I have turned over the blog to the big dope. He is in rant mode, so it's either let him spew here or listen to it all weekend. I am hoping he gets it out of his system. By the way, there is still no word on whether I will undergo a name change. Since I am undergoing a neutralization surgery on Wednesday, perhaps that will be an opportune time to change my name. In the meantime, I wish the big dope would stop calling me "Traitor."
Dwyane Wade says, "I think I'm happy that I have the owner that I have here in Miami. I'm happy Micky Arison is my owner. I couldn't believe it [what Dan Gilbert, the Cavs' owner said]. I'm speechless. It's very unfortunate and I think it makes LeBron that much better about his decision."
What? He thinks that Micky Arison is a better owner than Dan Gilbert? Are you kidding? The Micky Arison whose strategy was to let the Miami Heat fall apart and play like crap for two years or more. The Micky Arison who did nothing to improve the team but in fact did everything in his power to make the Heat crap. The Micky Arison whose move was to position the Heat to have salary cap room to go after three (3!!!) top level superstar free agents in one year. That is unprecedented. And Gilbert does everything he can to help the Cavs win. And Gilbert was very successful, even if the Cavs didn't win the NBA Championship. That is not an easy thing to do. Newsflash: There are other teams trying to win it, too.
So Gilbert loses his superstar after doing everything in his power to keep him and Gilbert loses his rag. And that makes Arison a better owner. Let me ask you this, Dwyane: When did Arison ever lose a free agent of LeBron's ability? He traded Shaq to Phoenix at the end of Shaq's career. That was not a free agency loss and Shaq's skills had diminished by that point anyway. So Arison never had any reason to feel slighted. When did Arison ever take a player under his wing financially by introducing him to big names in the financial world, by getting him invited to places where not even the rich can go? Gilbert said he felt personally slighted by LeBron's actions yesterday and he has a right to feel that way, considering everything he has done for LeBron.
Some day we will find out that the Heat were overtly tampering with LeBron and Bosh; that Wade was basically the agent for the Heat front office. He pretended to be a free agent when all along he knew he was going to stay in Miami and he recruited LeBron and Bosh. It looks like it is just the three of them talking and that there is no front office involvement, but it was the Heat strategy from the beginning. I call for a Congressional investigation into NBA basketball and, specifically, the Heat and their actions over the last six months.
That is all.
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Dwayne Wade is a lying sack of turd... I can't wait until next year when I get to watch the Heat lose in the playoffs. Or not even make it to the playoffs because the 3 superstars realize that they can only play together when they are surrounded by other superstars like Kobe and the gang in the Olympics.
It'll be interesting to see which of them make the All-Star Team next year - you know all three of them won't be going. And then the one that doesn't (Chris Bosh) will no longer be happy playing with them because he will know that he can't hack it.
I'm getting extremely irritated by the ESPN commentators calling LBJ "courageous" for going to play with his friends and stating that he is not motivated by money because of this move. I understand that he wants to play with his friends because it always makes the game more fun - however, I bet Mo, Boobie, Varejao and the gang feel like they've been slapped in the face with that comment. LBJ who are your friends? The guys you've played with for X number of years and made the playoffs with time and again, or these guys you played with at the Olympics?
As for the $$$ - you KNOW that he's going to make a turd-ton of money playing with Bosh and Wade - are you kidding? I know there's a salary cap... But those guys are going to be all over the advertisements - moreso than before! It is ridiculous.
LBJ will always be my most-hated athlete. Always.
Looks like you were right about tampering. more details im sure will follow.
http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2010/07/inside_the_decision_miamis_cou.html
also read this:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/392258-did-lebron-james-throw-the-last-two-games-against-the-celtics
i hate to be wasteful but i am getting really close to burning my lebron tshirt. really close.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/071010dnspocuban.1235accf2.html
mark cuban supports gilbert and thinks there was tampering involved.
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2000-02-03/news/defede/
This is the guy Wade holds in high esteem. Can't believe Bron values him more than Gilbert.
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