I hate Lebron

[Falconfreak90]

Sorry bro...don't see it that way. Maybe cuz you're not a Cavs fan and that's cool. But in my book, he quit and nothing can be said to convince me otherwise. Yeah he was the best player by a long shot on the team but he wasn't the only player. Dude, the reasons this team had a bad record this past season were numerous. LBJ, Shaq, Z and Delonte West all booked. The injuries were unbelievable...some nights we had D league guys playing against the world's best players. Byron Scott was in his first year and installing a whole new system. Cavs fans knew we were gonna have to rebuild but didn't expect all that.

As for what Gilbert did to coddle him, I think that's his own doing. LeBron is a great player, but I still think what Gilbert did was wrong. You can't let him make all the calls in building that franchise, which is what Gilbert did. I guess he figured if he bowed to LeBron he'd be more likely to re-sign there, but clearly that didn't happen. He should have done what was best for the TEAM. In the end, LeBron clearly showed he wanted to play with one of his buddies (and in doing so actually showed less ego, IMO, by going to his buddy's team).

I think Gilbert's a damn good owner. I think he'll do whatever it takes to build a winner in Cleveland. Still, I think he screwed up by trying to bend over backwards pleasing LeBron at every turn. He should have done what was best for the team, and then they might have won a championship while they still had LeBron. Sure, he had made up his mind years ago that he was leaving Cleveland, but so what? That was his right...he's not a slave to Cleveland just because he was born in the area, and drafted by the Cavs. With the way he played, for all those years, you will never convince me he gave up and quit on them. He was quite possibly the greatest player in Cleveland sports history...who just happened to have some poor timing for some bad games.

Guess we won't be convincing each other then.. LOL! It's cool. LBJ talked a good game about being committed to winning a title in Cleveland. You make some good points, though.

[Falconfreak90]

Miami takes Game 1, 92-84. Hate to say but the Heat look damn good...especially on D.