Get over it, Cleveland fans.
Five months after NBA player LeBron James brought his talents to South Beach, Cavaliers fans are still booing LeBron and burning his old 23 Cavalier jerseys. If you want to be mad at someone, be mad at the Cavalier management as they did not give LeBron what he wanted: teammates he could win a championship with even though the NBA has a salary cap to put all teams on an equal playing field.
One person cannot win a NBA championship. If you look at the Lakers, Kobe has Paul Gasol and Lamar Odom. The Celtics have Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo. Cleveland was not aggressive enough during the offseason to acquire good players. I understand Cleveland was able to pick up Shaq last season, but he was on his decline toward retirement and is now with Boston.
It was, however, a poor business decision on LeBron’s part to go to Miami, which is paying him less, but he just wants to play with better players and a better organization that can help him win a championship. Statistics are nice but NBA championship trophies and rings are nicer.
So for the fans in Cleveland, “Ask what your basketball organization can do for you.’’
Heinkel, Brett • Feb 8, 2011 at 4:30 pm
With all due respect, I don’t believe a high school web site should be writing stories on topics of this nature. The mission of a high school journalism department is to report the news on their school and community, including sports. A story on a national topic does nothing for your audience, especially when it is the opinion of one writer.
People who want to read about national news will go to national news sources, no matter how much you want them to hear it from you.
Johnny Doe • Dec 9, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Tell that to PETA and other animal lovers about Michael Vick. Not one word or article has been said of the school’s opinion on him on his great comeback this year. Yet in my freshman year one writer of the call demanded he be banned from the NFL when he was in court for dog fighting (which many people get away with). Well now he’s throwing to Kirkwood alumni Jeremy Maclin. This is what America is about Second chances, so why not give him one he proving that he deserves on and off the field. Ben Rothlisberger got two sexual assault cases against HUMAN GIRLS in two years, but only got suspended for 4 games (after an appeal of six) and everyone suddenly forgot about the fact he harmed human beings. I wish I could have been brief in my comment, but it would be nice to talk about Vick for a change (while also incorporating Maclin).