Comments on: Complain about LeBron infomercial all you want, you still tuned in to watch

By: That 1 Guy

That 1 Guy — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:42:21 +0000

I was out walking my dog, so no. Not like it wasn’t going to be plastered anywhere you turned to, nope, not at all.

By: jabberwocky

jabberwocky — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:45:41 +0000

The interview was painful to watch, cause Bron can’t formulate a rational thought into a constructive sentence.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:41:30 +0000

how nice of you to grandstand Kurt, you really sound like an idiot. i wanted to see the circus after people like you over-hyped it. i wanted to see a train wreck. either way, most people who watched it still feel he was wrong for how he did it

By: Lamak

Lamak — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:53:16 +0000

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

By: Justin M.

Justin M. — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:25:45 +0000

Ya Kurt, let’s start a race to the bottom just for some TV ratings. Get real, man.

By: Ned Ludd

Ned Ludd — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:06:24 +0000

I think the media is missing what all ordinary people suspect: It’s all a fake. No ordinary person thinks LBJ got up yesterday and made his decision. I think (along with every other sentient being) that he decided a long time ago he was leaving and setting up shop with his buddies. The superstars knew what was going to happen for months and the agents knew as well. The elite sports media probably knew too, but only Steve A. Smith broke ranks to tell the truth. The idea that there was real bidding and real deciding was just a lie. But the lie was good for ESPN the agents and the NBA. It fed the NBA hype machine for months.
The aforesaid SAS suggested last night that LBJ made the deal mid-season and that makes sense to me. It explains why LBJ mailed in some playoff performances–he wanted to make sure he didn’t make the finals. It also explains why Dan Gilbert is so crazy-pissed–he ate the awful Jamison contract at LBJ’s behest on believing the promise that he’d come back. Gilbert discovered that he’d been played–James already had a deal to leave even before Gilbert put himself $40M in debt.
I think LBJ made a smart move. He’ll win 70 games next season and make his $1 Billion. And, it’s probably not even his fault that that he has to pretend. However, I wish the adults that report on this stuff would be more skeptical and not play us all for suckers.
-NL

By: banner18

banner18 — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:39:34 +0000

Of course I tuned in to watch. The alternative was waiting even longer to find out.
This whole saga has represented the ultimate low point of professional sports, of journalistic ethics, and of basic human decency. The sights and sounds of LeBron announcing his departure, no, his treason, shook me to my core. I could hardly believe that a guy who had been adored by his hometown fans for so long would spit in their faces on national TV… AND SMILE ABOUT IT! Never in a million years did I think he was even close to that guy. And never have I been more wrong about anyone than I have been about LeBron James.
ESPN has reached its ultimate low, where business trumps all else. In fact, ESPN should become LeBron’s new agents. Sure I tuned in to watch. Who didn’t? ESPN seemed to delight in Cleveland’s despair throughout the entire process, and this was never more evident in ESPN going back on their word that the announcement would take place in the first ten minutes and Stuart Scott asking the same question over and over and over again and getting the same answers (“Where is LeBron going?”).
This entire affair was cruel, repulsive, egomaniacal, sickening, crass, and in the end (for Cavs fans), heartbreaking. Kudos to Dan Gilbert for simply saying what everyone else is thinking. I want LeBron James to fail. If it means I have to root for Kobe and the Lakers in the Finals next year, then so be it.
Cavs fans, you did nothing to deserve this. Nothing. I wouldn’t wish being hanged, drawn, and quartered like that on my worst enemy. This is the most cruel thing any athlete/sports figure has ever done to a city, let alone a hometown kid. Yes, this trumps Art Modell in every way imaginable.
And by the way, I’m a Celtics fan.

By: Big B

Big B — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:12:24 +0000

“you still tuned in to watch”
No, I did not watch.
I have better things to do then watch overpaid kids show off.

By: Nips

Nips — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:41:15 +0000

“you still tuned in to watch”
no, I did not. I watched the Rangers and Orioles game last night.. and what’s “ossible rookie of the year.”?

By: J-Rock

J-Rock — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:20:31 +0000

I’m sure none of those people who watched were Cleveland fans, either.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:19:19 +0000

dont tell me i watched when i didnt.
you know what happens when you assume