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02-20-2006, 12:15 PM
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Wow.
Skip Bayless was just on Cold Pizza and he absolutely ripped Lebron. He said it was a "Nike conspiracy" that he won the MVP, and that he took too many shots, never played any defense, and that he "obviously fouled T-Mac on the last shot."          
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02-20-2006, 12:43 PM
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02-20-2006, 12:46 PM
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But as to what he said. Lebron actually did play defense. It was a foul on T-Mac, although not "obvious." And he did take too many shots. But he made over 50% and hit some big 3s in the comeback. He had a monsterous put-back dunk late in the game that was huge. And he [censored]ed off Kobe. What more could you want in an MVP? The only other viable option was Chauncey Billups.
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02-20-2006, 01:04 PM
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Skip Clueless is an idiot.
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02-20-2006, 01:27 PM
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02-20-2006, 01:30 PM
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02-20-2006, 01:33 PM
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who seriously complains about an all-star game?
What if one guy hit a home run 3 out of 5 at bats during the all-star game? Would Skip be [censored]ed if he kept coming to the plate later in the game?
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02-20-2006, 02:20 PM
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Lebron played great defense during the fourth quarter, he stripped Bryant a few times and also forced a few other turnovers. Defensively, he also did a great job contesting T-Macs shot, I looked at the reply like 5 times and I didnt see anything close to a foul.
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07-16-2006, 09:33 AM
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Lebron and MoC
CPD
7/16 LeBron rises to top; Clarett's in Valley Sunday, July 16, 2006Bud Shaw Plain Dealer Columnist Two friends. Two new deals with hometown teams. One flying high, the other still scraping bottom. Not even Hollywood would have so clearly contrasted LeBron James and Maurice Clarett this week. Somebody with clout would have demanded a script change, complaining that here was proof that the movie industry had become a completely exhausted cliche. <script src="http://ads.cleveland.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_jx.ads/www.cleveland.com/xml/story/s1/s1bud/@StoryAd" **********"**********1.1"></script> <script **********"**********"> <!-- if (parseFloat(navigator.appVersion) == 0) { document.write('<IFRAME WIDTH=468 HEIGHT=60 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0 HSPACE=0 VSPACE=0 FRAMEBORDER=0 SCROLLING=no BORDERCOLOR="#000000" SRC="http://ads.cleveland.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_sx.ads/www.cleveland.com/xml/story/s1/s1bud/@StoryAd"></IFRAME>'); } --></script> <noscript> http://ads.cleveland.com/RealMedia/a...bud/@StoryAd?x </noscript> How about a little subtlety? Where's the nuance? Real life is cloaked in shades of gray. But there was James agreeing to a contract extension with the Cavaliers that prompted the headline "We can breathe again." Suggestive of a landmark civic cause finally come to fruition, the headline would have worked as well on a story about a sharp drop in air pollution or an equally important citywide law mandating elastic-waist pants in the work place. And there was Clarett appearing at a press conference - in a bowling alley - to say he intended to play football with a start-up indoor team in Youngstown that exists primarily as a Web site for now. To erase any misconceptions, the Web site in question belongs to the Mahoning Valley HitMen of the fledgling Eastern Indoor Football League. One can be excused for thinking the Web site belonged to The Onion. Devoted to satire, The Onion would have considered Clarett's circumstances right up its alley. Gag writers would have wrestled each other to author it. Strange but true in this particular case, a guy awaiting trial for aggravated robbery signs on with a team calling itself the HitMen. In the same week James was signing a three-year deal with a fourth year at his option, a deal that could pay him $60 million in all, Clarett was quoted as saying, "I don't have many options left." The thread that ties them has been unraveled before. Clarett saw James ready to become a millionaire without going to college. The NFL closed that door to kids. So Clarett went to OSU with a plan and a sense of entitlement. They would trail-blaze, these two. James would take his league by storm, shrugging at the notion that the transition to the NBA spares no one. Clarett would blow up Big 10 defenses, then turn his attention to testing the NFL's early entry restrictions. There was a "Seinfeld" episode where George Costanza decides that in order to make a right decision, he has to do the exact opposite of what his instincts tell him. Clarett was never honest enough with himself to even try that approach. The intriguing turn isn't that he ended up signing to play games in a league with the Three Rivers Rats of Pittsburgh or the Bay Shore (N.J.) Brawlers. On a team that can't say for sure how much it can pay him. A team whose motto is "Get Whacked Indoors." <script src="http://ads.cleveland.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_jx.ads/www.cleveland.com/xml/story/s1/s1bud/@StoryAd" **********"**********1.1"></script> <script **********"**********"> // enter width here var w=250; // enter height here var h=250; document.write('<table width=420 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0>'); document.write('<tr valign=bottom>'); document.write('<td width=383>'); document.write(' '); document.write(' <script **********"**********"> <!-- if (parseFloat(navigator.appVersion) == 0) { document.write('<IFRAME WIDTH=468 HEIGHT=60 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0 HSPACE=0 VSPACE=0 FRAMEBORDER=0 SCROLLING=no BORDERCOLOR="#000000" SRC="http://ads.cleveland.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_sx.ads/www.cleveland.com/xml/story/s1/s1bud/@StoryAd"></IFRAME>'); } --></script> <noscript> http://ads.cleveland.com/RealMedia/a...bud/@StoryAd?x </noscript> The intrigue isn't even specific to him, or the trouble that soiled his freshman accomplishments at Ohio State. It's that James, who made a more venial mistake that threatened his high school eligibility, has made enough right decisions since despite so much acclaim and money. What has made the difference for James at age 21? For Clarett? Is it the people advising them? That's too easy. It's something deeper in their personalities. James is heading off to play for Team USA. Suspended at OSU, shot down by the NFL, cut in Denver, arrested in Columbus, Clarett's best alternative is to sign on with the unfortunately named HitMen. You couldn't make that up. To reach this Plain Dealer columnist: bshaw@plaind.com, 216-999-5639
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07-16-2006, 09:42 AM
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I guess the Mahoning Valley HitMen barely manages to qualify this thread for a place in the "Professional Football" forum.
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07-16-2006, 10:22 AM
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Yesterday's (7/15) Akron Beacon Journal
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/sports/15045733.htm Clarett gets shot with HitMen By David Lee Morgan Jr. We interrupt the newest development in Maurice Clarett's football career to bring you this monologue about him that could have been written by David Letterman: ``OK, remember former Ohio State running back and Heisman Trophy hopeful Maurice Clarett? ```He was indicted in February on two counts of aggravated robbery. He allegedly tried to rob two people with a .45-caliber gun on Jan. 1 in Columbus. ``If he's convicted, he could be sentenced up to 25 years in prison. ``In the meantime, Clarett is keeping his hopes of playing football in the pros alive. ``He held a news conference Thursday to announce he will play for an indoor professional football team called the Mahoning Valley HitMen. That's right folks, the HitMen.'' What does it tell you about the Youngstown area that a team would select the name HitMen? Then again, Youngstown does have a reputation for being a tough town. Years ago, it was called ``Little Chicago.'' I was curious what the team mascot would look like. Some guy dressed in a black pinstriped suit, dark glasses and a toothpick in his mouth? Kind of like Joe Pesci's character in GoodFellas? And how would the team cheer go? Something like this? ``Umm, I wouldn't do that if I was you.'' Actually, that's not too far off. On the team's Web site, you can see the logo -- a man in a cap and overcoat carrying a weapon in one hand and a football in the other. A crawler on the site reads: ``Get Whacked Indoors.'' Web links are marked with cross hairs; clicking a link produces a gunshot. Don't get me wrong, I'm not making light of Clarett's legal situation. I know him personally, and I know he realizes he has made big mistakes, dating to his freshman season at Ohio State in 2002. Back then, he helped Ohio State to a 14-0 record, when the Buckeyes won the national championship. He rushed for 1,237 yards, a school record for a freshman, and scored 18 touchdowns. It turned out to be the end of a promising career. Almost everyone knows the story of how things went bad. In 2003, the Ohio State athletic department suspended him for the season for filing a false police report claiming he had more than $10,000 worth of merchandise stolen from his car. Clarett has fallen a long way from being on top. After Ohio State won the national championship, he frequently was seen at St. Vincent-St. Mary basketball games. The media had the impression Clarett and LeBron James were best friends. Actually, they were acquaintances, young athletes making a national name for themselves who happened to be from the same area. That's all. As their sports career decisions played out over the years, the choices each made in his life showed his maturity -- or lack of it. Clarett must have been thinking he could become the LeBron James of the NFL. However, Clarett received bad advice after his suspension. He tried to challenge the NFL's rule on early entry in its college player draft and lost that battle in court. When Clarett finally was eligible for the draft, the Denver Broncos took him in the third round, a surprisingly high pick. He was cut before training camp was over. Now, Clarett says he is going to be a ``HitMan.'' ``I don't have many options left,'' he said during the news conference held at a bowling alley in Youngstown. ``It's my only option.'' Clarett hasn't signed a contract with the HitMen yet -- the team expects to begin play this winter -- and his pay will depend on the team's attendance. Until then, he said he will be busy as he enters fatherhood. He indicated that he will become a parent in mid-August. ``Maurice Clarett has to take a back seat to other people right now,'' he said. ``All the fun and games, they have to take a back road right now.'' Maybe Clarett has matured. Maybe.
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07-16-2006, 12:14 PM
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MoC
Sigh!!! Does anyone feel worse than maurice.btw Toledo was known as little Chicago because of the mafia ties between Chicago, Detroit and Toledo gang. here is the latest pic of the media and MoC
 HAHA Dang I love that horsey thingy
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07-16-2006, 02:35 PM
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/professional pro·fes·sion·al  ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pr -f sh -nl)adj.
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07-27-2006, 07:01 AM
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LeBron James and Lichter
ESPN
Signed, sealed and delivered, LeBron is 21 <!-- end pagetitle --> <!-- begin bylinebox --> By Brian Windhorst Special to ESPN.com <!-- begin presby2 --> <!-- end presby2 --> <!-- end bylinebox --> <!-- begin text11 div --><!-- begin leftcol --> <!-- template inline -->  Nathaniel S. Butler/Getty Images After a recent Team USA practice, an iced-out LeBron certainly looked older than 21. A sweaty Team USA practice has ended inside UNLV's Cox Pavilion, and players are plopping down on chairs, untying laces and toweling off. LeBron James slips off his signature Nikes and yells, to no one in particular, "I need five bags of ice!" Three chairs over, Dwyane Wade shoots LeBron a sly look and retorts: "That's because you're 30 years old!" It's not the first time LeBron's pal Wade has used the joke. Just a month ago, he made similar comments during the NBA Finals when the topic of James' frequent text messages came up. It seems Wade isn't entirely persuaded that James could be three years his junior. "No way I buy he's 21," Wade said. "Show me that birth certificate, that's what I want." Well, Dwyane, you're in luck. ESPN.com has obtained a copy of James' official birth certificate from the State of Ohio Office of Vital Statistics and compared it with records from the City of Akron Department of Public Health. Sure enough, sealed and certified, LeBron Raymone James was born to Gloria Marie James on Dec. 30, 1984. He's 21 now and was 18 when he played his first NBA game.  When James debuted in the NBA in 2003, many wondered how his chiseled, highly developed physique could belong to a teenager. Many besides Wade have voiced their suspicions. For instance: • Tracy McGrady: "Damn, man. You sure he is 21? We've got to check his birth certificate." • Sekou Smith, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Um, can I see LeBron James' birth certificate<!-- CQ no comma in AJC edition --> please?" • Stephen A. Smith, Philadelphia Inquirer: "Just looking at him makes you want to check his birth certificate." • Bomani Jones, ESPN.com's Page 2: "I still wonder if there's a little Almonte on his birth certificate." That would be Danny Almonte, the star pitcher whose parents insisted he was 12 when he pitched his Bronx team into the Little League World Series. When official documents and records showed Almonte was actually 14, his pitching records were removed and his team forfeited its third-place finish. Besides the Almonte affair, other age scandals in baseball also have helped create the climate of suspicion about other precocious athletes, such as James. When a player like Rafael Furcal turns out to be 22 when he debuted in the big leagues, instead of 19 as originally believed, we might start to wonder what to believe when LeBron does the unbelievable. On the other hand, it's not clear what opportunity or incentive LeBron James would have to lie about his age. For one thing, his birth is a matter of public record in Ohio. And it seems unlikely that James would need to appear younger than he is, especially when such a maneuver actually would have delayed his entry into the NBA, considering James was ready to make the jump even earlier than he did. Still, the questions are there, mainly because James simply looks older than he is. "Everyone knows how old I am, y'all been following me around since I was 15," James said, noting he didn't get carded once while enjoying Vegas' adult offerings. "Some people age and grow differently than others." As a high school freshman, James was shaving, and he was always tall for his age -- standing nearly 6 feet, 4 inches at age 14. But he didn't look older than his classmates at that stage, and in some ways he was a late bloomer, considering his development now. "There were several players on our team [for whom] we had to carry their birth certificates around because other teams would want to see them, but LeBron wasn't one of them," said Dru Joyce, who coached James in AAU and in high school. "But you could always tell he was going to grow more because of his long legs and big feet." When James was a pimple-faced 16-year-old, he started showing muscle definition, and he arrived taller and stronger at his first ABCD Camp in New Jersey and won its Most Valuable Player Award. But it was later, when James became a regular on local and national television, that questions about his age began to be whispered. When he reported for his first NBA training camp, his squared jaw, broad shoulders and refined muscles further opened eyes. "It's because he's a once-in-50-year athlete," said Eric Lichter, the well-known personal trainer James worked with starting when he was 17.  photo: Phil Masturzo LeBron, shown here as a high school freshman, didn't always look like an NBA veteran. Lichter, who is now the strength and conditioning coach for the Ohio State football team, used to operate a private practice in Cleveland where he trained numerous pro athletes, including Nene, Leandro Barbosa and Antonio Gates. Although he didn't usually work with high school athletes, he took on James as a special case after the player's junior year of high school. At the time, James had done almost no weight training but realized he needed to become stronger, knowing he would be facing a highly competitive senior year at St. Vincent-St. Mary and a jump to the NBA shortly thereafter. "LeBron did sit-ups and push-ups, and he was very faithful to it," Joyce said. "But once he started working with weights, you could just see his body take to the training." Lichter said he weighed James in at 228 pounds at the start of a 16-week program. By the time they were done, James was 10 pounds heavier, jumping higher and running faster as his arms and legs became stronger and thicker. He has maintained roughly the same weight since, along with his muscle mass in working with the Cavs trainers. He is listed at 6-8, 240 pounds. "When I first met him, I was amazed at his bone structure and I looked to improve his wing muscle tissue," Lichter said. "He liked to train, and he took an intense approach to it. He didn't just take his talent for granted." But will the word of his AAU coach and his trainer, combined with legal documents, end the debate? "No comment," said Wizards star and Team USA teammate Gilbert Arenas when told James' age had been confirmed as 21. "LeBron's my older brother -- he's not a day younger than 30." Brian Windhorst covers the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Akron Beacon Journal.
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07-27-2006, 09:17 AM
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A good article from ESPN...blasphemy
Make sure all the recruits read this. 
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