The Next Piece of the "LeBron 011809" Puzzle Revealed
So by now everybody has seen this youtube video…
… and I’m sure you saw these photos.
There have been numerous stories all over these here interwebs about what this all might be about. Well, we still don’t know. But we do have the next piece of the puzzle…
While watching a video on the NBC/Fox owned site “Hulu” last night, an ad popped up during the limited commercial break that started much the same way that the above clip started. This one however went longer and revealed a little bit more of the bigger picture of these ads. It showed LeBron saying that he would sign with the Cleveland Browns. That was followed by a few highlights of LeBron playing football. He first leads the team out onto the field, then catches a ball, then blocks a field goal like it’s a weak lay-up, then does a sort of switching hand trick move on a defender that causes the defender to turn around as LeBron runs past him, then soars through the air to dunk the ball through the uprights. It then shows LeBron wearing a Cleveland Browns championship T-shirt (I wonder how the workers stopped laughing for long enough to take the necessary steps to make the shirt) as confetti falls from the sky. He is then approached by a cheerleader who speaks in a man’s voice telling him that the he’s going to miss the bus. LeBron then realizes he’s dreaming, wakes up, sees the guy yelling at him and stands up to leave as you see a TV with a Browns game on in the background. He then says a quick State Farm pitch as he’s leaving, but not before striking a quick quasi-Heisman pose.
Below are screenshots of the ad and their descriptions. Check them out…
LeBron at the podium.
LeBron about to make the announcement.
LeBron hold up the Browns jersey.
LeBron leads his new team out onto the field.
The city of Cleveland rejoices.
LeBron looks down the line of scrimmage at his QB.
LeBron catches his first pass.
LeBron blocks a field goal.
LeBron redefines "trick play" for us.
LeBron dunking a football.
LeBron is taking a confetti shower.
A cheerleader approaches...
...but was that a man's voice?
Yes. Yes it was.
LeBron must have been sleeping.
He's awake now though.
Yep, clearly a dude (who doesn't want him to miss the bus).
It was one of those "fell asleep while watching TV" dreams.
LeBron strikes a pose for the ad.
The transcript of the audio…
LeBron: After a long discussion with my friends and my family, I’ve decided to sign with the Cleveland Browns, baby!
(grand music kicks in)
Female Announcer: LeBron James is a god of the sports world!
Male Announcer: Lebron electrifies football!
Male Announcer #2: Unbelievable!
LeBron: Yeah! Number one!
Cheerleader: (deep voice) LeBron! LeBron, you gon’ miss da bus!
(music stops)
Clubhouse Guy: (behind camera) Lebron, wake up! Everybody’s on the bus!
LeBron (Voice-over): When I’m there for the best day of the week, State Farm’s there.
Clubhouse Guy: (off-screen) Let’s go…
That’s it for right now. I do hope to be able to put up a video soon. No promises though.
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So the piece that was revealed is that the Browns winning the championship is just a dream and ain’t never gonna happen? What a flop.
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lebron missed the bus? is that how the bulls beat them last night?
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Isn’t Lebron a Cowboys fan?
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Yup, Bron = frontrunner.
Yankees, Cowboys, Bulls, all of which dominated the 90’s… ie his childhood.
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“And that is somethin’ he ain’t neva eva eva gonna do again”…
//kris-krossed
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never heard of him
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Lebron was your #1 Dud from last night…
8/28 FG, 1/6 3FG, 8 TO, 1 loss.
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Bron is a Bulls fan, I think he tanked on purpose…
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I’m with john today, Lebron=dud
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Stud was JaJuan Johnson. 13 points 9 rebounds 7 blocks and the game winning free throws.
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Only 14 players played better than LeBron last night. That sounds pretty bad though when you think that there were only 3 games though.
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Yea, but how many of the ones below him actually played reasonable minutes?
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LeBron played 44. The guys that played better played 40, 25, 33, 39, 40, 37, 40, 41, 43, 45, 31, 46, 35, 43.
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http://blog.cleveland.com/andone/2009/01/spoiler_alert.html
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Well done GITC. One site down, twelve thousand more to go.
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S&F on the WWL!
+011809 to GITC
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Thanks, John.
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awesome. nothing can top the chris petersen to starkville mania, but this might be the next step.
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LeBron > Petersen
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gitc–I was asking minutes about the guys that did worse than him…not better.
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rek- That’s like 40 guys.
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shammy linked to this
i still don’t know why i still visit his site from time to time
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Lebron to Mississippi State? Whatever!
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I think it’s funny that every time Shanoff links something from here, he always has to mention that S&F was started in part, because of him.
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Astute observation by Henry Abbott at True Hoop on ESPN:
The guy sitting all the way to the right side of the picture in picture #2 is William Wesley (aka Worldwide Wes).
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gitc–I wasn’t asking for you to type them all out (although that wouldn’t be too much typing for ya)…just curious how many people played similar amounts of minutes and did worse.
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yup. S&F has invaded the big-time mainstream media.
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Like a good neighbor.
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welcome sponge!
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Tim Couch in the dunking screen grab! Yikes.
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that is a friggin scary avatar, TVBrain.
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I want to watch it now okay thx.
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Boy, my company does great ad campaigns. I still love their NFL commercial the best, when everyone is singing that Sunday song (it’s Friday, I can’t think of the title).
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Enjoy Happy Hour with us wont you?
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Not sure I would have put another AFC team in mix if that was supposed to be the Super Bowl, but still a cool shoot…
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Well, obviously it was a dream. The NFL would never allow a wide receiver to wear a number in the 20s.
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Devin Hester disagrees.
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no sae, lebron didnt perform well last night cause his main guys z and delonte were injured, and he was fighting a cold. its hard to beat any team (even the pathetic garbage chicago is) every time you face them the whole year, and while having 3 starters out, and while you arent at 100%.
and just for the record, it is 4:37 pm est, and michigan still sucks.
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Muck Fichigan.
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Lebron is the man, all you haters on here are just mad because he goes into yours towns and demolishes your teams. Long live the KING!!!
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Apparently, Lebron doesn’t like basketball all that much anymore. He wants to play football so bad that he’d sign with the Browns. Yikes.
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Ya’ll forgetting LeBron has the Cavs 20-0 at home and has almost as many career triple-doubles (22) as his age(24). LeBron can do anything and is gonna be this seasons MVP!
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dont leave lebron im your biggest fan i want you to stay in the nba…please i my dream was to play against you when i get there..can you teach me lesson ..sometime
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