Jesse emerges from his tiny car

The night that LeBron James announced he was sigining with the Miami Heat, Dan Gilbert, the jilted owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, ripped his former star in an open letter to fans. His words were a bit unhinged, but all along the where-will-LeBron-go? saga was such a circus, all it was missing was a clown. Right on cue comes the Reverand Jesse Jackson, who had this to say about Gilbert's comments:

Jackson said Gilbert's comments were "mean, arrogant and presumptuous.''

"He speaks as an owner of LeBron and not the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers,'' the reverend said in a release from his Chicago-based civil rights group, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. "His feelings of betrayal personify a slave master mentality. He sees LeBron as a runaway slave. This is an owner employee relationship - between business partners - and LeBron honored his contract.''

[snip]

Jackson also called Gilbert's comments an attack on all NBA players and said the owner should face a "challenge'' from the league and the players' association.