Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 at 9:00 am  |  54 responses

LeBron James Thanks Akron; No Mention of Cleveland

Following in the footsteps of Big Z, LBJ took out an ad in his hometown paper to thank the people of Akron. Cavs fans and residents of Cleveland? Not so much: “Two days after Zydrunas Ilgauskas took out an ad in The Plain Dealer to thank the fans of Cleveland for their support, LeBron James placed a similar ad in the Beacon-Journal in Akron … While James praised his hometown of Akron, he made no mention of Cleveland, where he played at Quicken Loans Arena for seven years as a member of the Cavs.”

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  • http://www.slamonline.com J

    All of this won’t happen if only lebron didn’t choose the TV spectacle and showed respect and class in leaving. And for mandkind’s sake don’t let Maverick Carter handle the PR thing..

  • Lawless66007

    Apparently LeBron/Miami fans have comprehension problems. Ya’ll keep thinking that we burned his jersey because he left Cleveland. How more clearly do you need it? WE AREN’T MAD THAT HE LEFT. WE ARE MAD AT HOW HE LEFT CLEVELAND! He held a long television show just to tell the world that he was leaving, knowing how bad that would make us look. But it backfired on him and he embarrassed himself. But what is funny to me is that ya’ll call us “classless” and “unworthy” because of a few jerseys being burned, FOR A HOMETOWN PLAYER, at the brink of a championship, but ya’ll talk about us like we came down and personally slapped ya’ll mamma. What did Cleveland do to you? Ya’ll got who ya’ll wanted, why is there so much hate for Cleveland now? I’ve seen nothing but insults and joneses on Cleveland it’s not even funny and WE’RE the ones that need the sympathy. Cleveland CLASSLESS??? Please.

  • http://theurbangriot.com The Nupe

    @Lawless66007: You’re right. People have been putting Cleveland down a lot since LBJ announcement. It’s funny how some people who have either never been to the city try to judge the people from there. In all the news clips I saw, there were only a handfull of Jerseys actually burned, but people are making it seem like everybody in Cleveland was burning jerseys – and that’s just not true. It’s sad to me that there seems to be a perception that the people of Cleveland are ‘bad’, where in fact most are just sad to see thier hometown hero leave and/or are angry about how he did it. But over 99.999% of the people of Clevealnd did NOT burn anything related to LeBron. I’ve spent a lot of time in Cleveland and actually really like the city, I’d rather be there than many other basketball cities (e.g. det, ind, minn, portland) but for some reason it seems that people want to really kick Cleveland. I don’t get it, a FEW jerseys were burned (for the television cameras) and now a lot of folks want to judge based on so little information. All I can say is keep your heads up and continue to support your teams, yall are alright in my book.

  • http://theurbangriot.com The Nupe

    Antoher quick thought, LeBron doesn’t even live in Akron anymore. He moved to Bath Twp. at least a few years ago. Not to be technical but saying Akron is his home is just not true. I get he doesn’t want to call Cleveland his ‘hometown’ since his hometown is Akron, but if he’s going to split hairs about not being from Cleveland, then the same hairs should be split that he doesn’t live in Akron.

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