Anyone gain a lot of respect for LeBron?

[Robert24]

Found it hard to root for him as a Celtics fan during his run with Heat, but have become a fan of him because of this move and his reasons. Any other Celtics fans feeling the same way?

[Who]

Nope. The opposite. Lost respect for LeBron leaving Miami.

[cman88]

He basically left Miami for a younger big 3 in kyri/lebron/wiggins (or kyrie/lebron/love) that team will be competing for years.

[fairweatherfan]

Nah, but I never really hated him in the first place, not the way I hated Kobe for instance.  Dude's got a big head and acted like a clown at times during the first Cleveland stretch but otherwise has always seemed like a decent person.

[GreenEnvy]

He set the bar rather low.

Do I respect him today more than I did, say, 2 years ago? Yeah.

He did the right thing I suppose, but he was only correcting a mistake.

[Monkhouse]

Lost respect for LBJ for LEAVING YET AGAIN!

"I won two championships, now let do it in Cleveland now that they got Kyrie Irving, Dion Waiters, and have sucked for a few years now."

I respect the fact he went back home, but HONESTLY...? Wade was left out in the dust, Bosh was still waiting, so you basically screwed over two of your teammates that clearly wanted to run it back again...

Home this. Home that. We get it. You want to put yourself in a comfortable position to contend, so you're hoping Kyrie Irving pans out, and Love/Waiters blossoms.

To me, it just sounds like LBJ took the easy way out yet again. There is nothing respectable about what he did... Wade was left out of the loop, and LBJ will of course look for a team to build around. Its smart, but Jordan/Bird would never do anything like that... They would never switch teams for the glamor/rings...

[D.o.s.]

I'm the other way around -- I've always thought LeBron was a genuinely nice person.

edit: I've been FWF'd!

[celticsclay]

no.. won't hate heat as much as I have cavs the last few years cause they actually have some real fans and don't have wade, but still very far from a lebron fan.

[CM0]

I've always respected LeBron. "The Decision" event was a horrible idea, but I completely understand why he left Cleveland.

I have no respect for the Cavs or the NBA draft lottery. The NBA is the only league that truly rewards consistent, horrific ineptitude.

[Celtics4ever]

MIA fans asked for this leaving early in the finals not once but twice.   CLE fans follow their fans even when they stink they have a twisted loyalty.  I guess MIA fans have the "next party" to go to now and won't miss him.

You have to respect him as a player.   As a person, none of us know these guys enough to answer, IMHO.

I wonder if this is enough to break the CLE Curse of bad lack though?

[HomerSapien]

Nope - lost respect. He took the easy way out. If Miami got back together and retooled to make a run at avenging their defeat to San Antonio it would have made me think nore of him. Instead he bailed for a better situation.

I hope a Wade led MIA team KO's CLE in the playoffs.

[rondoallaturca]

I never lost respect to begin with. LeBron haters will find the dumbest things to hold against him, but I've had no issue with anything he's done. The one exception is "The Decision", but quite honestly, I'd rather have that than the ridiculous media frenzy the past few days.

[bhbf08]

I've always respected LeBron. "The Decision" event was a horrible idea, but I completely understand why he left Cleveland.

I have no respect for the Cavs or the NBA draft lottery. The NBA is the only league that truly rewards consistent, horrific ineptitude.

Most leagues hand the #1 pick to the worst team.  I don't see how that is any different.  At least in the NBA, even if you suck on purpose and are the worst team ... you still don't get the #1 pick usually.  It can go both ways.  This year a team like CLE got the #1 pick and that seems absurd to have had 3 #1's in the last 5 years, but all leagues reward ineptitude at some point. 

[fairweatherfan]

I have no respect for the Cavs or the NBA draft lottery. The NBA is the only league that truly rewards consistent, horrific ineptitude.

Yeah, the lottery system actually reduces rewards for ineptitude.  If there was no lottery the worst of the worst teams would get the top picks every year.  Cleveland put together a fringe playoff contender - not good but not atrocious either - and just got lucky.

[Chief Macho]

I think Lebron is a very nice person,  I just hate everything about the way he runs his career and media relations.    He's comes off like such a Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline..