Cleveland Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert Puts “Curse” On Lebron James And Miami Heat

All Hell broke loose in Cleveland on Thursday night. It is appears sports fanatics are jumpier than a virgin at a prison rodeo  over Ohio native son LeBron James’s announcement that he’s abandoning the city for sunny pastures in South Beach.

In Thursday’s one-hour ESPN special called “The Decision,” LeBron James announced to the world that he had decided to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers, who drafted him No. 1 overall in 2003, after seven seasons and join fellow superstars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the Miami Heat. During his tenure in Cleveland, James averaged 29.7 points, 8.6 assists and 7.3 rebounds and won two MVP trophies.

Clips of rejoicing fans in downtown Miami were simultaneously met with images of LeBron’s jerseys being burned in the streets of Ohio. Many Cavs fans are angry over James’ decision to turn the most important announcement of his career into an infomercial, but none more than Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert. Angered and betrayed by LBJ’s decision to leave for Miami, Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert accused the NBA’s MVP of quitting during the playoffs in a scathing public letter late Thursday.

Gilbert posted a letter to Cavs fans on the team’s website shortly after James announced his plans to sign with the Heat — and boy was it not pretty! In the letter, Gilbert called the process on James’ free agency “narcissistic, self-promotional build-up culminating with a national TV special of his ‘decision’ unlike anything ever ‘witnessed’ in the history of sports and probably the history of entertainment.”

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