This guy must be crazy? Or maybe not.

Dan Gilbert is too much. I understand he is hurt because his former player and apparent man crush has left the building but if he keeps going in on him this way he will only further damage his reputation as an owner. What free agent will want to sign to play for the plantation owner as described by Jesse Jackson. This is an intelligent, very wealthy man involved in an industry not known for being scrupulous. His comments seem stupid on the surface. But what may really be going on is actually positioning. By undercutting the value of his own team he creates a dire financial crisis for his organization and appeals to Dark Overlord Stern for relocation based on the struggling Ohio economy and the NBA’s status as second citizen to football in Ohio. He plays the Schultz/Bennett card and shows Stern greener financial pastures in another metropolitan area. Paranoid? Maybe. But remember Gilbert draws cashflow from a struggling market. That is going to be further damaged by increased oversight and regulation. Say for example he approaches someone like Steve Ballmer and asks for a “deal he can’t refuse”. He receives an offer approaching the value the Cavaliers held while Bron was there, less 10%. But still higher in value than he paid. The team promises to try and stay but in two years after gross mismanagement departs. Sounds crazy right? That is precisely what happened in Seattle. Cleveland fans be wary of this man Gilbert. Painting your former star as a villain, could be the greatest cover up since Kaiser Soze, once he convinces the world that he no longer exists. Poof! Gilbert and your team could be gone. Don’t forget this man had close association with Kwame Kilpatrick and who knows what nefarious financial dealings they may have had, and how they may have impacted the economy in Detroit. Gilbert. Crazy? Or crazy like a fox?