Hello world as you know all Lebron James decided to take his "talents" to South Beach and JOIN Dwayne Wade and the Miami Heat in "Wade County."
I must admit my initial reaction to Lebron James leaving was anger, but that lasted for five minutes. After hearing what he had to say about not being selfish and willing to give up his own fame to win a ring changed my mind. Although I completely disagree with his decision he says it was the right one for him so cool, but I also disagree with that.
Lets face it Lebron yes you are one of the greatest players to ever play the game. You have the numbers the statistics and all that. You are 25 yeas old in the prime of your career and played on a WINNING team yet you decided that joing Dwayne Wade and Bosh was the best decision for you to make. Yes, you got on ESPN and said with you joing the heat you guys have the chance to win 8+ Championships, but lets be honest, you will not win that many. Also I feel that you being compared to Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant then essintially running away from Cleveland because YOU could not lead them to a championship is disrespectful to the game of basketball. The Cavs were a great team and as a fan of the game I feel like you took the easy way out. Not just in basketball but in life we all will go through hard times and you have to see them through walking away from them will not help you grow as a man. Kobe had hard times in LA...He stuck with them and won 2 stright, Jordan had hard times in Chicago, he stuck with it and won 6 and became the best player to ever play the game of basketball. Yes you may win ring, but lets be honest Robert Horry has 11 rings, what good is it to have a ring and no Legacy.
Now over these past couple days I have been hearing a lot of things. First of the Dan Gibert incident. I do not disagree with Dan Gilberts actions at all. Lebron should have told Cleveland what he was going to do so that Cleveland would not have waited on him. People say no one wants to go to Cleveland but thats not true if Lebron would have said that he was going to stay in Cleveland then Boozer, or even Bosh might have came to Cleveland. Also he should have told the people close to him that he was leaving. He bascailly keep everyone out of the loop which is not cool. Team Mate Mo Williams did not even know he was leaving, he found out the same night the rest of the country found out. Mo goes on to say via twitter: "The only thing, and I mean the only thing I disagree with is.... If he knew somewhere else was the destination. He should have spared cle" It is rumored that his closet friends and family members did not even know about his decision. I think he went all about what he did in the wrong way and could have handled it a lot better then he did.
The What ifs:
Ok Yes Miami now has 3 superstars on their team...They now also have Mike Miller and Udonis....Thats cool, but they also traded away the rights to future draft picks, and paying Lebron Wade and Bosh over $300 million in the next 6 years...Which leaves room to wonder, who are they going to add to this team so they can infact compete for an NBA championship? Also lets say Lebron stayed on the Cavs and they win the regular season again and he wins MVP again and make it to the play offs like the past couple years, with a new coach whos to say the wouldnt go all the way. OK and if they do not go all the way this year, Chris Paul is a free agent next year, and I bet any money he would have signed with the Cavs, and bring Chris to Cleveland would make them in the front running for a NBA Title. I feel its safe to say what Dan Gilbert said is true. Nothing comes easy and just by the things Lebron said in the press conference with Wade and Bosh he feels that him making that move will make it EASY for them to win a ring, he said and I quote: "With me and Wade on the wings Pat Riley can suit up and just throw the ball up and we will go get it,"
Lebron you are my favorite player, and still are, but I am disappointed in your decision, you let the Cavs down, the city of Cleveland down and even some of your friends and family. I wish you will! keep working hard...go cavs!
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