fredag, juli 30, 2010

Balls of steel

As most of you know, I follow the NBA quite closely. Every year there are free agents (players without contracts) who try to make the most out of their opportunities and increase their salary.
This year, one of the biggest starts of the game, LeBron James was a free agent and opted to go to the Miami Heat, leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers and their fans devastated and with a, to say the least, mediocre team.
The owner of the Cavaliers was fined 100.000$ for his comments about LeBron and within hours there was a fund raising money for the fine. The money was chipped in by Cleveland residents who supported Dan Gilbert the owner and what he said.
The HUGE Nike banner with LeBron on it that was seen in downtown Cleveland was also brought down shortly after the news.

I think you get the idea of how the people of Cleveland feel about LeBron James right now. So for a guy to go to the Cleveland Indians baseball game wearing not only a LeBron jersey, but a LeBron MIAMI HEAT #6 jersey takes one set of huge balls.
He was heckled throughout the game and was eventually escorted out for security reasons.
Maybe not the smartest of moves, I think he lost a bet or something. The article is here if you want to read it.