LeBron Apologizes

While admitting the right decision was made when he decided to play for the Heat, LeBron admits that he went about it the wrong way.  Cleveland people don't want any of this.

Is this at least a tad bit extreme?  Fans burning a former player's jersey, voicing their disapproval of his leaving the franchise, after he promised to deliver them to greatness.  From playing extremely poorly against the Celtics in Game Five of the Eastern Conference Finals, to dragging Cleveland through the mud, the answer, in my personal opinion, is obvious.  It is not even the least bit extreme, and LeBron, plain and simple, quit on the franchise.  If you're going to make the decision in private, behind closed doors, go ahead.  Even holding a Press Conference announcing your decision wouldn't be ridiculous.  At least inform the owner about it.  This is the guy who has been through the wars with you.  They fired Mike Brown, they bent over backward trying to make you happy, and you abandoned them and left them hanging out to dry.

Now don't get me wrong, if I was LeBron in this situation, I would join the Heat as well.  Unfortunately, I'm not 6'8", I can't jump like Dominique Wilkins, run like Allen Iverson, or pass like Magic Johnson.  However, I would have done it behind closed doors, in private, like it should be.  And, if you're going to have a press conference (at the very most), at least have the class to let the owner know first.  Everyone knows you didn't have your head right for a lot of this free agency period, but you're a grown man, you should know better than that.  At least go out with some respect and dignity, don't apologize because you are suddenly in a good mood, and feel like apologizing.

LeBron, maybe, if you had done that ten months earlier, you would be allowed back in Cleveland restaurants.  Throwing a franchise, one that just so happens to be your hometown team under the bus, is not a mature way to go out.  Last night, LeBron James said, "I have respect and admiration for that franchise."  Let's just stop it right there, please.  Maybe you came to a conclusion and realized that you were wrong in this situation, but come on.  You had from April 27th until June 8th to think about it.  I mean, sure the proceeds went to charity, but how much of that was just a cover up for you to get face time on, not just a national scale, but all over the world.  You could have at least contemplated the possibility of not taking the city of Cleveland through all of that.  That's embarrassing, and exploiting, and if you didn't realize that,  your mind must have been on your substantial worldwide exposure with this one event, and how much money it would make you.  I'm am sorry everybody for seeming so biased in this particular blog, I just, plain and simple, don't think it's the right way of doing things.