By Migs Cortez
You just aren't going to let this go, are you?
Reports have emerged that Cleveland Cavaliers owned Dan Gilbert has decided to throw yet another liter of petrol into an already profusely burning flame surrounding Lebron James' move from Akron to South Beach. Gilbert has pumped in hundreds and thousands of dollars into investigating whether James and the Miami Heat broke league protocol concerning the aforementioned player's transfer.
On one hand, Gilbert has a valid bone to pick. The rules are the rules, and any sort of collusion between team officials and players prior to the proverbial "hunting season" coming along is a big no-no. On the other hand, Gilbert really does have a penchant for drama, with all of this information concerning an investigation, etc., coming on the cusp of Lebron's return to Quicken Loans Arena this week. A few months ago, Gilbert was fined $100,000 by NBA Commissioner David Stern for his high-schoolish open letter which bashed James and basically egged Cavaliers fans to believe that they could metamorphose into a title team by paragraph number three. Apart from having a penchant for drama, Gilbert also does seem to have a ton of resentment for James, whom he claims to have betrayed the fans of Ohio in, seemingly, an almost American-in-Al Qaeda fashion.
In a way, I think that the only collusion that is obviously going on now is the collusion between Gilbert and the media. Certain things, in my estimation, have become grossly overblown. James is in Miami, the trade's been done, and if an investigation is set to happen, then so be it. At the end of the day, though, this is still about basketball, and so, we should focus on just that.
So yes, let this Lebron thing go, Gilbert, even a little bit. At the same time, you are free to stick to what you believe in- just do it quietly.
-MC-
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