NBA fines Cavs owner $ 100,000 for comments . James , who joined the Cavaliers straight out of high school and played forward for the team for his entire career , announced his decision to leave the team during a much-ballyhooed ESPN special Thursday entitled `` The Decision . '' Gilbert 's letter described James ' departure as a `` cowardly betrayal '' Commissioner says Gilbert 's words were `` ill-advised and imprudent '' but he did not say what the commissioner meant by ``foolish.''
NBA fines Cavs owner $ 100,000 for comments . Gilbert 's letter described James ' departure as a `` cowardly betrayal '' Commissioner says Gilbert 's words were `` ill-advised and imprudent '' but he did not say what the commissioner meant by ``foolish.''