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Amen, Mr. Gilbert. Thank you for sparing no venom in your condemnation of LeBron James and his inane publicity stunt the last couple of weeks. It's a refreshing breath of fresh air.
1 posted on 07/08/2010 9:51:58 PM PDT by NohSpinZone
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To: NohSpinZone

Panem et circenses


2 posted on 07/08/2010 10:00:23 PM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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“I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WILL WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE THE SELF-TITLED FORMER ‘KING’ WINS ONE”

lol, no.
3 posted on 07/08/2010 10:00:29 PM PDT by Hexenhammer (sic semper tyrannis)
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“He didn’t re-sign with US, so I’ll call him names”- that’s how I see it. Not very mature.


4 posted on 07/08/2010 10:06:05 PM PDT by richmwill
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LeBron “says”: http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/benoit.wav


7 posted on 07/08/2010 10:13:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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I don’t give a damn about basketball, which I consider the most poorly designed and pointless human activity imaginable (hey, let’s call time out after we shoot a free throw, due to that there foul. ZZZZ). But, like I suppose just about everybody, I will be hoping King James falls on his face after this display of self absorption previously unknown in human existence..


10 posted on 07/08/2010 10:43:04 PM PDT by Minn (Here is a realistic picture of the prophet: ----> ([: {()
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LOL.... what a bizarre letter..... maybe such “venting” goes over with Cavs fans, but it strikes me as adolescent and more than a bit delusional, immature, unprofessional for an owner of a team....

Nice bravado with the ‘guarantee’ of a championship etc..... then again, since NEITHER the Heat nor the Cavs will win a championship in the current century it’s not exactly inaccurate to assert that the Cavs can win one ‘before’ James and the Heat can win one.....


11 posted on 07/08/2010 10:44:02 PM PDT by Enchante ("The great enemy of clear language is insincerity." -- George Orwell --)
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Greatest. Letter. Ever.


12 posted on 07/08/2010 10:58:39 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (Obama is Dangerclown The Manchild)
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Dan Gilbert you magnificent bastard! Please buy the Indians


15 posted on 07/08/2010 11:27:48 PM PDT by Cyman
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Who wants to spend their whole life in Cleveland? It’s cold and dreary and depressing. Plus, they never win nothin.


16 posted on 07/08/2010 11:37:12 PM PDT by Nonstatist
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AGREED.

I was never a fan of this classless holligan.

I will be routing for ANY TEAM but Miami this season. I want James to follow Barkley as one who NEVER got a ring. Though, Sir Charles SHOULD have.


17 posted on 07/09/2010 12:04:11 AM PDT by RachelFaith (2010 is going to be a 100 seat Tsunami - Unless the GOP Senate ruins it all...)
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Strong words, Mr. Gilbert. Strong, bizarre, and ultimately hollow words. Welcome back to irrelevance, Cavaliers!


23 posted on 07/09/2010 3:14:38 AM PDT by LanPB01
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I never have been a fan of the NBA but has a mildly positive image of Mr James. The narcissistic show of the last week has certainly turned that around. I am more likely to avoid anything he touts.


25 posted on 07/09/2010 3:47:44 AM PDT by mike-zed
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It's so amusing to watch the number of male sports “journalists” who fantasize about a 3-way with Lebron and Tiger.
27 posted on 07/09/2010 5:55:47 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (Don't just accept freedom, DEMAND IT!!!)
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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.

Ouch!

29 posted on 07/09/2010 6:55:54 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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I recently moved out of Cleveland, so I’m not privy to all the local news I once was, but I don’t believe Gilbert wrote this. I can’t believe he’d have the nerve to guarantee a winning of a championship in Cleveland even during this century let alone before James wins one.

This is just another in a long line of heartbreaks us Clevelanders have had to endure rooting for sports franchises. I don’t wish ill-will towards him but will not be surprised if it happens. What goes around does indeed come around. He’ll still be rich when it comes around though.

One of the Cleveland talk-show hosts (Mike Trivisano) always called him “LeBoob” because he always wore a Yankee’s baseball cap even while attending Cleveland Indians Games. I thought then that the name “Leboob” was over the top, but now I tend to call him that myself. I never bought one of his jerseys and now I’m glad I didn’t.


34 posted on 07/10/2010 11:44:16 AM PDT by gooleyman ( What about the baby's "RIGHT TO CHOOSE"?????? I bet the baby would chose LIFE.)
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