The Dan Gilbert Letter Thread

[Beaverboi]

What should the ACC chant be when Miami comes to town? CB sucks would just be lame. How about 'who's the man!' ?? Maybe remind him he's number 3 on the totem.

[TRX]

What a load of bullshit. Why make it so personal? He's a free agent; what does he owe the franchise? Gilbert continues to call him selfish and self-centered and a traitor over and over again, yet the Cleveland franchise has been letting him get away with the first two his whole career - and now they're surprised he still is? They empowered him all throughout his insolence. Dan Gilbert, Cleveland Cavaliers Owner... and bitter ex-girlfriend.

Anyway, I wonder if LeBron was going to go back to Cleveland to try to win them a championship after this Miami contract. Not anymore, I guess. Fifty bucks says LeBron tells Wade and Bosh "I got this" first time they play in Cleveland.

[Marz]

What a load of bullshit. Why make it so personal? He's a free agent; what does he owe the franchise? Gilbert continues to call him selfish and self-centered and a traitor over and over again, yet the Cleveland franchise has been letting him get away with the first two his whole career - and now they're surprised he still is? They empowered him all throughout his insolence. Dan Gilbert, Cleveland Cavaliers Owner... and bitter ex-girlfriend.

Anyway, I wonder if LeBron was going to go back to Cleveland to try to win them a championship after this Miami contract. Not anymore, I guess. Fifty bucks says LeBron tells Wade and Bosh "I got this" first time they play in Cleveland.

He's the owner of the team. That means he wants the team to make money. His biggest money maker just left him. That means he's making a lot less money. How is this not personal for him?

[TRX]

Let me rephrase. Why make it so personal in the public? Unless this is some gimmick to get more fans to come to games, how does it help? Where does all the name calling get him?

[drizz]

Let me rephrase. Why make it so personal in the public? Unless this is some gimmick to get more fans to come to games, how does it help? Where does all the name calling get him?

He's very bitter, and I think he has the right to be. Not the most professional way to get a point across, but thats his way I guess.

I think part of the purpose of the letter would be to keep all the season ticket holders from dropping their tickets and also to let people know that the team will still be entertaining, so keep buying tickets.

[Apollo]

He's the owner of the team. That means he wants the team to make money. His biggest money maker just left him. That means he's making a lot less money. How is this not personal for him?

Back to a similar era as before LeBron. Anyone remember the Ricky Davis era?

[mo-sales]

Anyone think the Cav's might be dead? I assume guys are going to start demanding trades and they are looking like a 15 win team, unless they land Barnes next year Bron could have murdered basketball in Cleveland.

[Apollo]

Not so. The Cavs were around for a long time before LeBron ever showed up and Cleveland is a strong sports city. The Browns, the Indians, the Cavs, the fans get behind them all.

[geebee]

Adrien Wojnarowski wrote a column this morning criticizing James, but also saying that Gilbert's letter was simply to deflect the criticism of people who might point out that he spoiled and pampered LBJ during his time with the Cavs.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...decision070910

[TRX]

So now people are cheering Dan Gilbert’s manifesto tearing apart James, but no one contributed more to what the world witnessed on Thursday night than the owner’s enabling of James and his inner circle for seven years. Gilbert is the biggest con going, a man who makes his fortune peddling mortgages, and he’ll make his next on casinos in downtown Cleveland. He sells illusions for a living, and now he’s selling the biggest of all: that he’s a victim here, that James betrayed everyone. That’s a lie, and no one ought to dare buy it.

Exactly. He bent to LeBron's will over and over and enabled him every step of the way.

[mo-sales]

What is the value of the Cavs now? I read that Lebron had tripled it since he had been there. I see no reason for it not to regress in similar pre Lebron numbers.

[Hotshot]

“This whole idea that he makes his own decisions, that [bleep] went out the window with this,” one NBA executive said. “Someday, he’s going to look back at this and not believe that he let those kids at LRMR talk him into doing this. This idea that he’s his own man … Come on, he’s a follower. And he’s following all the way to Miami now.”

Great quote by the unnamed NBA executive. Just like Bosh was in Toronto, Lebron is no leader but a follower. Lebron only marketed himself as a leader but he couldn't inspire his team-mates to play better unlike what KG did in Boston, so Lebron placed his tail between his legs and bolted like a coward that he is. One has to wonder how much real is Lebron and how much of himself is a fake persona created to sell himself. One thing for sure is that when an athlete wants to become better known for being a celebrity then his actions on the court, he usually ends up ruinning his image and ruinning the sport he plays for.

[Own Up]

Gilbert is no angel himself...a large part of his fortune came from the subprime mortgage scandal that sent world markets spiraling. As Gilbert said to LeBron and thus unwittingly to himself, "Karma."

[James Ballswin (Realizar)]

That's the worst letter I could have imagined him writing.

There's a reason Cleveland is referred to as the "Arm Pit of America".

[James Ballswin (Realizar)]

Great quote by the unnamed NBA executive. Just like Bosh was in Toronto, Lebron is no leader but a follower. Lebron only marketed himself as a leader but he couldn't inspire his team-mates to play better unlike what KG did in Boston, so Lebron placed his tail between his legs and bolted like a coward that he is. One has to wonder how much real is Lebron and how much of himself is a fake persona created to sell himself. One thing for sure is that when an athlete wants to become better known for being a celebrity then his actions on the court, he usually ends up ruinning his image and ruinning the sport he plays for.

KG couldn't inpsire his teammates is Minnesota, who were about as good/bad as James' in Cleveland.

James also didn't play with anyone as good as Paul Pierce or Ray Allen?

Lebron wants to win numerous titles. Not just one.