LeBron James hints he likely would've stayed in Miami had Heat beaten Spurs in Finals

[Paul George 24]

http://www.ohio.com/blogs/cleveland-cavaliers/cleveland-cavaliers-1.275356/lebron-jam

what a coward..................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI1_rbQpQwc

LeBron James concedes it would've been much harder for him to return to the Cavaliers had the Miami Heat won a third consecutive championship in June, he told CNN's Unguarded with Rachel Nichols in an upcoming episode.
"It's a greater chance, for sure," James said. "It would be hard to leave back-to-back-to-back championships and try to go for four. But obviously you really can't live and think of what may have happened. I've always been a person kind of live in the moment."
The Heat lost to the Spurs in five games and James returned home, but only after a meeting with Cavs owner Dan Gilbert mended a relationship that was detonated the night James bolted the Cavs for Miami.
"It was a straightforward conversation. It was no beating around the bush," James told Nichols. "He basically said, 'No matter what decision you make, we wanted to clear the air to where if we see each other in public or we see each other wherever, if I'm competing against you, we can always shake each other's hands and look at the fun times that we had instead of focusing on the one night.'"
James went on a strict diet for 67 days, eating essentially just meat, fish, vegetables and fruit.
"I had the cookie monster chasing me a few times in my dreams," James joked.
The entire interview, which includes the racial scandal that has engulfed his former general manager Danny Ferry, airs at 10:30 p.m. on Friday. Watch a clip of the interview here.

[tomtucker]

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[J Shuttlesworth]

Don't quote me on this, but there are rumors floating around that Kevin Love would have stayed on the Timberwolves if they had won the championship

[FlashDwyaneWade3]

Don't quote me on this, but there are rumors floating around that Kevin Love would have stayed on the Timberwolves if they had won the championship
No he wouldn't. He hates Minnesota.

[SavageMode]

Lebron was done carrying a team of lazy scrubs who got too comfortable with LeGod carrying them.

He realized it this year against the Spurs.

Lebron put up great stats while everyone else on the team played like scrubs.

In fact Lebron put up the best stats of any player in the Finals.

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[Paul George 24]

Lebron was done carrying a team of lazy scrubs who got too comfortable with LeGod carrying them.

He realized it this year against the Spurs.

Lebron put up great stats while everyone else on the team played like scrubs.

In fact Lebron put up the best stats of any player in the Finals.

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jordan never leave even his team losing,leflop is anti-jordan,one is coward aka lebron,another is warrior aka jordan

[Rose'sACL]

jordan never leave even his team losing,leflop is anti-jordan,one is coward aka lebron,another is warrior aka jordan
http://i.imgur.com/k4qHRT4.png

[Dresta]

He wasn't living 'in the moment' in 2011 that's for sure.

[Rose'sACL]

He wasn't living 'in the moment' in 2011 that's for sure.
i know it is hard for heat fans to accept it but lebron is the best player in heat's history.

[Dresta]

i know it is hard for heat fans to accept it but lebron is the best player in heat's history.
Sorry bro, i always prefer big game players over big game chokers, but that's just me i guess.

[Marchesk]

i know it is hard for heat fans to accept it but lebron is the best player in heat's history.

Is that like Kareem and Wilt are the two best players in Laker history?

[Doranku]

b-b-but his heart led him back to Cleveland because now he's all mature and wants to win it for his beloved hometown!!!

:oldlol: n!gga bolted to a better team just like he did in 2010.

[Nash]

Sorry bro, i always prefer big game players over big game chokers, but that's just me i guess.
cool, lebron had more big game 5,6 and 7s in the 4 years he was in the playoffs in miami than anybody else before him.

[coin24]

cool, lebron had more big game 5,6 and 7s in the 4 years he was in the playoffs in miami than anybody else before him.
No he didn't pauk:lol

[r15mohd]

i know it is hard for heat fans to accept it but lebron is the best player in heat's history.

Wade-ites won't succumb to this because of his tenure with the Heat. It's Lebron, Wade, Zo, Tim/Glen/Shaq as the Heat's top 5 all time in my book, and to overlook 4 PRIME Lebron years as a Miami Heat is pretty ridiculous

[r15mohd]

Sorry bro, i always prefer big game players over big game chokers, but that's just me i guess.

insinuating Lebron hasn't been a "big game player"? :rolleyes:

Lebron's 2011 vs Wade's 2012-13-14 Finals...hard to deny reality, huh

[Big Cheese]

"It's a greater chance, for sure," James said. "It would be hard to leave back-to-back-to-back championships and try to go for four.

He said that there was a greater chance of staying, not that he probably would of stayed. The title is misleading :rolleyes:

[Dresta]

cool, lebron had more big game 5,6 and 7s in the 4 years he was in the playoffs in miami than anybody else before him.
That is just utter bullshit

[Nero Tulip]

Aaaaaaaaand another team obliterated by the Spurs. Sorry Heat fans.

Next up, OKC.

[iamgine]

Circumstances change so your decision change. Wth this is not news. If Cleveland had won 7 peat back then would Lebron had left for Miami? Probably not.

[Nash]

That is just utter bullshit
no player in miami heat history has lead miami so deep into the playoffs that many years.
utter BS my ass, who does miami even have that played on the level he has and put on so many amazing performances during the playoffs. especially in elimination games and game 7's.

[PJR]

no player in miami heat history has lead miami so deep into the playoffs that many years.
utter BS my ass, who does miami even have that played on the level he has and put on so many amazing performances during the playoffs. especially in elimination games and game 7's.

How about you look into Dwyane Wade's numbers and performances during the 2005 and 2006 Postseasons, dipshit.

I know you only followed the Heat post July 9th, 2010, but please refrain from talking out of your ass while discussing the Miami Heat.

[Nash]

How about you look into Dwyane Wade's numbers and performances during the 2005 and 2006 Postseasons, dipshit.

I know you only followed the Heat post July 9th, 2010, but please refrain from talking out of your ass while discussing the Miami Heat.
how about you realizing that that was only 2 years compared to the 4 years of performances Lebron put in a miami heat jersey.

[PJR]

how about you realizing that that was only 2 years compared to the 4 years of performances Lebron put in a miami heat jersey.

Last time I checked, Dwyane Wade played a significant hand in those 4 years as well. Or do you have selective memory like the rest of the LeStans?

[riseagainst]

wow... this guy is the definition of a coward. The coward of the NBA.....

[Nash]

Last time I checked, Dwyane Wade played a significant hand in those 4 years as well. Or do you have selective memory like the rest of the LeStans?
we were talking about memorable moments in big game heroics by an individual player, why change the subject?

[jayfan]

There's no doubt he would have stayed and tried for a 4-peat. Any player would have. You gotta take your shot at history.



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[Dragic4Life]

He's home, where he belongs. Haters stfu.

[Jailblazers7]

Of course he would have. How could he possible justify leaving a 3-peat championship team to go to the team who just won the draft lottery? I would imagine that his odds of staying in Miami would have been significantly better if the Heat had simply lost in 6 or 7 to the Spurs instead of being humiliated.

[nathanjizzle]

how about you realizing that that was only 2 years compared to the 4 years of performances Lebron put in a miami heat jersey.

dwyane wade in 06 was better than any lebron miami year.

[Dragic4Life]

dwyane wade in 06 was better than any lebron miami year.
:facepalm

[ballinhun8]

:facepalm


We know. We know. You were like 6 years old at the time. And your alts were just your handy Manny tools box set.

[Fudge]

Pathetic ass beta.

[hawke812]

This is just retarded. I don't care about lebron, just make a few jokes about him to make myself feel better, but that dude does too much running now. I don't like it.

[Nash]

dwyane wade in 06 was better than any lebron miami year.
if playoffs means only finals then sure

[HylianNightmare]

No surprise

[PsychoBe]

if playoffs means only finals then sure

this dudes knows nothing pre-2010 :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

mods get this guy the f*ck outta here

[moe94]

Is that like Kareem and Wilt are the two best players in Laker history?

How is that remotely comparable?

And anyone who thinks Wade was a better player than Miami LeBron is deluded.

[rmt]

It was not his sudden desire to return home to Cleveland but the realization that the Miami cast (specifically Wade who would not be leaving MIA but would take up significant cap space) was not good enough to win a title. Lebron made the best decision for him - team up with younger team mates who can carry him as he ages. The fact that this results in "goodwill" as far as his image is concerned is secondary.

He's also lost weight this summer - all for the purpose of extending his career and possible title-winning years.

[Paul George 24]

How is that remotely comparable?

And anyone who thinks Wade was a better player than Miami LeBron is deluded.

COWARD :lol

[coin24]

How is that remotely comparable?

And anyone who thinks Wade was a better player than Miami LeBron is deluded.


You sound like pauk

[JT123]

Last time I checked, Dwyane Wade played a significant hand in those 4 years as well. Or do you have selective memory like the rest of the LeStans?
Like averaging 15 ppg in the playoffs 2 years ago? :lol :lol
Wade will always be known as the 2nd best player in Miami Heat history, ALWAYS!

[Beastmode88]

Like averaging 15 ppg in the playoffs 2 years ago? :lol :lol
Wade will always be known as the 2nd best player in Miami Heat history, ALWAYS!

I guess shaq could argubly be the goat for 2 franchises.

[JT123]

I guess shaq could argubly be the goat for 2 franchises.
Agreed. Greatest Magic player ever and most dominant Laker player ever. :applause:

[SavageMode]

Agreed. Greatest Magic player ever and most dominant Laker player ever. :applause:
:applause: :cheers:

[Paul George 24]

:applause: :cheers:
why u reply to urself :roll:

[jrong]

Then thank God the Spurs won. The NBA is fun again.

[DonDadda59]

No shit. Who didn't figure this out on their own? Front runners gonna front run. Decision 2016 upcoming.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Then thank God the Spurs won. The NBA is fun again.
Good point. Sent Bron back home, new version of a younger big 3 w/ games that fit his better. Wade, although broken down, can flex his muscles on his team again ... not taking back seats to anyone else, and with enough quality pieces around him to be competitive. Now the East is fair game between a few quality teams. Would love to see either Bulls v.s. Cavs, or Heat v.s. Cavs.

[Sarcastic]

If Milwaukee got all those number 1 picks instead of Cleveland, he'd be a Buck right now.

[NZStreetBaller]

Good point. Sent Bron back home, new version of a younger big 3 w/ games that fit his better. Wade, although broken down, can flex his muscles on his team again ... not taking back seats to anyone else, and with enough quality pieces around him to be competitive. Now the East is fair game between a few quality teams. Would love to see either Bulls v.s. Cavs, or Heat v.s. Cavs.

aaaand 2/5 :rockon: became the most common post character by character

[pauk]

Well yea, logically it would be harder to leave.... but if they are instead broken down then whats the point of sacrificing everything, he would rather succeed or fail trying to win one at home instead...

[Sarcastic]

Well yea, logically it would be harder to leave.... but if they are instead broken down then whats the point of sacrificing everything, he would rather succeed or fail trying to win one at home instead...


Because he said he would bring not 6, not 7, etc, championships to Miami.




Oh yea that's right. His word means nothing to any of his Stans.

[coin24]

Well yea, logically it would be harder to leave.... but if they are instead broken down then whats the point of sacrificing everything, he would rather succeed or fail trying to win one at home instead...


2/5

He's good at failing

[Magic 32]

No surprise.

He always wants the sure thing (or as close as it can get).

[Basketball Fan]

Then thank God the Spurs won. The NBA is fun again.


Based on what exactly? Nothing really changed beyond LeBron's uniform if the Cavs rack up titles like the Heat it will still be the same thing just in Cleveland not Miami

Its still the same lack of parity it always was.