LEBRON JAMES FLIPS OUT ON CLEVELAND FANS!!!!

JAY-Z feat. JOHN MAYER “LEBRON IS GONE” (SPOOF)

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With all the attention the NBA is getting from LeBron’s “decision” and its backlash, you knew it wouldn’t be long until the NBA commish climbed out of his money bin to address the situation.

In Las Vegas to meet with owners, Stern spoke about LeBron, Cavs owner Dan Gilbert’s fine, and the impending lockout.

Dressed in a lovely wool jacket with a black shirt-Charles Barkley style David Stern spoke to the media smiling from time to time, like someone was tickling his feet under the table.

In the first video he speaks about LeBron and his “DECISION!”

Favorite Part: 36 seconds in: Stern with the hand slice and the comment “We could have elimanted that.”

In the second video Stern explains his reasoning behind fining Cavs owner Dan Gilbert $100,000. He called Gilbert’s letter ill-advised and imprudent. Lawyer talk for stupid.

The smile after he says “Under my power as Commisioner” is awesome, but then he brings up Jesse Jackson and that can’t be a good thing.

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You can tell its the NBA offseason because weddings are post worthy, and somehow LeBron thought he could just walk in a building in New York and avoid being seen.

At Cipriani 42nd St. in NYC, Carmelo Anthony and Lala Vasquez tied the knot. While his 03′ draft classmates are busy making dream-teams( LeBron,Wade,Bosh) Carmelo is busy getting married. The couple was escorted down the aisle by their 3-year-old son, Kiyan, while the 30-year-old bride wore a Vera Wang gown and palmed a red-and-pink floral bouquet.

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LeBron finally showed up in New York, but it wasn’t Knicks related. He and Chris Paul arrived along with LeBron’s long time lady Savannah Brinson amid flashbulbs, and supposedly boos. Doesn’t Savannah look like she is so thrilled to be at someone else’s wedding.  The 26-year-old Anthony popped the question to his longtime love five years ago with a whopping 8-carat cushion-cut diamond ring, but reportedly sealed the deal with 2.5 additional carats on her wedding band

Other guests included Serena Williams, Spike Lee, Lamar Odom, Kim Kardashian; Anthony’s Denver Nuggets teammate Kenyon Martin; the musical artists Ciara, Kelly Rowland and Ludacris; and Hakim Warrick, whom Anthony played with at Syracuse, and their coach, Jim Boeheim.

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The city of Cleveland continues to remove remants of their departed king. Workers began dismantling the 10-story-tall iconic image of James on Saturday.I find it ironic that the fans of the Cavaliers were all “witnesses” to James incredible play and his incredible exit out of town.

No word on what Nike will do with the mural after taking it down but I have some ideas:

Bring it to Miami, and spray paint Heat over Cavaliers on the jersey.

Make it a sail to use on one of Cavs owner Dan Gilbert’s yacht.

Put Jake Delhommes face over it and move it to Browns stadium.

Roll it up into a big joint and let all of Cleveland hit it, to relieve their stress.

~Meanwhile in Miami this is happening:

In this edition of SN’EADS by Ree, we take a trip to Kobe’s residence as the “Miami Hi-Ego”, or my favorite the “SuperFriends” show up to take the Larry O’Brien from the Black Mamba. In the second panel poor Mario Chalmers is bullied out of his uniform. The second panel really happened by the way. Props to  Ree for giving us a SN’EADS from the sports world.

Props to the folks over at Purple Stuff Tv with this hilarious video. Nice to get a light-hearted viewpoint about LeBron with all the immense hate swirling around lately.

Of course its sad Cleveland, but lets remember the good times:

In 2007 when the Cavaliers made it to the Finals for the first time in franchise history against the Spurs, the Cavs had no idea what they were doing there. The Spurs swept them and easily took the title. But the reason that team MADE IT, was because the 4 year seasoned LeBron James had been carrying them. How soon they forget.

Allen Iverson’s career had paralleled LeBron’s up to this moment. Iverson took his team to the Finals in his third season( one year faster then LBJ), only to lose and never return. He spent 10 years with the 76ers as the best player on the team, and look how well that worked out for A.I.

What the city of Cleveland and cities throughout the United States have to understand, is that LeBron James is a basketball player. A basketball player is NOT supposed to have a positive or negative effect on the economy, and social welfare of the city he plays in. Cleveland citizens in many ways should blame themselves, but put the MOST blame on Cavs management. Far too many cities invest undying hope in franchises that are badly run, or realisticly have no chance of winning a title.

Cleveland is a great town and will continue to be a great town without LeBron. Sorry Cleveland you should have seen it coming!

The Cleveland Cavaliers and owner Dan Gilbert released a letter earlier tonight that criticized LeBron for being a coward. After 7 years of turning the Cavs from nobody’s to one of the leagues top 3 teams, this is the reaction LeBron receives. The Cavaliers went from last to first in the NBA in merchandise and ticket sales during LeBron’s era. The Cavs in return gave Lebron the necessary pieces he needed to get a ring. Delonte West, Shaq, Antwan Jamison, and Anderson Varejao were all overpaid and not up to the challenge. For Cavs owner Dan Gilbert to speak in such a way to a person that has financially done the most any person can do for a franchise is disrespectful and out right WRONG. The fans of the Cavaliers should be upset with the ownership, and the Cavs organization itself, by failing to bring in the pieces to assist LeBron’s quest for a ring. Because they have overspent while trying to please James and win the first title by any of Cleveland’s three pro sports teams since 1964, the Cavs are strapped with a few big contracts that have eaten up salary-cap space and prevented them from making roster moves to improve the team. Is LeBron to blame for the contracts the team gave out as well?

Two years ago, Kobe Bryant complained on television and radio, that he was unhappy with the Lakers and wanted them to trade Andrew Bynum. The Lakers magically got Pau Gasol, kept Bynum, and then brought in Ron Artest. Great management and great coaching trumps skill, just ask the San Antonio Spurs how they won so many rings. Kobe bitched and got what he needed. In many ways the Cavs failed the city and LeBron. Many will critize LeBron for not sticking with Cleveland, but with a limited amount of years left the Miami oppurtunity was too much to pass up.

Joining his 03′ draft classmates in Miami proves that in this age of money over everything, there are still those that will sacrafice personal gain for the better of the group. “At this point, D-Wade, he’s the unselfish guy here,” James said. “To be able to have Chris Bosh and LeBron James, to welcome us to his team, it’s not about an individual here. Because if that was the case, D-Wade wouldn’t have asked us to join him or we wouldn’t have asked him if it was OK to come down here. It’s not about individuals. It’s about a team.” Lebron’s legacy is contingent on the ring just as all NBA players legacies are based.

Now, it’s up to Riley to build around his three superstars. Miami retained room to sign Bosh, Wade and James, but lacks significant salary cap space to fill out the remaining roster.  The Heat have agreed on a trade that will send Beasley to the Minnesota Timberwolves, who can absorb Beasley’s contract into their salary-cap space. Minnesota, according to sources, will complete the trade by sending Miami a second-round pick in 2011. The Wolves and Heat, sources said, have also agreed to swap an unspecified future first-round pick. The Heat need seven more players to fill out their roster. They drafted De’Sean Butler, Jarvis Varnado and Dexter Pittman in the second round of June’s NBA draft.

I look forward to the remaining players Riley is able to coarse into joining the south’s version of the Big Three.

LeBron James will sit down with Robin Roberts on “Good Morning America” on ABC (Friday, 7 a.m. ET) to discuss the ins and outs of one of the most talked-about free-agent decisions in NBA history.

As you now know, our former hero, who grew up in the very region that he deserted this evening, is no longer a Cleveland Cavalier. This was announced with a several day, narcissistic, self-promotional build-up culminating with a national TV special of his “decision” unlike anything ever “witnessed” in the history of sports and probably the history of entertainment.

Clearly, this is bitterly disappointing to all of us.

The good news is that the ownership team and the rest of the hard-working, loyal, and driven staff over here at your hometown Cavaliers have not betrayed you nor NEVER will betray you.

There is so much more to tell you about the events of the recent past and our more than exciting future. Over the next several days and weeks, we will be communicating much of that to you.

You simply don’t deserve this kind of cowardly betrayal.

You have given so much and deserve so much more.

In the meantime, I want to make one statement to you tonight:

“I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WILL WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE THE SELF-TITLED FORMER ‘KING’ WINS ONE”

You can take it to the bank.

If you thought we were motivated before tonight to bring the hardware to Cleveland, I can tell you that this shameful display of selfishness and betrayal by one of our very own has shifted our “motivation” to previously unknown and previously never experienced levels.

Some people think they should go to heaven but NOT have to die to get there.

Sorry, but that’s simply not how it works.

This shocking act of disloyalty from our home grown “chosen one” sends the exact opposite lesson of what we would want our children to learn. And “who” we would want them to grow-up to become.

But the good news is that this heartless and callous action can only serve as the antidote to the so-called “curse” on Cleveland, Ohio.

The self-declared former “King” will be taking the “curse” with him down south. And until he does “right” by Cleveland and Ohio, James (and the town where he plays) will unfortunately own this dreaded spell and bad karma.

Just watch.

Sleep well, Cleveland.

Tomorrow is a new and much brighter day….

I PROMISE you that our energy, focus, capital, knowledge and experience will be directed at one thing and one thing only:

DELIVERING YOU the championship you have long deserved and is long overdue….

Dan Gilbert

Majority Owner

Cleveland Cavaliers

After weeks of speculation and TMZ-like reporting, LeBron James chose to join Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh, in Miami.

“I can’t say it was always in my plans, because I never thought it was possible,” James said on a made-for-LeBron live show on ESPN. “But the things that the Miami Heat franchise have done, to free up cap space and be able to put themselves in a position this summer to have all three of us, it was hard to turn down. Those are two great players, two of the greatest players that we have in this game today.”

LeBron leaves behind Cleveland , a city rich with sport let downs. Many Cavalier fans will make LeBron into the enemy, but the organization itself should be blamed for failing to put together a better team over the past seven years.

Pat Riley is the true star this off-season. He was able to convince two(James, Bosh) of the top ten players in the NBA to join his All-Star Wade. Now Riley will convince other players to join them for a cheap.

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The Boston Celtics agreed to a deal with Jermaine O’Neal. O’Neal’s contract is reportedly for the midlevel exception, about $5.76 million in the first year of a two-year deal. A six-time All-Star, O’Neal has averaged 14 points and 7.5 rebounds in a 14-year career for Portland, Indiana, Toronto and Miami. With the Heat last year, he averaged 13.6 points and 6.9 rebounds in 28 minutes.

David Lee has agreed to a sign-and-trade worth $80 million dollars over six years with the Golden State Warriors.

The deal will send Lee to the Warriors for Anthony Randolph, Ronny Turiaf and Kelenna Azubuike among others.