2010 NBA Off-Season Thread

[flames_1987]

The NBA continues to have the classiest athletes. Excerpts from an interview Lebron had with GQ


James told GQ: "I understand that a lot of people would be hurt" in Cleveland by his decision, but also said that growing up, he and his friends from Akron didn't always like Cleveland. Akron is about 40 miles south of Cleveland.

"It's not far, but it is far," James told GQ. "And Clevelanders, because they were the bigger-city kids when we were growing up, looked down on us. ... So we didn't actually like Cleveland. We hated Cleveland growing up. There's a lot of people in Cleveland we still hate to this day."

"I love our fans. Cleveland fans are awesome," he told GQ. "But I mean, even my family gets spoiled at times watching me doing things that I do, on and off the court."

[Antithesis]

Geez, what was the point of that?

[Ziggy Lidstrom]

It's a funny quote considering he has opined about returning to cleveland in the distant future.

I guess that explains his value set in regards to his FA decision. He didn't really feel any loyalty to cle in the end. That also explains why he thanked Akron first in his ad he purchased in the local newspaper and cle till the next day.