Howard Stern - the LeBron James Backlash (Part 1 of 3)

[TSMontana]

This whole debacle was the product of Cleveland (and America) caring too damn much about sports. From the media coverage to the almost absolute economic dependence on a sports team...just bad all-around.

[mattster323]

Carmelo went to college at Syracuse.  Didn't do much in college. Only won a NCAA Championship.

[ShutupHollywood]

Howie Stern was way wrong on this. I remember Stern went nuts on his fans because they weren't willing to pay the Sirius radio fee and follow him on satelite. He was name calling and doing all that shit. When in reality Howie is a whiny little bitch. He always whines and pouts when something doesn't go his way. Stern needs to get rid of that wig allready.

[NY1love]

In the end, as an athlete in any sport, you only have so much time to earn money. Take all the biggest contracts you can get.

[drakez0mg]

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[TonyDanza4Lyfe]

I love Howard Stern. But this is why people who dont understand sports shouldnt discuss sports. The salary cap is there to keep competition even, not to prevent athletes from making more money.

[kentjimmy2001]

But when stuttering John decides to move on to another opportunity Howard threw a hissy fit and cried murder for weeks.

[godfather71190]

@kentjimmy2001 yep

[michelleajsmith]

too much music at the beginning..

[Huntington12345678]

LeBron's a bigtime douche bag. The End.

[simsimdabear]

Jesus finally someone says whats really going on... Hell yeah Howard rules!

[DOliver713]

Lebron is a Bad person? i like to know ur background lol...i bet he gives more to to other people then you probably give to your own...Stern Knows Exactly what he saying, listen to the whole 9 minutes with your mouth closed!

[rodthepimp]

lebron james is a bad person. stern does not know what he's talking about here.

[CQ1981331]

a whole 2 minutes of music u idiot

[viperlegendkiller]

im australian and fuck me there are americans who follow their team like a religion therefore they lose all logic and reasoning and cry when a good player like lebron leaves and vilify him for it

[ohrwurm]

Goddamn that Zombie song sucks shit

[rosihantu1]

LEaving Cleveland is fine but the way he left confirms that theguy is a douche. The "Decision" my ass.

[CQ1981331]

@rosihantu1 NY times called him a jackass cuz he didnt sign with the shit ball knicks

[CaptainCranch]

Melo went to Syracuse for 1 year and won a National Championship. Please don't talk sports Robin.

[CutOff16]

when i hear this intro at 6am and "Hello Everybody/Hey Now" at 6:02am better then 10 cups of coffee

[ovywan08]

there's nothing wrong with what queen james did...... this whole off season debacle is result of an incompetent sporting league unwilling to institute a salary cap so as to give every team in the league a fair crack at winning

[JonJon90245]

I'm sorry did Howard just say he was in tears?

[wtfthisisabsurd]

Melo won a national championship with Syracuse, Robin, you fat tub. And she's a reporter! Funny to hear Howard talk about slavery when he has tubby secluded in a box in his room.

[cbarrett34]

howard says, "lebron is a working man?"  what? he makes 100's of millions of dollars, James does, that's not a working man, a working man makes 30k a year

[ryanr20091]

@cbarrett34 working man can make millions of dollars 

[cbarrett34]

@ryanr20091 yeah right

[MrWorldbefree]

@cbarrett34 Your definition of work is different from everyone elses

[vitucci41]

PREACH HOWARD!

[lanee1967]

He sold out the people of Cleveland who supported him in the biggest way he could have. Labron deserves all the shit he got over leaving and then some. He sold out just like Stern did. It's all about money, not about the fans who supported them all those years. Of course Howard would defend him, they did the same exact thing.

[JoeyBieg]

@lanee1967 Lebron took a pay cut to play to win. You're clueless, he wanted to escape the cesspool that is Cleveland. And he's worth EVERY penny... to the owners, at least. Dan Gilbert (the owner of the Cavs) has lost nearly half of his net worth since Lebron left. An estimated 550million he's down. That's how much Lebron is really worth.

[station4hiphop]

@lanee1967 would u leave the Mcdonalds that gave you ur first job for a job with a better title with better benefits and a staff that can appreciate you? or would you be loyal to mcd's and say fuck the chance to broaden ur career? ppl see these guys as property and thats just being honest

[stonebridge999]

@station4hiphop

Not a valid analogy. Cleveland made this guy the face of their franchise, and offered more money than Miami. Miami's just a bigger market, a more fun place to live, and better team. I'm no Cleveland fan, and don't blame him for leaving, but he did it in the worst way possible. An hour long special dedicated to self praising and self promotion, and a big fuck you to the people that supported his career the most. As for Stern, love the show, but he knows dick about sports...

[station4hiphop]

@stonebridge999 its a very good analogy, he did what brett and many others did how about how owners do players in every form of sports, like the NFL... a guy can dedicate himself to win for the franchise to the point of having a head trauma, etc. then when he is of no more use they let you go. why do you think basket ball players are trying to negotiate with owners right now? Lebron had been needing help for years and the owner made no effort, keep ur opinion.. ppl are shocked cuz he was smart

[herbie0101]

Jeeez BIG shock, the dude who tucked his tail between his legs and ran off to satellite radio like a pussy backs KING NOTHING in his decision to take his high school diploma to south beach. The funniest part about this, is the fact that about 15,000 listeners heard this gay little rant.

[seanjohnam]

hear hear, howard

[markkickmark]

What I think the Cleveland owner resented, Howard, was that LeBron waited until the last week of free agency to announce on a live tv show that he was leaving Cleveland. It left Cleveland screwed because they could not sign anybody and he rubbed it in their face via the live TV special.

[JMBitchboy]

People are so twisted perpetuating how wrong it is for Megan Fox to marry Brian Austin Green! He doesn't have to prove anything to us. He's good-looking and has made a good living for ten years on an iconic teen soap opera. He's sufficient enough to take care of his wifey.

[martinishot]

Lebron is half way done with his prime years and foresaw no ring with the current setup.If someone like Jerry West were running the cavs he would have felf more optimistic.James wants a chance at a legacy,not just a big paycheck.Cleveland could have assembled a big three instead of Miami. Wasn't MJ considering free agency to leave Chicago until the emergance of Scotty Pippen and Horace Grant?

[cubanice7892]

carmelo didnt come out of high school.....stern knows nothing. hes an idiot.

[guitarguy7788]

i love howard 99.9% of the time. but i totally disagree here. not even that lebron left cleveland, he wanted to leave there that's cool. but the fact that he had some hour long special on espn to announce it, stab cleveland in the back, and fulfill some narcissistic fantasy of his, ridiculous.

[razorblade42069]

As a big Stern fan in the 90's, this wacked unfunny unentertaining unenjoyable nonsense is pretty much why I don't care to listen to him anymore.

[NDB1790]

Yes, honestly; Howard is a great man -- but he knows nothing about what he's talking about. He should have done a little research first. Just because you're King doesn't make you infallible.

[MIZIKE69]

AMEN HOWARD STERN

[kandyasss]

HIGH PAID SLAVERY???? Howard, Youre such a fucking high paid douch bag.

[tyrexden]

LeBron deserted his people. What if Moses had done that?

[DefianceMagazine]

@tyrexden "His people"? He never owed anyone shit and if you think pro players owe you something and that you could be "deserted" by them you need to get a life you fucktard.

[Rxycl3]

@tyrexden moses saved people lebron plays with balls. i don't think you can put them in the same category

[tyrexden]

If you're gonna simplify it like that, LeBron played with balls and Moses plays with stones.

[haymaker710]

I dont blame king james for leaving. Cleveland is a dump and the team sucked

[ROSEBOWL96]

Robin was wrong Carmelo went to college

[boshfan25]

correction robin, melo did go to college, just 1 year but he did go.

[bgbg884]

This one's not viewable on mobile. Switch it if u could. I only have a blackberry to wat

ch this!

[raptor512]

@bgbg884 I'm guessing it's because it's the only video that I put the "skip" buttons in. I just put those because it includes the whole intro and another quick discussion that doesn't pertain to LeBron. I'll remove those; see if that works.

[viperlegendkiller]

lol at cleveland pussies whining man the fuck up its pro sports lebron has a trade and he can go where the hell he pleases cleveland are only mad cause now their gonna suck for years lololololol

[nualbert41]

im 6 and a half minutes in and ive never heard so many fuckups: "high paid slavery", exactly what slavery ISNT. salary caps were put into place to make the league competitive. only lebron james came from highschool carmelo came from college. im a huge stern fan but he has no idea what he's talking about

[EazyTarantino]

@nualbert41 its not high paid slavery? these black kids work their whole lives to entertain other people.. even the guys who dont go broke by the time they retire are basically living meaningless lives and are making rich guys even richer

[brianorlando]

Who cares about this big, sweaty, high school educated athlete. The ONLY thing Lebron can do well is play basketball.......loser.

[Tywonneakatywonne]

WHO THE FUCK IS HOWARD STERN

[brianorlando]

@Tywonneakatywonne please dude......who the fuck is Lebron James...and who cares where he plays????? So sick of this bullshit.

[mattc941]

I'll admit, very interesting take on Lebron... only Howard Stern can come across and make some sense of it all. Lebron is a douche bag, but Howards is right, Lebron did his part, he doesn't owe anything else. Let him live HIS life. ... and I changed my mind how I felt about it several times but I think this is right.

[miamilife123]

buisness has no loyalty LJ doesn't owe cleveland anythings. IT's business!!!!!!!!!!!

[brianorlando]

@miamilife123 who the fuck cares?

[TheBeantown12]

Howard stern dosn't know shit about sports

[brianorlando]

@TheBeantown12 why would he....Howard actually has an education.....lol....which is more than i can say for Lebron James.

[TheBeantown12]

@brianorlando All men who are straight and dont kno sports are fuckin weird. what the hell do you guys watch, american idol or the hills. U dont need an education when your pulling in 100's of millions, and now orlando is known for mickey mouse now cuz lbj and d-wade just took over florida basketball. Dwight howard who?

[stevenyou]

is everyone who comes on to the howard stern show people who know him? i dont hear random listeners calling in much.

[S33P]

Maybe somebody know who's playing in the beginning?

[yudiputay]

LOL. What do you expect, his cash camel left him, anyways he's still an idiot, Stern nailed that one.

[Stanfordstandout]

They should really stop talking about things they have no clue about.

[raptor512]

@Stanfordstandout Sounds like he knows plenty to make an obvious statement based on pure logic. That's really all you need.

[Stanfordstandout]

@raptor512 Things like 'Carmelo skipped college to join the NBA' are embarrassing.

He's not exactly a sports fan and doesn't get the idea of a salary cap. The idea that's it's like slavery is ridiculous.

[NY1love]

@Stanfordstandout Its like slavery because the OWNERS OF THE TEAM THINK THEY OWN THE PLAYER! THEN GIVE HIM MORE MONEY! (My yelling Stern impression) They don't own him. They have 0/zero/cero rights to him!

[alex1vid]

@raptor512 I agree... i knid of like Howard's different perspective. I still think LBJ was as narcassistic as they come in the way he did it but can't blame him for doing what he wanted.

[creamphuff]

Screw you Howard Stern, you admittedly don't know anything about Lebron so why don't you shut your trap instead of trashing Cleveland. I know its the "cool" thing to do but you just sound like an idiot.

[PigsKillPeople]

@creamphuff It's not the cool thing to do. He's not trashing Cleveland, just specifically the owner of the Cavs and anyone who held similar sentiments about LeBron's decision. He's a grown man that can go wherever he feels and no one else has any right to be angry over a personal choice that someone else makes.

[creamphuff]

@PigsKillPeople "The people of Cleveland, shame on you." First of all not everyone is on Dan Gilbert's side. And its not just the decision Lebron made, its the way he did it.

And Gilbert's move was a smart move, shifting blame to Lebron instead of himself.

[yudiputay]

@creamphuff You mad?