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Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:11 am EDT

What does LeBron have against Cleveland's teams?

By Joe Zedalis

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What does the Cavaliers star LeBron James have against Cleveland's teams?

James, who was jeered by fans when he wore a Yankees cap to an Indians playoff game last season, showed up on the Cowboys' sideline before Sunday's game against the Browns. James mingled with the players and coaches, chatting up the owner Jerry Jones and hugging receiver Terrell Owens and cornerback Adam Jones. Maybe they were talking shop.

James was an all-state receiver in high school — 50-plus catches and 15 touchdowns by several accounts — before a broken finger on his shooting hand late in his junior year persuaded him to commit exclusively to basketball. (His mother had long campaigned for him to give up football.)

Source: New York TimesNew Window

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  1. vick is
    1. Posted by vick is Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:52 pm EDT

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    there's no law against nor for home town team aligence; if he grew up on the yankess/ cowboys bandwagon then support your team. That doesn't mean that it's always PC
  2. CR012
    2. Posted by CR012 Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:28 pm EDT

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    He has realized and accepted what everyone has always known...Cleveland sucks.
  3. Rickers
    3. Posted by Rickers Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:29 pm EDT

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    He can support who he wants, however, he needs to make sure that his boss is happy. When in Cleveland, support Cleveland. Anywhere else, support your teams.
  4. Bryan C
    4. Posted by Bryan C Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:57 pm EDT

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    Maybe a sign of things to come?
    They haven't exactly been giving him the best of circumstances to stay...
  5. vick is
    5. Posted by vick is Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:52 pm EDT

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    Support your team -- and that's not always the home team. He grew up in Ohio -- haven't the Browns of the 80's -today usually sucked? As such the Cowgirls, as much as I hate them have been perinal contenters. The Yankess have been america's team for how long? I am a 49ers fan, a Spurs and a Atlanta Braves fan so what...there's only 1/3 of the support to my home team.
  6. ITS_SO_COLD_IN _THE_D!!
    6. Posted by ITS_SO_COLD_IN _THE_D!! Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:28 pm EDT

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    Personally i think its disrespectful to show up at a indians PLAYOFF GAME (in jim mora voice) with a yankee hat on. Come on now you play in Cleveland support the local teams the fans come and support you why not support the city back?
  7. A Yahoo! User
    7. Posted by A Yahoo! User Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:50 am EDT

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    Okay I was at the tribe game and the LeBron in a Yankees cap was a tough pill to swallow.
    I've heard lebron say he IS a browns fan, but T.O. is a friend of his. That's all their is to it. I like how this article insinuates that he's pulling for the cowboys instead of bsing with someone on the sideline.
    To me this seems like a New York article giving fans in the area more hope that LeBron will head your way in a few seasons. Not saying he wont....but still.
  8. matthew d
    8. Posted by matthew d Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:11 pm EDT

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    Is this all we have to talk about? He has a favorite football team and a favorite baseball team, and they happen not to play in Cleveland...SO WHAT??? Does he do his job here in Cleveland from late fall through the summer? YES! Just because he plays in Cleveland doesn't mean he has to live and breathe for the other teams in the city. This is getting real old people. He likes who he likes. MOVE ON.
  9. gulder_roy
    9. Posted by gulder_roy Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:14 pm EDT

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    He doesn't support stinking, boring, losing teams. Who does? Everybody loves the Cowboys and almost everybody loves the Yankees so why should James be any different just because he had the misfortune of being born in Ohio and being drafted by Cleveland? It wasn't his fault he was born in that stinking place! And as soon as he becomes a free agent, he will get out of Cleveland. However, when he becomes a free agent, he would fit a lot better down with the Mavs and close to the Cowboys than up in NYC with the stinking, losing Knicks.
  10. rstealercavsfan (Shaqalier)
    10. Posted by rstealercavsfan (Shaqalier) Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:54 pm EDT

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    How is it fair that THE BEST PLAYER IN The NBA is treated like this? Let him support whoever the hell he wants to.
    As long as it is not another NBA team then all should be okay, right?
    The media is a bunch of jackasses alwasy looking for a story. It's pathetic.
  11. chillyfromphilly
    11. Posted by chillyfromphilly Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:33 pm EDT

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    who really cares what "other" teams lebron james likes?! he is not the first and not the last person to "not" root for his hometown team. fans in cleveland should be glad that lebron likes the cleveland cavaliers. because not many other players actually wanted to play for the cavs.
  12. Eric O
    12. Posted by Eric O Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:55 pm EDT

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    Lebron can do whatever he wants whenever he wants hw is the MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  13. lpzj24
    13. Posted by lpzj24 Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:58 pm EDT

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    just a fairweather fan when he was young that's it....Cowboys, Yankees, and i bet his favorite b-ball team was the Bulls...........................All the main teams of the 90's......stick to ur turf son.........
  14. lpzj24
    14. Posted by lpzj24 Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:58 pm EDT

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    11.....lol its a LBJ-CLE and ur still the only one saying he's the "best"
  15. David G
    15. Posted by David G Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:06 pm EDT

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    I say root for whoever the hell you want. Cleveland fans should get a grip!!! It's not like he is wearing a New York Knicks hat or something. Does that mean that when John Elway's son decided to attend Arizona State, Elway still has to root for Stanford when ASU and Stanford play each other, and Elway has to hope his son performs bad????
  16. rstealercavsfan (Shaqalier)
    16. Posted by rstealercavsfan (Shaqalier) Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:54 pm EDT

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    lpzj.............your sad attempts to knock LeBron are looking rather weak. I just thought I would point that out.
    Anyone besides lpzj think I am crazy for saying LeBron is the best player in the NBA? Unless you are a Laker fan......I am sure you will not disagree with me.
  17. cbrowns_21
    17. Posted by cbrowns_21 Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:20 pm EDT

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    Rocketman....you're lame your opinion is about as sad as your arguement. this is discussion is so old and like a few people on here have already stated....WHO CARES WHO LEBRON SUPPORTS !!! And if he chooses to leave then so be it....we MOVE ON!
  18. Texas
    18. Posted by Texas Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:52 pm EDT

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    i know what he is doing...he knows that the cleveland crwod wont hate him for liking another teams so he's doing thiese stuff so that the new yorkers and the texans will like him as well
  19. J.R.
    19. Posted by J.R. Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:40 pm EDT

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    I agree Cleveland pro teams suck
  20. sportsnut888
    20. Posted by sportsnut888 Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:02 pm EDT

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    Maybe he's positioning himself to bolt CLE when his contract is up in 2010. NY, DAL, see a pattern here for a major TV market coming into play?
  21. Justin S
    21. Posted by Justin S Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:42 pm EDT

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    Lebron is a grown man and can cheer for any team he pleases. Doesn't everyone else cheer for who they like even if it's not their home team? People should just mind their own business and let that man live his life because at the end of the day he is still a Cavalier and plays his heart out for Cleveland!
  22. Santosias
    22. Posted by Santosias Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:21 pm EDT

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    Soon enough Lebron won't even be rooting for the Cavs, he'll be the one beating them down. The Cavs management sucks. If it works out well, then getting Mo Williams might just be the first good thing I've seen them do since they drafted Lebron, not that it took any skill to pick Lebron first overall, it was kinda a no-brainer. They''ve made only bad moves so far in their attempts to help Lebron win a title. Signing Hughes was horrible. Then they traded him for Big Ben, who is highly overpaid, and can't do anything anymore. They didn't get the inside scoring presence they need to help out Lebron. Why would Lebron stay in Cleveland? How is he going to win a championship with Williams or Szczerbiak as his #2? He can't. He needs a Pippen to his Jordan. Get ready to see James next to Vince Carter in a Nets jersey.
  23. Milton A
    23. Posted by Milton A Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:44 pm EDT

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    pretty obvious isnt it ?? he may go to NY / NJ or moving to tx.....no way in hell he will stay in cleveland...they're not winner just whiners
  24. afbrian2003
    24. Posted by afbrian2003 Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:46 pm EDT

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    looks like hes a front runner better get out of cleveland then.
  25. PanamaFresh
    25. Posted by PanamaFresh Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:37 pm EDT

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    last time i checked LeBron is under contract to play for the NBA's Cleavland Cav's...not the NFL' s Browns or the MLB's Indians...it's not complicated folks...and it's really not that serious. I grew up with a group of guys who fortunaetly understood how idiotic it was to simply root for a team because you live in the city...in my group of close friends we had Sixer's fans because Dr.J was their favorite player, Celtic fans cause liked Bird, or Rocket fans because they liked Hakeem...and even those rooted for the Lakers it was because they loved Magic..that's it!
    Now please leave him alone...he likes the Yanks and Cowboys...get over it!

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