Dan Gilbert’s Fiery Letter To Fans

C’mon, be serious. Ferry quit (and I’d bet he saw LeBron was leaving and left the sinking ship) and Mike Brown proved how much he sucked as a coach two years in a row.

I do think Mr Gilbert is calling out LeBron on being pandered to and covered-up for because he spent the last five years doing it and got stung in the end.

Now D-Wade has his Dr J on the wing, ride his coattails to the fo’, fo’, fo’.

@Blackphantom dumbst analysis of all time. Ask Kobe how Shaq’s and Gasol’s a$$ tastes. All Kobe did was whine and ballhog his entire career. Your probably a bangwagon Laker and Kobe Bryant jock strap rider just like everyone else, your scared now that Lebron has a real shot win a chip and make the heat into a dynasty. That’s why you say all the crap about Lebron needing dwade or saying oh Jordan never did this blah blah….All the haters and Dan Gil can stick it where the sun don’t shine

The thing that bugs me is that Gilbert is acting like he gave Bron a chance to shine. The man spent seven years there and doubled the value of your franchise. Teams were making presentation about how they could see him play in their sstem and who they would surround him with and you showed him cartoons and people on the street saying that they loved him. No roster upgrade. Listen to the Larry King interview, he said all along that he would make a basketball decision to put himself in a position to win not just now but for years to come. He made that basketball decision. Not fame. Not money. Basketball.

danny boy go f*ck yourself.

Dan Gilbert is a pompous hypocrite. I haven’t read any other comments, so excuse me if I’m repeating what others have said.
For the past few years, Gilbert has profited from Lebron, and built his team and business around Lebron, and for him to attack Lebron personally after he leaves said team is just lame and disgusting. His personal attacks were ridiculous, he’s childish taunts even more so.
I wonder how the media and fans would react if a player took the time to write something like this after being traded, or cut. Would we find that acceptable?
I don’t agree with Lebron’s decision to go the Heat, or to have a national press conference. However, I don’t think he owed Cleveland anymore than he gave them, and I don’t his decision to leave was a betrayal of any sort.
Bottom line, when owners and GMs make decisions they fall back on “It’s a business.”
Dan Gilbert would do well to remember that mantra right now.

Gilbert is the worst, all of a sudden when a players decides to make a move to a more competitive team its a cowardly betrayal, and if the team makes a decision to trade a player to another team then it’s business? Are you kidding me, he could not do the job of getting good players around Lebron, if he would have done that I believe he would have stayed. If he would have stayed he would have got screwed the best years of NBA career, Lebron will have still been getting highlights, personal accolades, but no ring with the Clevland organization. Lebron would have just been another KG in Minnesota, or Iverson in Philly, balling his a$$ off just for regular season wins, stats, and sportcenter highlights, but never a real chance to compete for a NBA chip. Trust me Gilbert has profited off of Lebron very well the last 7 yrs. But, face it the Cleveland organization couldn’t pull of a trade like how the Lakers got Gasol, or how Boston got Garnett and Allern, and Lebron wasnt going to wait until he was old and then go to another team.

“… the staff over here at your hometown Cavaliers have not betrayed you nor NEVER will betray you.” Nor never? So I guess that means he WILL betray them?
Not only is Gilbert an as*hole, he can’t write for sh*t.

all he has to do is keep Delonte West.. and he just has to average 1 superstar’s mother for every playoff series.. in order to, mentally, take them out the game.. done deal.. good luck, clevland..

I loved the letter.
It went a little far, a little crazy — but I still loved it.
I’m rooting for LA now. Sign a couple pieces and take down this summit circus team in Miami.

Pat Maloy this is a business grown up, Dan Gilbert didn’t bend over backwards to bring him talent. He got MO Williams who was streaky at best. He got shaq who was too busy getting sued for stalking, he got jamison who just kinda looked lost.

Mr. Martin Thank you for your comments.

I think Dan Gilbert had every right to express his feelings I appreciate him using comic sands it made me laugh the entire time I read the letter.Dan is entitled to feel how he feels, we are just not required to agree. If the cavs win a championship before Lebron I will cover my back in the cavs logo. You can take it to the bank.

we all know who will win one 1st. Not Cleveland

“You like that, Bron Bron?”

I’m fine with LeBron making his own decisions in life. Gilbert went overboard when he stated that the Cavs will cash in a title before LeBron. Dan Gilbert hasn’t released the worst of LeBron’s actions in Cleveland, and it’ll be interesting to see if the King’s bad doings while with the Cavs are mentioned later.

wait, “redz” seriously got with ‘bron’s ma? what did i miss?

First of all, Mr. Gilbert, LeBron James gave it all he had every single game he played for your team for 7 years. He was tired of losing because the only so-called help you got him were washed-up stars and the rest were basically misfits who wern’t worthy to play with a guy as good as him. And, may I ask, how do you think you are going to win a title before possibly the best team ever assembled does? Just wondering. Mr. Gilbert has officially stuck his foot in his mouth, and he’s gonna look like a total idiot soon, because even if the Heat don’t win it next year, they will get at least a couple in my opinion. Can any of us honestly say that we would turn down an opportunity to play with 2 olympic gold medal winners, in their primes, making nearly max money, if not max, and to top it off, you are in South Beach, A.K.A. party central? I think not. Gilbert now becomes the dumbest owner in sports. Good luck Bron.

Penny Hardaway, Kobe, Dwyane Wade … Shaq made all of them champions. People were trying to say Penny was the main guy in Orlando too. Shaq was so dominant that to say the obvious was too easy. The Lakers were given a “gift” with Gasol from Memphis and that’s why the Lakers are winning. That never would have happened back in the day. It was league policy not to trade top players to LA or Boston out of fear they would be unbeatable.

You make great points Allenp. Wade will be the man, because he has 1 more ring than James and Bosh. I actually thought he would be in New York, I figured Amare would draw LeBron in. His legacy will take a hit, no doubt, because people will always say he couldn’t do it on his own, true in a way, but nobody else can either. Bron will be one of the most hated players in the league for a long time, while he aquires rings and is all smiles, I doubt he will worry about what anybody has to say about it, since he will have some rings before its over with.

Jukai, come over to Byran’s post, The Aftermath. I’m debating that we don’t know who will be the man, but since everybody assumes it’s Wade, while also assuming Lebron has to be the one to produce, then Lebron gets no benefits and all the pressure.

Single greatest piece of literature in NBA history.

Stop crying like a baby DAN .Grow up!

How’d that work out for ya?