Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
Whether it was his wife or not, that information that was tweeted out came from him. They couldn't let him be a GM any longer. Surprised it took as long as it did for it to happen.
That is why I put "supposedly" But here he is throwing his wife under the bus.
Colangelo says his wife, Barbara, "acted independently and without my knowledge or consent." Added "the content she shared was filled with inaccuracies and conjecture which in no way represent my own views or opinions." Says he is saddened to leave under these circumstances.
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
Why? Cleveland built nothing around him for nearly a decade and they had every opportunity to do so. Get a player better than Zydrunas Ilgauskas to be his #2 and a realistic shot at a title and he would have likely stayed in Cleveland the entire time.
Durant would have still choked the 3-1 lead to Golden State in 2016 and blamed his coach/teammates for it whether LeBron did what he did in 2010 or not, so I have no idea what you are basing that on. He badly wanted to go win a title so he went the best place he thought to do it.
They bent over backwards to get him what he wanted. The problem is as great of a player as Lebron is, he's really demanding of his front office, and what he wants has a poor history of helping the team. He played a role in both Cleveland teams not having the best supporting cast. [Reply]
Originally Posted by dirk digler:
That is why I put "supposedly" But here he is throwing his wife under the bus.
Colangelo says his wife, Barbara, "acted independently and without my knowledge or consent." Added "the content she shared was filled with inaccuracies and conjecture which in no way represent my own views or opinions." Says he is saddened to leave under these circumstances.
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Or Chauncey Billups over Kobe, MJ’s losses in the first rd in consecutive years or Brady losing to a backup QB in the SB
Pistons are great example of why team ball with little talent can beat superstar Isoball that Lebron insists on running to pad his stats..Great work for once in the NBA thread. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy:
Pistons are great example of why team ball with little talent can beat superstar Isoball that Lebron insists on running to pad his stats..Great work for once in the NBA thread.
The 2004 Pistons had talent.
Difference is it was just defensive talent, which isn't as respected in the NBA [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Cool. Now ask him to do that every single game or else he sucks. Also have him do that every game with LeBron’s team and not the best team in the league that doesn’t need him.
Lebron built his team, everything that goes right or wrong is his choice. Hell he even got a lue so he could be coach also. It all falls on him, his build a team 2.0 did not do as well as Miami. Now he will move to 3.0.
But somehow kd is the weak one? They both did the same thing. If lebron goes to Houston or forms a superteam in LA are you going to flip the script? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Valiant:
Lebron built his team, everything that goes right or wrong is his choice. Hell he even got a lue so he could be coach also. It all falls on him, his build a team 2.0 did not do as well as Miami. Now he will move to 3.0.
But somehow kd is the weak one? They both did the same thing. If lebron goes to Houston or forms a superteam in LA are you going to flip the script?
LeBron was good enough to deliver a championship to Cleveland. KD was too weak and joined the best team in the league that didn’t need him. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC: LeBron was good enough to deliver a championship to Cleveland. KD was too weak and joined the best team in the league that didn’t need him.
While true, he still had to leave so they could tank and get a guy like Kyrie. If Lebron never leaves Cleveland, that doesn’t happen and he’d probably be ringless.
He didn’t go back to Cleveland to do it the hard way. He went back to Cleveland to play with Kyrie/Love who were younger and better for the long term than Wade and Bosh. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
While true, he still had to leave so they could tank and get a guy like Kyrie. If Lebron never leaves Cleveland, that doesn’t happen and he’d probably be ringless.
He didn’t go back to Cleveland to do it the hard way. He went back to Cleveland to play with Kyrie/Love who were younger and better for the long term than Wade and Bosh.
No No No! He did it to right a wrong I am told :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
While true, he still had to leave so they could tank and get a guy like Kyrie. If Lebron never leaves Cleveland, that doesn’t happen and he’d probably be ringless.
He didn’t go back to Cleveland to do it the hard way. He went back to Cleveland to play with Kyrie/Love who were younger and better for the long term than Wade and Bosh.
I guess that means nobody wins a championship "the hard way."
Originally Posted by staylor26:
While true, he still had to leave so they could tank and get a guy like Kyrie. If Lebron never leaves Cleveland, that doesn’t happen and he’d probably be ringless.
He didn’t go back to Cleveland to do it the hard way. He went back to Cleveland to play with Kyrie/Love who were younger and better for the long term than Wade and Bosh.
Yeah Cleveland was doing great while LeBron was gone. Super easy path for him :-) [Reply]
