BREAKING: LEBRON chooses Miami

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cosmo_kramer said:
I saw a post somewhere that SAS was the first to proclaim this, back on June 28.
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Back in November of 2008, Bill Simmons brought up the idea of them playing together, but in NY:

The Summer of 2010 (it sounds like a blockbuster movie) ties everything we love about that goofy underbelly into one neat package. You have teams killing themselves to clear cap space. You have rumors galore. You have a staggering number of star free agents who might be available (including Wade and LeBron, who only has a chance to become the best player of all time), as well as some crucial markets in the hunt (including New York, the league's signature city). That summer could rewrite the following 10 years of the league. It really could. If LeBron signed with the Knicks in the prime of his career, that would be the single biggest transaction in the history of the league. And if LeBron, Wade and Bosh really did make that China pact to play in New York? The significance can't be calculated. I don't know if we can discuss it enough.

(In fact, I think ESPN should jump on this story like ABC jumped on the Iran Hostage Crisis with "Nightline." I vote for a daily afternoon show called "Toyota's Summer of 2010" hosted by Matt Winer, Tim Legler, Jalen Rose and Tim Hardaway in his dramatic return to TV. Every day, they could just rehash the latest rumors and interview Marc Stein and Ric Bucher by the Sony VideoPhone. Once a week, Chad Ford could give us the latest from Hawaii via OnStar Satellite while wearing one of Thomas Magnum's old shirts. EA Sports could simulate mock "NBA Live" games with Wade and LeBron on various teams. And so on. Would I TiVo this show? Absolutely! Speaking of TV ...)
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Sports Guy Bill Simmons gets in his NBA reps - ESPN Page 2
 
The Heat can get role players to help the big three. Now should the three unite in Miami they are much better than the three in Boston. Look at age and health alone. Most important unlike Garnett in Boston these three will not disappear in fourth quarter or not be willing to take over a game.

I live in Minnesota and as stated before on here I was happy when Garnett left. He is over paid and over rated.

Hating someone for want to win is just wrong.
 
Big Dawg 23 said:
The Heat can get role players to help the big three. Now should the three unite in Miami they are much better than the three in Boston. Look at age and health alone. Most important unlike Garnett in Boston these three will not disappear in fourth quarter or not be willing to take over a game.

I live in Minnesota and as stated before on here I was happy when Garnett left. He is over paid and over rated.

Hating someone for want to win is just wrong.
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Thanks, he's welcome here!! :clap
 
Big Dawg 23 said:
The Heat can get role players to help the big three. Now should the three unite in Miami they are much better than the three in Boston. Look at age and health alone. Most important unlike Garnett in Boston these three will not disappear in fourth quarter or not be willing to take over a game.

I live in Minnesota and as stated before on here I was happy when Garnett left. He is over paid and over rated.

Hating someone for want to win is just wrong.
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Kevin Garnett never did what LeBron did in game 5 against the Celtics. Which is flat out quit.

Garnett was simply awesome for the Celtics until his knee got messed up. I've never seen a player play with intensity or drive that Garnett does.
 
I was thinking about making this a thread but there are enough out there already.

Today listening on a national radio show, the host put out there that if Lebron makes his national TV announcement that he is leaving thre Cavs does that make him instantly a hated man in ohio

The host even put out does he become the new "Art Model"

What do those from ohio think about this??
 
HD MM said:
Re: LeBron, Bosh to Miami with Wade...

It could create a dangerous precedent that I don’t want to see become the trend. Rather than doing what Cleveland did, and try to improve your team to make your superstar happy, now teams might see a better plan of attack be to actually destroy your roster and slash all salary and bottom out your team just to add a couple stars who are incapable of winning a title on their own.

Rather than seeing teams try to more or less build their roster organically like Cleveland, Chicago, Portland, Oklahoma City, etc have done, we might begin to see more shameful displays of self-sabotage like New York and Miami pulled off. It could become a league of arms races. What has always been a sport about spreading out the stars so every team could keep their own stars and build around them will become a league of tampering and collusion.

The NBA has always been about rivalries. Going all the way back to Wilt vs Russell up to Bird vs Magic or Jordan vs everyone. It was Lakers-Celtics, Celtics-Sixers, Pistons-Celtics, Bulls-Pistons, Lakers-Blazers, Lakers-Kings, etc. We lived for epic battles betweens teams and superstars who didn’t want to join up together, but wanted to compete and beat each other. That sentiment seems to be gone. If LeBron does follow through and head to Miami, it changes much about the way I thought about the NBA.
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Major League baseball has done this for years....and tell me HOW many DIFFERENT teams have won the World Series OTHER than the Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox, Braves, Phillies, Mets and Angels ?
 
HD MM said:
Look man, you maybe right. But let me at least heal from this s* if it does indeed go down. I'm sorry, but I'm too damn pissed to praise ANYONE right now or predict how they will make their team better. As far as I'm concerned I'm going to root for them all to fail miserably, especially LeBron! (if he goes to Miami) :) :mad:
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OK....BEFORE you heal....let's make sure he actually goes 1st. This might be ALL for nothing.
 
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salsadancer7 said:
Major League baseball has done this for years....and tell me HOW many DIFFERENT teams have won the World Series OTHER than the Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox, Braves, Phillies, Mets and Angels ?
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Angels? We only have one title
 
salsadancer7 said:
BUT it is a market with ALOT of money. THAT is my point.;)
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The team that won didn't have a high payroll, nor were they by any means that popular in the area(although there were front runners of course)

Script from ESPN for tonight has been leaked:
"On July 8th, 1776 the Declaration of Independence was read aloud for the 1st time and the now iconic Liberty Bell was rung. On July 8th, 2010 LeBron James will declare which NBA team he will play for next thus ringing a bell all throughout the sports universe. Will he declare his independence from Cleveland or will he write a new constitution elsewhere? Stu Scott, Michael Wilbon comin' at cha live from the Boys and Girls Club in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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