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NBA 2009-2010: More ref complaints

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I place more blame on LeBron than on ESPN. It's fun to hate them, but when it comes down to it, they are a sports network, they cover sports. If LeBron says he wants to do a primetime announcement, I think you have to leap to cover it.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
Brett Favre as Kanye. Hilarious.

If that press conference is in a place with any level of public access, I'm demanding that people show up with vuvuzelas.
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It's in the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich, so I'm sure the public normally has access, but I expect there will be plenty of security in the area.

And if there's a town in America that needs the temporary economic boost this will provide (at 8AM there were five TV trucks in the parking lot) it's Greenwich. They're really struggling there, unlike the places in Ohio that are prospering.
 
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WeWantMore said:
I place more blame on LeBron than on ESPN. It's fun to hate them, but when it comes down to it, they are a sports network, they cover sports. If LeBron says he wants to do a primetime announcement, I think you have to leap to cover it.
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And any network would of done it. Because they know people will watch.
 
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JF_Gophers said:
And any network would of done it. Because they know people will watch.
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Right.

Because this is nothing more than any other freakshow of self-absorbed d-bags that you can find on pretty much any show that finds its way onto the inexplicably popular E! or Bravo reality shows.

Also, the apocalypse is coming. This is now two Bill Simmons columns in a row where I haven't wanted to punch him in the face after reading it. I'm actually kind of afraid.

My favorite part:

Cleveland fans will never forgive LeBron, nor should they. He knows better than anyone what kind of sports anguish they have suffered over the years. Losing LeBron on a contrived one-hour show would be worse than Byner's fumble, Jose Mesa, the Game 5 meltdown against Boston, The Drive, The Shot and everything else. At least those stomach-punch moments weren't preordained, unless you believe God hates Cleveland (entirely possible, by the way). This stomach-punch moment? Calculated. By a local kid they loved, defended and revered.
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Turns out this was Jim Gray's idea. From the Dan Patrick Show:

Longtime broadcaster Jim Gray will have the first interview with LeBron James on tonight's ESPN special. He joined the show to preview his interview and the special.

Gray explained that he saw LeBron's marketing guy Maverick Carter and super-agent Ari Emanuel at Game 2 of the NBA finals. Gray said he told Carter he wanted to do the interview and suggested they buy an hour of television.

Gray said Carter and Emanuel liked the idea. And then Gray saw Carter and LeBron at a restaurant after the game and kept talking about it.

"What Maverick really liked is that he could raise a lot of money for a charity," Gray said.

Gray thinks it's a great idea because it will help Boys and Girls clubs. "It doesn't bother me at all," Gray said. "I think it's wonderful."

Gray talked about the structure of the show. He said it will open with Stuart Scott in studio, set the stage, and then go to him and LeBron. "I'll ask him some questions before I ask him what his decision is," Gray said.

Gray said that his hunch right now is LeBron will join the Heat, but it's just a hunch. He wouldn't be shocked if he chose the Cavs, Knicks or Bulls. Gray said he'd be shocked if it was the Clippers.
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ESPN has been talking all morning about sources saying LeBron is going to Miami.

Which means I'd like to congratulate Chicago for winning LeBron.
 
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French Rage said:
ESPN has been talking all morning about sources saying LeBron is going to Miami.

Which means I'd like to congratulate Chicago for winning LeBron.
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Nothing would make me happier than to find out that the "LEBRON TO MIAMI!!!!!!!!!!!"-gasm that made up this morning's ESPN programming turned out to be false.
 
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French Rage said:
ESPN has been talking all morning about sources saying LeBron is going to Miami.

Which means I'd like to congratulate Chicago for winning LeBron.
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If you listened to the DP show this morning, Seton articulated a pretty good theory about why Stephen A Smith had this story on 6/28 but ESPN for some reason was never "able" to confirm it but promoted other teams (The Knicks, Bulls, Nets even the Rockets).
 
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With Bosh, D-Wad, and LeBron showing up, is Super Team back in play?
 
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I did the 3 superstars on one team thing all the time back on NBA Live 04 I think it was. Get 3 big stars, sign 9 other scrubs with ratings in the 50s to fill out the roster, deliver deep playoff run.
Always wanted to see how it would work in real life.
 
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LeBron has announced his decision early: Team Jacob.
 
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unofan said:
Well, it'd be more like 3 on 8, since how often do the guys on the end of the bench really see much playing time?
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Regardless. They don't have the space to have a competent team if all 3 of them go there. They're going to also end up being the Suns, continuously trading their first round picks since they can't afford them.
 
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Terrierbyassociation said:
Regardless. They don't have the space to have a competent team if all 3 of them go there.
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Yeah, but the NBA's also a league where one star player's enough to make you a playoff team. 3's enough to make you a contender provided they stay healthy and don't wear down by the end of the season.

I think it can work, provided they get the right filler. The token white guy 3-point shooter, a guy who can hustle and rebound, etc.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
Nothing would make me happier than to find out that the "LEBRON TO MIAMI!!!!!!!!!!!"-gasm that made up this morning's ESPN programming turned out to be false.
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Of course it's going to be false, they wouldn't want their hour long special to be about news that everyone already knows. So it will end up being someone other than Miami, and they can spend the next week talking about how big of a shock it was and how awesome they were for being the ones carrying the story.
 
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