i think 95% of basketball fans suddenly grew vaginas last night

[LnGrrrR]

LMAO at all the bron/heat hate. you guys are ridiculous. hate on the way Bron went about doing his announcement. thats understandable. but hating on the fact that they want to make the most dominant team ever, is stupid as , and makes no sense.

I'm hating on the way he did it; I'm hating on him for being a pussy and joining a team that already has an Alpha Dog.

[mystargtr34]

If the Spurs arent going to win (which looks likely), then i hope this team wins the next 5 championships, i really do, and LeBron goes down as the greatest ever. The amount of he is taking from everybody, fat ass fans on basketball forums who almost never pick up a basketball, owners, GM's, other players, journo's. The dude just wants to win.

Kobe was crying, kicking and screaming, he had basically given up on 'trying to do it on his own', yet people hold him up now as some example that LeBron should have stuck to , i found that amazing. How is the world so in stupid and shortsighted.

the rest of whining hypocritical NBA... if its not the Spurs, im rooting for LeBron and the Heat.

[DazedAndConfused]

Kobe wanted help. He was tired of playing with Smush Parker and Kwame Brown. He wanted a legit #2 to play alongside him and some good role players he could propel to a championship. He has always wanted to be the main man, the dominant player on the team. That's why he was adamant in ousting Shaq.

He would never have done what Lebron just did, which was to shy away from the responsibility of being the main man and go play with other established superstars somewhere else. Lebron took the easy way out from a compe ive point of view, which is why he will never again be viewed in the same light as Jordan or Kobe.

Answer this: Would Kobe or MJ ever do what Lebron just did? Be honest.

[midnightpulp]

Kobe wanted help. He was tired of playing with Smush Parker and Kwame Brown. He wanted a legit #2 to play alongside him and some good role players he could propel to a championship. He has always wanted to be the main man, the dominant player on the team. That's why he was adamant in ousting Shaq.

He would never have done what Lebron just did, which was to shy away from the responsibility of being the main man and go play with other established superstars somewhere else. Lebron took the easy way out from a compe ive point of view, which is why he will never again be viewed in the same light as Jordan or Kobe.

Answer this: Would Kobe or MJ ever do what Lebron just did? Be honest.

Try looking at it from Lebron's POV, which is somewhat similar to Kobe's in the Smush/Kwame era.

Lebron has shouldered the burden for 7 years without a consistent number 2 option to help relieve some of that pressure. Lebron dealt with his own Smush/Kwame situation for 5 years, even getting one of those teams to the Finals, before he finally had a team capable of legitimately contending. Your hero was only be able to deal with such for 2 years before he stamped his feet, went viral, and cried to Stephen A. Smith.

Lebron has never had the luxury of playing with someone who can cover up his 6-24 efforts. No Shaq, no Gasol. So when the opportunity to play with Wade and Bosh emerged, of course he's going to in' take it.

[Giuseppe]

the rest of whining hypocritical NBA... if its not the Spurs, im rooting for LeBron and the Heat.

Fine, but, wait until you're eliminated before you throw your Spurs under the bus for the Heat.

[024]

kobe wanted to be traded so he could play with stars elsewhere. difference between kobe and lebron was that kobe was restricted by his contract while lebron could do whatever the he wanted as a FA.

[picc84]

Difference. The Cavs owner kept adding better pieces to the team every year, ones mostly approved and signed off on by James.

When Kobe made his trade demand, the Lakers hadn't added anyone over 3 years other than Kwame Brown and Vladimir Radmanovic. They had turned down offers from Baron Davis and Boozer to come play there for basically nothing. The difference between the efforts that the LA front office had shown and the Cleveland front office had shown were huge.

Thats why he wanted to be traded, because he felt like the management wasnt trying to get better. Even despite efforts from good players to help them.

Lebron is leaving a management that catered to him every whim 24/7, and leaving a team that got significantly better every year.

I'm not saying he's wrong for leaving. The cir stances surrounding Lebrons departure and Kobe's trade demand were both entirely justifiable. But if the Lakers had put a good team around Kobe and he'd failed, he would have taken it on himself and tried to get better. It was only when he thought they weren't trying to win that he wanted to leave. Cant say that about Lebron.

, he backed off his trade demand basically soon as Derek Fisher joined the team.

[LnGrrrR]

The way he did it?..you mean the way he raised millions of $ for the Boys & Girls Club with The Decision?..people hate that?..

I'm pretty sure he could've just donated some of his millions, and not agonized an entire fanbase. That'd be one way to give millions to a worthy charity, and would also not make him a total .

[LnGrrrR]

If Lebron wanted decent pieces, he could've gone to Chicago. As is, Lebron is 1B to Wade's 1A.

[OC Lakerfan]

LOL@Mavs fans complaining about parity.

For years the Mavs had much higher payroll than the Lakers or Celtics. So did the Knicks for that matter.

[Veterinarian]

If Lebron wanted decent pieces, he could've gone to Chicago. As is, Lebron is 1B to Wade's 1A.