Stern With the Boys.
13 July, 2010
Good ol’e David Stern finally weighed in on the LeBoshade spectacle. Guess what? As always, the dude proved to be not the man to mess with.
The commish started off by stating the obvious, deriding LeBron for his poorly thought through “Decision” decision. Stern defended the star’s right to choose whatever team suited him, despite Stern’s hope that LeBron would stay in Cleveland earlier this summer. In a few choice words he cut down Mr. James: “His performance was fine. His honesty and his integrity shine through. But this decision was ill-conceived, badly produced and poorly executed. Those who were interested were given our opinion prior to its airing.”
Being the fair guy David Stern is, he then turned his attention to Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, fining him $100,00 for comments made in the letter he posted on the Cleveland Cavs website after LeBron James’ announced his plans to move to South Beach. Call me crazy, but this seems a bit excessive, but maybe deservedly so; after all, the clown posted his letter using the Comic Sans font. Not a font to use when you want to be taken seriously. To save a little face here, Mr. Gilbert has posted a new letter on the Cavs website thanking fans who have volunteered to help pay $100,00 fine. Mr. Gilbert has declined the offers, but hopes that any fan interested would instead donate the money to the Cleveland Cavaliers Youth Fund. If you’re interested, you can give here. At least the letter gave Dan Gilbert some Cleveland cred considering that he is still partly to blame for LeBron James’ departure by putting a very mediocre team together around him.
Also, the G.O.A.T Michael Jordan made his assessment of the LeBron v. Kobe debate in 2009. Here’s his one word answer:
