Tremendous. HOW COULD ANYONE LEAVE MIAMI!!??Turrable said:Miami talk-radio is delicious right now http://wqam.com/streamer/
ifmanis5 said:Tremendous. HOW COULD ANYONE LEAVE MIAMI!!??
RedOctober3829 said:I broke the news to one of our soccer coaches that is from Miami. He says it doesn't matter because he got 2 rings for Miami, but the audible pause and sadness in his face was enough for me.
The American Airline Arena will be have a ton of fans disguised as empty seats next year. Irrelevant city. Heat, Dolphins, Panthers, Marlins. Only the Marlins are even remotely close to relevance.
kazuneko said:This sucks for the Cs (since they have the Cav's pick next year), but this is still pretty cool...
Miami. Lottery protection.DrewDawg said:
Hey, guess who has Miami's pick next year?
Eddie Jurak said:Miami. Lottery protection.
RedOctober3829 said:https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/487651355738509314
So the plane in Miami on Sunday was probably this.....
DrewDawg said:
So the whole "LBJ never met with Cleveland" stuff from ESPN and others? Good job, good effort.
ESPN HAS AN LBJ STAFF WRITER!!! Embarassing for the worldwide leader.
Kliq said:
It's really amazing that Windhorst didn't get this first. LBJ's asshole must not be the best place to hear stuff after all.
E5 Yaz said:WallaceNBA_ESPN Michael Wallace
Not even Danny Ainge would wish this on Pat Riley
Oh, I don't know about that
E5 Yaz said:WallaceNBA_ESPN Michael Wallace
Not even Danny Ainge would wish this on Pat Riley
Oh, I don't know about that
Seriously, these guys are really bad.Turrable said:They're making fun of Cleveland fans for wearing Cleveland sports jerseys
"They need LeBron more than us"
E5 Yaz said:WallaceNBA_ESPN Michael Wallace
Not even Danny Ainge would wish this on Pat Riley
Oh, I don't know about that
ESPN hired Windhorst to be the LeBron expert and he was totally lost all week. Had no info, bad info and nothing but guesswork. Why have him then?E5 Yaz said:
Windhorst was on ESPN this morning almost in tears talking about how sad he would have been for Cleveland had James stayed in Miami. Broussard was looking at him as though he were nuts
bosockboy said:Pat Riley presiding over a 12 win team gives me a raging boner.
Someone should ask Bron if he's thrilled for a chance to coach Blatt.E5 Yaz said:WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Asked Cavs coach David Blatt if he's thrilled for chance to coach James. "That would be understatement of the millennium,"
They are at least for today. And there is NO WAY he wrote that word for word. NO WAY.ifmanis5 said:Sports Illustrated is still a thing?
He owns a small piece of the team, has a ton of cap space, and is in miami. I think he'll be just fineLose Remerswaal said:
"Health issues" . . . "Family situation" . . . "stepping down"
Did you read the byline?mauidano said:They are at least for today. And there is NO WAY he wrote that word for word. NO WAY.
ifmanis5 said:ESPN hired Windhorst to be the LeBron expert and he was totally lost all week. Had no info, bad info and nothing but guesswork. Why have him then?
HurstSoGood said:I am almost emotional for Cleveland sports fans right now. As a 40-something, I have been so lucky to have lived a Boston Sports fan's dream - full of championships and parades for our teams. Pats, Bruins, Sox, Celts. They have all reached the top in my lifetime. Often. They raised the bar so high that we are all pissed if they don't end seasons with rings, trophies or cups.
How fortunate I am. How fortunate we are.
I would like my friends in Cleveland to feel like I do, even if it is just once.
How about the KG acquisition had he grew up in Andover, was drafted by the Celtics, run out of town by Pitino.....only to return to Boston when still in his primeLoneWarrior1 said:
I'm not sure we have a context for what just happened, but I've been thinking along similar lines. I was overjoyed when I heard the news about Garnett on WEEI in the summer of 07. I felt like we finally had a shot to win in Boston again. This is different. This is like Brady leaving w/o Super Bowl wins, winning elsewhere and then returning to put New England back on the map. If Cleveland wins one, it could turn the franchise around like NE's first win.
This is pretty cool.Brian Windhorst @WindhorstESPN 15m
The Cavs learned of LeBron's choice when the letter posted, sources said. LeBron wanted people of Ohio to know first.
Lebron James told the world he is returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers in a first person essay that was published on the Sports Illustrated website at 12:13 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, ending days of intense speculation that had seen Mr. James' website crash and endless erroneous guesses published. Sports Illustrated Senior Writer Lee Jenkins helped Mr. James write the essay, titled "I'm Coming Home," which is poised to be the biggest traffic event in the history of the magazine, according to its top editors.
So how did Sports Illustrated get the big scoop?
"It all goes to Lee Jenkins," said Sports Illustrated Managing Editor Chris Stone. "He made this happen."
Several months ago, Mr. Jenkins mentioned to his editors that he wanted to pursue a big story about the next phase of Mr. James' career. "We told him to go for it," said Mr. Stone. But the magazine didn't "place big money" on it actually coming to fruition, he acknowledged.
Then last Saturday, Mr. Jenkins, who was flying to Cleveland on Friday afternoon when Ad Age spoke with Mr. Stone and Sports Illustrated Editor-in-Chief Paul Fichtenbaum, emailed his editors saying the story was a possibility. Out of caution, he didn't mention Mr. James' name in the email.
"The first thing we asked is whether there were any conditions attached," Mr. Stone said. "There were none."
http://adage.com/article/media/sports-illustrated-lebron-james-exclusive/294096/On Wednesday, Mr. Jenkins traveled to Las Vegas. He met with Mr. James on Thursday night before writing the essay with him. Mr. Jenkins emailed the essay to his editors around mid-morning on Friday. "Everyone reading it was learning the news for the first time," Mr. Stone said.
The magazine, which introduced a top-to-bottom redesign of its website last month, alerted its technology team that a big story would soon publish. That way they'd be prepared for the extra traffic. They weren't told, however, what the big scoop was about.
Only about six Sports Illustrated staffers saw the piece before it went live, according to Mr. Stone, who had worried it would somehow leak.
"I can't tell you how stressful the last 24 hours were," he said. "There were a lot of smart, good reporters pursuing this story."
"We're going to sleep well tonight," Mr. Fichtenbaum added
Entirely consistent with going back absent an abject, debasing public apology by Gilbert.RedOctober3829 said:This is pretty cool.
RedOctober3829 said:Several months ago, Mr. Jenkins mentioned to his editors that he wanted to pursue a big story about the next phase of Mr. James' career. "We told him to go for it," said Mr. Stone. But the magazine didn't "place big money" on it actually coming to fruition, he acknowledged.
HomeRunBaker said:Someone should ask Bron if he's thrilled for a chance to coach Blatt.
RedOctober3829 said:Dan LeBatard and his asshat co-hosts saying that LeBron is leaving to line his pockets with money and criticizing him for going back to Dan Gilbert.
I don't have to. He'll be on the next plane back to Israel if he clashes with LeBron. It's pretty clear who is running this team......which isn't a bad thing or a shot at Blatt. It is what it is.riboflav said:
You must not know Blatt.
wutang112878 said:I couldnt be happier that this is happening to Riley.
But what is really most intriguing to me is seeing Kyrie, Lebron and Wiggins as your 1-3. Their combined athleticism is going to be something else