[quote]Gettnitdone wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
Holy shit. Dan Gilbert just released maybe the craziest call out letter in pro sports history. Sportscenter just read it aloud and the sportscasters reading it were damn near at a loss for words on how raw it was. He tore James a Shaquille Oneal sized new asshole.[/quote]
Open Letter to Fans from Cavaliers Majority Owner Dan Gilbert
Posted by Inside Hoops
Jul 8
Note from InsideHoops.com: This is a real letter from the owner of the Cavs, released to the public the night LeBron James left the Cleveland to join the Miami Heat:
Dear Cleveland, All Of Northeast Ohio and Cleveland Cavaliers Supporters Wherever You May Be Tonight;
As you now know, our former hero, who grew up in the very region that he deserted this evening, is no longer a Cleveland Cavalier.
This was announced with a several day, narcissistic, self-promotional build-up culminating with a national TV special of his â??decisionâ?? unlike anything ever â??witnessedâ?? in the history of sports and probably the history of entertainment.
Clearly, this is bitterly disappointing to all of us.
The good news is that the ownership team and the rest of the hard-working, loyal, and driven staff over here at your hometown Cavaliers have not betrayed you nor NEVER will betray you.
There is so much more to tell you about the events of the recent past and our more than exciting future. Over the next several days and weeks, we will be communicating much of that to you.
You simply donâ??t deserve this kind of cowardly betrayal.
You have given so much and deserve so much more.
In the meantime, I want to make one statement to you tonight:
â??I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WILL WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE THE SELF-TITLED FORMER â??KINGâ?? WINS ONEâ??
You can take it to the bank.
If you thought we were motivated before tonight to bring the hardware to Cleveland, I can tell you that this shameful display of selfishness and betrayal by one of our very own has shifted our â??motivationâ?? to previously unknown and previously never experienced levels.
Some people think they should go to heaven but NOT have to die to get there.
Sorry, but thatâ??s simply not how it works.
This shocking act of disloyalty from our home grown â??chosen oneâ?? sends the exact opposite lesson of what we would want our children to learn. And â??whoâ?? we would want them to grow-up to become.
But the good news is that this heartless and callous action can only serve as the antidote to the so-called â??curseâ?? on Cleveland, Ohio.
The self-declared former â??Kingâ?? will be taking the â??curseâ?? with him down south. And until he does â??rightâ?? by Cleveland and Ohio, James (and the town where he plays) will unfortunately own this dreaded spell and bad karma.
Just watch.
Sleep well, Cleveland.
Tomorrow is a new and much brighter dayâ?¦.
I PROMISE you that our energy, focus, capital, knowledge and experience will be directed at one thing and one thing only:
DELIVERING YOU the championship you have long deserved and is long overdueâ?¦.
Dan Gilbert
Majority Owner
Cleveland Cavaliers
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This is funny and all, but this guy is nuts. And stupid. I know he’s mad that all of the money and time he invested in LBJ to pamper him and make him a star was for waste, and his teams about to have it’s value cut in half [guess what that does to his wealth], but he just embarrased himself.
