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orbit

Years ago

LeBron is a joke!!

Does anyone remember Shaq leaving Orlando for LA? The draft is only good for your first contract & then it's open slather. I would much rather live in Miami than Cleveland.Miami have just pulled off the big 3 as boston did to have immediate success. I cant see them losing the East!

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Years ago

I totally agree with hereschenes:

"Nobody begrudges LeBron leaving Cleveland, per se. It's the way he did it which has riled everyone."

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Mystro

Years ago

a title is a title.
everyone is so butthurt over this, he made a decision based on what was best for him so I say props. I have never been a fan of Cleveland, the Heat are going to be an exciting team to watch for the next few seasons.
Imagine what everyones opinion of Kobe would have been if the Lakers didn't buckle to his demands when he was requesting a trade.

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JOaRiDrAN

Years ago

Ive always been in awe of Lebrons talent, But ripping Clevelands heart out with his "Decision" in front of 100s of millions of people is sooooooooo low.
I cant believe the way it went down.
Congrats to D-Wade though, he is a true superstar with class- Watch his dvd its awesome.
Eastern conference finals is going to be sick.
I hope the Lakers are there waiting in the finals

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hereschenes

Years ago

Nobody begrudges LeBron leaving Cleveland, per se. It's the way he did it which has riled everyone.

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piriepanthers = Thomas

Years ago

Tornado - Agree... They were drafted/acquired to fill particular rolls/voids to support Jordan and that is why Jerry Kraus has long been regarded as the BEST Team Manager the NBA has ever seen.

By 1990 Jordan was a 6 year veteran, Paxon signed on in '85 (7 year player in '90), in '87 Grant/Pippen came along ('90 - 3 Years NBA), Cartright drafted in '89 (as starting centre with Purdue as back up), Jackson was put in charge in 89 and Armstrong was drafted as a backup guard for Paxon.

The Chicago Bulls WON all of their titles on team work and you are COMPLETELY RIGHT the teams of now BUY their titles!!!

IMO Spurs of 1999/2003 was the last team to win a championship based on their draft picks.

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piriepanthers = Thomas

Years ago

WTF - Rumours are strong Shaq is taking a massive veterans pay cut to rejoin Riley at the Heat and be a 25 min a game starting centre to win his 5th ring and work with Joel Anthony (2yrs- 2.6ppg/1.8rpg)& Dexter Pitman if they sign him on as Rookie!

Arroyo/Wade/James/Bosh/Shaq
OR
Wade/James/Bosh/Beasley/Shaq
OR
Arroyo/Wade/James/Bosh/Beasley

Very talented/experienced combo.

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Big Ads

Years ago

Que sound bite from Monty Python's Life of Brian

(you all know the one i'm talking about)

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Beantown

Years ago

NBA agent, a SMART person would have considered announcing his decision live in front of millions and then realised that would show a complete lack of empathy towards the franchise and fans he claimed to care about.

Lebron could have left Cleveland with dignity and most reasonable people would not have batted an eyelid. Now he has made himself a pariah in his home state.

If I were him, I would fire my agent, manager and all the other hangers on for not pointing out to me how bad this whole ESPN thing would be for my image!

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Anonymous

Years ago

cavs are going to be a;right

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piriepanthers = Thomas

Years ago

I agree with everything you have written, I am a Chicago fan since the Jordan rookie season and I cannot see us going anywhere soon and I for one was hoping James would leave Cavs, just to Chicago not Miami - BUT then I have to disagree...

The Bulls brought players to the club each and every season to compliment Jordan in the spots he needed to help make his team a Championship team, plus supplied him with a right hand man in Pippen.

The Lakers brought players to the club each and every season (even a coach) to compliment Bryant in the spots he needed help make his team a Championship team, plus supplied him with a right hand man in firstly Shaq and then a combo with Odom & Gasol.

Cavaliers tried, but DID NOT secure a co-star to help James win the title, it seems it wasn't enough for his fans that he brought them from a 17-win pretender to a 42 wins finals contender... And over 7 years which included 5 finals appearances, 5 All-Star appearances and 2x League MVP Awards the Cavs themselves couldn't supply a team for it's fans.

http://linky.com.au/hil8b

(I stole the 17-win pretender line from this story.

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