I am really pissed. That punk has pissed me off. I'm going to use this ill wind I'm feeling to blow a little more shade where I never have cast it before.
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade blew the bird right into the air pump last week. James diagnosis is almost certainly correct, his team is top heavy. But even in making the correct diagnosis, as James always does, it was premature and badly delivered to the patient. You can not even get ME to to blow foul air at Dan Gilbert on this one. That mother-fucker has given James every "human resource" James as asked for, and is paying for it big time, with $54 million in "luxury taxes." James was really pissed last week and to question the organization's "complacency" was not constructive, it was infuriating. James was clearly saying his pedestrian teammates were not good enough, and that is true, but he named names, the Traveling Man, DeAndre Liggins, was one. A Big One does not pick on a little one. That is cruel, it is bullying, it is unseemly, and it's not what a mentor does. A mentor works to make the little ones better. James has thrown in his cape on Liggins and the others. That was very unlike James and very counter-productive. Gilbert, Dave Griffin, the GM, and coach Tyronn Lue were blind-sided and upset. Liggins was hurt and demoralized.
£, you done fucked up. Now shut the fuck up.
D-Wade, as if in a competition of nasty with his former teammate and BFF, bested James. His teammates aren't just good enough, they don't care enough. That is insulting, more insulting than James' "they're not good enough," and also unlike James' tirade, it was untrue. The rest of the team took it predictably. There was an hour-long players-only meeting in which the young guys dared criticize their mentor: "Why don't YOU show more care, Mr. Wade, sir. Why don't YOU practice with us more, and sit out fewer back-to-backs?" The young guys had a vet who had their back, Rajon Rondo, who has never gotten along with Wade and vice versa. Wade was cut down to size.
Of the two teams, Chicago's is closest to beyond repair. The locker room is fractured and they weren't too good to begin with. I don't see how the situation can be salvaged. I don't know what got into Wade but he has done irreparable harm, probably.
Cleveland is in first place in the conference for crissakes. If management can swallow James' bitter pill and get some bargain basement help all should be well. But if management decides "We've had enough," the psychology may be to stand pat to spite James.
Then it came out recently that James told one of his key, not disposable, teammates, Tristan Thompson, that Thompson's baby's momma, Khloe Kardashian, was a "distraction," that Thompson should keep his alleged fiancee from attending games. Thompson responded predictably, with eight expletives in a four minute interview, the G-rated pith of which was, "I don't care what LeBron says."
That is new. James put enormous pressure on management to resign Thompson and now that they did, James is dictating to his family. THAT is not a good look. AT ALL. The NERVE of James! Somebody needs to say to LeBron James what Pat Riley said to his Boston counterpart Danny Ainge a few years ago. Somebody needs to say "LeBron James needs to shut the fuck up."
Have a nice night. Blowfish, I hope you explode tomorrow against Chelsea, you miserable cretin.
Of the two teams, Chicago's is closest to beyond repair. The locker room is fractured and they weren't too good to begin with. I don't see how the situation can be salvaged. I don't know what got into Wade but he has done irreparable harm, probably.
Cleveland is in first place in the conference for crissakes. If management can swallow James' bitter pill and get some bargain basement help all should be well. But if management decides "We've had enough," the psychology may be to stand pat to spite James.
Then it came out recently that James told one of his key, not disposable, teammates, Tristan Thompson, that Thompson's baby's momma, Khloe Kardashian, was a "distraction," that Thompson should keep his alleged fiancee from attending games. Thompson responded predictably, with eight expletives in a four minute interview, the G-rated pith of which was, "I don't care what LeBron says."
That is new. James put enormous pressure on management to resign Thompson and now that they did, James is dictating to his family. THAT is not a good look. AT ALL. The NERVE of James! Somebody needs to say to LeBron James what Pat Riley said to his Boston counterpart Danny Ainge a few years ago. Somebody needs to say "LeBron James needs to shut the fuck up."
Have a nice night. Blowfish, I hope you explode tomorrow against Chelsea, you miserable cretin.
