"Building around LeBron was miserable" -David Griffin (article)

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

A GM’s only goal for his career more than ANYONE else in the franchise is a chip......owners will still own, players will still play and endorse.....but for a GM a ring is about it for real job security....Bron brought him that....he should be sayin nothing. He kids goin to college cuz of that same star he tryin to speak on.......if Bron did something pick up the phone

He had a very handsome salary before Lebron came there. A General Manager’s job is just that: general management. Ensuring the environment is stable and continuing to grow. The moment Lebron steps in, it’s turmoil. Look at the Lakers.

 

[010101]

bron is the reason for your highest level of success ha*

 

[NYC Rebel]

This is exactly what everyone is talking about. Lebron gets all of the credit, including being the GM, when he backs his way into one championship (that Kyrie Irving hit the game winning shot). Nobody, not David Griffin, Kyrie, JR Smith, Ty Lue, did anything to help him.

I dont care about all that. I want to see what mediocre white man does minus Bron being in his orbit because outside of it, his resume is pedestrian.

You can hang on to that other shyt, but Ive worked corporate America for two decades. The title GM doesnt mean shyt to me. Ive seen enough of these mediocre white dudes at their best when piggybacking off the work of others. We saw this this year. Its no different than the “writers” of Game Of Thrones who looked like stars when reading off of RR Martin’s book but showed their lack of talent when they had to move beyond Martin’s work.

I dont get you dudes in here celebrating white male mediocrity.

 

[NYC Rebel]

So now me laughing at Bron stans is an indication of my job status/history? You're acting like a fukking lunatic right now.

Lunatic?

Do you think tying these over the top words to my so called behavior debunks anything Ive said?

 

[Bleed The Freak]

We need more RC Bufords than this shyt

Not everything....

Especially as GM is supposed to get an interview.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Trump supporters say its all about triggering libs.

The parallels are endless. But they get mad when you point em out (ironically another parallel)

 

[blockboy504]

Sad is a strong word. I just wont praise a white dude who only has a ship on his resume because of the guy hes calling out.

Sad? Why? He’s a clown. Yall niqqas are happy sucking off a clown. I feel no sort of way other than sorry for dudes so willing to suck off a cac so as long as it fits their agenda

Man foh with all that cac shyt idc about that I just won’t tell nobody how to feel

 

[Edub]

He had a very handsome salary before Lebron came there. A General Manager’s job is just that: general management. Ensuring the environment is stable and continuing to grow. The moment Lebron steps in, it’s turmoil. Look at the Lakers.

No, a gm’s job is to put together a roster for a championship and then contain or reboot that roster for another championship.....nobody’s hiring GM’s in the NBA looking for the skills of simple employee management like at jack in the box....they hire GM’s to win championships...simple as that. Some franchises don’t even have GM’s, those are places that are satisfied with having simple stability and growth.....championship organizations hire gm’s for championships...period. Bron made his career dreams come true.....simple as that.

 

[blockboy504]

GM with players shouldn't be saying shyt like this.

Not cool. Other folks on his roster gonna be feeling some type of way.

They won’t fam

 

[NYC Rebel]

Man foh with all that cac shyt idc about that I just won’t tell nobody how to feel

How is this cac shyt? Calling out Mediocre white men for not doing anything beyond piggybacking off of the work or presence of someone else os far from cac shyt.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

I dont care about all that. I want to see what mediocre white man does minus Bron being in his orbit because outside of it, his resume is pedestrian.

You can hang on to that other shyt, but Ive worked corporate America for two decades. The title GM doesnt mean shyt to me. Ive seen enough of these mediocre white dudes at their best piggybacking off the back of others. Its no different than the “writers” of Game Of Thrones who looked like stars when reading off of RR Martin’s book but showed their lack of talent when they had to move beyond Martin’s work.

I dont get you dudes in here.

What does any of that have to do with the validity of his statement (and others who have worked with Lebron), though? He worked with him and his team daily for years, he has the right to speak his experience, regardless of if you think he’s good at his job or not.

I’d gather most of the people on this site work or have worked in corporate America, but that has zero to do with Lebron and his habit of terrorizing franchises.

The world is full of mediocre white men in positions of power? Tell us something we don’t know. Of course David Griffin isn’t putting the ball in the basket or getting triple doubles, but Lebron isn’t crunching numbers and scouting players every night either.

The general premise of his statements are true, which is the topic of the thread.

 

[Bleed The Freak]

They won’t fam

Ok

Dude ain't exactly Pat Riley or Pop.

His shyt talking could poison future relationships with players

 

[TheNig]

It's one thing to tell David Griffin that LeBron is the reason why he won in Cleveland. I don't think that's entirely true (Kyrie hit that shot). But I can see where the stans come from on this one.

But don't tell him how he should feel or how it was to work with LeBron for that 3 year stretch. Especially considering that none of us were there.

 

[NYC Rebel]

What does any of that have to do with the validity of his statement (and others who have worked with Lebron), though? He worked with him and his team daily for years, he has the right to speak his experience, regardless of if you think he’s good at his job or not.

I’d gather most of the people on this site work or have worked in corporate America, but that has zero to do with Lebron and his habit of terrorizing franchises.

The world is full of mediocre white men in positions of power? Tell us something we don’t know. Of course David Griffin isn’t putting the ball in the basket or getting triple doubles, but Lebron isn’t crunching numbers and scouting players every night either.

The general premise of his statements are true, which is the topic of the thread.

I dont see how giving a franchise its only ship os “terrorizing.” Im not lapping up some mediocre white dude language because he uttered it. At the end....We know it worked. Lets see this ordinary white dude have it end the same way again.

I survived a wave of layoffs with my previous employer until we had a new CEO who was worth a damn come in but made shyt hard on us because we werent accustomed to his unorthodox ways. At the end, the company became way more profitable and my salary increased as a result. You wont see me still bytching considering how much it helped me. Unless youre willing to say Bron didnt help this dude reach the pinnacle, there’s really nothing to say.

Change hurts for some. This dude is mediocre as hell and likely hated confronting a player with power. Hes likely one of those white dudes accustomed to complete power and couldnt handle it.

Thats who yall co-signing?

 

[TheNig]

The general premise of his statements are true, which is the topic of the thread.

The argument shouldn't be whether or not it's true. I just find it weird that nikkas are tryna tell Griffin how he should feel about all of this.