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In today's Plain Dealer:
Q & A WITH CAVALIERS OWNER: Gilbert shares vision of winning organization
I LOVE IT! Gilbert just "gets" it. People who think that Gilbert was way out of line with the whole Silas firing are condoning everything that is wrong with the NBA ... complete lack of emphasis on the team nature of the game and rampant personal agendas causing the game to turn into a circus. For some reason this has become accepted in the NBA to the point that it was GILBERT'S fault that the team bombed.
Anyway, really, I just had to post this here because I love how Gilbert calls out ESPN and Stephen A Smith ....
Gilbert:
"The "LeBron is disgruntled/is leaving stories" did not come from LeBron or anyone else in his camp. It came from short-term thinkers and media entertainers posing as journalists. These people want to boost ratings, sell more newspapers or believe the west and east coast cities are in some way superior to places like "Cleveland" or "Detroit" and can't figure out why anyone (with a big name) would want to stay there. They are dead wrong and we will prove them wrong."
Gilbert part II (responding to rumors he passed notes to Silas during a game asking to play certain guys):
"Obviously, that is completely false. Can you imagine an owner doing that? It is so absurd, you have to laugh at it. Then again, the "ESPN Entertainer" who said it is the same guy who made up the story about "Jim Paxson being fired within 48 hours" when it was completely untrue and never even discussed here at all. He is also the same guy who made up stories about "LeBron's mother not liking the new ownership team." This guy, lets call him "John A. Doe" is an entertainer, not a journalist. Most people who know basketball realize what a phony this guy is and how he primarily blurts out fantasy on a daily basis. Unfortunately, the Internet has sprung up a bunch of these lazy characters that just read each other's nonsense and rewrite the same story with a few new adjectives. They don't do any real work. They never called me or anyone else for comment. They never asked me if any of this BS was true or not.
Sooner or later, enough of their garbage is written that you become labeled a "meddlesome owner" or a "spoiled rich kid" or your team is now "Dan's house of horrors."
At first, I became angry at it. Now I just laugh it off. I am too focused on the real job of building the Cavaliers into a championship organization than to spend my time paying attention to these muckrakers."
I love this guy. Screw ESPN.
Q & A WITH CAVALIERS OWNER: Gilbert shares vision of winning organization
I LOVE IT! Gilbert just "gets" it. People who think that Gilbert was way out of line with the whole Silas firing are condoning everything that is wrong with the NBA ... complete lack of emphasis on the team nature of the game and rampant personal agendas causing the game to turn into a circus. For some reason this has become accepted in the NBA to the point that it was GILBERT'S fault that the team bombed.
Anyway, really, I just had to post this here because I love how Gilbert calls out ESPN and Stephen A Smith ....
Gilbert:
"The "LeBron is disgruntled/is leaving stories" did not come from LeBron or anyone else in his camp. It came from short-term thinkers and media entertainers posing as journalists. These people want to boost ratings, sell more newspapers or believe the west and east coast cities are in some way superior to places like "Cleveland" or "Detroit" and can't figure out why anyone (with a big name) would want to stay there. They are dead wrong and we will prove them wrong."
Gilbert part II (responding to rumors he passed notes to Silas during a game asking to play certain guys):
"Obviously, that is completely false. Can you imagine an owner doing that? It is so absurd, you have to laugh at it. Then again, the "ESPN Entertainer" who said it is the same guy who made up the story about "Jim Paxson being fired within 48 hours" when it was completely untrue and never even discussed here at all. He is also the same guy who made up stories about "LeBron's mother not liking the new ownership team." This guy, lets call him "John A. Doe" is an entertainer, not a journalist. Most people who know basketball realize what a phony this guy is and how he primarily blurts out fantasy on a daily basis. Unfortunately, the Internet has sprung up a bunch of these lazy characters that just read each other's nonsense and rewrite the same story with a few new adjectives. They don't do any real work. They never called me or anyone else for comment. They never asked me if any of this BS was true or not.
Sooner or later, enough of their garbage is written that you become labeled a "meddlesome owner" or a "spoiled rich kid" or your team is now "Dan's house of horrors."
At first, I became angry at it. Now I just laugh it off. I am too focused on the real job of building the Cavaliers into a championship organization than to spend my time paying attention to these muckrakers."
I love this guy. Screw ESPN.
