNation10

  

  Skyhook79;1058103 wrote:Wilbon from PTI thinks Lebron is coming bak to Cleveland. Talks about at around the 15:50 mark.
  
  http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=7477075

  Interesting. Would the fans accept him? Would Gilbert even want him? I say yes and yes. Cleveland fans, and I'm one of them, can flip a switch real quick on anybody.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Nope, fuck him. Hope he tries to come back and we tell him no and win a ring without him. POS.
• wildcats20

  

  No way Dan Gilbert "allows" it to happen.
• wes_mantooth

  

  Commander of Awesome;1058205 wrote:Nope, fuck him. Hope he tries to come back and we tell him no and win a ring without him. POS.

  
  Agreed.
  
  We all learned that he was a pos....there was always rumors, but we didn't want to believe it. Won't fool us again.
• Pick6

  

  Skyhook79;1058103 wrote:Wilbon from PTI thinks Lebron is coming back to Cleveland. Talks about at around the 15:50 mark.
  
  http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=7477075

  would never happen, though I think Lebron regrets it.
• Crimson streak

  

  Fuck Lebron I dont want his ass
• SportsAndLady

  

  Fuck Lebron
• sleeper

  

  Skyhook79;1058103 wrote:Wilbon from PTI thinks Lebron is coming back to Cleveland. Talks about at around the 15:50 mark.
  
  http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=7477075

  No.
• Mulva

  

  TigerNation10;1058194 wrote:Interesting. Would the fans accept him? Would Gilbert even want him? I say yes and yes. Cleveland fans, and I'm one of them, can flip a switch real quick on anybody.

  No and no.
• hoops23

  

  It was all a scheme from the get go.
  
  LeBron leaves Cleveland in the worst way possible and Dan Gilbert rips him publicly. This makes it seem legit...
  
  Knowing that the current model wasn't working, LeBron makes a deal to leave for a few years, allowing the Cavs to aquire the young talent they lacked during his regime there. Now, with players like Kyrie and T2 and a great shot at another lottery pick, the future looks bright again, allowing LeBron to come back.
  
  Terrible plot.
• wildcats20

  

  hoops23;1058389 wrote:It was all a scheme from the get go.
  
  LeBron leaves Cleveland in the worst way possible and Dan Gilbert rips him publicly. This makes it seem legit...
  
  Knowing that the current model wasn't working, LeBron makes a deal to leave for a few years, allowing the Cavs to aquire the young talent they lacked during his regime there. Now, with players like Kyrie and T2 and a great shot at another lottery pick, the future looks bright again, allowing LeBron to come back.
  
  Terrible plot.

  And leaves again after 3 years of no championships.
• Skyhook79

  

  hoops23;1058389 wrote:It was all a scheme from the get go.
  
  LeBron leaves Cleveland in the worst way possible and Dan Gilbert rips him publicly. This makes it seem legit...
  
  Knowing that the current model wasn't working, LeBron makes a deal to leave for a few years, allowing the Cavs to aquire the young talent they lacked during his regime there. Now, with players like Kyrie and T2 and a great shot at another lottery pick, the future looks bright again, allowing LeBron to come back.
  
  Terrible plot.

  Lebron isn't that smart to do something like that. What if he issued a full page apology in the Cleveland Plain Dealer and held a news conference saying he is bringing his talents back to Cleveland where they belong?
• Y-Town Steelhound

  

  "Burnt bridge" doesn't accurately describe the relationship LeBron James now has with his home region. More like burnt the bridge and pissed on the ashes. Unless he comes back washed up and championship-less in about 10 years I don't see a return to Cleveland happening.
• sleeper

  

  Y-Town Steelhound;1058670 wrote:"Burnt bridge" doesn't accurately describe the relationship LeBron James now has with his home region. More like burnt the bridge and pissed on the ashes. Unless he comes back washed up and championship-less in about 10 years I don't see a return to Cleveland happening.

  Agreed. I'd take Boozer back before I'd take Lebron.
• Y-Town Steelhound

  

  I mean, I want the Cavs to win a championship ultimately. So far no team in the history of the NBA has won a championship with LeBron James on their roster.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Y-Town Steelhound;1058690 wrote:So far no team in the history of the NBA has won a championship with LeBron James on their roster.

  
  
  Great point.
• Y-Town Steelhound

  

  Speaking of LeBron and Kobe. The Heat are supposed to play the Lakers tonight, and Wade is obviously out. Well know apparently LeBron has been "sent home from the shoot around due to illness". Convenient timing going against Kobe and Mike Brown. Sounds a lot like his elbow injury against Boston.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  My biggest beef with Lebron (when he was in Cleveland) was only involving teammates really really early in the game, otherwise, he dominated the ball, and when he had nothing, he'd pass off to Mo Williams with 3 seconds on the shot clock, then make it out to be like he has nothing around him. Then we'd hear the same from the media as they bagged on Cleveland. He rarely gave his teammates a fair shot, especially in that Boston series. People often forget that it was Mo Williams that sparked them in game 1 against Boston (remember when he postered Ray Allen?) and it was a complete team effort in game 3 when they handed the Boston Celtics their worst home playoff loss, ever.
  
  Lebron didn't even single-handely win one game that series, yet he and the media made it out to be like he had nothing around him and his teammates were just a bunch of scrubs.
  
  Fuck LeBron, no thanks.
• BR1986FB

  Looks like Miami's #6 has had his share of fornication on this thread so no need for me to say "fuck him." Would Cleveland welcome back Art Modell with open arms? Pass....
• jordo212000

  

  Gilbert couldn't welcome him back now. After BBQing Lebron in Comic Sans and acting like a crazy ex-girlfriend, there's just no way that either of them could work together again.
  
  Now if Gilbert sells, I guess it could happen. Lebron would need to hire a top notch PR firm though to make it happen.
• Skyhook79

  

  BR1986FB;1058915 wrote:Looks like Miami's #6 has had his share of fornication on this thread so no need for me to say "fuck him." Would Cleveland welcome back Art Modell with open arms? Pass....

  Lebron didn't move the team not a fair comparison. Art Modell is in a class all by himself. Because of Modell Cleveland was without football for 3 years and you could make a case that he has ruined football in Cleveland for 17 years and counting.