LeBron James To Sign With Cleveland Cavaliers

[BrAinPaiNt]

LOL...can't get enough of these.

 

[WoodysGirl]

 

[zrinkill]

Burm just bought 50 Cavs jerseys

 

[StevenOtero]

If you don't like LeBron James you're obviously racist.

/sarcasm

 

[Risen Star]

First they get 3 first overall picks in 4 years (we conducted a lottery backstage ~wink~ ~wink~) and now Lebron decides to come back.

Pretty hard not to build a great team with that.

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

This.

Miami can be a very apathetic fan base....though the Dolphins have their die-hards.
Cleveland is far more passionate about their sports teams.

Florida, and South Florida specifically is made up with many transplants - people from other parts of the country. When they move here they are coming with allegiances to sports teams already established. Its why on network tv all thru football season we always get NY Giants and Philthy Eagles games.

Its hard for any South Florida team to build a die-hard fan base.

 

[jterrell]

Florida, and South Florida specifically is made up with many transplants - people from other parts of the country. When they move here they are coming with allegiances to sports teams already established. Its why on network tv all thru football season we always get NY Giants and Philthy Eagles games.

Its hard for any South Florida team to build a die-hard fan base.

Locals generally have lesser economic situations.
Transplants or those brought down via jobs from the northeast have larger salaries in my experience.

Also having a beach and lots of beautiful people is very distracting!!!

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

Locals generally have lesser economic situations.
Transplants or those brought down via jobs from the northeast have larger salaries in my experience.

Also having a beach and lots of beautiful people is very distracting!!!

People come here to retire. They come to live for only part of the year as they have homes elsewhere. They come with money. Most people dont come to Florida looking for jobs. The pay here is not great for most people - that is average working class people. Teachers are not paid well.

I moved here 16 yrs ago. I had Dolphins season tix for 6 years, but havent for the past 7 years. I like the Dolphins as my 2nd favorite team but some of that is because my grandparents lived in Miami so I came to Miami every year as a kid. But Im no die-hard and will only watch them if the Cowboys arent playing.

As for baseball, Ive been to maybe 4-5 Marlins games in 16 years. Once last year to see the new stadium. 2 other games when the Rangers were here for a 3 game series. I watch 162 games that the Orioles play but dont watch Marlins games. I have MLB.tv so the Marlins are blacked out for me. So even tho I live here and love baseball I can watch a team that is over 1000 miles away every game, but get the local team blacked out for every game. How stupid is that on the part of MLB and the Marlins when it comes to building a fan base? Hockey? Not been to one game. If I were to go it would be to see the Caps or Red Wings, not the Panthers. Been to 2 Heat games. Once years ago to see Michael Jordan when he came here with the Wizards. The other was Game 5 of the Finals when the Heat beat OKC.

There are some loyal fans for all of the teams, but the largest % would be for the Dolphins.

There are just too many people here who grew up somewhere else and already have teams they stick with even tho they live here.

Having said that, Cleveland may have more loyal or diehard fans, but why Lebron would go there instead of staying in Miami is mind boggling. I mean who would want to live in Cleveland even with more money? Ive been to Cleveland. Its horrible. In Miami Lebron lived in the best area in a place that has some of the best weather year round in the country. Besides that it would seem his legacy wont be as great by going back to a loser organization like Cleveland.

 

[jterrell]

People come here to retire. They come to live for only part of the year as they have homes elsewhere. They come with money. Most people dont come to Florida looking for jobs. The pay here is not great for most people - that is average working class people. Teachers are not paid well.

I moved here 16 yrs ago. I had Dolphins season tix for 6 years, but havent for the past 7 years. I like the Dolphins as my 2nd favorite team but some of that is because my grandparents lived in Miami so I came to Miami every year as a kid. But Im no die-hard and will only watch them if the Cowboys arent playing.

As for baseball, Ive been to maybe 4-5 Marlins games in 16 years. Once last year to see the new stadium. 2 other games when the Rangers were here for a 3 game series. I watch 162 games that the Orioles play but dont watch Marlins games. I have MLB.tv so the Marlins are blacked out for me. So even tho I live here and love baseball I can watch a team that is over 1000 miles away every game, but get the local team blacked out for every game. How stupid is that on the part of MLB and the Marlins when it comes to building a fan base? Hockey? Not been to one game. If I were to go it would be to see the Caps or Red Wings, not the Panthers. Been to 2 Heat games. Once years ago to see Michael Jordan when he came here with the Wizards. The other was Game 5 of the Finals when the Heat beat OKC.

There are some loyal fans for all of the teams, but the largest % would be for the Dolphins.

There are just too many people here who grew up somewhere else and already have teams they stick with even tho they live here.

Having said that, Cleveland may have more loyal or diehard fans, but why Lebron would go there instead of staying in Miami is mind boggling. I mean who would want to live in Cleveland even with more money? Ive been to Cleveland. Its horrible. In Miami Lebron lived in the best area in a place that has some of the best weather year round in the country. Besides that it would seem his legacy wont be as great by going back to a loser organization like Cleveland.

I have worked with a couple major companies that moved people to Florida but it was Tampa/St. Pete not Miami.
Have family in Fort Laurderdale and Tampa.

The Ft Lauderdale family is huge Dolphins fans but moved down about 15 years ago and held onto baseball and other sports from Cincinnati/St. Louis.

Tampa family is from NY originally and only been there about 5 years and still is Yankees/Knicks/Giants

 

[jterrell]

Question now is Can the Cavs win the East this year?
As someone who predicted this was a best decision for basketball reasons I believe absolutely so.

Once stars are in place: Presumably both LBJ and Love the rest is really very easy.
Not hard to find older vets to fill out roster if you have playing time and the worlds best recruiter.

Nets/Celts and others have vets they want no part of. Should be easy to turn some 4 and 5m a year kids into MLE type vets and reshape the roster without trading off all the youth.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

Question now is Can the Cavs win the East this year?
As someone who predicted this was a best decision for basketball reasons I believe absolutely so.

Once stars are in place: Presumably both LBJ and Love the rest is really very easy.
Not hard to find older vets to fill out roster if you have playing time and the worlds best recruiter.

Nets/Celts and others have vets they want no part of. Should be easy to turn some 4 and 5m a year kids into MLE type vets and reshape the roster without trading off all the youth.

Yeah, I think Cleveland is in great shape right now. I liked their young talent before LeBron came over and I was surprised they weren't much better last season.

--Young, proven All-Star PG in Kyrie Irving. This is a PG league and he's entering his 4th year and will probably be a top 5-6 PG in the league this year. Good to have as your best player and great to have as your 2nd best player. Plus, unlike Wade who played similarly to LeBron when they teamed up in Miami, Kyrie is a true PG and he won't have to compensate his skill set for LeBron.

--Young, good players in Dion Waiters and Tristan Thompson. These guys consistently put up 15 points a game and Tristan is a big time rebounder. Neither is a defensive assassin and neither is very consistent, but you're in great shape if these are your 4th or 5th best players. Plus, they're good trade chips to get another star.

--Young player in Anthony Bennett. Not really sure what this guy will amount to. Definitely will be a backup SF/PF and most likely for his whole career. Maybe he can turn it around and be a great 6th man. Not really sure if he has much trade value now since many believed he was a reach at #1 overall and he had a pitiful rookie season.

--This year's #1 pick in Andrew Wiggins. I thought about it and they'd be dumb not to trade him for Kevin Love. That would make sense for the Cavs and the Wolves. The Wolves would be losing their franchise player and replacing him with a guy who has the potential to be the best player in the league in 5 years, and the Cavs would be getting a sure thing in Love and a guy who is in the prime of his career and an excellent guy to have as your 2nd best player. Plus, unlike Wiggins, Kevin Love's skill set wouldn't overlap LeBron's. I think Wiggins for Love straight up would be a fair trade for both sides.

--Only thing is with this roster you lack any interior post defensive presence. Varajeo, who is 31 and hasn't been healthy for 4 years, is a big body and a great rebounder but someone who gets about 0.5 blocks per game. Same goes with Kevin Love. He makes Chris Bosh look like Bill Russell. But, like you said, there are a lot of older guys who'd be willing to sign a cheap contract to play on this team. You wouldn't have to sacrifice the youth like they did in Miami. Just sign a veteran who can block some shots and get some rebounds, then maybe sign a veteran backup guard and you should be good to go.

 

[romomania]

also major credit to SI and Lee Jenkins for their part in this. The "journalism" happening these last couple weeks was unbearable at times. With all the "sources" these espn/yahoo/other guys on twitter were claiming, SI wasn't mentioned at all. No leaks about how the announcement was going down, nothing. Good stuff.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

lol, considering they spend a 4th overall on Waiters, another 4th overall on Thompson and a #1 on Bennett, they tried.....trust me, they tried

 

[DejectedFan1996]

Been ecstatic all day. Extremely happy about The King returning home and happy for Clevelanders all over.

I always get a chuckle when people make their sly remarks and jokes about how 'bland' of a city Cleveland is and this stereotype of its lack of night life. People don't seem to realize that Lebron James isn't that "party harty" type of guy. He loves his home town; he loves Lake Erie over South Beach. He's in the process of having his third child (a girl). He's a family man and wants to raise his kids where HE grew up. All that ******** about their being "nothing to do in Cleveland" is all irrelevant to Lebron and Savannah. Hell, as soon as the season is over, EVERY YEAR he goes back during the summer.

Despite being a Spurs fan, I've always been a fan of King James and was hoping he would return home.

We are all Witnesses Again!

 

[DFWJC]

People come here to retire. They come to live for only part of the year as they have homes elsewhere. They come with money. Most people dont come to Florida looking for jobs. The pay here is not great for most people - that is average working class people. Teachers are not paid well.

I moved here 16 yrs ago. I had Dolphins season tix for 6 years, but havent for the past 7 years. I like the Dolphins as my 2nd favorite team but some of that is because my grandparents lived in Miami so I came to Miami every year as a kid. But Im no die-hard and will only watch them if the Cowboys arent playing.

As for baseball, Ive been to maybe 4-5 Marlins games in 16 years. Once last year to see the new stadium. 2 other games when the Rangers were here for a 3 game series. I watch 162 games that the Orioles play but dont watch Marlins games. I have MLB.tv so the Marlins are blacked out for me. So even tho I live here and love baseball I can watch a team that is over 1000 miles away every game, but get the local team blacked out for every game. How stupid is that on the part of MLB and the Marlins when it comes to building a fan base? Hockey? Not been to one game. If I were to go it would be to see the Caps or Red Wings, not the Panthers. Been to 2 Heat games. Once years ago to see Michael Jordan when he came here with the Wizards. The other was Game 5 of the Finals when the Heat beat OKC.

There are some loyal fans for all of the teams, but the largest % would be for the Dolphins.

There are just too many people here who grew up somewhere else and already have teams they stick with even tho they live here.

Having said that, Cleveland may have more loyal or diehard fans, but why Lebron would go there instead of staying in Miami is mind boggling. I mean who would want to live in Cleveland even with more money? Ive been to Cleveland. Its horrible. In Miami Lebron lived in the best area in a place that has some of the best weather year round in the country. Besides that it would seem his legacy wont be as great by going back to a loser organization like Cleveland.

You had me until that last paragraph.
Other than the weather, there are Aton of good reason for LeBron to go back home. A legit non superficial list at that.

BTW, the Cavs have had many good teams I their history.
Granted, Miami got that BS title with Wade vs Dallas (says bitter Mavs fan) awhile back,but its not like the Miami Heat pre-LeBron were some long time storied franchise. And as was already mentioned, their fan base suxs.

 

[jterrell]

also major credit to SI and Lee Jenkins for their part in this. The "journalism" happening these last couple weeks was unbearable at times. With all the "sources" these espn/yahoo/other guys on twitter were claiming, SI wasn't mentioned at all. No leaks about how the announcement was going down, nothing. Good stuff.

I credit them, LeBron and Rich Paul.
This was done tastefully via old school methods.
Nothing flashy or trashy about it.

This wasn't some AAU hot tub signing but a grown man sharing his decision and providing empathy with those it effected negatively while accepting responsibility FAR beyond winning.

It was really beautiful stuff.

My respect for an opposing athlete hasn't ever been higher.

 

[Tabascocat]

 

[Manwiththeplan]

hilarious, but the captain Phillips one was better

 

[burmafrd]

Burm just bought 50 Cavs jerseys

never have bought anything for any sports team ever. I know some really dumb people waste their money on that sort of thing...

 

[burmafrd]

also major credit to SI and Lee Jenkins for their part in this. The "journalism" happening these last couple weeks was unbearable at times. With all the "sources" these espn/yahoo/other guys on twitter were claiming, SI wasn't mentioned at all. No leaks about how the announcement was going down, nothing. Good stuff.

had to laugh; a couple of days ago Mike and Mike had someone on who was supposed to be closer to Lebron then anyone and he flat out said that there had been no meeting with Gilbert. ooooppppppssssss. This whole thing just underlines how pathetic the so called sports journalism world is anymore. Just like the rest of the so called journalism world. Worthless.