Jesse Jackson compares Cavs owner to a slave master.

The Chicago Tribune ^ | 7/11/2010 | Tribune News Services

[Lancey Howard]

LOL, apparently Jesse tried to shake down the Cavs and got rebuffed.

[Cyber Ninja]

The difference between MLK & JJ is 100%; please?

[Oceander]

[MWestMom]

Strange, I saw the Cavs owner's comments as more of a liberal perspective, overlooking the fact that contract obligations were met and when he was contractually able, LeBron made a capitalistic decision. Go for the bucks.

And why not? LeBron’s window of making the big bucks is getting smaller as he ages. He needs to clean up now.

Jackson is a race baiter who wouldn't have a career if those like him didn't keep the racial tension alive. Perhaps “Mr.” Jackson should mind the splinter in his own eye.......

[primeval patriot]

Everyone here enjoying Obama’s post-racial America?

[haircutter]

AMEN to that...and I won’t shed a tear..but maybe throw a party...

[profit_guy]

it seems Jesse Jackson was very quiet when Dan Rather said Obama “couldn’t sell watermelons if you gave him the state troopers to flag down the traffic”

why is that Jesse???

[Clock King]

Nice slave quarters LeBron had...

[Seven plus One]

The one, and I mean the only benefit of having obama as annointed one is that he almost completely crowds The Reverend out of the (Chicago) news. Don't see much of him anymore; editors don't seem all that interested. That's always a good thing.

[cranked]

The idiotbigot should be stripped and every race baiting card he carries systematically removed....=.=

[truthguy]

Jesse Jackson- marked down to $1.99.

[TopQuark]

"This is surely the first time I’ve ever agreed with JJ; LeBron is a “Free Agent.” Note the word “Free,” Cleveland has no ownership rights to LeBron."

I don't think you agree with JJ: you are talking about different things. You claim, correctly, that James is free to go, whereas JJ states that someone views him as a slave. These are two entirely different things.

[Right Wing Assault]

LeBron made a capitalistic decision. Go for the bucks.

Not really the reason. It was more an ego decision. See article below. He wants to win a title. Even though he told Cleveland fans a while back that he wasn't a title chaser. A title in Miami isn't going to make him more bucks than a title in Cleveland.

From Salon article:

Cleveland could offer James $30 million more than any team, but that wasn't what interested James this time. He was willing to make less for something else -- a title. Maybe a bunch of them with the 28-year-old Wade and 26-year-old Bosh in their primes.

"It's about a team," James said.

http://www.salon.com/life/story/index.html?story=/mwt/2010/07/09/bkn_lebron_s_decision