magicbalala245 Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Play for the Clippers. Really Artest? Really? Ron Artest did more than defend LeBron James in the two games the Los Angeles Lakers played against the Cleveland Cavaliers last year. In between possessions, he found time to offer some career advice. "Last year during the game, I told him he should come to L.A., to the Clippers," Artest said. "I just think it'd be cool to have that competition [between the Lakers and Clippers]. "He's a great player. He'd make anybody better. You give him five old ladies and he's going to make them better." Artest was kidding, kind of. As the case always is whenever Artest pontificates on a subject that doesn't really pertain to him, there were multiple layers to his sentiments. "I really thought he should've went there [to the Clippers]," Artest said. "They have a great team, but I don't know if he was thinking like that." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 That was where I thought he'd go too, but thankfully I was wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YugoRocketsFan Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) Why would anyone go to the Clippers? The Lakers own that city and with the amount of Clipper fans LeBron would hate not having the spotlight. Edited January 16, 2011 by Yugo the Impaler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdog17k Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 ^ Idk, LeBron, Gordon, and Griffin could have been nasty. It could have done wonders for the Lakers/Clippers rivalry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Check my Stats Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 LeBron stealing LA from Kobe would have been awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Swish* Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Clippers and Bulls would of been the BEST fit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRV Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) It wouldn't have worked. The amount of people that hate Lebron because he steals Kobe's spotlight is incredible. Him playing in the same arena, for the [expletive]tier team would not only have made him hated around the entire country, but on his own home floor. I am pretty sure most Clippers fans are just Lakers fans who can't afford tickets to a Lakers game so they just watch the Clippers. Clippers and Bulls would of been the BEST fit Obviously not. You can't get a better fit than playing along side Wade and Bosh. Edited January 16, 2011 by SRV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Clippers and Bulls would of been the BEST fitAnything besides Miami would have been a better fit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newman Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Gordon, LeBron and Griffin may just be the same as Wade, LeBron and Bosh in my opinion. Then you have guys like Baron Davis, DeAndre Jordan and Chris Kaman as well as other nice role players and the Clippers team is a definite top 3 team in the West. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Check my Stats Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 It wouldn't have worked. The amount of people that hate Lebron because he steals Kobe's spotlight is incredible. Him playing in the same arena, for the [expletive]tier team would not only have made him hated around the entire country, but on his own home floor. I am pretty sure most Clippers fans are just Lakers fans who can't afford tickets to a Lakers game so they just watch the Clippers. Considering the Clipper's attendance is already close to 90% capacity on average, they would have had no problem filling up the arena with Clipper fans with LBJ wearing their jersey. I just don't think LBJ wanted to wait for the likes of Gordon and Griffin, despite them being way better than we might have expected, that doesn't mean they know how to win yet. New York and Chicago are the two places that LBJ should have gone, both in terms of fit and preserving his legacy. I don't think it matters where he goes though, either way he was going to get backlash because of both the decision, as well as all the teams he basically [expletive] teased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRV Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Yea, Gordon, Lebron, Baron, and Griffin would have been nice. It didn't happen though. I am sure if Lebron had known that Griffin would have helped the Clippers in terms of media attention and attendance, he would have gone there....but he had no idea. At the time, your choice was go to Miami with Wade and Bosh, a rebuilding Knicks team, a young Clippers team, or the Bulls. Really it probably came down to Chicago and Miami. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Swish* Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Anything besides Miami would have been a better fitnot true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 It wouldn't have worked. The amount of people that hate Lebron because he steals Kobe's spotlight is incredible. Him playing in the same arena, for the [expletive]tier team would not only have made him hated around the entire country, but on his own home floor. I am pretty sure most Clippers fans are just Lakers fans who can't afford tickets to a Lakers game so they just watch the Clippers. ROFL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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