The headline that ran on ESPN's bottom line read "Mo Williams Considered Retirement this Summer After LeBron's Decision". This headline is where I got my headline from because that is how I interpreted it. Was a mis-quote? Could have been. But the reporter cliams that it was not. Here is the exchange via Tweet, you be the judge.
Williams. "Just need to put this out there to all my fans about the yahoo story about me retiring, sense it's getting a little out of hand. I was misquoted or misunderstood however u want to put it. I will clear everything up Monday on media day. I was never considering walking away rt now. And especially because lbj left. It made a good story though. Though u know I will never walk away prematurely before my contract is up"
Unfortunately for Williams, here is Marc J. Spears, the Yahoo Sports reporter who wrote the story, Tweet. "Say it aint so @mogotti2 . Got interview taped so didnt misquote u. never worth ruining rep & job to do that. More than welcome to call me.:)"
As a journalist, I find Spears comments hilarious. He covered all of his bases and I would not be surprised if Williams never calls him. But it's alright Mo. I'm sure when you first started off-season workouts and saw an aging Antawn Jameson, no Lebron, No Big Z and the constent disappointment that is Anderson Verajao's hair. It would be easy for one to think "Man, I'm the go-to-guy in this group. I'm not even that good. What was the front office thinking?!" and call it quits. It's like Jason Bourne was kicking another CIA agent's ass in the Bourne Identity and after the agent realized that he could not defeat Jason, he jumped out the window killing himself. A little extreme comparison, but the post-LeBron Cleveland era, is full of extreme rhetoric, so when in Rome.
However Mo, we already knew that you were pretty much a product of being the open guy when LeBron got doubled teamed. All I have to say is have fun trying to win a championship in Cleveland. A matter of fact, have fun trying to put a respectable basketball team on the floor that' season goal should be to finish .500, but that may be a little high for you guys. Maybe you should retire to save yourself some embarrassment because if this is the guy (image below) you're going to be relying on, its going to be a long season. Enjoy the Cleveland winter, going to be a long one. Tell Dan Gilbert hello and best regards from South Beach.
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