LeBron's post game press conference. (merged)

[indeedproceed]

Questions about whats said to C's, plans for off season, elbow (screw that elbow.)

Emphasized elbow not an excuse. Said nobody is 100% at this point in season.

[indeedproceed]

Says this playoffs is a lot like last playoffs (when he didn't shake hands)

Very much against talking about contract situation. Still saying he's focused on the cavs, but it is really, really vague. About the Elbow, about everything.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Much better press conference so far than the last one. The last one was quite pathetic.

[Kiorrik]

I love that he basically had no reply to the "with all due respect it seems that a large part of you was missing". His reply was "... yeah... well... I got a lotta time to think about that now."

[Rondo_is_better]

I like how the reporters are desperately trying to get him to say the elbow was a huge factor. They're like, "please? PLEASE?? BLAME THE ELBOW PLEASE!!11!1!1 WE CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU!!1!"

[twinbree]

I like how the reporters are desperately trying to get him to say the elbow was a huge factor. They're like, "please? PLEASE?? BLAME THE ELBOW PLEASE!!11!1!1 WE CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU!!1!"

That cracked me up. He was basically saying with all due respect I know it's your body and all but I know better.

[indeedproceed]

LeBron emphasized Boston's coaching staff had a good game plan, Cleveland did not.

Says they had good game plans going into games, but could've made better adjustments.

Focused on TO's trying hard to focus on the game, says nothing to hang his head about.

Overall, honestly, and I did hate LeBron this season...but classy presser. You could tell he was messed up about the game, and that is the right response for a guy who cares about his team.

[cons]

I'd like to hear his response to, "Congratulations, LeBron! You have achieved your ultimate goal : To become a free agent.  Nice work! How does it feel? Are you going to Disneyland?"

[Celtic]

I'd like to hear his response to, "Congratulations, LeBron! You have achieved your ultimate goal : To become a free agent.  Nice work! How does it feel? Are you going to Disneyland?"

HaHa, TP.

Contrary to what he was trying to say, I think free agency was objective number one for Lebron for much of the season and the playoffs.

[FallGuy]

LeBron emphasized Boston's coaching staff had a good game plan, Cleveland did not.

Says they had good game plans going into games, but could've made better adjustments.

Focused on TO's trying hard to focus on the game, says nothing to hang his head about.

Overall, honestly, and I did hate LeBron this season...but classy presser. You could tell he was messed up about the game, and that is the right response for a guy who cares about his team.

Yeah, a lot of people have buried him the last few days. And if we find out he actually was hurt, he'll look okay in retrospect. Except for that boneheaded comment about three bad games.

[Rida]

I consider myself a rather cynical individual. I hated Lebron going into this series but I strangely found myself feeling sorry for him when the game was over.  It was a really strange emotion because I just didn't think I had it in me.

On to his post game press conference. He really made me feel even more sorry for him, he was squirming he looked uncomfortable, he actually admitted for the first time that his elbow was hurting, he used a thinly veiled reference of "we could have stuck to the gameplan more and made better adjustments" to basically say Mike Brown sucks as a coach.

Then he ruined it with one sentence "Im proud of how we played as a team, we left it all out there"

Really? Thats leaving it all out there? Not fouling rondo or ray with over a minute left in a 9 pt game. Then Mo Williams trots the ball up the court, and the sequence ends with Varejao shooting a 3.  Thats what leaving it all out on the court is.

I'm sorry but ESPN can talk about his elbow and all that, but clearly he has a warped sense of what it takes to win a championship if he thinks that was his teams all.

That what separates him from Jordan and even, as I hate to admit it Kobe.

They have talent equal to his, but they have more passion, fire and drive then he will ever have.

Thats the truth, the next team he goes to, will have a 60 win season, but they will continue to choke, because quite frankly you can't teach that fire, that intensity and that appreciation of what it takes to win.

The C's had it, Lebron doesn't and never will.

They quit because their leader quit. Lebron

[PosImpos]

I feel pretty sure that LeBron is leaving after watching the press conference.  Man, is he unhappy right now.  It was plastered all over his face.

[GreenFaith1819]

I must say I feel sorry for him. In retrospect, I blame the media mostly for the Disrespect towards Boston. There was some smugness towards Boston from Lebron, but not as much as say ESPN, IMO.

At least he manned up and shook hands and hugged some players this time.

I wish Lebron James the best - just not at our expense.

[Roy Hobbs]

At least he manned up and shook hands and hugged some players this time.

Yeah, Lebron did everything right after Game 6 (as opposed to in the past against Orlando and Boston).  I wonder if it's because he knew this was his last game in Cleveland, and he didn't want it to be remembered for him being a jerk.

[FallGuy]

At least he manned up and shook hands and hugged some players this time.

Yeah, Lebron did everything right after Game 6 (as opposed to in the past against Orlando and Boston).  I wonder if it's because he knew this was his last game in Cleveland, and he didn't want it to be remembered for him being a jerk.

Or perhaps he's been humbled by four consecutive playoff losses shy of his goal. He'd have to be, right?