Someone remind me why Lebron was so hated for "The Decision" in 2010?

[LurkMoar]

lebron is the only good thing to ever come from cleveland


that nikka is like God over there, then he just crushed thier souls

 

[Big Blue]

Free agent! FREE AGENT! You have every right to sign with whatever team you want and that's expected. He played out his contract, never demanded a trade yet you dont eant him to make a choice of where he wants to play? Restrict him like a slave?

That's not the point. The point is you can't clown Cleveland fans for thinking that LeBron would have re-uped in 2010 even after opting out.

 

[Majestic Pape]

Because it was a superstar going to another superstars team...Added to the fact that he "embarrassed" Cleveland on live television.

That's about it.

Embarrassed Cleveland?

shyt, if Cleveland wasn't already embarrassing he never would have left in the first place.

 

[madness]

i said in summer of 2010 when it happened that in 4 or 5 years people would look back and wonder "what the fukk was i so mad about?"

bron had cacs FURIOUS...i remember old white ladies on CNN, Fox news and the good morning america shows commenting on the decision like "why did that man do that to those poor people?"

kobe stans hated him because they wouldnt be able to make ringless jokes, knicks, nets and bulls fans hated him because he toyed with their teams, celtics fans hated him because they knew this meant the end of rondo/KG/ray...and who knows why fans of other teams hated him

the fake outrage really was quite a spectacle to watch, america really knows how to play shyt up and tell sheep what to be mad at and who to feel sorry for

 

[NY's #1 Draft Pick]

Y'all really asking this question ?

He had a gat damn tv special.and a WWF tv special were he proclaimed the they was finna win 7 ships that's why @Ronnie Lott ..you'd do that to ur hometown?

Pick your team and KIM

 

[Sausageman]

Cuz he's a bytch who took the easy way out

 

[Ronnie Lott]

Y'all really asking this question ?

He had a gat damn tv special.and a WWF tv special were he proclaimed the they was finna win 7 ships that's why @Ronnie Lott ..you'd do that to ur hometown?

Pick your team and KIM

He had a gatdam pep rally creating hype and excitement upon his arrival to miami. Anybody who had played at least high school sports has had a gatdam pep rally. But when Lebron does it, he becomes the antichrist

 

[Ronnie Lott]

i said in summer of 2010 when it happened that in 4 or 5 years people would look back and wonder "what the fukk was i so mad about?"

bron had cacs FURIOUS...i remember old white ladies on CNN, Fox news and the good morning america shows commenting on the decision like "why did that man do that to those poor people?"

kobe stans hated him because they wouldnt be able to make ringless jokes, knicks, nets and bulls fans hated him because he toyed with their teams, celtics fans hated him because they knew this meant the end of rondo/KG/ray...and who knows why fans of other teams hated him

the fake outrage really was quite a spectacle to watch, america really knows how to play shyt up and tell sheep what to be mad at and who to feel sorry for

This reason alone is why I don't understand why black folk would jump on the "hate Lebron train "

 

[Big Boss]

Point is you can't have war without the killing and atrocious conditions. Just like you can't have a prime time TV special to announce what team you are playing for without insensitivity and hysteria. People tuned in record numbers to watch so clearly that wasn't an issue for them...until he said "South Beach" that is.

Yep anybody could have called out lebron for having a tv special in the first place but they wait till after he says he going to miami. everybody and they mama watched that tv special.

When it was announced he was doing a tv special. somebody could have said lebron doesn't need to do this, just say what team you want to play for.

 

[MsBigHead]

I'm a black man and for me this had nothing to do with it.

My goal is to have my own dental practice within 5 to 7 years. I'm already close to $20,000 saved. I don't want to do business loans or anything like that if I can get away with it. That to me is boss shyt.

He just did things so back asswards. And it came off a bit weak. He could have let Glibert know on some man shyt that he was leaving. He could have done the same thing for Riley and Arison.

I've never given him flack for going to another team. All that quit shyt is a joke. Just like the "going back to play for massa" narrative is a joke. He did what he thought was best for his career. I just don't like that he seems to not like confrontation. Some times you just gotta tell nikkas how you feel. When they had that dinner before he left the Heat, Chris Bosh said that there wasn't one word uttered about the future of the team. What kind of shyt is that?

stfu

 

[madness]

the biggest clowns in all of this wasn't even Lebron and his crew. it was those a$$holes at ESPN...they promoted the show, got killer ratings...then proceeded to shyt on him for years

on some "how dare he do this" type shyt

like really? yall the muthafukkas who gave him the platform!

that's why i was glad bron said fukk ESPN and gave SI the exclusive scoop this time around

p.s. - for the record it's still fukk lebron, when the heat play him we bustin that ass on site

 

[Shogun]

i said in summer of 2010 when it happened that in 4 or 5 years people would look back and wonder "what the fukk was i so mad about?"

bron had cacs FURIOUS...i remember old white ladies on CNN, Fox news and the good morning america shows commenting on the decision like "why did that man do that to those poor people?"

kobe stans hated him because they wouldnt be able to make ringless jokes, knicks, nets and bulls fans hated him because he toyed with their teams, celtics fans hated him because they knew this meant the end of rondo/KG/ray...and who knows why fans of other teams hated him

the fake outrage really was quite a spectacle to watch, america really knows how to play shyt up and tell sheep what to be mad at and who to feel sorry for

now only Heat fans hate him

 

[madness]

now only Heat fans hate him

hate is a strong word. i look at it more like an arranged marriage and amicable divorce where both parties got what they wanted

 

[NYC Rebel]

It's still the corniest outrage I've ever seen in sports.

I'm glad what made sense to me then calling it stupid still makes sense today

 

[Panther]

Announcing it on TV as some sort of spectacle was the thing people hated.

No it wasnt... Thats revisionist history