Everyone reporting that he is "blindsided and disappointed" by Kyrie's trade demand. All while he keeps flirting with LA and refusing to commit to Cleveland. This motherfucker has some nerve

Inclined to give him a pass. There's something going on in Cleveland but it's not really clear what that is at this point.

It's pretty clear. Nobody knows where they stand or what happens after this year until LeBron says what he's doing. It's absolutely ridiculous for him to criticize Kyrie's decision. And that's without even bringing yo the fact that LeBron "blindsided" his teammates twice in the last seven years as well.

I'm talking about the GM stuff. We knew LBJ and others didn't really trust Gilbert to put his money where his mouth is on an indefinite basis. Maybe something like that is going on.

Lebron has his own past of blindsiding teammates (and looked like he was gearing up to potentially do so again) so I feel no sympathy for him for Kyrie looking to jump first.

The one thing nobody can accuse Gilbert of is not spending.

Yeah, it's that simple. But James could shoot one of his fans in the middle of Tines Square and vegan would still defend his guy.

One of the main reasons the Cavs have so little flexibility at the moment is because of how much they've committed to Lebron guys like Thompson.

They've been to three straight finals and will go to another one if they remain intact. Pretty sure the money has been well spent.

NBA = Nobody fucking cares

They play in the East and have Lebron James. Do you really think they'd have struggled to make the finals if they hasn't bid against themselves for Thompson at Lebron's behest? And if you are praising their roster construction now, then how do your earlier criticisms of Gilbert/the GM situation make any sense?

The GM thing is something else. I dont care about Thompson I'm just saying that with LBJ, Kyrie, and Love you're not going to have much flexibility anyway. Having a better PF than Thompson at less money wasn't going to make a difference against GS anyway, and they still wouldn't have much flexibility.

I mean the Love trade too was a trade carried out to appease a returning James. Now he looks like a busted flush no one in the league wants to trade for and the Cavs have been scrambling to find a wing player like the guy they gave up in Wiggins.

At the end of the day I just don't think you can argue with three finals appearances in three years and one win. And they played shorthanded against GS the first year. Yeah some of these moves were made to appease James, but they're working. You'd get no argument from me if they didn't have the success they're having.

It just seems pretty convenient to me to gloss over any responsibility on the part of James for the current situation given both his own role in the uncertainty about the Cavs' future and the fact that so many front office moves were made previously to accommodate him.

What's the "current situation" though? I think we're looking at it very differently. I'm looking at a team coming off its third straight finals appearance and is the unanimous favorite to return next year. The lack of flexibility they have, to me, is unremarkable: any veteran team led by three highly paid stars in their prime is going to have cap issues. I think your criticism is more appropriate for a high spending team like the KG/Pierce Nets who get basically zero return on their massive investments. Cleveland also made massive investments but it's clearly paying off.

Pretty sure that comes out to NFC.

I'm just going to say that you would never see this shit happening in the NHL.

No, you would see guys demanding trades because their teammates fucked their wives.

I'm talking about the GM stuff. We knew LBJ and others didn't really trust Gilbert to put his money where his mouth is on an indefinite basis. Maybe something like that is going on.

Gilbert has spent the money for players. They have by far the highest payroll in the league. He has paid the luxury tax the past couple of years too. He is not going to let LeBron James hold them hostage anymore it appears.