DO NOT DISRESPECT PUPPET LEBRON!!!*

Sluggo said:

A Lebron peek-a-boo!

Sounds like at least a misdemeanor, if not a felony.*

That's it!  Now you're getting into the spirit of LeBronica!*

Did Drew Carey teach you how to be so unfunny?

*

Wow dude, what did he do to you?

You're right Gaff, a felt puppet can't play basketball.  Felt is clearly not a load bearing material.

My thoughts on this whole situation:

It's a joke.  I have no problem with LeBron choosing to leave Cleveland (note that I am a Bulls fan who was hoping to get LeBron, but because of how this went down, I'm kind of glad he isn't a Bull).  But announcing his decision to go to Miami during a one hour special on TV is a kick to the crotch of Cleveland, plain and simple.  It marks LeBron as a guy with a massive ego and also makes him a dick.

I think back to how Michael Jordan announced his return to the Bulls after his first retirement: A two page fax ("I'm back").  If you want a more recent example of class, Kevin Durant of OK City (not a superstar yet but on the way) just announced a big contract extension on Twitter.  As 005 said, that's how LeBron should have done it.

Having said all this, I DVR'd the special for quick viewing later.  I don't think I will watch the whole thing (too boring and vomit-inducing, I'm guessing), but I'm going to skim through it for the possibilities of unintentional comedy.  Did anyone here watch it?

The Cavs owner made some hilarious comments in a letter to Cleveland fans, including calling LeBron a coward and putting a curse on both LeBron and Miami.

If you're a basketball fan (not from Cleveland), Miami is probably the most interesting place he could have gone.  LeBron is joining a team that already has a player nearly on his same level (Wade) and added another top level player (Bosh).  How will they (and their massive egos) co-exist?  And how will the team play with 3 superstars and 9 trash-piles (minimum salary players)?

One other thing, I can't help but think what Jordan would have done in this same situation.  Would he have joined up with another two superstars to win a title?  Not in a million years.  He would have wanted to CRUSH them on a team where he was the unquestioned number one guy.  James going to Miami kind of feels like a cop-out.

Anyway, hope you all enjoyed LeBronica!!!

Warbler said:

TV's Frink said:

One other thing, I can't help but think what Jordan would have done in this same situation.  Would he have joined up with another two superstars to win a title?  Not in a million years.

didn't the Bulls have some other players on the team(at the time that Jordan was there) that were pretty good?

The Bulls had Scottie Pippen, who was (IMUHO) one of the greatest (maybe top 50?) players of all time.  However, he was not #1 player, i.e. a leader.  Not to mention Jordan was already on the Bulls and never went through the free agent process.  But if he had, he would have never joined a team that had someone like Wade or Kobe Bryant because he would want to be THE MAN.  Maybe it's selfish, but he would want to prove he could win the title as the big dog and he was the best basketball player EVER.  And James is admitting he doesn't have that in him.

The rest of the Bulls were all complementary players.

*shame*

Finally watched the special.  Hilarious unintentional comedy, as I hoped.  The opening movie-trailer voiceover was brilliantly stupid, the interviewers avoided all the important questions, and of course LeBron didn't give a single actual answer.  He also looked like he was a cardboard cutout, because he didn't show a single bit of emotion or remorse the whole time.

What a dick.