LeBron Apologizes
2011-05-12
“I knew deep down in my heart, as much as I loved my teammates back in Cleveland and as much as I loved home, I knew it couldn’t do it by myself against that team,” James said.
My thoughts are as follows: I believe him. Some of you may have more extensive thoughts (which: discuss away in the comment section). I feel obligated to post this, but I really, really hope this is the last time I feel compelled to pass along LBJ-related news unless the Cavs play the Heat in the playoffs.
Derrick Rose is seeming to have a good playoff on his own…James you quit on us….you know you had enough talent to handle the team on your own
Agree with almost everything Tsunami said. Not a lifelong Clevelander or Cleveland fan; my family moved to OH in 2002 and had never had a pro basketball team near enough to go to games before. We got season tickets, and then landed Lebron, and it was a great 7 years. Tsunami is right that Lebron’s image is completely contrived. Even when I think he’s sincere now, I still don’t believe it, because I don’t want to be a sucker. All of that being said though, he is an amazing basketball player, and I still like to watch him. Sure, I… Read more »
I shouldn’t say he’s a joke – he’s not a joke – he’s a tragedy. And I’ll never agree with anyone who says he’s not the best basketball player in the NBA. he is – and that makes it even worse.
I love our society now where if enough time passes, truth becomes boring and contrarian views are all in vogue. LeBron dicked over the Cavs and the fans. As fans, we HATE him in that we root for him to lose, hope he embarrasses himself, etc etc. Suddenly we’re in the wrong and our “sports hate” is so callous that we have to be called out on our blogs. I think it’s funny – the tiny legion of LeBron fans out there. As if he gives 1/2 of a fruit fly bowel movement about you, and you need to come… Read more »
Hey Non-Cavs fans: WTF are you doing spending your time on this website? Y’all certainly don’t know how to party. As for LeQuit, the reason why we are hung up on it is that he repeatedly promised to bring a championship to the city. Then there was that disastrous Celtics series last year. Then “THE DECISION.” The Cavs fan feels a general sense of disappointment with the whole thing. So guess what? Now don’t root for the guy. Is that such a crime?
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Oh my goodness. The man had nothing to apologize for, he was with Cleavland for 7 yrs get over it. This is how the business works. Basketball is a team game, if one person is driving or (holding him back from progress ) he should have left. Cleavland is mad because LeBron is all they had, they were a weight around his neck. Where he is is where he should be. Apologies do not come lightly as I stated before he did not have to say anything, but he did. This shows that there were some emotional attachment that he… Read more »
It’s funny.. people hate LeBron so much. LeBron WAS Cleveland. He did his time there and couldn’t get it done.. big deal… It NEVER gets done in Cleveland.. why are you surprised? As far as restrictions, you didn’t OWN the guy. He has the right to go wherever he pleases. The NBA trades players like slaves every season and no one turns a head… it’s the rules of the game and specifically the rules that the NBA adheres to. Simply stated, Cleveland fans are the worst. You are so hard on a person for continuing their career that you scare… Read more »
Well, I’m glad he actually said it and sound sincere. It’s another backhanded insult to the Cavs when he says ‘do it by myself’, but truly, he would have had to do it by himself.
With that said, understand that he Cavs record this year wasn’t solely because of LBJ, we also lost Big Z, Shaq and Delonte, plus Andy down for most of the season too. Anytime a team looses that much of their main group of players from one year to the next they are going to have a significantly worse record.
A 19 win team is not a playoff contender. If Lebron says he cannot do it by himself, I believe him. He tried for seven years. Bosh is not the missing piece, as Miami is aware of now. You need a Wade level talent to contend in these playoffs. The Bulls have two all-stars. The Mavs have four. OKC has two and a future third in Ibaka. Let us not forget that a significant number of Cle wins last season came form Davis. Cle was awful at putting together the pieces. A chance at Stoudamire, Kidd, Redd, all ended in… Read more »
Too little too late…
As much as I hate Noah, Go Bulls!
What a schmuck. If you don’t think you can win, you can’t win. That’s why LeBron quit the last two years. That’s why he quit in the finals against the Spurs before he ever stepped on court. What a monumental egomaniac.
i’m so conflicted as to who to root for in the bulls heat matchup. i was ALREADY conflicted in the boston vs. heat matchup given the hatred towards the celtics and a small voice inside of me rooting for the guy from ohio. now it’s two cavs’ traitors head to head in boozer vs. lebron. lebron apologizing may shift me towards the heat. BUT no doubt whoever comes out of the west i’m definitely rooting for
well i hope 4 the best.that good he did wat he did.he gave the cavs 7 long yrs anstil they never did nothing 4 him they a cheap team that why.well he is a more more bttr team now i hope 4 the best.go miami all the way.he will pot the ring on.i no.last team to beat the bulls after that is nothing to stop them only rose.
“I knew I couldn’t do it by myself” sounds like the language of a quitter, especially when Bosh said the only reason he wouldn’t commit to the Cavs last offseason was because LeBron wouldn’t commit and Gilbert was willing to spend whatever it took to put the pieces around LeBron (notwithstanding his temper tantrum after the fact). That tells me that if LeBron commits, then Bosh commits, and then the Cavs would have almost certainly had enough to beat the Celtics, so LeBron just bailed.
Nice way to throw his teammates under the bus.
Now if he loses to Chicago this season and the next, where will he go to?
And no, apologies not accepted.
Lebron is so goddamn good.