Cleveland Fights Back Against LeBron

Fans in Cleveland will be fuming over the LeBron James ditching them for Miami for years and years to come.

It didn't help that LeBron poured salt on the wound by going on national television to make this announcement that he was leaving.

LeBron had every right to leave if he felt that he coudn't be successful in Cleveland, but natives of Cleveland has every right of being disgusted over LeBron using an hour of primetime television to make sure everyone knew about it.

Videos of fans burning LeBron jerseys must have bruised LeBron's enlarged ego a bit. Eventually that huge banner on the high rise building was also taken down.

Needless to say we were all witnesses to LeBron's obsession with everything being about him. Even more so than Terrell Owens.

We've already seen Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert go off on LeBron. Here's a few quotes from that statement that was released shortly after the announcement:

• " You (Cleveland) simply don't deserve this kind of cowardly betrayal"
• " I personally guarantee that the Cleveland Cavaliers will win an NBA championship before the self-titled former 'king' wins one"
• The self-declared 'king' will be taking the curse with him down south"

There was plenty more to this drawn out statement to Cleveland fans and here's the link if you want to check it out in its entirity.

Fans and players alike have to be happy to see their owner stepping up to the plate in this situation. Yes he is a little crazy for thinking that the Cavaliers will win an NBA championship before LeBron James will win one but at least he's passionate about his team. A majority of owners just care about the boat loads of cash they pull in.

He felt betrayed and no one else has more of a right to feel this way then Dan Gilbert. All this nonsense about Gilbert's comments being racist is just absolutely ridiculous. Jesse Jackson needs to just do us all a favor and stop acting like it's still the late 1800's.

As for LeBron and the Miami Heat, people couldn't have jumped on the bandwagon any faster. Unless the NBA starts allowing more than one ball on the court at the same time, then this thing isn't a done deal. The Lakers are still a more complete team and the favorites in my book.

I've been saying this for a while now. Don't sleep on the Chicago Bulls. This team is really good and they could easily be a top three team in the East. You also can't forget about the usual suspects of the Magic and the Celtics.

Nothing is said and done about the stacked Miami Heat turning into a championship team, much less a dynasty. Take a deep breath people.