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Topic: LeBron & Nike Get Schooled

So Lebron James does this Nike shoe ad which cost millions so it seemed to be about everything BUT shoes.  In fact they make fun of selling shoes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdtejCR413c&hd=1

and some people got pissed

and some people got more than pissed

some people got even

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Video: Clevelanders respond to LeBron James
By Dan Devine
A week and a half ago, the question LeBron James(notes) asked was, "What should I do?"

The Nike ad spawned a series of imitators, from the minds behind "South Park," to Ohio Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher. And now, a filmmaker from the town that James spurned has created Cleveland's answer to James' advertised query:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvgD9HNTMkM


The note accompanying the clip on YouTube, written by the directior, refers to Nike's "Rise" spot as "just more 'narcissistic, self-promotional build-up' from a guy who's [sic] actions speak louder than his words."

It also responds directly to Nike's "look in the mirror" positioning of the spot:

"This is about the difference between the expectations others may have of him versus the expectations he has of himself?" Yes, we expected greatness.

Boom, roasted.

James and his Miami Heat will travel to Cleveland to play the Cavs on Dec. 2. Hopefully they don't let Cavaliers fans bring shovels to the game.


http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Video-Clevelanders-respond-to-LeBron-James?urn=nba-282886

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awesome

and not just on the real "GTFO Lebron" level

some guy took a lil free time and pimpslapped the shit out of a prima donna and a sports apparel gigacorp.
and if he can do it with the help of the internet and millions of people --who can't?

is there anybody in sports who is not regarded as a overrated blowhard hasbeen, by somebody?  Now that Anybody can be heard by Everybody, that somebody can be someone. 

How often will Nike stand fronting a couple million for an ad, and then get shot down?  It may be the end of the slick, so smart it stupid shoe ad.

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

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Re: LeBron & Nike Get Schooled

the last link has both movies and the article... easier ;p

so is this a big thing over there smile?
what happened before all of this ?

till the end of time..

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3 Reply by The Yell (edited by The Yell 06-Nov-2010 15:28:52)

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yeah Lebron was supposed to be building a squad in Cleveland to conquer the rest of the country

then he said he might leave

that poster they show in the ad, the big banner with Lebron with his arms like a T, that was all over cleveland for a couple months

people were begging him to stay and help them win, the owner, the mayor, the governor

he hosted a 1 hour show on ESPN, live, for the national TV audience, and that's how his fans found out he was going to play for Miami

he was wildly ridiculed for taking 1 hour of airtime to say what everybody says in 3 minutes with a press conference.

he says race is probably a factor in that.  Guess he never heard of Brett Favre

so now he's in Miami and he took three other good players from Cleveland with him

and he makes a dumb shoe ad asking "What should I do (now that I pissed you off)"


I guess Nolio could explain why he is really the Greatest Of All Time
Nolio is in Miami

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

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lol The problem with Lebron is that he has a bad group of people managing him. They dropped the ball on the press conference. Big time.

Oh well. In the end its a business and those Cleveland fans need to get over it. Its not that serious lol

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5 Reply by Elrohir (edited by Leroy Brown 20-Nov-2010 19:32:51)

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A player leaves his team to play for another team. lol! Welcome to the world of professional sports!
He might have done it for the money, would be no surprise.
He might have done it for the new challenge, could be.
Either way it happens all the time and it doesn't make him a less awesome player. Jealous and disappointed fans make a poor group of lebron haters smile


ps. the response video was a rather poor effort for a joke tongue

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Re: LeBron & Nike Get Schooled

AS ARE ALL YOUR POSTS!

I STILL MISS LEBRON IN THE NEW EnGLAND DOLFINS OR WHUTEVER TEAM HE WAS WITH

<@Nolio> Ilu was the man back in the day,he even made monkeywrench and arganon look good for half a round =p
<@iluvatar> it is my grandest achievement
<@Nolio> *half a round  =p
<@iluvatar> still
* Final_Doom is now known as Thanks_Iluvatar

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEVCjUG1Mww&feature=player_embedded

buuurrrnn

btw I got the plot of the next Xmen movie

Professor X and the Xmen must stop Rep. Charlie Rangel, Lebron James and Kanye West from forming a supernova of Black ManBitch SelfPity

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

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