What is there to say? Since I go to school in Ohio, here's a sampling of Facebook statuses (some censored) from Cleveland fans and Ohio natives following the worst made-for-TV event since the latest Bachelorette reunion special.
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chalk up another heartbreak... still love my cavs
LeBron... You just murdered Cleveland.. Have fun in Miami. I hate knowing that you live 5 minutes away from me and know that you just destroyed something good
lebron james = the new art modell
wow. thanks a lot lebron. i hope your plane crashes on your way to Miami.
Cleveland sports is over...
R.I.P. Cleveland
Cant blame him...
My little brother is now my best chance at winning a championship... even if it is little league
F*** LEBRON!
Why would Lebron want to stay when most of Cleveland doesn't even want to stay?
dang. people don't get this animated when their good friends take a new job in a new city. besides, it's not like any of you even met the guy. it's a little game, and the sun is probably gonna rise tomorrow... just not on cleveland. BUT HEY, AT LEAST HE DIDN'T GO TO NEW YORK!
Congrats LeBron...for stabbing all us Cleveland fans in the back..F*** you, u r a big attention whore and need to stop being a lazy a** mother f***er...Dan Gilbert you are the man
Tobetray someone is one thing to betray an entire city and state is an
act of self-absorbed cowardice. I am a witness to a TRAITOR
Cleveland fan since birth. No self-centered person who shows up an entire city will change that. At some point, Cleveland will have its day.
PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS DAN GILBERT
-----------------------------------------------A little bit of perspective, a decent amount of sadness and a LOT of anger. As much as I wanted LeBron to come to NY, you can't help but feel for the Cleveland fans. He couldn't just hold a press conference in the new city like every other player does. He milked this for everything it was worth and made himself into the spectacle. And he took the easy way out. He didn't try to bring a title to a championship-starved city with passionate fans (Cleveland, New York) or one with a real solid TEAM with a young core (Chicago). He has now become hated by those cities' fans and many more.
He made the move that will give him no chance of being up there with Jordan or Kobe. And he did have a chance to be in that breath. With Wade AND Bosh, he will never be THE guy. It's one thing to win a championship with very good role players around you (Jordan). It's another to orchestrate a move to sign with two fellow free agent superstars to do it. More to come on this soon.
glad to see my comment made your blog. heres another one for you
ReplyDelete"hey lebron you might want to think about getting that 330 tattoo changed to a 305 because you are no longer welcome in your HOME"
-ZACH
Yeah I did just mean the Knicks in that respect. As a whole NY is not championship-starved but it definitely is in basketball. Obviously, Cleveland is way more starved than NY in every aspect though, so maybe I shouldn't have lumped them together.
ReplyDeleteI will make an argument though that New York has two teams in most sports, so they just have a better chance of winning by odds. And if you're not a Yankees or Giants fan, you haven't seen champs in a bit. If you're a Mets/Jets/Knicks/Islanders fan, the Jets last won in '69, Mets '89, Isles '83 and Knicks '73.
Obviously Cleveland's drought is the worst in sports though and it probably just deserves to sit on its own when talking about lack of championships.