JDB1523 wrote:
Nobody wants to play in Cleveland, and we're clearly going the wrong way luring FAs in here. We got LeBron sending %%%#%+% text messages to players to come? Great. Real professional. The same #$%$ happened when we were trying to sign Redd, Ray Allen, Joe Johnson, or Larry Hughes, and look who took the bait? Apparently LeBron sent a video to those guys saying, 'Come play with me in Cleveland.' Business savvy my %!#. Part of the problem with this franchise, and yes I'm going to get knocked for it, is letting LeBron run his show whenever and wherever. Teams that have WON championships, Houston and LA, obviously know the method, and they did it without offering more money.
That said, it's becoming more and more apparent to me that people simply DON'T want to play in Cleveland. I mean, you know something's up when you're losing FAs to the %%%#%+% city of Detroit. I like living in Cleveland, I don't mind it at all, but to multi-millionaire playboys? Forget about it. We simply don't have the same things other cities can offer. Shopping downtown? Nope, you're going out to Beachwood. Restaurants downtown? You'd get sick of eating at the best ones in three months if you're going every night. Nightlife? West 6th, East 4th, or Coventry, and only West 6th would halfway suit an NBA player. Girls? Not bad, but not even close to LA, Miami, and I haven't even been to Houston but I'd bet $100 they're better. Weather? Winter = hell. Point being, anybody that's been to Cleveland for an extended period of time knows what I'm talking about. I love it, but I can understand why guys would go elsewhere, especially when you're talking about LA or Boston, coupled with the fact we've got GM LeBron sending damn text messages...
txt isnt gonna cut it when you got the celtics president, gm, big 3, and mascot all flying to your house to sit down with you. > > >Incoming from LeBron "Plz ply in CLE w me!!"
for some reason i just cant see ron artest hangin out at the mongolian BBQ here in coventry haha. shaq, maybe, only because its all you can eat.
"we" is right. we dont need/want gabegrams 2.0 runnin up in here now.
all in all i will be very disappointed if all we end up with is Linuz Klezia after all the names being tossed around. Brons gotta be sittin there like melookin like
like i said, unless Kobe breaks an ankle, Duncan cracks his fibula, dwight dislocates his shoulder, and the big 3 all get a staph infection, I dont see how wecan beat these guys in 7. im sure we can get 58-63 wins with ease. thats not gonna be enough in the end unless we get more help. JJ hickson will not savethis team
