Heat Co-Owner: LeBron James ‘Failed’ to Get Erik Spoelstra Fired

Without actually knowing the full story of what went on behind closed doors people have labeled LeBron James a “coach killer, ” while portraying him as a puppet master pulling the strings behind the scenes in order to elevate what he wants in a head coach.

This time, Cavs GM David Griffin said he didn’t consult James before replacing Blatt with assistant Tyronn Lue.

“When LeBron comes out there on the fast break, he’s so big and strong, he’s just going to blast through there and get an easy bucket or you have to foul him”, he said. “But what can I do about it?”

Blatts dismissal — hes the third coach fired on a team James has played on — led to some condemnation of the four-time league MVP.

There will always be those, and it’s a great conversation and debate among those who saw both play in their primes, as to whom was the best overall player, and the best teammate for their respective squads.

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) – LeBron James says the criticism that he undermines coaches is unfair. Which I did in Miami with Coach Spo [Erik Spoelstra]. Which I did with Blatt and I’ll do with T-Lue. “And at the end of the day, theyll still have their final call.

The Heat advanced to the NBA Finals in each of James” four seasons in Miami, winning NBA championships in 2012 and “13, the only championships of James’ career. I know integrity. I know knowledge. “I think that’s the way we want to play is fun, everybody gets involved”.

“I think it does suck that people want to throw my name in dirt for no particular reason, because of speculation or whatever the case may be”, James said.

“But you can’t worry about it too much”, James said.

Really. As I’ve said before, we all get into this no matter what happens. “If that’s what they want me to do, I’m not going to do it because I’ve got so much to give to the game.”…

6 … players in National Basketball Association history to start at least 12 All-Star Games, as LeBron James joins Kobe Bryant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan and Bob Cousy.

“Ty Lue comes in and one of the first things he says is…” “I don’t know about that”. It was LeBron’s second year in the league and the team finished the season 8-10 under Brendan Malone and missed the playoffs. A panel gathered to talk about the firing of Blatt, and throughout the course of the interview, Katz made quite a few interesting claims and has sparked controversy by saying James “made it clear” that he wanted Spoelstra fired while with Miami. Since Katz made these statements on the radio show several Heat beat writers have come out and vehemently disagreed with what he said including Dan Le Batard. Riley told James that Spoelstra is his guy and that firing Spoelstra is out of the question.

When asked about Katz’s comments, James said, “I have no idea who that is”. Yet McMenamin points out that Katz has courtside seats at Miami’s American Airlines Arena. James never had that in Cleveland the first time, and it looks as though he doesn’t have that this time around. If keeping Brown meant keeping LeBron, the Cavs never would have fired him.