Are you firkin kidding me Dan Gibert?

“I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WILL WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE THE SELF-TITLED FORMER ‘KING’ WINS ONE” - Jilted ex-employer of Lebron James, Dan Gilbert

I can’t imagine you are reading this and don’t know about the letter Gilbert wrote to Cavalier fans after Lebron announced he would be going to Miami so I won’t go over that.  But I want to mention my thoughts about how it went down.

I went from not caring who Lebron played with, being annoyed at the coverage, losing respect for Lebron, and finally shock at Dan Gilbert and understanding from Lebron.  Dan Gilbert comes off like a jilted lover on The Bachelor. You thought everything was fine but when wronged the gloves come off, all in Comic Sans font and punctuation worse than mine. Heck, it was so sad that many questioned if it was a real letter or a hack.

At the beginning of the letter I understood Gilbert’s rage but as it went on I knew the guy had just lost it.  It just sounds like a messy divorce.

“He has gotten a free pass,” Gilbert said. “People have covered up for (James) for way too long. Tonight we saw who he really is.”

“I want you, I want you! Oh, you’re leaving meee?  I never wanted you. You’re pathetic….please come back.” In the letter Dan Gilbert points out places where he think Lebron tanked playoff games.  Then why do you want him?  Especially if you think you can win a championship without him, why not dump his ass on July 1st and sign someone else?

Maybe this is why Lebron left. What I do know is that I wouldn’t want to work for someone so crazy.  Rarely does someone write something without some kind of editing. What’s the chances that this was a toned down version of what Gilbert really wanted to say?

We’ve all had that friend that got out of a “perfect” relationship and wondered why.  Then we saw what was going on and understood.  That’s what I get from Dan Gilbert’s letter. Maybe Dan Gilbert should check out a book written by another Dan Gilbert, “Stumbling Upon Happiness.”

A few months ago I heard of a scenario that put Lebron and Wade, and possibly another star, in New York. They would have to make less than the max which is rare and it’s why I didn’t believe it could happen.  I thought it would be great and a fine example to the youth that money isn’t everything, though they make boatloads still, and it is about team and winning.

Lebron is doing what most of want to and should do.  Work at what we enjoy doing and do it with people we like. I hope Lebron has fun and that Cleveland fans can get past it.

Notes:

Lebron Cav’s Fathead Wall Sticker is marked down from $99.99 to $17.41. For the now history buffs, like me, 1741 is the year Benedict Arnold was born. Snap! (Update: I just read that Dan Gilbert is the owner of Fathead)

The Cleveland Plain Dealer gets snippy on their front page.

Gilbert Arenas is under investigation by local and federal authorities after admitting that he had brought weapons into the locker room. Weapons that he did not have a license to own.

What do you do when you see a cop on the highway with a radar gun?  You check your speed.  Gilbert Arenas should have checked himself as soon as the gun incident became news but he didn’t. Rotoworld wrote the following about Gilbert Arenas’ Twitter account where he was writing odd stuff for someone who had met with authorities and should be trying to keep a low profile.

Gilbert Arenas, who is at the center of a police and NBA investigation regarding the allegation that him and Javaris Crittenton pulled guns on each another, has been tweeting about everything from Peter Vescey’s article about him, addressing rumors about Shaquille O’Neal and his fiance’, to making jokes of questionable taste.

We’ll let you be the judge of what types of lines he may or may not have crossed, but we’re pretty sure David Stern wants this problem to get smaller, not bigger. By drawing attention to himself at this time, he is increasing his chances of a suspension significantly, much to his owners’ chagrin. Additionally, he really needs to hire someone to edit his work

So what did Gilbert Arenas do last night?  In the pre-game warmups Arenas, with the team surrounding him, pointed two fingers as if they were guns and everyone fell back according to the Marc Stein in the video below.  Say what you will about freedom of speech but the NBA is about image and that is not the haphazard, thoughtless image that Stern wants to portray.

“Although it is clear that the actions of Mr. Arenas will ultimately result in a substantial suspension, and perhaps worse, his ongoing conduct has led me to conclude that he is not currently fit to take the court in an NBA game. Accordingly, I am suspending Mr. Arenas indefinitely, without pay, effective immediately pending the completion of the investigation by the NBA.”  – NBA commissioner David Stern

Good job Arenas, you are Dumbelievable.

I don’t know what this news anchor wanted to say or thought he was going to say but it was our online video of 2009. And Thank You Sir!

Here’s John Stewart’s take:

Candidate for Employee of the Year

A south Florida Woman was late for her plane according to MSNBC.com.

A South Florida woman has been charged with calling in a bomb threat to keep her boss from missing a flight.  An arrest report said a 31-year-old woman was charged Thursday with making a false report of planting a bomb.

I understand why he hired her, she is thorough.  The airport received a call and an email with a the bomb threat, you know, just in case they didn’t pay attention to the first form of communication.  So of course they tracked it back to her computer.  Dumb, dumb, dumb.

From FailBlog

If he hits the car in front of him, he will be guilty by name alone.

Not these guys.

Hey look, the rich bank guys get the vaccine that isn’t available to anyone else but pregnant women and children. I wonder what would have happened if these guys were on the Titanic? Dumbelievable