Sources: Lebron’s Team Wanted New York

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tommy, u may need some grief counseling my dude.

the first step is admitting you’ve got a problem.

no shots.

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lol

i would be more upset with myself if i didn’t share with the class brother…

Tommy this post just makes everything sting more. Let’s give it a rest. We need to focus on what we have.

Sickening to read, but somehow comforting. God I really hate living in Miami -_-.

Oh that Chris Barsh! Phooey…

Can’t wait for the battles!

Well, I can’t say this is surprising with this news coming out. Wojnarowski on Yahoo, who was pretty much all over everything, wrote that article like a day before the “decision” bashing Lebron and his team for misleading him in I think what he termed a “con job” to have everyone else look away from NY.

Anyway, this is all old news now. Not very interesting anymore, but Tommy’s just doing his thing. Keep up the good work Tommy. Im not gonna complain anymore lol.

Also Tommy why are you keeping where 10 happens up on the blog? It’s not a shot just wondering.

Well what’s done is done. Now it’s up to Donnie to continue on with what is hopfully a solid plan to have this team be a serious championship contender by if not next season, then the following one. Would have been great to have him on the team but it will be even better if we can get a club together that could stop him from winning his multipule championships. Either way i’m extremley pumped and ready to get this season going up in Canada, see what we got in Randolph and how much Gallo can improve.

ENOUGH ALREADY!!

Listen to your readers, TD – they don’t want to hear about it anymore.

Lebron’s loss, not ours. It’s his problem and he has to deal with it the rest of his life.

He looked extremely uncomfortable during The Decision and looked even more uncomfortable when the 3 of them were being introduced down in Miami. I think he really regrets doing what he did and deciding to go to Miami.

Oh well. I don’t have to deal with being shunned by my own hometown so no skin off my back.

http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/sports/Copy_of_billboard-near-lebron%27s-house-says-he%27s-not-welcome-ews-original-wews-201008021280778020231

Cell Block 4, ahahaha, is a selfish softee. We don’t want him or anybody who feels they have to play with him on our squad.

No Lebron led to us getting Anthony Randolph, and if he develops and we still sign Melo then we are better for it.

Thanks a lot, Tommy….

I think the phrase “taking my talents to south beach” should be a euphemism for taking a huge dump.

GOOD!

Well…there you have it. This just confrims that NY was the best choice and Lebron ran scared to go play with his friends like he is in second grade. Punk…I dont know what Riley, Wade, and Bosh said to him vs. his own Management Team. but it must have been pretty compelling for him not to listen to his boys.

Tommy – I don’t feel any better about the whole thing, but this had to be shared. The fact that it could have easily gone our way hurts. Granted, I could now care less about LeBron and he is a bit of a kid, his talent would have brought sooooo muck to NYK.

Oh well…Ready to go to battle with STAT, Gallo, AR, The Russian, ILL Will?, B. Walk, Azubuike, Ray Felt, TD, Landry “The Steal” Fields aka Drake, Rautins, Turiaf, JJ and maybe Ewing Jr aka Big Fella Jr.

And I want to play MIA in the first round of the playoffs.

Good post Tommy

Please as much as I dislike Lebron’s character right now Id still do this offseason over to have Lebron James on the Knicks

LOL..Thanks for the info Tommy. It’s a little like peeling the scab, but it’s news to be reported. All the more reason to boo his azz. LOL. He didn’t want us, that’s the end of it. We’ve got a team of guys that want to be here, so lets get behind them, and do our best to beat Queen James, Rupaul and the Chipmunk.

I think that the “Taking my Talents” phrase will go down as one of the most memorable phrases in sports, because it was probably to oddest and kinda dumb way to say where he was going.

Now everything is going to be called, “The Decision”. Brett Farve returning, Melo accepting the extension (or not!!!)…etc.

2010 Offseason is burned into our brains forever!

Oh, and Melo next year!

and even if we don’t beat them this year injure his elbow so he plays like a fairy in the 2nd round

lol, never heard the chipmunk one before, funny isht

i still prefer melo

I always thought he looked very uncomfortable when introduced in MIA. In some ways more the Decision night. He should have been relieved/happy to have the whole thing over. Wade was all smiles and Bosh looked like he was going to getup and skip across the stage. ‘Bron looked nervous, and not all that happy for a guy that made a decision to pass up his home state or big city lights to hang out with his friends.

I want Turiaf out there taking legs out if they try to make a highlight dunk…Seriously.

Like Isiah told the nuggets when they were running up the score…”Don’t Go in the paint”.

Melo has heart…Lebron proved otherwise. The key is having guys that want to be here. Amare, Melo, and Paul are not scared. I was not the biggest Amare fan before we got him, but I am now glad he is a knick. He wants to be here and revive this team. He and either Paul or Melo will contend for a title.

not much more can be said after this post frankly…

Hahaha…Wade does have a strange shaped head. Like an over-sized jaw.

I don’t buy the notion that Lebron was scared; he is a limelit, egomaniac he could handle the lights on Broadway. He’s just doesn’t want to work as hard for the championship, that’s all. Lebron is more lazy than scared.

Smoke and Mirrors Tommy I aint buying it, if LeCon was coming he’d be here. Please lets move on , as I posted many other times since the “Decision” he is now the enemy and I hope Garden fans no longer kiss his butt like last year, for that matter hopefully we dont kiss no non-Knicks players butts Kobe etc. Those guys deserved to be booed even if we respect their play they deserved to be booed.

i am looking foward to playing lebron. we wil beat them. It going to be great when we rub it in his face. Especially next year when we get cp3 and melo

“I’m taking my talents to the NBA” – Kobe Bryant 1996

Cool piece. He is just doing his job.

There were reports that said Lebron was a little shook of the NY limelight/media should he fail.

Im totally sick.

I’ve been saying for years that the media is pro-Boston and anti-New York, but nobody listens.

And here is your prime example.

He said that in 96?

While I still don’t like the phrasing, Lebron is now a copycat as well…

Maybe we’ll look back at this in a few years and realize it was the best decision that was ever made. I personally dont believe Lebron was cut out to play in New York.

Wow LeBron played Amare if that’s true.

Lebron is bitch. And its so far gone that I REFUSE to elaborate. Best of luck to The Queen in his endeavors and aspirations of being Pippen 2.0. Back to the Knicks now, who FINALLY have a respectable PG AND an active/hardworking defensive center- the two MAJOR spots of necessity!

Maybe he thought if he did not listen to his camp he would be recognized more as of a man to make his own decision and take a pay cut.

Heat:
Wade > Lebron >>>>>>>>>>>>>Bosh>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Big Z lol

Amare will be ready. This guy is a competitor.

But so would Lebron…Every time I think about it feels so unnatural…like it was not suppose to go down like this. I actually thought he would choose the Cavs…

THATS A GOOD ONE HA HA HA

were getting cp3 and melo next year?

where did you get that inside info from?

http://rangers.lohudblogs.com/2010/07/28/guest-blogger-cr9/

I feel sooooooooooooo much better Tommy.. Let him go chase it with his friends I just pray we can put the same look on the BIG 3 faces we use to with Timmy, Zo, and company. I really feel we have a great rivarly coming… AR I really feel will be a great player, along with Gallo.

Knicks lets make it happen!!!!

Enough already.

So Lebrons mgt team isnt a bunch of morons, just Lebron.

lmao

UNLESS ONE OF THE “SOURCES”WAS MAVERICK CARTER,I WOULDNT GIVE IT A 2ND LISTEN

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i still think he was scard and intimidated by the city…by coming here he would have won multiple championships anyway…GUYS HERES A QUESTION:ASIDE FRON STARTING FIVES, WHOS BENCH WOULD YOU RATHER PLAY WITH? NYK OR THE MIAMI HEAT???

Miami hasn’t even formed their full bench yet so we can’t really answer that question.

knicks for life check their roster…they have 13 players on roster aside from the 3 queens…so how can u say they havent formed their bench???

as crazy as it sounds:
i’m more content with the pieces we got as a result.
randolph, azu, turiaf, felton, mozgov only happen because we didn’t get lbj; if we did, we would’ve had only a bunch of veteran’e mins. right.
championships are made up of a team.
what is the legacy of wilt, elgin and jerry?
here’s hoping we look back on this with a big smile.

Great Read Tommy, I guess we will never know why LeCon changed his mind.

Does anyone know how I can get an Armani Jeans Milano Jersey, I either want it blank on the back or with Gallinari on it. That jersey would be awesome to have. I have checked everywhere even emailing the fan club in italy in italian and I can’t seem to find one. Its killing me.

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Are we back to “Sources”? Sources tell me Le’broad is playing with Biotch & Flash dancer on south beach. Sources also tell me they celebrated by hitting the hottest clubs in town and giving each other lap dances.

I didn’t want to enter this post didn’t want no parts of this but there something I had to share with the HIP-HOP Heads(whether you a Hip-Hop head or not PLEASE listen) realist Rap I probably ever heard……Off topic I know but you really still rather talk about this(no shots)….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcXyGwdrjZg&feature=related

ummm no man lol I am good with just a Knicks jersey! But I would not ask to loudly about an Armani basketball jersey unless your in the Village lol. JK

Don’t want him.

If things get tough, he’ll quit. So will Bosh.

Agreed. I don’t believe a single word of this. Where is this coming from?

I love this blog, i really do. I read it every day. But Tommy’s gotta stop writing entries just to cover his butt about proclamations he made in the past. How many times do I have to read the phrase “as I’ve said all long”, or “as I’ve always maintained”, or “as reported months ago on TKB”, etc. What’s that all about? We don’t care if you were right or wrong, so long as you vetted and believed what you wrote, and shared your insight which is usually on point and always intelligent. Just leave out the stuff that seems to be in there solely to defend yourself or justify that you’re a legit reporter. We’re here, we’re reading, we’re sold!

All speculation and hyperbole, Tommy. Stop trying to convince us, or yourself, that you were right and at the last second LBJ changed his mind. Lebron knew where he was going for 2 years. He just strung you and all the other biters along.

Let it go, chief!! You’re fighting a losing battle.

Speak for yourself and the rest of the self appointed censors.

If you don’t want to read the news turn off the computer!

What kind of a clown doesn’t want anything but good news?

TOMMY

If the Knicks were in the lead until the day of- how does the fact that Isiah was sent the day before to try to influence James?

Do you think they sent him once they thought Miami surpassed them?

***How does the fact that they sent Isiah play in to your theory.

Interesting point – I guess whenever you flush it does end up at the beach eventually…

…and Melo.

I KID! I KID!

Very interesting.

Did LeBron’s camp spread false information on purpose or did the media make up stories about the New York Knicks not being a factor?

Kobe was 18 and just out of HS when he said that. I think Kobe has matured a lot and has gotten somewhat humble (I may be way off but this is how I percieve him), while LeBron’s head just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

“I think that the “Taking my Talents” phrase will go down as one of the most memorable phrases in sports”

lol no doubt

paul and melo are not on the knicks

I disagree with that. I think if a guy is hustling and putting work in, he deserves your respect. you don’t have to cheer for him, but don’t boo him unless he’s done something worthy of it. Like LeBron.

Haha I’m just messing around Tommy. I think we can all use some grief counseling. But in all seriousness is this from a legit source?

other than the 3 divas, miami has nothing but bench worth players. maybe an argument could be made otherwise for mike miller but taht’s about it

the knicks did not send isiah.he went to ask lbj if he could borrow some money

have you been following me aroun the blog? it must be my cologne.

lmao

I stand corrected. I didn’t even realize they had actually signed Arroyo, Juwan Howard, and Eddie House.

We have the better bench but its hard to say which rotation is better outside of the starting five because both coaches will likely only play eight guys anyway. Mike Miller, Big Z, and Haslim is a precent decent nucleaus. After that there is a significant dropoff though. Eddie House can fill a role, so can Arroyo but . . .

After years of watching Jared Jeffries, I can tell you that “hustling and putting work in” is not respect-worthy. Having the most basic of basketball skills and being able to finish layups and hit wide open jumpers is also a necessity.

This is a bunch of crap. This is Lebron’s camp trying to ease the new york market from hating Lebron. Lebron and his friends, bosh and wade had this planed for a while. This is Lebron’s camp trying to get the new york market not to hate Lebron.

My guess is a little of both. I don’t think it takes much for the national media to diss New York.

Not digging at you brother just speaking the truth. I know you mean well and I think this is the best Knicks blog out there. I do honestly want to know why you still have “where ’10 happens” up on the blog. Why not at least change it to where ’11 happens? looking at where ’10 happens just makes me remember how mad I was on the 7/8/10.

How is this good news?

HE IS IN MIAMI. ENOUGH ABOUT LEBRON

Word “DONT GO IN THE PAINT!” Damn I miss defense!

Not digging at you brother just speaking the truth. I know you mean well and I think this is the best Knicks blog out there. I do honestly want to know why you still have “where ’10 happens” up on the blog. Why not at least change it to where ’11 happens? looking at where ’10 happens just makes me remember how mad I was on the 7/8/10.

They basically have their team set I think I counted 15

my sources said james never consider the knicks. LOL

Lupe is a little overrated. J. Cole ftw.
“His flow cold as a shoulder of goldiggin h** as a broke n**** approaches” Ill

This has nothing to do withthe Knicks lol

Well if that’s the case, I think it’s gonna backfire. It just makes me more angry personally. But the Lebronterage already showed how bad they are at PR moves when they screwed up “The (Bad) Decision”, so I wouldn’t be surprised. Who the hell would make an announcement in a gym full of kids who were mostly Knick fans.

I think
arroyo/wade/lecon/bosh/big z

chalmers/mike miller/jones/haslem/joel anthony

beverly/house/butler/hansbrouck/diaware/juwan howard/magloire/pittman/varnardo/randolph

arroyo/wade/lecon/bosh/big z

chalmers/mike miller/jones/haslem/joel anthony

beverly/house/butler/hansbrouck/diaware/juwan howard/magloire/pittman/varnardo/randolph

So just matchup our cats vs these dudes

Its simple..

LeBron James relies about 90% on his athletic ability and once that goes his window of opportunity would be closing faster than it already is. So, he decides to rely on his friends.

He’ll NEVER be as good as MJ and Kobe and he knows it so why put so much pressure on himself to win in a city that needed him as much as he needed it?

In two to three years, when or if Melo comes and wade is once again injured along with Bosh, Lebron will be getting schooled by the very place he spurned…NY.

Trust me, he’ll only be good as long as his body holds up.

Whats the point of having a MGMT team if you dont listen?

Miami has a good team but I really will see chemistry issues down the road.

The team is mixed with old and new and its Wade’s team. NOt Lebron’s.
Good for Riley to orchestrate this . I believe this was set in stone a while ago and that NY was never really in play but hey…….. whatever

I like NY’s additions. I like that we still have cap flex.

Lets see Mike D win us 10-15 more games with this crew and really stand up to Miami when we play them.

Boston reloaded properly . Oneil x 2

Id be thinking twice before driving into that paint

Miami has their work cut out for them and I beg Wade to keep talking arrogance . Its gonna blow up in their faces

Enough of Le Con

“I’ve been saying for years that the media is pro-Boston and anti-New York, but nobody listens.”

tsertain I don’t get that statement. If it’s true I wonder why? ESPN is close to NYC as well why should they be soooo pro boston and not pro NY. I think they just like entertaining people (something the Knicks haven’t been doing in a looong ass time, except to make fun of.)

They never talked about the Celtics till they got the big three because the big three are entertaining to watch. They always talk about the Yankees and they seem to be rooting for the Jets at least somewhat right now as well. Not to mention that everyone was loving the Giants after they beat the Pats in ’07.

NYC is easy to hate I guess however I don’t think the media is sooo pro Boston as you think. They like winners and Boston unfortunately has had some good luck the last decade.

This is not news. This is, “I heard from so and so that the decision WAS gonna be this, but it ended up being THAT.”

This is essentially piggy-backing off of hearsay, no matter how legit the sources are. Yes, this is HEARSAY… and it will remain hearsay until Lebron comes out and says it himself (which we all know isn’t happening). I mean, does it change anything knowing that the Knicks MIGHT have been the runner-up? ‘Cause that’s all a post like this is saying. Does it make this saga any more compelling? No, it does not.

I said it before and I’ll say it again – all Knicks bloggers need to do is focus solely on who’s going to be on the court for us in October, not the players who are not.

It’s not exclusively NY news if several other NBA superstars – Melo, CP3, etc. – are not happy with their current situations. Not even remotely. And just because the Knicks brass is looking to add more pieces doesn’t mean that all the Knicks bloggers need to pine openly for other teams’s players. It’s starting to get really frigging sad.

I don’t mind VALID reporting on players in the league when it is timely and relevant… you know, like, “Carmelo has announced he’s not signing an extension; will test FA waters.”

But the “I heard from the guy who washes so-and-so’s jock strap that so-and-so is coming to New York” is getting ridiculous.

It’s a crock regardless of the source, they know LeCon’s brand will suffer a financial loss in huge NYC Market because he is the enemy now. Its a PR ploy. Because they also know the history of Miami and NYC his brand was hurt even more because he chose Miami, he would have been better of going to the Bulls then Miami. His name is garbage in NYC. Screw him and his almost bullstuff “close to coming to NYC” horsechit.

I moved on, so all the news Tommy Dee puts out about Lebron does not bother me. We can be too emotional and sensitive as Knick fans. That is not NY like. Its his job to inform us on NBA news. I am more than happy with our team and the direction we are going. I love being the underdog. I dont even think Miami is the team to beat anymore if the celtics sign Shaq.

This is just a ploy by LBJ’s people to make the fans happier or whatever.. And not get BOO’d everytime he comes to town. LeBron coulda-shoulda-woulda but didn’t so please tell the “LeBron camp” to SHUT UP!

He’s going on a perminant vacation and LB will regret him leaving CLE for MIA over NY. The Miami fans are weak everyone knows it, LB coulda-shoulda-woulda been an Icon in NY.

Water under the bridge. When that team comes to NY we need to go to war with them. I hope the team is prepared.

I don’t see why this would be a ploy by Lebron to get sympathy- How could that possibly work?

What casual fan is going to read about how he almost came to their team and be like, well, he almost came, so I don’t hate him any more. That doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense imo.

knicks fans KOOL AID comes in all different FORMS SHAPES AN COLORS………..

@tomg,

Yup’er, exactly!! His name is gar’bage in NYC!

@ ds244

IDK but why would this report surface? It’s like LBJ wants some type of love when he plays at the garden. LeBron his camp whoever is CORNEY to me..
GET EM’ OUTTA HERE! Scared of the pressure the real stage all that.. I don’t wanna here that “play w/ my freinds BS”

Want to know what changed his mind at the last minute?

THE 58 MIL CAP!! that last minute announcement on Wenesday evening upping the Cap from 56 to 58 Mil.

That’s right. It’s what made it all possible. that extra 2 Mil. I know that was the first thought that went through my mind when I heard it.

Anyway I don’t give a rat’s a*s now. I like the team we got now.

you’re right. before the season, David Stern suggested it would be much lower, then at the last minute, changed it to help them get lebron. So he screwed us.

Because I reply to Tommy Dee…(on a Knicks blog that is open to everyone)I am some how following you?…yes that makes sense.

Why are you laughing at your own ‘jokes.’

Do I somehow unknowingly make people wet their panties thinking I am following them. I apologize if I do..???

That is not hip hop…

Need I say more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCbvRTizp2Y

No. He asked to be part of his camp.

Here We go again with the Lebron James stuff. The fact is I personally agree with his decision NOT because I think it was the best Financial Decision and NOT because I even feel it was the best Decision regarding his legacy. I believe it was the right decision because he made the human decision. The normal everyday guy decision and I cant hate on him for that. The guy wanted to play with his best friends and you cant hate him for that who wouldn’t want that. Also, I really think Lebron’s role with the Cavs distorted who Lebron really is. Everyone wanted him to be the next Jordan but in reality his game is closer to Magic. The olympic team really brought what Lebron prefers which it being a play maker and getting others invovled. People fell in love with his scoring ability but he also wanted to pass. Lebron saw an opportunity to be ona team where he did not have to score 35 a game. I would not be surprised if this year he finally averages a triple double for the season.

No matter how you slice it, a lot of people were lying to various media sources all the way up to the end when Hahn and a couple of others finally said Miami was a done deal.

If we know there was a lot of lying going on in the run up, why should I believe any of these asshole sources now.

good point jayman. The guy just want make good plays and have fun.

But still, if the Cap stays at 56Mil this never happens because there isn’t enough to build a team and pay those 3. It’s pretty tight as it is.

Whatever is being said now is clearly damage control on behalf of LBJ.

So who cares. Let’s worry about our team.

Good post I pretty much agree with you. But LeBron’s arrogant, self-centered behavior doesn’t fit his resume with the Cleveland Cavaliers. You call yourself King? Act accordingly. Obviously LeBron James didn’t do it.

Agreed! It’s time to move on already. Like someone mentioned above we took care of a glaring hole @ PG and C over the offseason(hopefully our coach plays Turiaf) and got a star player in Amare. I’m more interested in Chandler’s progress and rehab as well as Azubuike’s. You think you can handle that for us Tommy? I think a line up of PG Felton SG Azubuike SF Chandler PF Amare C Turiaf with Gallo, TD, Randolph and Fields off the bench is good enough to net the Knicks a 7th seed.

LET IT GO “MAN”,LET… IT… GO….

All day Wednesday it did seem he was coming to the Knicks… If you were following the twitterverse it was a done deal. Then all of the sudden around 8pm it’s announced the salary cap will be higher then expected and 4 hours later we find out LeBron to Miami is a done deal. This post makes sense… The only thing I can’t get my head around is Stephen A. Smith having Miami as a lock the entire time. Was he just guessing? Supposedly he has great sources and ended up being right. I imagine if this is true this story will be confirmed by other media outlets at some point. Time will tell…

“Damage Control” thats what i’m saying … who cares tell Maverick Carter to enjoy MIA, don’t worry about us we’ll be fine.

Our Team has some growth potential we are obviously involved in solid trades and making our team better, rather than cutting cost and throwing in the towel like we’ve done for 2yrs.

Who cares, on the real I think their just trying to repair their image .

Jayman with all due respect, but these are grown men who should pay attention to their legacy and to the careers they have chosen. They can’t or shouldn’t romp around like little 2nd graders who forego their sense of loyalty and responsibility because they “wanna play with their friends”.IMO

ROGER MASON A KNICK!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1t5Cd5qdso&feature=player_embedded

Seriously Tommy… WHY?

I was just getting over this whole thing and looking forward to the team we have..

Not it has me angry again..

Can we just give it a rest about this already?

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