LeBron James booed at Carmelo Anthony's wedding

[nyjunc]

Lebrons Cavs were the Washington Redskins of the NBA. They didn't try to build through the draft and have players grow with him like what happened in Chicago with Scottie, Horace Grant, and Jordan. Instead, Gilbert tried to use a win now mentality and traded for a whole bunch of has beens with over inflated salaries. Lebron was the only go to guy with scrubs surrounding him. Mo Williams? come on. Antwan Jamison, the Wizards Reject? Thats laughable. Wade had Shaq on the beginning of his decline to help intimidate players in the middle. Granted he didn't do much that championship season but players were still scared of him and he was alot more mobile than when he played with James. Jordan in his prime couldn't have even won a championship with this team. And the heat an established team? Aboslutley not. Maybe with an established Superstar but nothing further than that. The Heat were the New York Knicks but with one exception, we had Wade who I think is the best player on this team, not James.

James and Bosh did exactly what Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett did. The two main differences here are that they did it in their primes and James announced it in poor fashion.



I couldn't agree more about Lebrons legacy, not so much b/c he joined the Heat, but how he announced it.




Kobe and Wade are my two favorite players in the NBA so I know for a fact that outside of LA, Kobe still doesn't get the recognition he deserves. It wasn't untill Shaq left and how he left Miami that some Heat fans realized that maybe it wasn't such a one-sided argument in LA. Jordan wasn't the nicest guy in the world but he was forgivable b/c he was bringing something to the game that nobody has ever seen. I don't think Lebron quit, I think he got sick of how the roster was being handled and mismanaged and how he was getting absolutley no help whatsoever

After you get a star like that it's hard to build through the draft b/c there are so few quality players entering the league each year. Kobe got help through trades and FA and the Celtics were built on trades in recent years.

Gilbert tried to do what lebron wanted him to do and that's his fault. he shouldn't have bent over for lebron so often but he did bring him enough talent to win a championship with. Jamison is a very good NBA player, Shaq still takes up space, they had more than enough talent around Lebron to win now in a league where a truly great team has not won a title in a long time. Jordan easily would have won a championship in the last 2 years w/ the surrounding talent in Cleveland.

The heat w/ wade and Bosh going there were a ready made team for Lebron to win w/. i'm not talking about last year's Heat but the team they will have going forward.

 

[jree]

After you get a star like that it's hard to build through the draft b/c there are so few quality players entering the league each year. Kobe got help through trades and FA and the Celtics were built on trades in recent years.

Kobe got lucky with the fact that Pau Gasol was acquired for peanuts and Shannon Brown was a blessing when Adam Morrison was the real target to get Kobe some help along the perimeter so I definitley won't disagree. Cavs should've kept Brown though. Its because of the fact that the Celtics were built on trades and aging free agents. Thats what makes them a "win now" team and not a "win into the future" team. Gilbert messed up by not building through the draft process and went into complete win now mode because of what The Celts accomplished. And most of the free agents that he picked up were piss poor players. Mo Williams sucked before he came to the Cavs and Delonte West is a guy that I don't think they ever felt comfortable with in the back court alongside James.

Gilbert tried to do what lebron wanted him to do and that's his fault. he shouldn't have bent over for lebron so often but he did bring him enough talent to win a championship with. Jamison is a very good NBA player, Shaq still takes up space, they had more than enough talent around Lebron to win now in a league where a truly great team has not won a title in a long time. Jordan easily would have won a championship in the last 2 years w/ the surrounding talent in Cleveland.

He definitley need to listen to his player but not as much. He should have been a better evaluator of talent from a front office point of view though. I never really liked Jamison and he was never going to have the Dallas Mavericks or first year with Wizards type season ever again. Besides they already had a Jamison type of player with Larry Hughes. They would have been better off keeping Drew Gooden who wouldve been way more effective than any front court that had Shaq in it. Shaq barely played in any games this year cause of his fat *** self and all his injuries and lack of work ethic. And when he did play in the Celtics series he looked so lethargic and he tried to do way too much cause his ego got in his way he thought "I can still do it". I'm just sayin that the guys Gilbert put in position to oversee the players and guys they picked up in FA or trades was ridiculous. I may have been jumped the gun with the Jordan comment. I only said that to make my point clearer because with the talent that is in the NBA now Jordan could've won with the almost any team.

The heat w/ wade and Bosh going there were a ready made team for Lebron to win w/. i'm not talking about last year's Heat but the team they will have going forward.

I still disagree with ready made team though. With Bosh and Wade they still only had Chalmers and Beasley(who is softer than play-doh). If Lebron didn't come it wouldve been easier to sign 2nd teir players and more guys for the rotation but this team was in alot worse shape without James. So I don't think that him coming here is what hurt his legacy, its how let the his old franchise and the world know that he was coming here.

 

[PhinsPhan11]

I don't mind Lebron's decision on where he wanted to go, I didn't like the way it was announced.

 

[zFUNK]

I can't wait till there three dudes retire and everyone gets the **** off the bandwagon. MF's!!!!!! Now I'm gonna be paying twice as much to sit twice as far from the court. Facking Fairweather Bull****