LeBron James Was Hurt By Letter from Cavs Owner When He Left Cleveland

Lebron, needs to get over himself and grow up. You finally got your ring. So move on to the next chapter in your career.

Although LeBron never said it, I can’t help but think Gilbert was a big reason he left.

True – he may have given his all every single night, BUT leaving a city that prospered because of him and then rubbing it in their face with “the Decision” was a dick move… that’s why he should’ve paid for their meals.

JK: you realized he was asked the question, right? He didn’t bring it up. Smfh

Lebron didn’t leave any city. HE DIDN’T HAVE A CITY. He was a basketball player without a team or contract. That’s what an unrestricted free-agent is. They’re no different than a D-Leaguer trying to get signed.

And everyone that’s mad about “Lebron didn’t even have the decency to let the Cavs know first”, I have two points. Point #1, if you are mad at Lebron for that, then I hope you are mad at the Clippers franchise for letting Eric Gordon know he was traded while he was on a bus at a charity event. Point #2, based on how Gilbert reacted, do you really think he would have acted rationally and mature? He would have probably taken to his twitter account and wrote in Comic Sans, “Lebron totally just told me he’s going to Miami…LOLZ”

Wixxurs….Lebron from from Ohio, played HS in Ohio…and then got drafted by Ohio! So yes it was HIS city/his team. He was idolized there. The decision was/is probably his biggest mistake. Not so much leaving, but how he left. Cosign Dagger and MychelS. Its apparent that “jk” didnt read the article and responded based on the title.

No one should play for this guy, He’s a losser.

I think the decision was overblown anyways. He didn’t.say anything negative about the Cavs. He talked about how hard the choice was. And the celebration for heat season ticket holders was an attempt to get the city behind the New team. And when he was talking about rings, Idk if anyone noticed the smile and chuckles. Smh, people need to get their heads out their behinds. LeBron is a great player and an awesome person.

Larry bird had 4 hall of famers with him to start, magic Johnson had abdul-jabaar and worthy, mj had pippin and at times rodman Paxon, livingston, longly, Kerr, Harper. Kobe had shaq and a veteran point guard. Who did an 18 year old kid out of highschool have? Boozer? Then an inconsistent mo, a broken foot Z and an old tired shaq? So he finally wants to play with good players and gets scrutinized… To all this who hate, you have no life or understanding of sport and being competitive. Lebron is a true champion.

@Joey – collusion amongst the players is fairly common, with players working behind the scenes to try to get other good players to sign or be traded to their team. What sticks with me is that I don’t think they could have pulled it off without Riley knowing what was going on. If he had even a whiff that this was happening, and he encouraged it in any way (Wade recruiting James and Bosh while still under contract), it’s tampering. Riley knows a thing or two about tampering while under contract, so it wouldn’t surprise me. Regardless, Gilbert acted like a 13 year old girl. Comic Sans font makes me giggle every time I see it now.

Gilbert did not and does not owe James anything.

I agree with Jordan up above. Let me add on, how about bringing Moses to the 76ers with Doctor J?

Well, let’s see who had the most to lose … if Lebron left Cleveland. It is …. Dan Gilbert as the franchise value fell off the cliff and Dan lost a lot of money and market value.

Seems like it is in our DNA to love and hate, for people who are having a miserable life to want to hate, punish, torture and witness another person having it worst than them. This way, they can brainwash themselves that their life is not that miserable.

Deny, minimize, blame others, etc. All self defense mechanisms without correcting oneself.

Lebron was in Sports Illustrated as a teenager, came into the league as a teenager, not yet fully matured, grew up in the the spotlight, had tremendous pressure put upon him, etc.

Give the guy a break, he seems to be a good citizen, American, mate, father, and a great basketball player.

To all these people who hate Lebron, they should take a look in the mirror themselves.

Dan Gilbert probably spent Big money to hire public relations firms on how to smear Lebron’s name and make the public hate him.

Lebron and Gilbert are both jerks. As a cavs fan I could care less that James left. Honestly what gets me upset is the bandwagon heat fans always insist that Cleveland is still bitter. They are not bitter. Everyone knows lebron couldn’t win it alone he needed two allstars with him. No big deal the dudes a good basketball player but far from elite. His size makes up for a lot of short falls.

Cliff you seem pretty bitter to me…

Lol right? I had to put my glasses on to make sure I was reading that right smh

Lebron will always be a douche. He’s made too many jerk moves. And forget the stats, wins, etc Lebron can never capture the moment like those before him. I mean he cramped up during the Finals game! I know that was out of his control, he was just unlucky.

Amazing that people hate this dude so much. Incredible how many are so quick to judge the decisions of a dude in his early 20′s. There was a lot of hype that came along with Bron. And aside from the 9 years it took to get a ring…he has lived up to it. People want to see him fail. And for someone to claim he has made a lot of mistakes, without actually living his (or an NBA players lifestyle) is just crazy. Everyone is definitely entitled to their opinion…but give some valid reasons for not liking this dude. If you really have to search to find some…you need a life of your own. and CLIFF….name one player in the NBA since say….the 80′s that has one a championship without another great/star player next to them. So what if he didnt win in Cleveland. He played his heart out for that city. And they never surrounded him with talented enough players to win the whole thing. Is that his fault? No!

I don’t think it’s fair to say that the franchise failed to surround him with talented players; otherwise, how do you explain them at least making one finals appearance without a “big three” cast? Also, they even took his his input into acquiring players (like the Jamison acquisition). Of course, having player input is double-edged sword; after all, what is the use of a front office if players are dictating what the front office and can/can’t do. We don’t know what goes on in the front office and the many business decisions; players don’t get swapped like it’s NBA2K12. They surrounded him with many complimentary players while working under the cap but it just wasn’t enough. If you are a small market owner, do you operate under the cap or over and pay the luxury tax?

When Lebron was with the Cavs, the team and owner Dan Gilbert did EVERYTHING possible to keep him happy. He was a great star and the people of Cleveland loved him and supported him 100%. Because the team finished fairly high with LBJ, they never were able to put together a team that won a championship, although they had the best record in the NBA two years in a row! The team owner spent plenty of money, built beautiful facilities, treated LeBron’s posse like they were part of the team and, in general, gave James anything he wanted.
Then, in James’ last game in the playoffs against Boston, he seemed to tank it. Nobody could believe that he choked, since he had never done that before (akthough now in hindsight, maybe thats what happened).The town was at a loss as to what happened, because it sure looked like he quit on the team. Crazy rumours floated around that LeBron had found out that his mother was having an affair with one of his teammates. Nobody could believe waht they had seen as LeBron had been so magnificant up to that point in his career.
He left the team shortly after that and he never had the decency to tell the Cavs that he was leaving. He would not even answer their phone calls. Had he done so, at least the team could have traded him for something valuable. He should have had the loyalty to do at least that, since he obviously knew that he was going to the Heat.
Then he goes on ESPN and announces that he is “taking his talents to South Beach”, talking about himself in the third person like a jerk.. Cleveland felt like a guy who has always treated his girlfriend like a princess, only to have her break up with him on national tv without having the decency to tell him to his face. Before “THe Decision”, people were sure that he was coming back to the Cavs, since it seemed unbelievable that he would not tell the team anything and then go on tv and tell the world that he was leaving.
Then he answers his critics with the ” well after the playoffs the fans who don’t like me have to go back to their crappy lives while I go back to my mansion and live like a king” speech. That’s why the people of Cleveland now root against him. We loved him, gave him our hearts and he stomped on them. Since he was a local kid and C-Town has not won a championship of any kind since the early 1960s, it hurts even more. Too bad LBJ did not win a championship for Cleveland, because it would have been far sweeter for our fans than for those frontrunners in Miami.

@Ldub – part of the reason why the Cavs signed/traded for those players was the fact that Lebron signed that shorter contract and wanted input on those signing/trades. It paralyzed the entire organization and they made panic “this better work right now or we’re screwed” moves that were short-term fixes at best. They were painted into a corner by that short contract. They couldn’t say “we have a 5 year plan to develop the team through the draft and carefully spending on the right free agents.” There just wasn’t time. They had to win it all before Lebron became a FA. Total no-win.

Lebron is just making his move to Miami a TOO BIG DEAL until today! Its all his fault! blame it on yourself

BOW DOWN TO THE KING DAN GILBERT!
BOW DOWN!!!!

Here’s the PR campaign, your still a Dick! Share your feelings on a nobody womens channel you little girl!

first off as a cavs fan i hate heat “fans” way more then lebron second you say we should thank lebron. thank him for what? i mean if we never drafted lebron we could of gotten guys like d wade kevin durant, d rose, 3rd he was hurt by a letter? i was hurt when we lost 26 games in a row, i was hurt when i had to hear the retarded heat “fans”, i was hurt hearing im taking my talents to south beach.