Folks in Bath feel strongly that LBJ will sign w/ CLE. LBJ's camp contacted cops hour ago to alert them of tonight's annoucement.

It's done deal. Decision will come tonight. Ohio security already put on notice and have ramped up security by Lebrons house

Good for him. He needs to maximize his income because I don't think he will be a Spur much longer.

Riot control. Awesome.

Decision will come tonight. Stay tuned!!

Lakers are ****ed for another 5 years...

Happy dance

This is SOOOOOOO exciting...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Cavs pressed Celtics/Nets officials to complete paperwork on 3-way trade in last hour, needed it done &quot;immediately.&quot; Cap space is clear now.</p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/statuses/487312397313773568">July 10, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Yeah I just saw that Woj tweet. I think the hammer is about to drop.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Yahoo Sources: Steve Blake reaches agreement on two-year deal to return to the Portland Trail Blazers. <a href="http://t.co/mxK88IkmTV">http://t.co/mxK88IkmTV</a></p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/statuses/487278604062314496">July 10, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Think that might confirm it.

See? Whether you're a Heat fan or a Cavs fan, there's going to be a silver lining.

A Fox Sports Ohio reporter says police were told to expect a 3:30 announcement.
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It's happening!!

If they get Love OMG.

Love, Irving, James

That's a better big 3 than the one in Miami

Oh shit. He's worried Cleveland will torch the place when he goes back to Miami.

Decision expected within a couple of minutes

ROFL

His website is down. Updating it seems.

pen, at least credit all of these tweets if you're going to bog down the thread with them.

I have a semi anticipating this announcement. If LBJ goes back to Cleveland, I'll have to go to the bathroom and fap.

All of those idiot Cleveland fans that completely overreacted will possibly have to eat their words.

Best-case scenario for non-Heat and non-Cavs fans:

"I'm taking my talents to Houston (or Phoenix)."


The comedy would last for weeks, if not months.

Yes

Akron News cameraman, Mark Amica, texts sources that LeBron James has chosen the Cleveland Cavaliers over Miami. #TheKingHasReturned

LeBronJames.com is down because of a coding error in the home page, which would make one assume it’s in regards to an announcement.

Local cameramen always get the first first crack at national news. Assholes.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Just ran into Incarcerated Bob…he’s scurrying, trying to figure out what Tweets to delete. Happy the Hardees’ manager let him have off today</p>&mdash; Michael Schottey (@Schottey) <a href="https://twitter.com/Schottey/statuses/487322486720454656">July 10, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Yeah two players who have never been in the playoffs is better than the ones that have 2 titles and 4 Finals apperances. Stupid mother ****ers.

No, Kobe isn't a douche at all. People love his competitiveness and want to win with him....

Have Heat "fans" lost the ability to think rationally?

As of now, you would take Bosh and Wade over Irving and Love? Is that what you're saying?

I don't think it was an overreaction. Albert pujols was vilified despite winning the Cardinals a world series. LeBron, on the other hand, didn't finish what he started and handled the announcement very immaturely. I would bet many fan bases would have reacted similarly, let alone a fan base with as many bad breaks as Cleveland has had.

Sure some of it was overreaction. It just surprises me that so many ffan bases pretend like they would have acted any differently. If anything, it speaks to the passion of the Cleveland fan base. Even though the cavs are repeatedly one of the worst teams in the league, they still have respectable home attendance numbers.

They could always try building a team the way most of the other teams in the NBA have to.

They need a true 5 who can shut down the middle in order to allow Love to bounce out to the perimeter when the defense allows that jump shot.

A Tyson Chandler-type of center would do wonders. Anderson Verejao is not enough.

Ok, so wheres the announcement ?

Cleveland is LeBron's best chance to get more rings than Jordan or kobe, IF they keep wiggins and he is what they think he is.

LeBron could possibly lead them to a couple and when wiggins has matured he could lead them to a couple more as LeBron ages.

I think Varejao and haywood will be adequate for now. I don't have huge hopes this year but at least that's better down low presence than Miami had. They could probably also use their sign and trades for Hawes, deng, and Miles to get that type of help.

Signing Allen and James Jones would be huge wins too.

He'd be foolish to leave Miami unless he's really insistent on getting max money from the Heat for the remainder of his tenure there.

What?

The ones that have 2 Titles and 4 Finals Appearances?

Bosh might have 2 titles and 4 finals appearances; but if the other Heat player you are talking about is Wade - he has 3 titles, 5 finals appearances, plus a Finals MVP award.


2006 Dwyane Wade says hi


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u forgot a broke down ass body that causes him to miss half of the NBA season lately. Its not like he's had a tear in something. He's having chronic knee issues that cause him to miss games all the time. thats not good.

I would rather live in Miami from October to March.

Wade was the only one with a ring when James and Bosh joined him. Same situation as Cleveland.. LeBron will start out as the only one with a ring. Cleveland is younger, and has 100x more upside. Also one of his "current" teammates played for Blatt in Europe and thinks he's the best coach he's ever played for... Including their current coach in Miami.

What? ROFL

Lebron has yet to miss more than a couple games at a time during the regular season. Has he missed a single playoff start due to injury?

And that's for a guy who's been in the league for 10+ years. He's unbelievably durable when you look at the minutes per game he's had to play in his career.

Wade, not James.

i was talking about wade. of course lebron hasnt broke down yet.

People dont think Lebron doesnt notice Wade is breaking down. This means Lebron has to carry more of a load. As good as Lebron is, eventually he will break down like everyone else.

I think he's talking about Wade..... :doh!:

Ah, my bad.

Yes, Wade is very fragile.

He's clearly talking about wade.

He got pissed last season at Wade sitting so much.
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So who the **** was Fruit Ninja talking about?

Michael Olowakandi.

Wade or Greg Oden.

Rasho Nesterovic?

haha, UoP represent! Central Valley, Cali

i was talking about Dewayne Wade. I think i spelled Dewayne right. They have 900 different spellings of it.

Other than maybe two or three teams who actually has success doing that?

Don't get me wrong I'm all for it but Jimmy is a moron

Right now, it's a weakness. But it's not bad. Better than Miami. Varejao is decent defensively and an excellent rebounder. Haywood and Tristan Thompson are depth. It goes to the point that the cavs are probably a year away, but at least compared to Miami, they're not as far off as people think.

They will probably also swing some depth signings if LeBron signs. Hawes, Deng, miles will probably be sign and trades which might land a depth center. Which is why I'm not a fan of trading for love. Stick with Wiggins and find mid level guys to fill in depth and more importantly, veteran bodies

and still lose to the Spurs in the finals.

They've told Wiggins he isn't being traded. Doesn't mean we still can't land Love... No other team can trade them Wiggins either.

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Well, since everyone who's farted in the past 72 hours has been listed as a reason that LeBron is going to Cleveland, Wiggins being told that he's not being traded must mean that James is staying in Miami, right?

How does that in any way mean that? When he met with Riley he was told he wasn't aloud to bring Wade, Spulstra, and whoever else was originally rumored to be attending.

Cleveland doesn't have draft picks for the future and their role players and veterans suck ass. We're not giving you Kevin Love for Anthony Bennett and a wad of cum.

I'd love to see Lebron in Cleveland, but would you want to play for the team that took Bennett #1 overall?

Totally. Just wait it out and then the Wolves can give them Love for free.

If the Cavs were smart (big if) they wouldn't trade for Love. Sign Lebron, clear the cap space. There is exactly zero chance of Love signing long term with anyone if he knows there is space on Lebron's team next year.

They'll still contend with Lebron this year without Love. Everyone gets acclimated and then you bring Love in without losing any of your pieces.

I think most people know that Chris Grant was an absolute moron. He is apparently the one who pushed to also hire Mike Brown.

Griffin has been excellent this offseason so far. Fired Brown immediately, very shrewd in clearing cap space for Lebron, hired two very highly regarded coaches, and didn't screw up with the #1 pick. Even if they don't land Lebron, Griffin has moved the Cavs in the right direction for sure.

exactly

Whether Lebron plays with Miami or Cleveland, I don't think either team is equipped to win against the West. Which is why it doesn't make sense to me for him to go with a team like Miami that is built to win now, but horribly equipped to win in the future. We don't know what Blatt will bring to the table, but we can probably expect a lot of hustle out of his guys, an active defense, and a motion offense that is constantly moving. That's a much better formula for beating the Spurs than an aging, tired legs defense with the Heat that always seemed to be 2 seconds too slow on every pass.

Wade is standing next to LeBron at his camp. Clearly going back to Miami now.

ROFL

That report was from Sheridan. It's been reported that Riley was not, in fact, alone, by multiple other sources. I quoted a couple of them earlier. And my point with this post was just to show that not every damn thing means LeBron's going to Cleveland, in the hopes that we could stop getting "LeBron's mother's cousin's brothers, best friend's barber said he saw LeBron in the midwest last month, so he's definitely going to Cleveland." garbage.

Your way-the-****-over-the-top homerism is a hoot, though.

Lolol what? We have Miami's and Memphis first round picks next year.

Because any team has the power to control who's in the draft? You're an idiot and should probably quit trying to talk about basketball. There were ZERO elite players last year.

But I mean if you do want to lay into Cleveland for drafting Bennett, go ahead. You just look dumb again because the GM who drafted him anyways was fired.

I don't think there's anybody comparable to LeBron's value to a team in any other major sport.

MAYBE you have those picks. Both of them are protected for certain spots.

Who knows what sources to believe in all this, Sheridan could be just as right as anyone else here. They are all going off of unnamed sources
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:spock:

Read Rustshack's post. Then re-read mine.

Does any team have to give up picks for Lebron? I know Miami had to give up quite a few to Cleveland the first time around.

That's because that was a sign and trade.