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Almost leaving is not leaving tho
Official NBA 2012-2013 Season Thread
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- Jun 15, 2005
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Yes, Let's compare LeBron's situation in Cleveland to the aforementioned, as if they are even remotely the same.
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Didn't Kobe want to go to Chicago in like '08?
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Biggest BS statement I've read on here in a minute. There would be no hate for Lebron? Really? So you're telling me he wasn't getting hated on by a CERTAIN fan base before ANY connection with Lebron and Miami was ever made??? Go back to the Niketalk archives man. You'll see he DEFINITELY was getting hate.
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There will always be hate on LeBron because he's one of the league's best. Just like how there's hate on Kobe, Wade, Melo, Russy, etc.
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Yeah the situations are wildly different
LeBron came into Cleveland with Popovich and RC Buford running the show? Pat Riley? Cleveland has the same allure to free agents as Miami and Los Angeles do?
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*Sees dudes STILL crying about him leaving mother******* Cleveland*
*exits thread*
*exits thread*
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He was getting minuscule hate compared to what he was getting right now. The hate stemed from what he was suppose to be "the chosen one" and wearing number 23 and the whole powder ritual. People just wanted to knitpic at small things but his game was never really in question until he started getting pieces around him that maybe could've won him a championship. He took that sorry '07 cavs teams to the finals but couldn't repeat that success in those years following with shaq or Jamison and a couple other decent bums that's when the talks got louder. He couldn't handle the pressure it comes with being the main option on a team day in and day out so he takes his talents to south beach to team up with a perennial all star and NBA champion and up and coming forward to cushion for him. Smh
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Yeah the situations are wildly different
LeBron came into Cleveland with Popovich and RC Buford running the show? Pat Riley? Cleveland has the same allure to free agents as Miami and Los Angeles do?
Old Pop and Bufotd were really doing it up before they got Duncan. You must not remember 1997
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lebron hate is on another level though. like its crazy how much people go out of their way to hate on a man doing his job.
The most hate i have seen about kobe is from his rape trial thing. But i mean come on how could you hate on Kobe or Lebron. They are just to crazy good and fun to watch
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We went over this before so stop frontin like it's a vice versa thing.
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WOW, you stay saying the funniest things. You're really asking and was expecting him to continue to get to the Finals with that bum squad??? Oh my bad, with the addition of the "great" antawn Jamison???? Man just stop already. You can't be serious.
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Yep, he was close to signing with Orlando and Pop had to beg him to stay.And each of them still had a ring or some rings before their lean years. What where Duncan's lean years with the Spurs by the way, and when did he ever give the notion that he'd leave? I wouldn't hold me breathe for that answer. I'll give you Wade, cause the Heat definitely had some struggles. And would've had every right to leave if he wanted. But the opportunity to have Bosh and Lebron on the Heat? Hmmm, how long did it take for him to decide to stay put
he was thinking of leaving 2000? when tmac and grant joined orl. doc and gabriel went all out to try and lure him and grant. duncan was very interested (he even said it later in his career that he was "REAL close") as robinson and elliot were nearing their end, and the attraction to play with grant (in his prime, he was a top 5 player) was a big key. i think they had the same agent and they were pretty close already. remember magic basically gave away their first rd draft picks and corey maggette cause they were betting on signing big time players.
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I said descent bums! It's no secret that they weren't superstars but those dudes weren't absolute scrubs like always being implied. He had a way better line up '10 season than he had his whole time in Cleveland, am I wrong? I mean they were one series away from the finals that year
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Yes it is vice versa.
You may not see it from your perspective
You're a T-Mac fan, so you hated on Kobe because you were.
It's foolish to act like one fan base hates but no others do.
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Again, you're basically expecting Bron to get in with that BUM lineup though no? And no his team was not WAY better. EVERY one of them Cleveland teams were bums and just seeing them listed on as an NBA Finals team would've been shocking yet you're expecting Bron to be in there every year with those guys. Yeah oookay.
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Old Pop and Bufotd were really doing it up before they got Duncan. You must not remember 1997
You mean the season where David Robinson got hurt, and they tanked the season? I fail to see your point.
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I already went over this with you NUMEROUS times.
The KOBE fan base is the ONLY fan base to have hated on EVERY wing player that wasn't named Kobe. Did you see legions of AI fans hating on Tmac? Or Bron? Or Tmac fans hating on Bron? Wade? Or Wade fans hating on Tmac? Bron?...the list goes on. Like i've said NUMEROUS times, you only need to go back to the Niketalk archives to see all the hate threads for a Tmac, Bron, Wade and see WHICH fan base started them.
Edit: Oh and you don't know ish if you think I "hated" On Kobe because I'm a Mac fan. I hated on Kobe EVER since he became a Laker because I was NEVER a LA Laker supporter. I hated on the Lakers before i ever heard of a Kobe Bryant. Never rooted for Showtime and DAMN sure hated Nick and Eddie when they were Lakers. So NO, i didn't hate on Kobe because I'm a Mac fan. However, I can see why a Mac fan would since Kobe fans are the ones that ALWAYS start the hating first just like they have with Bron now.
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Exactly.
This too. Had he not done that (and played a part in what was pretty much a big Heat pep rally), no one would have had any problem, other than them possibly beating their teams. So when you think about it, after all this time, all the Lebron detractors are mad about a televised announcement of a FA destination, and a pep rally. How silly does that sound?
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Dude you're wrong
Yes I've seen all those fan bases hate on each other
Just recently I've seen Wade Stans hate on Lebron's 2009 MVP season
All great player fanbases hate on each other...it flat out foolish to say otherwise
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i don't think Lebron can keep up the pace, but this is greatness
Magic at 28 5 Rings, 3 Finals MVP, 1 MVP
Bird at 28 3 Rings, 2 Finals MVP, 3 MVP
Magic at 28 5 Rings, 3 Finals MVP, 1 MVP
Bird at 28 3 Rings, 2 Finals MVP, 3 MVP
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The lebron hate pre decision was average star hate. Everyones not gonna like u plain n simple. But after he copped out alot of people lost respect for him but he did that im pretty sure he doesnt care but it is what it is. Dont make it seem like in cle he was jus this hated person n every other player was loved.
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Its silly to say you don't like how your favorite sport turned hollywood
When you remember the days when players actually were rivals and not actors in a sit-com
You can't be serious
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