Dave in Green Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 So LeBron gets busted when he fails to tweet congratulations to the Zips and isn't worthy of acknowledgement when he does? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Just because I mentioned it doesnt mean I was 'busting' him. I would have liked to see him mention Akron along with all of his other teams that won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 LZip, I get it. I just think last week's tweet exclusively calling out the Zips win over Pitt without mentioning any other teams more than offsets the Zips being left off this week's long list. After all, the Zips were 20+ point favorites to destroy EMU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Selling his Miami home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted October 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Selling his Miami home.Does that tuxedo he is wearing come with a generator and extension chord, or were those items rented separately from Mens Warehouse Hardware? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 New Sprite commercial features Akron. Lebron at the Raiders @ Browns game yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 LeBron is growing on me. I am man enough to admit I was wrong.LeBron, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 New Beats by Dre commercial all about Akron.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCOgaWSfxxs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 New Beats by Dre commercial all about Akron. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCOgaWSfxxsI like the little videos at the end of the commercial. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted October 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I have a brother who is an airline pilot and is home based in NYC. Had some celebrities on a flight he was piloting from NYC to Cleveland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I have a brother who is an airline pilot and is home based in NYC. Had some celebrities on a flight he was piloting from NYC to Cleveland.Beyonce and JZ (at the Euclid Starbucks), Timberlake, Usher, Kendrick, and Kevin Hart are all rumored to be here. I even heard Johnny Cocktail might show. East 4th looked good on ESPN at lunchtime. No Zips signs though. Seems like easy marketing for a limited budget. Pay two students to hold up an "Akron Loves LBJ--Go Zips" sign. I know, somebody left, or no budget, or too much else going on excuses to follow...Seems like they'll let any tool in, Bieber was spotted too. Photos by Fong, of the new banner. 10-story, 25,000 square feet, 1.3 ton display. 190 gallons of ink was used to print the 4 color bannerFusion Imaging printed it. Ranks in the top 10 banners in the world for size. A special pallet was built to house the banner for it’s ride from Salt Lake City to Cleveland – 1,785 miles over 36 hoursIt took 15 people just to fold and move the banner. New Nike commercial: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted November 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 I haven't had much time to follow the NBA this year so I'm a little behind the news. My guess is that the return of LBJ has turned the team into a butt kicking machine. They should easily go through the patsies in the Eastern Division and win against at least half the Western Division teams on the road. Any word on their progress? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 I haven't had much time to follow the NBA this year so I'm a little behind the news. My guess is that the return of LBJ has turned the team into a butt kicking machine. They should easily go through the patsies in the Eastern Division and win against at least half the Western Division teams on the road. Any word on their progress?Ask Bill Simmons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 LeBron is in the process of getting the returning Cavs players (Kyrie Irving, Tristan Thompson, Dion Waiters, etc.) to unlearn the bad habits they picked up from playing on a losing team. It could take a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted November 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 LeBron is in the process of getting the returning Cavs players (Kyrie Irving, Tristan Thompson, Dion Waiters, etc.) to unlearn the bad habits they picked up from playing on a losing team. It could take a while.Sounds like a "building process". I'm in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 When LeBron joined the Miami Heat in 2010, their record over their first 17 games was just 9-8. After a players only meeting to clear the air, the Heat went 49-16 over the rest of the regular season to finish 58-24 and ended up in the NBA Finals. So for me the first major checkpoint this season is how the Cavs are doing after their first 17 games compared with the 2010-2011 Heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 This week ESPN debuted the new program "Becoming", produced by Bron and Maverick. I thought it was very well done. Anyone else see it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 When LeBron joined the Miami Heat in 2010, their record over their first 17 games was just 9-8. After a players only meeting to clear the air, the Heat went 49-16 over the rest of the regular season to finish 58-24 and ended up in the NBA Finals. So for me the first major checkpoint this season is how the Cavs are doing after their first 17 games compared with the 2010-2011 Heat.They're 10-7, a little better than the Heat's early 9-8 record with LeBron. Next major checkpoint will be the final regular season record compared with Miami's 58-24. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 11-7 after beating the first place Raptors last night. Now on a 6 game winning streak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted December 26, 2014 Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 Incase anybody was wondering, scalped tickets were going for 280 a seat at lunchtime to yesterday's LBJ return to South Beach. I witnessed nothing but love for the King up and down Ocean boulevard during the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 Incase anybody was wondering, scalped tickets were going for 280 a seat at lunchtime to yesterday's LBJ return to South Beach. I witnessed nothing but love for the King up and down Ocean boulevard during the game.As they should. He won them two championships and took them to 4 straight finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 @DrZ, To me, it looks like the real winner in the article is the Cavs because they are going to break the bank with TV revenue and additional ticket sales. Even if the $50 million is true, it isn't that much money in the big picture. The number keeps getting used because it was thrown out there in the hysteria of LBJ leaving a few years ago and it has stuck in every lazy journalists article since.The City of Cleveland? I'd like to know how they actually measured the impact because the article doesn't say. What we do know is local government officials almost always overestimate economic impact when they perceive something good to be happening. Wait until they see the zero impact of the RNC coming to Cleveland and find a way to say it was actually a positive. They probably use a bingo ball dispenser to select a number and then tell everyone that is the number. Either way, $50 million is a small number in comparison to the overall GDP of the region. It is a number that impresses small minds because they think in millions and not billions. Even worse, the don't look at local leaders and wonder why they can't do better than hanging their hat on a basketball player to improve the local economy for a couple of years.Maybe t-shirt and jersey sales will be huge....congratulations China.What certainly has increased is the sale of poster boards and Sharpies for losers who stand on the streets of Bath with their home made signs.Congratulations Cleveland, your economic SAVIOR has come home. You guys love a good savior story.If only that 'Grate One' were still posting. Oh, would he be tickling his keyboard today.LeConomics (PD full article found here)Call it the LeBron James Effect. Or, if you prefer, LeConomics. They're the economic ripples James creates throughout the community simply by playing basketball in Cleveland. At The Q, where James has the Cavaliers looking like a legitimate contender to win the franchise's first NBA title, ticket sales are up. That means beer sales are up. Food sales, T-shirt sales, and parking revenue -- all up. The bars downtown, especially the ones the closest to The Q in the Gateway District, are having their best winter since, well, since James last played in Cleveland four years ago. Bar owners are reporting revenue increases on game nights of between 30 and 200 percent from last season.....continue reading more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Should be interesting to see all the numbers come in later to see the "Lebron James Effect"Scott Raab gives reason to hope highlighting Akron's native son's season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Should be interesting to see all the numbers come in later to see the "Lebron James Effect"Scott Raab gives reason to hope highlighting Akron's native son's season.Anyone read Raab's book "The Whore of Akron"? What a hack job. And now he's all happy again? If I was the Cavaliers or LeBron I wouldn't let Raab within 20 miles of the Q. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Anyone read Raab's book "The Whore of Akron"? What a hack job. And now he's all happy again? Most artists don't produce masterpieces every single time. I posted what I thought was a good one. Led Zeppelin released 'Coda'!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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