wildcats20;1788450 wrote:Well turns out he didn't actually re-follow them.

So obviously he's leaving Cleveland.

These twists and turns are too much to handle.

Mulva;1788459 wrote:These twists and turns are too much to handle.

It turns out that D-Wade hacked Lebron's Twitter account an un-followed them.

BR1986FB;1788465 wrote:It turns out that D-Wade hacked Lebron's Twitter account an un-followed them.

LeBron gave him the password. They are that close of friends.

Mulva;1788459 wrote:These twists and turns are too much to handle.

lol'd

Such a horrible fucking story.

Benny The Jet;1788423 wrote:I've only been around Cleveland sports and media my whole life so I legitimately don't know...are all major sports market's media this way? Seems like Cleveland's sports media is awful at digging at stupid stuff, trying to make a story out of nothing, or calling for a coach's/player's benching/firing when things aren't going the way they want.

It seems that if there's an ongoing negative "hit-getting" narrative, sports media tends to jump over it whenever they can. In MLB, I've noticed that a lot with the Pirates after they started getting good. Like the Indians, they're a small-market team with an owner who won't spend big $$$ because they can't afford to get caught in bidding wars for guys like David Price. Instead, they focus on the draft and sign lower price guys to be role players or reclamation projects. So, you can count on every year, the same fucks going full-Iggy on how much of a shame it is that the team is "resting on its laurels" because they didn't blow all their budget on one particular big-name player in the winter or trade every single good prospect to rent a couple stars in the fall. Gets sort of annoying after a while because a blind man can see the "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation they're setting up so they can keep the pot of negativity stirring indefinitely.

You guys are triple-damned as far as that shit goes. Indians are like the Pirates with the low budget; Browns have been a mess for ages and the Cavs are championship caliber, but with LeBron's drama queen tendencies, you get this nonstop "cryptic tweets, what's up with team chemistry" shit that just has to be so damn annoying to sift through. As an outsider to that, it sometimes feels (at least from reading posts here) that your media is so caught up in the "Cleveland is CURSED!" narrative that they go out of their way to turn up any stone possible to reinforce that.

Decent read about Lebron bringing this on himself....

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/03/lebron-james-twitter-cleveland-cavaliers-playoffs

BR1986FB;1788509 wrote:Decent read about Lebron bringing this on himself....

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/03/lebron-james-twitter-cleveland-cavaliers-playoffs

I didn't read the article but if the Cavs play against the Warriors in the finals, I hope Lebron puts Curry on a poster.

SportsAndLady;1788472 wrote:lol'd

Such a horrible fucking story.

This

BR1986FB;1788509 wrote:Decent read about Lebron bringing this on himself....

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/03/lebron-james-twitter-cleveland-cavaliers-playoffs

Whoever wrote that, isn't wrong.

Benny The Jet;1788521 wrote:Whoever wrote that, isn't wrong.

Lebron has really screwed the pooch with this team. He can say whatever he wants; no one is buying that he isn't playing GM, coach, and player on this team.

Sure, the Cavs have a good team, but they aren't the favorite to win any championships in the foreseeable future. I think we will see some big moves this off season even if we win it all. The team composition is broken and they have too much money tied up in players that don't fit well together. Love or Irving is gone, maybe both. I think TT will stay because there isn't a team in the league that would take him at that price.

Benny The Jet;1788521 wrote:Whoever wrote that, isn't wrong.

I agree. Thought most of it was spot on.

Cavs seem to be not playing like shit tonight. I'll take it. Hope they keep it up.

After typing this, I refreshed and saw that the 13 pt lead has been reduced to 1 pt lead. SMH

Commander of Awesome;1788604 wrote:After typing this, I refreshed and saw that the 13 pt lead has been reduced to 1 pt lead. SMH

It's the Bucks. If we can't blow out the Bucks, might as well trade the whole team and start over.

You're getting Melo, Wade, and Chris Paul next year. Enjoy!

Automatik;1788620 wrote:You're getting Melo, Wade, and Chris Paul next year. Enjoy!

Such a joke. I can understand wanting to "work" together with your friends but that would never happen unless all four of them were at the end of their careers and agreed to play for bargain basement money.

Automatik;1788620 wrote:You're getting Melo, Wade, and Chris Paul next year. Enjoy!

I don't want Melo. He's not worth anything to me; I'd rather Love or a bag of sand.

BR1986FB;1788631 wrote:Such a joke. I can understand wanting to "work" together with your friends but that would never happen unless all four of them were at the end of their careers and agreed to play for bargain basement money.

Melo sucks. He won't get another big contract in his NBA career.

The only player I could see Lebron playing with is Wade. Wade is going to be dirt cheap at the end of his current contract.

sleeper;1788641 wrote:Melo sucks. He won't get another big contract in his NBA career.

The only player I could see Lebron playing with is Wade. Wade is going to be dirt cheap at the end of his current contract.

All of this "talk", to me, is Lebron trying to keep his name out there. Everyone is talking about Steph & the Warriors and I'd imagine it would kind of suck not being the talk of the league like he (LBJ) has been in years past.

BR1986FB;1788649 wrote:All of this "talk", to me, is Lebron trying to keep his name out there. Everyone is talking about Steph & the Warriors and I'd imagine it would kind of suck not being the talk of the league like he (LBJ) has been in years past.

I'd still take LBJ over Curry 10/10 but the Warriors deserve all the talk they are getting. They are potentially a historic and record setting team, defending NBA champs, and the likely back to back champs.

If LBJ wants to be the talk of the league again, win the freaking championship.

sleeper;1788652 wrote:I'd still take LBJ over Curry 10/10 but the Warriors deserve all the talk they are getting. They are potentially a historic and record setting team, defending NBA champs, and the likely back to back champs.

If LBJ wants to be the talk of the league again, win the freaking championship.

My take exactly. The Warriors have earned everything they've gotten. If Lebron can lead the Cavs to a championship, they will be the talk of the league.

BR1986FB;1788654 wrote:My take exactly. The Warriors have earned everything they've gotten. If Lebron can lead the Cavs to a championship, they will be the talk of the league.

I think the Cavs can beat the Warriors. It will be interesting to see a fully loaded Cavs team in playoff mode against them.

The formula is out there to beat GS, but can teams do it regularly? Do the Cavs have the personnel?

Not sure how I missed that Lebron in game dunk.

He had a few vicious dunks last night.

But he's "lost a step" right? :laugh: