If Calvin Murphy Says It’s True Then It’s Still Not Clear

I’ve held off on the “LeBron James played poorly against the Celtics because he learned that teammate Delonte West was sleeping with his mom, Gloria James” rumors because the Internet and BS go together like, well, the Internet and porn. EVERY famous person has died at least once on the web, and their are thousands of people with millions of dollars to give away. Anything that can lied about or profited from has a home on the net so news of one of the league’s biggest stars (and the summer’s most coveted free agent) shutting down because a teammate hooked up with his mom fell on skeptical eyes.

A lawyer for LeBron and Gloria James sent Terez Owens, the site that broke the rumor/story, a cease and desist letter that’s had no effect to this point. TO responded with “I never claimed the story to be true, merely a purported email sent to me..and that’s how I presented it,” and is still running the original post and updating the latest on the rumor. Outlets such as the Examiner and 1460 The Fan in Akron both claim to have a source that says the rumor is true. If you don’t trust them there’s former NBA player Calvin Murphy who joined an ESPN radio affiliate in Houston to share the details he learned from a source. This is starting to sound familiar.

The truth won’t be known until LeBron, Delonte, Gloria or somebody with a video of the affair (featuring Neal Brennan in the back taking notes) steps forward. That’s not happening. So the rumor will continue on its Tiger Woods like path.

People couldn’t stop talking about the “Here’s what REALLY happened” email about Woods’ post-Thanksgiving crash that circulated in December 2009. Former NHL coach Pat Burns originated the Calvin Murphy role of unlikely outsider to shed light on the situation when he spoke about Tiger on a Montreal radio station. Burns said his Florida police buddies told him Elin Woods hit Tiger in the face with a golf club. Tiger says it never happened but the rumor is out there and won’t ever go away. Same goes for LeBron, Gloria and Delonte. It might not be true but it’ll be impossible to convince the Internet otherwise.