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Dan Gilbert Doesn't Regret Letter About LeBron In Free Agency, Admits He
Would Reword Language
Feb 16, 2014 5:09 PM EST
Dan Gilbert recently discussed "The Letter," which he sent out to Cleveland
Cavaliers fans and the public following the 2010 free agency decision of
LeBron James to sign with the Miami Heat.
"I would’ve reworded the language in The Letter, but I don’t regret sending
a letter out to our fan base," Gilbert said. "People forget the letter was
not to LeBron, it was to our fan base. If I had to do it again, for sure, I
would’ve reworded several parts of it. But I think it definitely needed a
strong statement from me at that time. I keep a couple binders on my desk and
I have a binder of the responses to The Letter from the people of Cleveland.
"There’s thousands, maybe 2,000 from every facet of life, from CEOs of big
companies to hand-written letters from 94-year-old ladies, from street
sweepers to policemen and firemen. The response went way beyond. For some
reason, it appealed to this generational Cleveland thing. If you want to talk
about books, someone should publish all the responses to The Letter. It was
like, ‘We’re from Cleveland and we’ve been rejected.’"
Gilbert added he did not expect the national audience's negative reaction to
the letter but does not believe it impacts how people view the Cavaliers.
Via Jason Lloyd/Akron Beacon Journal
Dan Gilbert最近談到"那封信"，那封寫給Cleveland球迷並且被公開
關於LBJ2010和熱火隊簽約的信。
"我會修改一些信中的措辭，但我不後悔送出那封信給球迷們。"Gilbert說
"大家忘了那封信不是送給LBJ的，而是給我們球迷們，如果事情重來一次，
說真的，我會修改一些部分，但我認為我絕對需要在那種時刻做出強力的聲明，
我還留著那捆Cleveland球迷對那封信的回應。"
"數以千計，大概有兩千多個來自四面八方的人們，從大公司的總裁
到94歲老奶奶的親筆信，從清道夫到警察跟消防隊員，回應超乎預期。
某方面來看，它就像全Cleveland這個世代的事情，有人應該公開這些
回應，像是: 我們來自Cleveland，而我們被拒絕了。"
Gilbert也提到他沒有預期全國觀眾對"那封信"會有負面反應，但他也不相信
這會影響人們怎麼看待騎士隊。
The Letter VS The Decision