It isn’t that particular head quote from Chris Rock’s Esquire interview that I found the most interesting it was this one.
Scott Raab: We thought he was coming back.
Chris Rock: Why would you think he’s coming back? People move from Cleveland to Miami every f***g day. They don’t move from Miami to Cleveland.
I think that pretty much sums it up right?
Chris Rock also says that he would have traded Lebron once it became clear he was going to weigh his “Decision”. The interviewer Scott Raab is doing a book on Lebron and is from Cleveland.
SR: We thought he was coming back, Chris.
CR: I said you should trade him. I said any owner, any big-ego owner would take this shot. You could’ve got any player — you literally could’ve got Kobe Bryant. You could’ve got any player you wanted. You could’ve gotten literally any player outside of Kevin Durant and Dwight Howard. Any player. You could’ve got any two or three players you liked. I said this on national television. You could look it up — you’re a writer.
I said that in the middle of the season. The day the season was over, I was doing press for Grown Ups, the movie I did with Sandler. They asked me again: “Where’s LeBron going? What’s going to happen?” I said, “Well, if he’s going to Cleveland, you will know within 24 hours, but if Pat Riley gets him in a room, it’s all over.”
I don’t know if he is playing dumb for the interview, but he seems clueless about a lot of things. Did Lebron really have Cleveland that confused?
I was telling people the day after he Lebron signed the three year extension, that if the Cavs didn’t win a title in that time period he was gone.
I am really surprised so many people actually thought he was going to sign. This is a warning to the Saint Louis Cardinals fans who just assume Albert Puljos is going to stay because he likes Saint Louis.
There is no more loyalty in sports. It appears only Chris Rock and I know that.
SR: Lebron tweeted that he was up watching Poetic Justice this morning.
CR: Dude, they’re on the beach right now, in sandals. And by the way, most people from Cleveland would do the exact same thing — would move to Miami at the drop — dude, I’m 45, I’m tired of the winter.