Thank you, LeBron!

[Colton]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2513416

 

[PopeDirkBenedict]

Even though I am not a Cleveland fan, I am very glad to hear this. If LeBron had left, I don't know if the city would have ever recovered. If any tortured fan base deserves a once-in-a-generation talent like LeBron, Cleveland does.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

**** you, Bill Simmons.

 

[sportsed]

Oh, dear God, thank you sooo much!

I was getting worried there for a while.

 

[Hammer Pants]

Agreed. Good for the people of Cleveland. Good thing the salary cap exists.

 

[tyler durden 71351]

Good for the folks in Cleveland...but Simmons still has a point. I seem to remember Eddie Jones getting a cut in his endorsement contract from Nike after he was traded away from the Lakers...even though his stats improved.

 

[Just_An_SID]

A clause in his new contract says that the Plain Dealer must publish a photo of him in the paper every day.

The Plain Dealer, of course, is more than happy to comply.

 

[PopeDirkBenedict]

A clause in his new contract says that the Plain Dealer must publish a photo of him in the paper every day.

The Plain Dealer, of course, is more than happy to comply.

I'm good enough to be pictured in the Plain-Dealer! </LeBron>

Couldn't resist

 

[Sxysprtswrtr]

Was there really ever any cause for concern? Seriously?

He wasn't going anywhere.

 

[poindexter]

Thank you, LeBron!

If LeBron had left, I don't know if the city would have ever recovered.

Oh, dear God, thank you sooo much!

Wow. Some people take their fandom pretty darn seriously.

 

[Chi City 81]

Thank you, LeBron!

If LeBron had left, I don't know if the city would have ever recovered.

Oh, dear God, thank you sooo much!

Wow.  Some people take their fandom pretty darn seriously. 

Yeah, it's called being a sports fan. Try it sometime.

 

[Moderator1]

If this brings Pho Real out of the woodwork, someone is going to die.
Most likely me.

 

[Chi City 81]

If this brings Pho Real out of the woodwork, someone is going to die.
Most likely me.

Tha **** you talkin' bout, Moddy? Go watch sum Golden Gurls.

 

[sportschick]

If you aren't around people from Cleveland much, you don't understand how deep their feelings toward their home town teams run, nor will you get the depth of their fandom nor how convinced some of them are that all Cleveland teams are cursed.

This should make the Cleveland guy in my shop ecstatic today.

 

[poindexter]

I'm sure the city of Cleveland will go on now to do big and great things now that LeBron is signed.

The city might not have ever recovered? Oh, please. The whole city.

 

[PopeDirkBenedict]

I'm sure the city of Cleveland will go on now to do big and great things now that LeBron is signed.

The city might not have ever recovered?  Oh, please.  The whole city.

Yes, the city of Cleveland would have continued to exit on the Erie River, Mr. Take Everything Literally. For future reference, when I say that I died on the day that Paul Molitor signed with the Blue Jays, that does mean my earthly existence ceased. When I say that the Brewers future makes me more excited than BYH around Scarlett Johannsen, that does not mean I ejaculate every eight seconds that I think about the Brewers future. Just wanted to clear everything up.

 

[sportsed]

Was there really ever any cause for concern? Seriously?

He wasn't going anywhere.

When Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Carmello Anthony all signed at, basically, their first chance and King James did not, and given Cleveland's history of ****burgers, um, yes, I was a little worried.

 

[Chi City 81]

Was there really ever any cause for concern? Seriously?

He wasn't going anywhere.

When Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Carmello Anthony all signed at, basically, their first chance and King James did not, and given Cleveland's history of ****burgers, um, yes, I was a little worried.

****burger?

 

[Sxysprtswrtr]

Was there really ever any cause for concern? Seriously?

He wasn't going anywhere.

When Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Carmello Anthony all signed at, basically, their first chance and King James did not, and given Cleveland's history of ****burgers, um, yes, I was a little worried.

All valid points, however, as some ESPN guy (I can't recall which one, I was a tad hungover, damn whiskey) said early this morning, King James took his sweet time deciding on a lot of things and this wasn't totally out of character for him.

 

[Colton]

Considering the way the season has gone for the Local 9 around these parts, a welcome breath of fresh air.