Behind The Scenes - The Decision

[e0y2e3]

http://nba-point-forward.si.com/2011/06 ... -decision/

[mattvan1]

Nice to see that Narcissistic Personality Disorder extends beyond LeBron to encompass nearly everyone with which The King comes in contact. Must be contagious.

[Larvell Blanks]

Dowley: What didn’t get enough play was what Dan Gilbert said afterward. The next day, Maverick and LeBron called me and asked what they should say in response. I gave them two suggestions: “I guess Dan is not going to be sending me a fruit basket again this Christmas.” Or then something about how you can understand why [LeBron] doesn’t want to work for this guy anymore — that [LeBron] needed to get out of this abusive relationship. Because it was abusive and stupid what Gilbert said. Especially since hours before he was calling Maverick at my house, checking in about his offer, hoping LeBron will go back there.

Of course, LeBron did the right thing and just issued a “no comment.”

Abusive relationship? I thought at that point the relationship had dissolved?

[e0y2e3]

amazing work here:

[Madre Hill, Superstar]

King Dirk: The New Master of NBA Marketability

Yeah, I know, winning fixes everything blah blah...

King James, from hero to villain, 'witnessed' his marketability fall off an astonishing 403.8 percent, from an N-Score of 131 in 2010, down to just 26 in 2011.

D-Wade received his own flabbergasting dose of tough love. Wade's bankability dropped 244.1 percent in a single season, from 117 to 34.

Or maybe not? B-B-But jersey sales!

[e0y2e3]

Seriously on this Madre, the Q scores and everything else lie. Liking does not = selling. The measured amount of income they brought in as people heads is INSANE. Dirk has never touched it (he could if he tried, because he could bring in all of Europe but he doesnt care to).

This is not arguable, I can bring out the actual figures again if you want.

They Make Money And A Lot Of It, A Lot More Than He Did In Cleveland (I understand that if Wade were in Cleveland he may have done the same, just sayin')