Another Bad Move For LeBron James and His Crew

It was really nice when ex-Cleveland Cavalier Zydrunas Ilgauskas took out a 1-page advertisement in Sunday's Plain Dealer in Cleveland thanking the city of Cleveland and Cavaliers fans for their 14 years of support ...

source:cleveland.com

Then a day later, copycat LeBron James placed a similar 1-page advertisement in Beacon-Journal in Akron thanking the city of Akron for their support through the years ...

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To My Family, Friends and Fans in Akron:

For all my life, I have lived in Akron -- and for that, I am truly a lucky man.

It was here where I first learned how to play basketball, and where I met the people who would become my lifelong friends and mentors. Their guidance, encouragement and support will always be with me.

Akron is my home, and the central focus of my life. It's where I started, and it's where I will always come back to.

You can be sure that I will continue to do everything I can for this city, which is so important to my family and me. Thank you for your love and support. You mean everything to me.

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Of course, LeBron James received a totally different reaction from the general public compared to Zydrunas Ilgauskas. If copying Big Z's idea wasn't bad enough, in his full-page advertisement, he did not mention anything about the city of Cleveland or the Cleveland Cavaliers ...

I'm not going to hit a man when he's already down. But why did he place a 1-page advertisement if it wasn't for the city of Cleveland? He left the Cleveland Cavaliers this summer, not the city of Akron. And why did he pick such a bad time (1 day after Big Z's ad) to do it? I really don't get it ...