Just play the damn game.

The show starts at 9 tonight? That means that by the time the game starts I’ll be asleep.

lucky me

go Mavs – Nowitzki (sp) has earned it and it was pleasant watching the lakers implode, courtesy of the Mavs.

Those of you still troubled by ‘the decision’ – he has apologized for it about 5 times. If that’s not enough it’s YOUR problem not his.

get over it

As for Christianity, what does that have to do with anything? Religion shouldn’t be involved in sports anymore than it is involved in government.

Yes, I would be most happy to piss on LeBron if he were on fire, in order to extinguish the flames (meaning I don’t hate him in the traditional sense).

No, I would not be willing to buy a LeBron jersey, nor would I be happy if he were to get a championship ring over much more deserved players (meaning “Sports Hate”).

LeBron has done nothing but serve himself since joining the NBA. And it’s hard to root for a guy like that. Forgiveness comes when you ask, not when you’re an ass. He’s made no attempt to seek forgiveness, because he sees nothing wrong with his actions. He has a sycophant (Maverick Carter) in his ear, telling him that the people that don’t like him are just “haters”, and he’s surrounded by other like-minded sycophants. He’ll have a great career, I’m sure, and as soon as the money’s gone, so too will be the suck-ups. He’ll have a broken body and empty life (like too many other former players).

And if it makes you feel any better, I don’t really like Clemens, Favre, or Kobe either.

The amount of hatred toward LeBron is totally disproportionate to what he actually did.

You’d think he’d got away with some terrible crime or something based on the amount of hatred that gets spewed around here at times.

Serious folks, get a life.

I was an admirer of LeBron before all this for his sheer ability and his commitment to making it work. Then he gives a big middle finger to the team that was built around him, and acts like his decisions are more important than… well, basically anything. If he had left humbly, and played humbly, I would be hard pressed to root against him. He has a role model in this regard right next to him in Wade, who tore out my Maverick-blue heart in 2006 but still has my respect. LeBron has lost it. And Bosh never had it.

Maybe it is just my increased skepticism, but has anyone else noticed how often LeBron flops now? I mean, the guy is a physical freak; I don’t think there is a player in the league who could knock him over. Yet multiple times in the Chicago series he ended up on the floor drawing the offensive foul. And what’s worse, the cameras always seemed to show him laughing and nodding when he did so, like he is saying, Yeah, I just punked you. Flopping is part of the game, but if you are going to do it at least have the decency to act like you really did get knocked over.

The fans hate Miami because of LeBron, mostly, and “The Decision”. I liked LeBron in Cleveland. I do not like him in Miami after that PR disaster. Had he left Cleveland like a man, and not a clown, I would like him and Miami right now, plain and simple.

Point is, don’t change the facts to fit your story (I know, it’s not a fact, just a subjective POV). But you could’ve left the Miami part out and just have said the Mavs are villains.

And that’s not to even mention the 2006 finals between the Mavs and Heat that was a refereeing travesty, guys like Dirk and J-Kidd (as well as others like Peja and JET) finally getting a ring, and also the fact that the Mavs are the underdogs.

Yup, the Mavs are definitely “Villains” in this scenario.