Recapping Jim Gray's Interview With LeBron James
Jul 08 9:37p
by Mike Prada
- LeBron James has focused on free agency a lot this year, he said. Yay.
- He has enjoyed being "recruited" by the six teams, calling it a "humbling" experience. I would say it's probably been the opposite, considering how everyone is recruiting him and not vice versa, but hey, what do I know.
- He says he can't control all the outside anticipation. Suuure.
- LeBron said he can count the number of people who know his decision on one hand, after being prodded by Jim Gray about whether it was "one hand" or "two hand."
- LeBron also said he made up his mind today after a conversation with his mom. CLICHE ALERT! (Sidenote: I don't believe him).
- LeBron just informed the team who got him that they got him, and didn't inform the other five teams. The sound you just heard is five TV sets being turned off.
- Wow, LeBron is a nailbitter. Yay. Thanks for unearthing this essential information.
- So it's Miami. I thought it wouldn't take that long. At the very least, it was nice of LeBron to create even more suspense by stuttering.
- LeBron says his heart will always be in Cleveland, but "the greatest challenge is to move on." I'm sure that'll soften the blow, right? Okay, maybe not.
- He's not sure he will live in Akron anymore, saying his fans will have "mixed emotions" back then. Then, he says he'll go back to Akron because it's home. Word of advice, LeBron: don't go back home.
- LeBron said this whole process was "very tough," which I don't believe. I'm sure it was a tough decision, but I'm also sure he loved the attention.
- LeBron also said he's a loyal person, but that his mom said he needed to look out for himself first and foremost. He also said his mom said Miami would make him "happy," which of course changes everything.
- You know what this means, folks: Stephen A. Smith was right. I now feel dirty for saying that. Sorry, Stephen A. The next cheese doodle is on me.
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He’s not sure he will live in Akron anymore, saying his fans will have “mixed emotions” back then.
Honestly, what fans? I think he and his handlers have horribly misread the situation and have completely alienated what few people loved him as a personality. Who’s going to go buy the shoes now?
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by David A. Arnott on Jul 8, 2010 9:42 PM EDT reply actions
Miami fans
Until he starts asking like an ass there too? What’s the under/over for how long it takes for someone from LeBron’s camp to complain about the number of touches he’s getting?
theBIGC1982
by thebigc1982 on Jul 8, 2010 9:49 PM EDT reply actions
Oh, Heat fans will love having him on the team. That’s totally different from being a LeBron fan, though. Yankees fans and Astros fans liked/loved having Clemens on the team because he made those teams better, but I’d argue few, if any, people were fans of the Rocket as an individual, by then, because he’d become a mercenary and burned bridges with all his former teams.
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by David A. Arnott on Jul 8, 2010 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
It won't be long.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.
by JoeCB1991 on Jul 9, 2010 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Signed with Miami
and dumped the decision on his mother! He needs 2 great players to win and he needs his mama to hide behind when he makes a decision.
And this guy wanted to be MJ??
Conservative: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. -Ambrose Bierce
by MiketheRevelator on Jul 8, 2010 10:03 PM EDT reply actions
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