You claiming Cleveland fans worshiped ESPN, your paragraph about Z practicing with the team, and the general tone of your post suggest to me that you're simply intending to incite angry responses with this post, or "trolling" in the parlance of our times.
Like the last few posters, though, I'll bite.
You really truly genuinely don't understand why we're talking about Z, a current member of our front office, in this media day thread, where he was present and photographed? And, more baffling to me, you really can't tell the difference between the circumstances of his departure and Lebron's, other than what you've labeled politeness?
You know there's a difference between "ring chasing" at the absolute end of a player's career and doing so just as a player is entering his prime. You know that Z was here for 12 of his 13 years in the league, unceremoniously traded in his final year here (though yes he was summarily bought out and re-signed here), was just about ready for retirement, and had absolutely no place on a suddenly Lebron-less, basement-bound, rebuilding team. You know that he professed his love for us as fans and the city relentlessly throughout his career, was vocal in his gratitude to the organization for sticking with him through his foot injury, and, however meaningless it was to you, published an apology for his departure while it was happening. Lebron, however, relentlessly tormented the fanbase, as we can see through hindsight, with constant talk of impending free agency, strict commitment to a noncommittal attitude towards to the team, blatant teasing bullshit regarding support for other cities' other teams, refusal to fully embrace Cleveland, perpetuation of a ridiculous bright line divide between Cleveland and his "real home" Akron, complete surrender during his final appearances in a Cavs' uniform, a plot to buttfuck his friends in Miami from years prior, and the most insanely self-fellating, out-of-touch, insensitive, highly publicized, and just mean-spirited departure any pro-athlete has ever made from any city ever in the history of pro sports.
How good either player was at basketball has absolutely nothing to do with it.
And posting pictures of Price, et al. wouldn't make much sense here, despite the love that the city still has for them, just like Z, because they weren't at Cavs Media Day, like Z was, being that he's currently a part of the organization.
But, again, I have no choice but to believe you already know all of this and you've just been posting these silly things to get a rise out of fans like me. And for that, I can only offer a hearty "well done."
