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Facts: 1. LeBron has a tattoo on his back that reads "Chosen." He has no rings. Nuff said. 2. LeBron led on a lot of teams last summer, when in fact he had already made up his mind to go to the Heat well before free agency started. 3. LeBron's decision to air his "Decision" was a debacle. He didn't even have the courtesy to inform Dan Gilbert before it all went down. 4. Instead of being motivated by the challenge of winning a championship as "the man," LeBron formed "The Heatles" and piggybacked on Wade's team to pave the easiest possible road to winning. Is it all about the money? No. Does he want to win? Yes. Is he gutless? Yes, IMO. Would Magic and Bird have teamed up to win a championship? Nope, they were true competitors. 5. LeBron is unoriginal. A talcum powder ritual before the game starts... Gee, where have we seen that before? 6. LeBron is an asshat. You can tell a lot about someone by how he treats people "lower" than him. 7. When LeBron realized that he had become a "villain" in the NBA, he pulled out the race card. 8. LeBron talks the talk, but does he walk the walk? Well, he does, if you count his crab dribble move. That's traveling, my friends. 9. Does LeBron owe Cleveland anything? No. Was he classless for leaving the way he did? Yes. 10. The GOAT wouldn't have been embarrassed and swept in the Finals. Comparisons to MJ are laughable. Granted, this one isn't really LeBron's fault. But it's still obnoxious. 11. I never thought I'd ever root for Kobe to win. Enter LeBron and his shenanigans.

I wasn't singling you out, RSSF. It was mostly JE, but you and Dipre were also taking shots at Ital and myself for disliking LeBron.

Nice. Ital and I are stupid for having legitimate reasons for disliking LeBron. Thanks for clearing that up, guys. It's not enough that we acknowledge he's a great player; we should also worship the ground he walks on. We've made it perfectly clear why we don't like him. Get over it, fanboys. In other news, Rose gets his first career triple double. About time!

Spring Training will soon be underway. The Pats are already yesterday's news, if you ask me.

Earlier in the thread, I predicted that Bard would be the closer in the postseason. I stand by that prediction. Francona will give Papelbon a long leash, but when push comes to shove he won't trust him in the most important games.

Hmm, since we're probably going to have that 2 day free agency period, I think I'll hold off on my list of overlooked players. No sense in helping any of you out.

Wow JE, have a boner much for LeBron?

Lackey doesn't really need to bounce back. His 2nd half (3.97 ERA, 1.22 WHIP in 102 innings) was very good. Burnett is as big a question mark as Beckett and Dice-K.

Exciting finish in the Bulls-Heat game. Rose and Wade were matching each other down the stretch. If LeBron had manned up and played, the Heat probably would have won. They said he looked fine in the shootaround. What a pussy.

Okay, the Yankees now have a very good bullpen, maybe the best in baseball. Still gotta have starting pitching, though. And right now their rotation is a mess.

I think Carpenter would have a tough time going back to the AL East. He was pretty bad there before. Halladay eventually figured it out in Toronto. Carpenter never did. Obviously, he's not the same pitcher he was back then. But he's also getting up there in years now. I think what Ben Sheets did in Oakland is what you'd get from Carpenter with the Yankees.

This is LeBron's biggest problem. He talks trash and builds himself up and yet he hasn't done jack. Run your mouth off when you win a championship. Great player. Not very likable.

Why don't we have the 2 day free agency period towards the end of Spring Training, in case players we drafted suffer season-ending or severe injuries?

Lee Smith should be in the Hall of Fame. Hoffman will most assuredly get in.

Nah, just had a few brownies.

In the Clubhouse thread, I added who my backups would be for each position. Figured it might be a good idea to let everyone know. I'm pretty happy with my team's depth.

I met Stacey King many years ago. I umped his kid in baseball.

Made it comfortably under 100 million. I'm actually below 90 million.

When the draft is over, I'll post a short list of players who I think may have been overlooked.

You'd still be much better off using a dominant middle reliever or setup man as the long man instead of a serviceable starter. Just one man's opinion.

Typical Derrick Rose awesomeness. The Bulls were sooo boring before they got him.

I understand drafting swingmen or potential swingmen but using starters as relievers? Brett Cecil and Ian Kennedy as relief pitchers makes no sense to me.

If I change my mind about the pick, I might "forget" I sent it to you.