LeBron isn't hated just for the "Decision" OR The Splinter in my mind!

This fanpost isn't the greatest attempt at being objective nor is it just spewing jealous hatred at the Miami Heat, but I think it is how most of the NBA fans feel about the "South Beach Situation"!  I must give a full disclosure at this time before you read any further....I am a lowly Washington Wizards fan who begrudges LeBron for his supreme talent but only because I love watching NBA basketball and root for my team relentlessly!  I want to give some perspective to all who will listen on the reason I think everyone hates LeBron and the whole Heat team.....and it may not be what you think!  Jump

Here is a small sample of things that I've read or heard in the unlimited media that make people question the legitimacy of the Miami Heat's intentions..

1.  Made a secret arrangement during the Olympics.  This is a lot of hearsay, but the rumor and innuendo started here...

2.  Pat Riley arranging the Heat roster to dump all contracts....:

"Miami is expected to dump 10 contracts this summer, giving the team plenty of cap space to sign two maximum contracts and possibly a third All-Star if it can somehow unload Michael Beasley’s contract to another sucker… I mean another team." http://www.onemanfastbreak.net/tag/pat-riley/   The one thing I can say is it would be business suicide to dump all contracts if you didn't have absolute assurances that you can bring a certain someone's "talents to South Beach" along with Wade and Bosh!!

3.  Chris Bosh gives up in Toronto to ensure clean break from Raptors...

http://dimemag.com/2010/07/did-chris-bosh-quit-on-toronto/  Not a big deal to me but all leading to the assumption that the Miami Thrice was already in the works!

4.  LeBron feigning interest in going to NY to cover intentions of going to Miami... I can't even count how many stories about Lebron going to NY I've read or how many times he wore a stupid Yankees hat!  All a smokescreen!

5.  LeBron has an arm injury and loses playoff games against Celtics... This one I have a hard time believing myself, but for someone who is a physical scorer and pretty good shooter Lebron still did both really well.....until the end of games when he couldn't make a shot or dribble a ball (not even a crab dribble) without turning it over...http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/07/09/did-lebron-quit-on-cavs-in-the-playoffs/

6.  D.Wade,LeBron, and Bosh go on the Magical Mystery Tour claiming to look at their options... http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/commentary/news/story?id=5229374  I think the only place they didn't go and interview teams to play for is the Turkish team Allen Iverson is playing for now!

7.  The Decision is the ultimate smoke screen to deflect what is really happening...

"They wonder how he decided to announce he would honor Michael Jordan by giving up the number '23' this season, then joining the only team in the league other than Chicago that had retired '23.' They wonder how James and Wade and Bosh had talked for years about joining forces on the same team. How the three met in Akron a couple of weeks prior to the start of free agency and talked about where they could be together. How James met with Pat Riley of the Heat in November. How Bosh said at that rally in Miami that the two had talked for "months" about playing together, then quickly corrected it to say days".  http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/07/12/cleveland-fumes-over-lebrons-process-not-decision/

8.  Pat Riley orchestrate the biggest travesty in the League since the Lakers stole (was given) Pau Gasol and the Celtics were given Garnett and Allen without giving up Pierce.   

"The only way all three players could "choose" the Heat is if the Heat had enough cap room to accommodate all three players. Lo and behold, the Heat did.The Heat managed to trade Michael Beasley for basically nothing.  Beasley was the second pick in the draft two years ago, and they gave him away.  For all of their other players, they made sure all of their contracts expired at the end of the 2010 season except, of course, for Mario Chalmers.Had none of these players chosen the Heat, Miami would have had the worst team in NBA history on tap for the 2010-2011 season.  Quite a risky move for Pat Riley and the rest of his executive team.

Unless, of course, there was no risk involved.

Mike Greenberg of ESPN was asked this morning if he thought LeBron really made up his mind Thursday morning.  Greenberg said, "No.  I think he knew where he was going to go two years ago."

"I think the players agreed to do this back in 2007 and 2008.  I think that's why LeBron gave up in the playoffs last year, why Miami completely gutted their roster, and why the Heat have been madly trying to dump Beasley for weeks."  http://bleacherreport.com/articles/417864-nba-should-launch-tampering-investigation-of-miami-heat

What's really wrong with everything that I pointed out above?  Most of the things addressed out in this list are possibly just here say and sour grapes... What really is the problem?  

It's the premeditation and not just between the players!  And race is what not what stinks here!  I get tired of the race card, there may be some racial issues but that not what's bothering the majority of fans and pundits...  It was the Heat management and the elite players that came together and secretly arranged to create a superteam that's unmatched since the 80s Lakers!  The precedent has been set, all the elite players could now want the same thing for themselves.... A league of 4-5 super teams and 25 horrible teams doesn't sound so thrilling to me, no wonder Stern is talking contraction!

So, what is "the splinter in my mind?"  It's not the "Decision", that was just obnoxious!  

it's COLLUSION!!!  It's the fact that Riley and the Heat along with LeBron, Wade and Bosh circumvented the salary cap structure (it's not made to sustain 3 near-max players, just imagine if LeBron goes down with a significant injury, can you say 10 day contracts) and signed together to the detriment to the league(consolidating the best players in one place instead of spread across the league)!!!  AND David Stern and the league allowed it to happen!  Why, probably because of the enormous amount of money to be made!!!!  

This is the first time in my 20 years of watching NBA ball that I'm so angry that I didn't want to watch, but I know I will, just like everyone else............