Tweet from @KDthunderup

Its only like 730am, but this has to take the cake for being the tweet of the day. Thanks KD for the insight.

"Getting a massage..I'm face down and I gotta fart...what shuld I do?"

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I haven't won $hit, I have positioned myself with 2 of the top 6 in the L and I am the "King"....and I punked an entire city...who am I?

Lebron James......
Dude you pulled one of the most serious douche bag moves of all time in the history of media, not sports but media and pop culture.

You don't have an hour long special to f##k over your loyal hometown fans and don't think for one second that you are the 'king'. Dude, Jordan did it a certain way as did, Kobe, Magic,Bird,Hakeem and Tim. They didn't position themselves in such a way cause they wanted to do it on their own. Lebron look at Kevin Durant if you wanna see how its done in this age of the NBA.

Also, I don't ever, ever, everrrrrr ( a la jericho ) wanna hear you in discussions as being one of the best ever. Cause when you partner yourself with 2 of the top 6 guys in the L at their primes.....your not as good as advertised.

I am not gonna lie, I'm gonna enjoy watching this Heat squad but the principal behind this, just doesn't sit well with me. I am interested to see how Lebron handles being 1b now, cause don't get it twisted, that's Wade's team and town. According to James, it was an opportunity to play with Wade. Hmmmmm.......I love Dwayne Wade after Kobe he's my other favorite player in the league (melo/durant and f'n david lee are in my list too). Anyhow the entire 'air apparent' discussion is over. Kobe is the closest, Lebron literally has changed his legacy and direction of his career by doing this. Lebron you will now be known as the 2nd fiddle. But as much as I am not a Lebron fan (well of his ego and persona) I did happen to see 'more then a game' and it is clear that the guy loves friends around him on and off the court.

So perhaps this decision was made also with a personal 'need' to be fulfilled and it maybe doesn't matter to him....the fact that your the 'man', the legacy and the perception among your peers and the greats.

I am far from done about talking about this, just wanted this to be the initial post and ill begin again tomorrow!!

p.s. Ray/Paul and Kevin decided to hookup in the twilight of their careers, no harm done, they wanted things to end the right way, with a chip. In their primes however, they all were the respective "man" on their teams...

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Tweet from: @chrisbosh - lebron your ridiculous...I can't wait to talk about this in detail - cb4...why would u tweet that?? Seriously....

From: @chrisbosh
Sent: Jul 8, 2010 9:30p

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Tweet from: @KingJames - this is the tweet of the day for July 8/2010

I still can't believe he's doing an hour show about where he's gonna end up. If he decides to leave Cleveland, it just looks so bad on him, and he'll officially anoint himself as the biggest douche the NBA has ever seen. I actually tweeted back, check my question below.

From: @KingJames
Sent: Jul 8, 2010 10:05a

Good Morning! It's your chance to ask me a question about my decision, use #lebrondecision to submit and I'll answer them tonight.

sent via web

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Tweet from: @brokeanklesblog - this offer sheet has me really pissed off.....

From: @brokeanklesblog
Sent: Jul 8, 2010 10:04a

Bryan Colangelo you never cease to amaze, the euro movement is over....http://bit.ly/ddWGaT - bosh goes so we (cont) http://tl.gd/2cl75j

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Tweet from: @brokeanklesblog

From: @brokeanklesblog
Sent: Jul 8, 2010 10:11a

@KingJames #lebrondecision - the cavs are a team on the cusp of getting over that perverbial hump...if you leave (cont) http://tl.gd/2clbb1

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No Marquee in the Spotlight

Sitting on the train this morning and reading my twitter feeds for both @brokeanklesblog and @_bigkev_ something just hit me like a lightning bolt.

CB4 is out. We are not signing nor drafted the new "guy, guy", so essentially since the franchises inception, the Raptors will be w/o a franchise player. That kind of sucks.....

It started with Damon, then Vince/TMAC, then it was all Vince until he got traded to the Nets and Chris Bosh took the keys to the car for the rest of the ride. Bosh's ride ends now and we don't have another existing guy who can really be the #1 guy or even the talent to be the #1 guy so what and how is this franchise going to suffer next season w/o a marquee presence!?

The casual NBA fan in the city of Toronto (that's a lot of people) will for sure tune out, ticket prices will most likely remain the same (well they are, I know....) so attendance will drop I think dramatically, cause people will say, "who the hell is that guy....and that guy, and why does that guy suck so bad....who's he, etc, etc..why the f##k am I here right now...ooh look @ the tasty over there....but seriously why am I here!?" Basketball in the T Dot doesn't pull the same weight as Hockey, so that consistent fan base and excitement is just something that will not be present next season, nor has it ever. The Raptors from a, ummm, marketing/economic perspective next season will have a hard time.

I feel eventually over the next few seasons we will sign or draft that next guy, every team in the NBA has "him" so we will get ours eventually. But no doubt the Raptors will have a rough road ahead not just as a team on the court but as a franchise in the front and back office of things.

Before I close this, just attacking any 'rebut les' as you read this:

-no, andrea/hedo are not #1 guys. andrea will never and can never be a #1 guy in the L simply because he's the biggest tweener I have ever seen in my life. hedo can only be the #1 guy in Turkey.....

-ed davis is not chris bosh

-at this point after this chris bosh debacle, we are not signing anyone. our GM has an ego and issues with being proactive. cause if your sitting and reading this and thought last season that chris would resign here.....then I respectfully ask, "get off my blog!!!"

-why wasn't bosh traded earlier in the year.....see above

-demar derozan......no

-our best bet to success is to model ourselves after memphis....seriously

-bryan colangelo isn't as good as advertised, in a buyers market....be that seller (I'm a trader, its a pretty simple concept)

-raptorstv should do like a retrospect on bosh and use that usher song...."Cause in the spotlight...with or w/o u babe...." Or however it goes....that'd be funny. better then those 'reggae' inspired commericials they play now

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