dear lebron james, i don't care for one second where you go to play basketball

[spanone]

sincerely,

spanone

[OhioChick]

1. I don't give a shit either, however....

He does generate money for Cleveland, and Cleveland is in dire straits at the moment.

[Altoid_Cyclist]

14. That's a good point.

I'm sick and tired of the ludicrous sums that we accept as reasonable salaries for athletes and their agents.

When a person makes $250,000 every single day of the year for playing sports and signing fat endorsement contracts, something is wrong with our priorities.

However, he has had a beneficial impact for a city that needs whatever help it can get. Let's see if he pulls an Art Modell and takes off for greener pastures or if he decides to stay home in Ohio.

All of a sudden I'm hearing the Pretenders in my head.

[JonLP24]

28. I disagree

Unless you ask everyone to stop watching and stop going to the games. These players make the league and owners A LOT of money. Naturally they should get a piece of the pie. Whatever team LeBron goes to, he will make that team a lot of money.

Unless you ask musicians and actors. The successful ones make far more than athletes do and in many cases, they're as big as stars.

[Bozita]

2. LeBronathon - KO's term for tonight's media circus on ESPN

Bullseye, Keith!

[spanone]

4. i heard keith say he's going to tell us where he's going....r e a l slow

[Forkboy]

3. With all this hype you'd think we were talking about something vital, like hockey.

[spanone]

5. or curling

[RockaFowler]

6. Or Baseball

I mean this is Baseball Season right now

[BeyondGeography]

7. With about 15-20% of the country unemployed and underemployed

LeBron does a TV show about where he is going to get rich next. :dunce:

And he deploys the usual scam about saying all the ego gratification is for charity. Dumbass.

[damntexdem]

8. Well I do. It's no so much that he might trample the grass in my front yard ...

if he played there -- it's that any crowds watching would make noise that would be disturbing at night.

[Maru Kitteh]

9. AMEN!

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

10. Yes, you do.

So just stop it.

Prima facie. :D

[spanone]

16. busted

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

11. Dear spanone, change the channel if you don't want to watch him. n/t

[firedupdem]

12. You should write the media a few letters and ask them why they

pumped the story 24/7 even before he said a damn word.

[onenote]

13. dear spanone, i don't care for one second that you don't care where I play

sincerely,

lebron

[spanone]

15. you should lebron, cause your money comes from workin' folks like me

[onenote]

18. I think his money comes from workin' folks that care about what he does

not so much from those who already have declared that they aren't interested in him or what he does.

[spanone]

19. think?

[trumad]

26. What a stupid fucking comment...

So why aren't you posting something similar about Leo Decaprio? He made millions from his new film.... and guess what...his money came from working folks like me.

Stupid fucking thread.

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

27. Because Decaprio is white? n/t

[trumad]

29. Bingo

[DefenseLawyer]

17. Please, share with us everything else that you don't care about. It's riveting. Really.

Sincerely,

Everyone

[spanone]

20. everyone? wow.

[DefenseLawyer]

22. Trust me, it's everyone. n/t

[Ruby the Liberal]

21. No kidding. The LeHype is beyond annoying.

Where are our priorities as a nation?

[AngryOldDem]

23. It's sports.

I could have said the same thing about the World Cup. But I ignored it. Just as I am ignoring LeBron, although I do hope he stays in Cleveland, which most likely won't happen.

[Romulox]

24. NBA has hit a modern low, imo. Level of competition is low, no parity between small markets and big

:shrug:

[Regret My New Name]

25. Who? Is he that cricket player that everyone keeps talking about?

I HATE CRICKET!!! ;)

[ThomThom]

30. then you are not a basketball fan and who cares what you think

This is a big event, other teams will have to plan new strategies and restructure their teams if they want to compete.

[trumad]

31. Well this op came from GD

which pretty much guarantees the OP writer hates sports.

Note the comments from those who haven't a clue of went down in this deal.

Basketball has a solid salary cap and Riley was able to adjust his to make this happen. 3 players agreed to restructure their contracts for the opportunity to play with each other.

Some chirp that Riley is left without money for backbenchers... that's pure bullshit.

If you're a role player and have the chance to win rings with Wade, James and Bosh, you're going to give up some jack.

Riley knows what the fuck he is doing and he pulled off one of the biggest free agent heists in the history of basketball.

[joeybee12]

32. I wish I could rec this...can't now that it's in the sports dungeon. n/t

[trumad]

33. Well bookmark it...

I am...