It's no secret that the people of Cleveland hate LeBron James. When he did the Cavs dirty with last summer's Decision, he effectively cut all ties with the town. And in the wake of that move, Cleveland has looked for its next savior and lead athlete. No, Grady Sizemore and Peyton Hillis don't qualify. Sorry, dudes.
However, at least one Cavalier thinks he's up to the challenge. From Brian Windhorst on ESPN.com:
It began at a birthday party for [Daniel] Gibson and Cleveland-based DJ Steph Floss on Friday night. During the event, two witnesses told ESPN.com that Gibson made a reference to being the new king of Cleveland during a toast.For some reason, this boast did not make LeBron happy. Here's what he said on Twitter:
OK, sure, whatever. I guess it is ludicrous for Gibson to proclaim himself the king of a terrible basketball team when he's not even its best player, but maybe LeBron should let the media do the work here.
Of course, Gibson caught wind of LeBron's tweet and decided to be the better man, as long as "being the better man" involves humble-bragging about your own restraint on Twitter.
In the same article, Windhorst notes that James and Gibson later cleared the air. And thus ended the stupidest argument in NBA history.
All was fine until LeBron James got wind of the toast. James responded on Twitter to Gibson’s proclamation:
Then Booby responded to James with:
LeBron countered that barb with:
Then Booby came back with:
After airing their petty differences to the world on Twitter, the two apparently got on the phone and ironed things out. LeBron then let us all know the beef with Booby had been squashed:
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