There is so much more to tell you about the events of the recent past and our more than exciting future. Over the next several days and weeks, we will be communicating much of that to you.

former hero,

who grew up in the very region that he deserted this evening,

is no longer a Cleveland Cavalier.

narcissistic, self-promotional build-up culminating with a national TV special of his "decision" unlike anything ever "witnessed"



bitterly disappointing to all of us.

the "hard-working, loyal, and driven" staff over here at your hometown Cavaliers have not betrayed you nor NEVER will betray you.



cowardly betrayal.

this shameful display of selfishness and betrayal by one of our very own has shifted our "motivation" to previously unknown and previously never experienced levels.

shocking act of disloyalty from our homegrown "chosen one" sends the exact opposite lesson of what we would want our children to learn. And "who" we would want them to grow up to become.

" heartless and callous action" can only serve as the antidote to the so-called "curse" on Cleveland, Ohio.

self-declared former "King" will be taking the "curse" with him down south. And until he does "right" by Cleveland and Ohio, James (and the town where he plays) will unfortunately own this dreaded spell and bad karma.

Just watch.

Sleep well, Cleveland. Tomorrow is a new and much brighter day...

I PROMISE you that our energy, focus, capital, knowledge and experience will be directed at one thing and one thing only:

DELIVERING YOU the championship you have long deserved and is long overdue...

Dan Gilbert

This could be intresting.

Wrong section. And WTF Nasova, I know you read the new posts here??? This has already been posted 2 times!!?!?!

If you thought we were motivated before tonight to bring the hardware to Cleveland, I can tell you that this shameful display of selfishness and betrayal by one of our very own has shifted our "motivation" to previously unknown and previously never experienced levels.

Some people think they should go to heaven but NOT have to die to get there.

Sorry, but that's simply not how it works.

This shocking act of disloyalty from our homegrown "chosen one" sends the exact opposite lesson of what we would want our children to learn. And "who" we would want them to grow up to become.

But the good news is that this heartless and callous action can only serve as the antidote to the so-called "curse" on Cleveland, Ohio.

The self-declared former "King" will be taking the "curse" with him down south. And until he does "right" by Cleveland and Ohio, James (and the town where he plays) will unfortunately own this dreaded spell and bad karma.

Just watch.
championship you have long deserved and is long overdue...

Dan Gilbert
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Chosen One left the money and ran.

Until 9:28 Thursday night, there was still the thought in Cleveland that reports LeBron James would go to Miami as a free agent were a vast smoke screen, like the volcano in Iceland. But they were not.
What a surprise that he became monstrously self-centered.

By contrast, Tim Duncan could have left the Spurs for Orlando, almost did, then stayed and won three of his four championships afterward. Kobe Bryant almost forced his way out of Los Angeles, then stayed and won two championships among his five overall, in just the last two years.

With James, there was always a childish, self-aggrandizing aspect to his game and a divided focus on the importance of winning. He was caught up in hosting the ESPYs and "Saturday Night Live" or making a proposed movie. Such perks once followed winning, but in his case, they preceded it.


Because home is gone. Because it's personal here too.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Maybe this happens when you get too much, too soon. Maybe it happens when you forget where you came from, or what you mean to the people of Northeast Ohio.


But LeBron James should feel a sense of shame and pain for putting together a self-serving ESPN special to inform the world that he no longer intends to play for the Cavaliers. To sharpen the insult, he titled his switch to the Miami Heat as "The Decision."

Yes, that's just like The Fumble, The Drive, The Move, The Shot and other awful moments in the history of Cleveland sports -- and he picked the name?

Doesn't anyone in the James camp have a clue of what people back home will think? Doesn't anyone care? Of if they mentioned to James, doesn't he get it?

Gilbert's got da fire and da passhun... and prolly no plan whatsoever.

Gilbert is a fucking stud - with money - watch out!

Shit, if he is truly scorned, I bet he wouldn't be above helping another team beat James if the Cavs can't do it for a while.

Gilbert is torching LeBron to hide his own incompetence. Where was this self-styled moralist prior to LeBron's exodus to Miami?

I wouldn't call him incompetent. He did everything possible to help LeBron win. He traded and signed every guy LeBron wanted. I know it's business but LeBron purposely screwed the guy. I'm sure we will find out other things he did for him and his friends in the coming weeks.

That's true. I see you have a man crush on LeBron.

The only way Gilbert can draw people next year is to ratchet up the Lebron hate in Cleveland. He needs to get his base fired up. Think of what the republican/tea party has been doing the past 1-2 years. People will care if they are excited. If they feel defeated, they won't come.

Some good ideas they can do:
1. Create a mascot that is similar to Lebron and use him for skits you can do during timeouts and halftime. Just ridicule and mock him at every minute possible.

2. Create something where fans that come to the game and turn in their Lebron gear for another player of their choice. Or turn in Lebron gear and get a free pair of tickets, or X% off.

3. Decree that no one will ever wear 23 in Cleveland again. But retire the number in honor of Michael Jordan, not Lebron.

Stuff like this would keep fans interested.