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Since the Heat are my team, I feel obliged to say:
Multiple sources have Lebron going to the Miami Heat to play along with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
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Multiple sources have Lebron going to the Miami Heat to play along with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
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Lebron needs this ESPN special to announce his new team as much as Tiger needed tv time to apologize to his wife. It's lame.
If he goes to Miami, how are they going to pay for all their stars? I thought they only had another $28 million after paying Wade. Also, when they signed Bosh, you'd think that Miami would only have a few more million to fill the other 7 positions in their roster that are currently vacant.
If he goes to Miami, how are they going to pay for all their stars? I thought they only had another $28 million after paying Wade. Also, when they signed Bosh, you'd think that Miami would only have a few more million to fill the other 7 positions in their roster that are currently vacant.
His 'special' is just more of his typical self-indulgent behavior. And the press just lap it up. The tail is wagging the dog. It's disgusting.
Just saw P Diddy update his twitter saying 'Breaking News' LeBron signs for the Knicks... Few minutes later he calls it fake.
Personally I hope he goes to Chicago but him going to Miami with Wade and Bosh, be one hell of a super team to beat.
Personally I hope he goes to Chicago but him going to Miami with Wade and Bosh, be one hell of a super team to beat.
Taking a whole hour of prime time tv to announce what would normally take 30 seconds is seriously lame. I guarantee the major sponsors who are putting this thing on are making big money. It's always about the money.
So we are going to have 59 minutes of LaBron highlights and 1 minute of announcements with some buddy buddy schmoozing with NBA officials thrown in between highlight clips. LAME. I'll tune in at 9:59 p.m. see him with a Knicks baseball cap on and then go about my evening.
So we are going to have 59 minutes of LaBron highlights and 1 minute of announcements with some buddy buddy schmoozing with NBA officials thrown in between highlight clips. LAME. I'll tune in at 9:59 p.m. see him with a Knicks baseball cap on and then go about my evening.
All rumors are pointing to LeBron joining Wade and Bosh in Miami.
If he signs anywhere other than Cleveland or New York (in my biased opinion), he should get his "Chosen 1" tattoo removed.
If he signs anywhere other than Cleveland or New York (in my biased opinion), he should get his "Chosen 1" tattoo removed.
If he goes to Miami, how are they going to pay for all their stars? I thought they only had another $28 million after paying Wade. Also, when they signed Bosh, you'd think that Miami would only have a few more million to fill the other 7 positions in their roster that are currently vacant.
Apparently Bosh and Wade said they'd do what they need to do to clear up cap space for Lebron. I'm not sure about the actual numbers, but ESPN did a little scenario yesterday where it was possible for all three to be in Miami. That'd certainly be a heck of a team - hell, it's already strong with just Wade and Bosh, and if any coach can get three starts to work together, it's Pat Riley.
Either some of that new Big Three takes less than the maximum, or it won't happen. I don't think it's a good idea anyway, since the rest of the team will be scrubs making the minimum. I think it's very doubtful that they can win a title that way. Consider how many shot attempts each of them needs to make their 25-35 points per game. Now all three will each shoot that often on the same team? Even if you figure that each of them will be more efficient because of the threat that the others creates, it still doesn't add up. Wade and LeBron are both alpha dogs. Who shoots in crunch time? The three of them wouldn't be able to average 85 points per game combined because teams can key on them and leave the scrubs unguarded. And what if one of the three gets hurt?
I have no idea whether LeBron will play with Wade and Bosh in Miami next season. But I know that this kind of scenario is exactly what the salary cap is designed to prevent from happening. The league doesn't want too many stars concentrated on only a few teams. And common basketball wisdom doesn't recommend it anyway.
The only times such a thing has actually worked is in the Olympics. And that's a drastically different situation because the players only have to play together for a couple of months, there are no salary issues, and that's how other countries assemble their teams too.
all good points, but the olympics shows that they CAN play together. the three of them are apparently good friends, and have been planning this for a while. they might have to give up a few millions, butthey still be filthy rich, and what they lose in salary they'll probably make up in other ways if they become a winning dynasty (which is pretty much guaranteed if this goes through).
and as far as filling the roster, there will be a line of players who will be willing to accept the minimum (still a lot of money) to play with them (and get a ring or two in the process).
i am still thinking new york has a chance because of lebron's ego, but it will be a fantastic team to watch (and to root against: every other team will be an underdog)
LeBron's a free agent? No way. Why didn't I hear about this? Interesting. Surprised nobody's covering this...
This is one of those situations where we will never actually know what is going on behind the scenes. Is this all a product of Lebron's ego, is it media network hype, or is it the key people who hold the purse strings finding ways to make more and more money off of the athelete?
This could be Lebron making up for lost youth. Most big stars in high school get their college signing moment where all of the spotlight is on them and they play up the drama because they know what is going to happen, the decision is in their hands. Lebron didn't get that moment and while the draft is a dream come true, the decision wasn't really in his control. Having this special gives him the chance to get the moment he missed by going straight to the NBA and skipping college.
For me personally, it is what it is, another hyped sports story.
This could be Lebron making up for lost youth. Most big stars in high school get their college signing moment where all of the spotlight is on them and they play up the drama because they know what is going to happen, the decision is in their hands. Lebron didn't get that moment and while the draft is a dream come true, the decision wasn't really in his control. Having this special gives him the chance to get the moment he missed by going straight to the NBA and skipping college.
For me personally, it is what it is, another hyped sports story.
Playing together for a couple months like with the Olympic team is a lot different from playing a whole season, through the playoffs, and winning the title. (And I'm not saying I don't want them to do it, just that I doubt it will work.)
As a Laker fan, I still remember the last we tried to do this, when we signed both Karl Malone and Gary Payton to minimum contracts to give them a chance to win a title and assemble one of the most All-Star-laden teams of all-time. Admittedly, that team came very close to winning the championship in 2004, but ultimately failed because:
1) Payton was either never willing or not able to adjust to the triangle offense and couldn't contribute much because of it.
2) Malone was slowed by an injured knee late in the season, which got worse in the playoffs, so by the time the finals came along he could barely jump.
3) All of the Laker role players (outside of Shaq, Kobe, Malone, and Payton) underperformed in the playoffs, leaving Shaq and Kobe to play two on five on offense.
4) And most importantly, they came up against a Pistons team that was playing its best basketball of the season, somehow gelling into a superstar-less, unselfish team at exactly the right time.
There are so many obstacles to even a favored team winning the title. While a LeBron-Wade-Bosh-led team in Miami would certainly be an instant contender, it's very premature to guarantee them even one title, much less to call them a dynasty. Even the 2008 Celtics, who had two stars (Garnett and Allen) arrive to turn the team's fortunes around completely, had a core of solid roleplayers in Rondo, Perkins, Davis, Posey, Tony Allen, etc. Miami has no one of that caliber yet and it will be difficult to find them.
Let's say that it happens and all three of them are signed to play together for the next five years. It wouldn't just be this season that Riley would have to juggle incoming, cheap role players to complement the new Big Three; that would have to be done every season with a lot of turnover from year to year. Even if Riles can recruit some talented players to take minimum salaries to play there, it's an enormous number of players to change out in one offseason. I suppose if anyone can fuse them all into a team it's Pat Riley, but the odds are really against it. The media pressure on them to live up to those expectations would be enormous, but it would be a fascinating thing to see them try to do.
And if it does happen, is there any doubt that Riley bumps Spoelstra aside to coach that team? Isn't that inevitable?
Well, if he needs a big televised announcement to explain where he's going, it certainly won't be Cleveland.
Goodbye LeBron, I hope you never win anything outside Cleveland.
Goodbye LeBron, I hope you never win anything outside Cleveland.
Not that he would ever win inside of Cleveland either.
Not sure who is more cursed the Cubs or the city of Cleveland.
As a lakers fan i wouldn't want that piece of trash in our home! haha
what happend to the los angeles clippers wanting james>?
what happend to the los angeles clippers wanting james>?
Cleveland. Chicago has won stuff. I go by city.
46 years and counting. What makes it really dismal is that we have an MLB team, and NFL team AND and NBA team and still win nothing.
Unless you count soccer. The Cleveland City Stars (an actual professional team, though not a top division one) won the USL 2nd Division championships in 2008....and then the team died quietly last year.
He can go anywhere but I am guaranteeing he won't be winning a ring this year.
It's not about how many superstars you have. It's about how well you work as a team.
Lebron NoRingKing James can kick rocks.
SIDENOTE:
I have much more respect for Kevin Durant for sticking with his team and helping them to cultivate organically. Reading his Twitter, he seems like a much more mature player than Lebron will ever be. I see he wants to stay in OKC and I wish him much success.
...and Amare Stoudemire to the Knicks won't make a difference.
It's not about how many superstars you have. It's about how well you work as a team.
Lebron NoRingKing James can kick rocks.
SIDENOTE:
I have much more respect for Kevin Durant for sticking with his team and helping them to cultivate organically. Reading his Twitter, he seems like a much more mature player than Lebron will ever be. I see he wants to stay in OKC and I wish him much success.
...and Amare Stoudemire to the Knicks won't make a difference.
Yet you happily took Artest.
haha you got me
but he ain't no lebron james.
although he twitters a lot
