Miami Heat: Pat Riley's Grease Fire

[wade boggs chicken dinner]

Twist Tweet from some person at the website BigEastProfits.
 
 

Big East ‏@BigEastProfits 6m
 
Breaking: Vice President of Miami Heat marketing department, Mr Craney just sent out text "Lebron informed management he's returning" #Heat
 

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   Big East ‏@BigEastProfits 15m
   Breaking: Miami Heat just received word that Lebron James will announce he is coming back. Sources in Heat organization just sent text.
   
   
   

 
Carney would be Jeff Carney I think.

 

[Laser Show]

Twist Tweet from some person at the website BigEastProfits.
 
 
 
Carney would be Jeff Carney I think.

I'm not sure who Big East Profits is, but that account doesn't exactly scream credible.

 

[Marbleheader]

Seriously. Can we filter to at least somewhat credible sources?

 

[wade boggs chicken dinner]

I'm not sure who Big East Profits is, but that account doesn't exactly scream credible.

 

Seriously. Can we filter to at least somewhat credible sources?

 
Not credible?  The guy was apparently 14-2 in the conference finals and finals last year.
 
If we're going to wait for credible, does that mean we shut down the thread until LBJ makes a proclamation?

 

[E5 Yaz]

 
 
Not credible?  The guy was apparently 14-2 in the conference finals and finals last year.
 
If we're going to wait for credible, does that mean we shut down the thread until LBJ makes a proclamation?

 
UOC

 

[MainerInExile]

Interesting, some of the made up rumors are now indicating he'll go back to Miami.  I'll keep that in mind.

 

[Kliq]

I think it's pretty obvious right now that he is going back to Cleveland. LeBron wouldn't have teased Cleveland so much only to not come back, he isn't that thick.
 
This is really playing out like the plot from "He Got Game" with Pat Riley as Denzel Washington, Chris Bosh as Booger, Dan Gilbert as the seedy sports agent, Kyrie and Wiggins being the two whores Jesus has sex with and Dwyane Wade as the prostitute that Denzel helps out. 

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

I think it's pretty obvious right now that he is going back to Cleveland. LeBron wouldn't have teased Cleveland so much only to not come back, he isn't that thick.
 
This is really playing out like the plot from "He Got Game" with Pat Riley as Denzel Washington, Chris Bosh as Booger, Dan Gilbert as the seedy sports agent, Kyrie and Wiggins being the two whores Jesus has sex with and Dwyane Wade as the prostitute that Denzel helps out. 

 
Who is Shabazz in all of this?

 

[TheJodyReedExperience]

 
Who is Shabazz in all of this?

The fresh faced actor who was promised the world by an agent and had all of his scenes cut.

 

[luckiestman]

If Lebron is super villain enough to not go to Cleveland I will have a new found respect for the guy. I already think he is a hell of a player but he might go down as the greatest troll of all time if he stays in Miami

 

[CSteinhardt]

I think SoSH needs to start a rumor.  Here's my suggestion: Wade is joining LeBron in Cleveland.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

I think SoSH needs to start a rumor.  Here's my suggestion: Wade is joining LeBron in Cleveland.

 
How about Wade, Lebron, and Riley with Riley leading a group that buys out Gilbert? 

 

[Laser Show]

 
How about Wade, Lebron, and Riley with Riley leading a group that buys out Gilbert? 

Melo & Bosh are coming too. At least that's what my brother's friend's sister in law's cousin who grew up with LeBron's gardener said.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Melo & Bosh are coming too. At least that's what my brother's friend's sister in law's cousin who grew up with LeBron's gardener said.

 
That's the guy who saw Lebron pass out at 31 flavors last night.  I guess it's pretty serious.

 

[NortheasternPJ]

I think SoSH needs to start a rumor.  Here's my suggestion: Wade is joining LeBron in Cleveland.

Rumor is a porcelain doll collection as a throw in for the cavs sealed the deal for Lebron.

 

[Laser Show]

 
That's the guy who saw Lebron pass out at 31 flavors last night.  I guess it's pretty serious.

I heard it was at Caroline's Cupcakes

 

[Nick Kaufman]

It just occurred to me that if Lebron goes to Cleveland and Bosh to Houston, Houston might meat Cleveland in the finals... and beat them. Which in turn will allow us to ask all sort of intriguing questions we were always meant to ask, like:

How many championships can Bosh win before he declines? Can he beat MJ's 6? How important was for him to get in Houston the help he wasn't getting in Miami?

 

[bosockboy]

If he spurns the Cavs we then have "The Cock Tease" to add to Cleveland lore.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Report: LeBron James to sign with the Celtics only if Tommy Heinsohn retires.  Per sources.

 

[mt8thsw9th]

It just occurred to me that if Lebron goes to Cleveland and Bosh to Houston, Houston might meat Cleveland in the finals... and beat them.

He could go veg and beet them.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

LeBron will be a super villain if he turns down Cleveland.  That is a fact.  It isn't right but there will be a large segment of the Cavs fanbase and proportionally smaller segment of the casual NBA fan-base who will have their feelings about LeBron being a phony confirmed if he doesn't do The Return(tm).  
 
The rest of us will debate why he decided as he did and yet still admire the guy for being the best basketball player on the planet, a freak of an athlete and a type of player we may never see again in our lifetimes.  And Ray Allen will have a skinned chicken for lunch.

 

[dcmissle]

The only thing that LeBron can be accused of is not reeling in ESPN, which may be mission impossible in any case. It's the teams' responsibility if they choose to draft this guy, or trade that guy, in hopes of pleasing him or making room for him, and it doesn't work out. Unless, of course, he provided some kind of assurance that these moves would land him, and there has been no evidence of that

Nor is there any evidence that he has compromised any other players.

Just go back to what others have posted: FA just started. If teams want to get a jump on it days in advance and ESPN wishes to pimp it weeks in advance, it's on them.

This is not THE DECISION part II. It only seems that way. In reality. LeBron will continue to be punished for part I

 

[Laser Show]

So I guess that was a no on the "before 11PM" thing?

 

[BoSoxFink]

There hasn't been a credible source that has claimed any of these times were true, has there been?

 

[E5 Yaz]

Spoiler

I wonder how many SoSHers are scurrying across websites, desperately wanting to be the first to post the confirmation that LeBron has made up his mind.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Spoiler

I wonder how many SoSHers are scurrying across websites, desperately wanting to be the first to post the confirmation that LeBron has made up his mind.

 
Oh, you mean Corsi-ing AKA soxscout-ing.    

 

[RedOctober3829]

Spoiler

I wonder how many SoSHers are scurrying across websites, desperately wanting to be the first to post the confirmation that LeBron has made up his mind.

Just about as many are waiting to troll those who do.

 

[Bongorific]

Who is the Jonah Hill look-a-like ESPN keeps trotting out?
 
He needs to find a better tailor.

 

[RedOctober3829]

 

Chris Broussard ‏@Chris_Broussard  4m
LeBron is currently on a flight back to Miami. Then he's off to Brazil.
 

 

[BigMike]

It would be great if Lebron tweeted his decision just as they were shutting the doors on his flight to RIo.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Just about as many are waiting to troll those who do.

 
It's not trolling. It's self-examination of what the Twitter culture has done to our collective desire to share even the smallest morsel of information. 90 percent of the fun in this thread has been the posting of tweets from various far-flung people -- some who have information and more who don't.
 
If we can't just step back and share a laugh at what this sort of thing has done to those who follow sports, then what's the point?

 

[E5 Yaz]

It would be great if Lebron tweeted his decision just as they were shutting the doors on his flight to RIo.

 
Or wait until extra time in the final. He can text Ken Rosenthal

 

[RedOctober3829]

 
It's not trolling. It's self-examination of what the Twitter culture has done to our collective desire to share even the smallest morsel of information. 90 percent of the fun in this thread has been the posting of tweets from various far-flung people -- some who have information and more who don't.
 
If we can't just step back and share a laugh at what this sort of thing has done to those who follow sports, then what's the point?

Yes it is fun to follow this.  The Twitter era is the best era to follow sports and other things.  It's like being in a sports bar 24 hours a day.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Interesting.....Cleveland fans better brace for some bad news.....
 
 

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA  8s
Dwyane Wade expected to be on a flight back to Miami with LeBron James tonight, league sources told Yahoo. They had been together in Vegas

 
 

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA  8s
James has plans to fly to World Cup over the weekend. Heat and Cavs expect his decision before he leaves for Brazil, sources tell Yahoo.
 

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Who is the Jonah Hill look-a-like ESPN keeps trotting out?
 
He needs to find a better tailor.

Brian World Wide Windhorst.  He went to LeBron's high school and is reputed to have taken a massive dump in a locker that LeBron would one day use (they are about six years apart in age).  Tailors cannot help Brian (aka Windy or Scoop) because his stories literally emanate from within his large frame.   You cannot stop the Windhorst.  You can only hope to retweet him.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Brian World Wide Windhorst.  He went to LeBron's high school and is reputed to have taken a massive dump in a locker that LeBron would one day use (they are about six years apart in age).  Tailors cannot help Brian (aka Windy or Scoop) because his stories literally emanate from within his large frame.   You cannot stop the Windhorst.  You can only hope to retweet him.

Ha classic.  I can't believe he's built a career out of being LeBron's water boy.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

 
Interesting.....Cleveland fans better brace for some bad news.....
 
 
 
 
 

 
Wade actually does well either way.  If LeBron returns, he gets a shot at ring number four (for him).  If not, he gets a lot more money.

 

[luckiestman]

 
Interesting.....Cleveland fans better brace for some bad news.....
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Last Tango in SoBe

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Ha classic.  I can't believe he's built a career out of being LeBron's water boy.

 
LeBron should actually list Windhorst's career on his website under The Businessman section.  In other news, I would like to give Nicole Curtis my max contract.  Unfortunately, I think I am severely cap constrained.

 

[RedOctober3829]

 

Chris Broussard ‏@Chris_Broussard  45s
This is getting very interesting. Definitely not at 85 pct for Cavs anymore
 

 

[luckiestman]

Wade and LBJ both seem like intelligent guys and they're mot spring chickens anymore but anytime I think of them talking to each other I keep thinking of them as high school bros like the characters in American pie.

Of course, Tuesday's gone is playing in the background. Maybe a little boys to men how to say goodbye for certain scenes.

 

[Ed Hillel]

He has to know where he's going at this point, right?

 

[luckiestman]

All I know is that if wade doesn't like where the conversation is going don't be surprised if lbj all of a sudden has a mysterious injury

 

[E5 Yaz]

He has to know where he's going at this point, right?

 
He keeps refreshing Woj's Twitter page to find out

 

[ElUno20]

Wade is either a really great friend or squeezing one last lbj first class flight out of this

 

[Devizier]

Normally, I would say that there's no way LBJ shares a plane ride with Wade if he's going to drop Miami as soon as it looks like their future starts looking a little cloudy. But then again, I would have thought there was no way LBJ would have put together the Decision if he were going to leave Cleveland fans in the lurch. So I have NFI. This is awesome. I hope he drags it out another week just to fuck with Daryl Morey.

 

[HomeRunBaker]

Perhaps, but I believe the police are at James' home in Bath, Ohio. Maybe he plans to return to Miami and getting police home protection from rioters and looters.  :astonished:

You laugh but LeBron is at his camp in Vegas all week then to Brazil over the weekend......why else would police be there but to provide protection for his property? To me this is a huge tell that he's going to remain in Miami.

 

[HomeRunBaker]

 
He keeps refreshing Woj's Twitter page to find out

This is awesome.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA

1h


Cavs talked w/ agents Thursday on players designed to surround LeBron James. Had hopes he'd commit to Cleveland before day's end. Nothing.

 

[Nick Kaufman]

Wade is either a really great friend or squeezing one last lbj first class flight out of this

I sense that the whole holabaloo started because no one had the nerve to tell Wade to accept a massive pay cut and if it's going to get resolved in Miami's way, it's going to be because Wade did accept that massive paycut once he envisioned his alternatives with Lebron gone. So in a way, Lebron's free agency is a massive Wade shakedown.