In addition to more recent conversation in the mod room about this, crabbyshark addressed his concerns about this specific possibility in the Blatt thread in early August. So the subject of whether LBJ would buy-in to Blatt and also whether he would support Jackson getting hired has been an RCF topic (maybe not always active) for more than 6 months now.
The Golden State beat reporter (Kawakami) tweeted something alluding to this around the same time as well (when Jackson changed his representation).
The Cavaliers odds looked like they'd LONG evaporated 3 months prior.
It was an Ohio St situation
When Braxton got hurt, if I could tell you they would be the national champion with a 3rd string QB...
You would have said, got some good drugs huh Frank?"
LeBron's return, we
couldn't have EVER anticipated that the Heat would suffer the worst finals loss in NBA history, that we'd win the
#1 pick in consecutive years; "in the deepest draft in a while."
It was at that moment LeBron knew Cleveland could realistically get Love, he knew Gilbert would do anything for Rich Paul, because he endeared himself to Dan in the franchises' darkest hour. What a good guy, or an opportunist.
My most deepest analysis about this Cavaliers story (2003-14) is
the moment we selected David Blatt, it was the first time we did something with LBJ completely gone out of our mental window forever.
We should have seen the context of June, worst beat down in finals history, just got the #1 overall pick. It was in that small window of time that the Cavs FINALLY said
"fuck LeBron,
we're going to do what's best for our franchise."
That's when the
pretty girl took notice and said "how dare you not acknowledge me?" "Hello! I'm still here!" "Go get me Kevin Love; then maybe I'll look at you again, Dan."
James wouldn't even look at Gilbert in the CBA meetings. Won't even look at Blatt hardly now.
When Cleveland had the assets; LeBron decided to jump ship. Why not? He'd seen how Miami did it; and Cleveland would do whatever he and Rich Paul desire. LeBron is going to get tricked in the end.
LeBron doesn't realize part of what won him championships was Miami standing up to this dude's passive aggressive shit! He's a man raised by bitches.
Stars wielding incredible power in an organization is not new. And while he hasn't done it in Cleveland, LeBron has won 2 titles. And taken teams to 5 finals appearances. So the man is not an ordinary player with ordinary expectations and ego.
Thinking about it, knowing that people don't change too much from who they are, my main issue becomes not that LeBron is like this, but that he is so passive aggressive and "sneaky" about it. If he thinks his way is the best way or just wants to be surrounded by players and coaches he picks, fine. Just freaking say so. Point blank. Pull no punches. Ask for what you want and get it. None of this passive aggressive shit.
And what Max says about Blatt is true. The Warriors and Spurs would jump at the chance to bring them into their organization. How can we judge a head coach who is not only dealing with injury problems, a roster new to each other, and on top of that is being undermined from day 1 by the guy who every other player on the team looks up to and takes his cues from?
Another
fine post MirO. Completely. I think LeBron is offended that we put him in the rearview forever, we didn't think he was a legit possibility and we moved on with our lives.
I wonder how much credit Kobe deserves for last night. Lebron had 2 pts in the first quarter, bricked 4 free throws to start the 2nd. Kobe made a couple friendly cracks about him getting old from the bench, Lebron engaged. Sometimes that's all it takes for Lebron to make it Lebron v Kobe, instead of Lebron v Blatt.
Another great example why LeBron will never sniff MJ or Kobe's level of mental game. If their soul was born into LeBron's body >Chamberlain.
I think it's a tough argument to make, as good as LeBron has been; we've all seen his soft/bitchy/moody/quitter vibes. Everyone gets frustrated, sometimes frustrated as fuck,
but your character is defined by how you respond when things aren't going your way.
LeBron's ideal style is to steamroll people then board the good times, MJ and Kobe fucking bury people, and there's a difference. They will get a hammer and
make sure they put the nail into the coffin and start shoveling the dirt.
LeBron has only shown me a hand full of times that he can be a straight assassin, it's usually when Chris Boshs' girlfriend is heckling him, or his headband falls off or some other stupid shit.
Dude's a bitch. A really fucking athletic, talented bitch, but a bitch nonetheless.
Don't put Blatt on the grill, he might not be
your guy, but he doesn't deserve it." Simply go with Rich Paul to Dan Gilbert
directly, and let Gilbert manage the PR backlash; Gilbert would let Blatt go like a gentlemen.
LeBron will let this hang out to dry, because he's still a punk at heart. From my estimation of history LeBron is this generations Chamberlain figure, and Kobe represents the spirit of Russell and other homicidal competitors and ultimately winners.
