Cleveland, I don't know yall, never been there, but I'm at a loss right now. I'm trying to figure out what got these people so bitter about LeBron. This "Quitness" viral/ commerical has been me at a loss. for those of you that haven't seen it here's the link (Quitness video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvgD9HNTMkM). I mean this is just sad. Is the city of Cleveland really that desperate? Players leave teams and cities all the time. Great players leave mediocre teams routinely. So I can't understand what made these delusional people think LeBron would stay there. Now I'm not a LeBron sympathizer, but I don't think he chose to put that city on his back, they hoped on thinking they were always welcome.
The actors who represent Cleveland citizens mention words like traitor. Really? I mean, LeBron isn't from Cleveland, he's from Akron. So he's not exactly the hometown boy doing for the home team. He wore Yankees apparel to a Cleveland Indians game during the playoffs for crying out loud. As a matter of fact the only instance when I remember LeBron being the Cleveland poster child was a marketing hatched by Nike. Nike put up the Witness posters of LeBron over abandoned buildings, They gave t-shirts to the Cavs fans at games, and essentially are responsible for gassing Cleveland fans into believing he was a Messiah they needed to follow. At no last season did Lebron ever indicate he was staying in Cleveland. In fact, all year he deflected free agency questions. All he said is he was gonna explore free agency. His Rise commercial which caused such a stir and was spoofed by these Cleveland people is actually a good commercial. He basically looks his critics in the eye and says "Fuck yall!" Frankly, I like it. Its no different from all his other shoe commercials that feature heavy doses of HIM lol. He played out his contract, and played his ass off every night. And did it on a team that refused to get him adequate help. The Decision, was done in bad taste. Bad p.r., but typical LeBron, who is as self absorbed and self conscious as any professional athlete in the modern era. Bottom line, Cleveland, no one likes when people play the victim, get over it. The video sucks and doesn't cast anyone in a bad light except yourselves.
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