Are you seeing what I'm seeing in this picture? Is this a dream or a nightmare? Do I have to slap my face several of times to tell me this is reality.I'm a frequent visitor of CNN's Sports section, wherein I can read articles not ONLY latest news about basketball either NBA, US NCAA or High School but any sport of my interest. However, last Friday, October 5th, I saw this picture of LBJ wearing a NY cap and my initial reaction was OMG, was he traded to the NBA's New York Knicks? Wow, Isiah Thomas pulled one of the biggest surprises & lopsided trades in the history of NBA since as we all know LBJ was heralded as the heir apparent to his Airness, Michael Jordan or safe to say the next big thing the NBA and the sport of basketball will witness in the years to come.
Although the Indians routed the Yankees 12-3 in their AL playoff opener Thursday night, the buzz around town wasn't about Cleveland's offensive power surge or pitcher C.C. Sabathia's gutty performance. Instead, fans jammed sports talk radio lines and Internet message boards, crying foul over their frustration with the NBA superstar's traitorous appearance in the stands wearing a Yankees cap. There was even a signof "LeBron James. King of Nothing. Fan of Yankees. Get Out of Town" from a local gas station.
Furthermore, there were also fans who took this incident as nothing happened, just like Willie Watson of Cleveland said "so what if he wears a Yankees hat? He wins games for Cleveland" and "So he likes the Yankees. Boo hoo. Big deal. What's next? We don't like him because he listens to hip-hop instead of the Cleveland Orchestra?". Even baseball stars from both teams such as C.C Sabathia said "I don't think it's that big a deal" and Derek Jeter said "He's a Yankee fan. Why would that rub us the wrong way?".
I personally think what LBJ did is showing the public his personal choice on who he supports or a fan of, even if he's the face of an organization or the heralded savior of the luckless city of Cleveland, OH. We have to understand that before he became a Cleveland Cavalier he was already a big fan of the New York Yankees or why he wears #23 in his jersey as a tribute to his boyhood idol, Michael Jordan.
I thoroughly searched Google for any article of a blockbuster trade, checked latest news from NBA, but to no avail. I went back to CNN's Sports section, found out this article regarding LBJ attending a MLB AL Playoff series between the Cleveland Indians vs. New York Yankees last October 4, 2007 held at Jacobs Field, Cleveland, OH.
Although the Indians routed the Yankees 12-3 in their AL playoff opener Thursday night, the buzz around town wasn't about Cleveland's offensive power surge or pitcher C.C. Sabathia's gutty performance. Instead, fans jammed sports talk radio lines and Internet message boards, crying foul over their frustration with the NBA superstar's traitorous appearance in the stands wearing a Yankees cap. There was even a signof "LeBron James. King of Nothing. Fan of Yankees. Get Out of Town" from a local gas station.
Furthermore, there were also fans who took this incident as nothing happened, just like Willie Watson of Cleveland said "so what if he wears a Yankees hat? He wins games for Cleveland" and "So he likes the Yankees. Boo hoo. Big deal. What's next? We don't like him because he listens to hip-hop instead of the Cleveland Orchestra?". Even baseball stars from both teams such as C.C Sabathia said "I don't think it's that big a deal" and Derek Jeter said "He's a Yankee fan. Why would that rub us the wrong way?".
I personally think what LBJ did is showing the public his personal choice on who he supports or a fan of, even if he's the face of an organization or the heralded savior of the luckless city of Cleveland, OH. We have to understand that before he became a Cleveland Cavalier he was already a big fan of the New York Yankees or why he wears #23 in his jersey as a tribute to his boyhood idol, Michael Jordan.
It maybe a coincidence that the city of Cleveland had several previous heartaches from different sports like the Curse of Rocky Calvito in baseball or the infamous Michael Jordan buzzer beaters during the '89 & '93 NBA Playoffs and a 2001-2002 NBA regular season game against the Washington Wizards.
Well, that's all for now. Let's wait and see in their home opener against the Dallas Mavericks this coming October 31, 2007.
Well, that's all for now. Let's wait and see in their home opener against the Dallas Mavericks this coming October 31, 2007.
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