BREAKING: LEBRON chooses Miami

[BlackHitachi]

I think LeBron has handled it perfectly. Forcing teams to put up or shut up. Miami is serious about this, I hope he goes there. Negotiations with free agents started July 1st didnt it?NBA Free Agents - 2010 NBA free agents - InsideHoops.com

heaven forbid he take a whole week to decide his future. Just what the heck do you want from the man? If there was too much talk about it before July 1 then blame the media outlets not LeBron. He wasnt allowed to negotiate until now.

AGREED!:up

 

[BlackHitachi]

Jock sniffer.

Classy to the end huh. Must be a pats fans.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Or isn't that closer to ESPN HQ/studios?

Greenwich is much closer to NYC than Bristol...

 

[Lkr]

After this, ESPN faces its annual crisis. This only gave them a month's extension.

They have to actually start covering actual sports which are in-season, such as baseball. Sports which do not get regular season ratings measured with 1s and the very occasional 2.

Reason #54085 why the NBA is just so much hype, and almost no actual sport.

ESPN covers baseball the most, so I don't understand your complaint. It isn't ESPN's fault that most people aren't interested in baseball as much as other sports these days

 

[salsadancer7]

Greenwich is much closer to NYC than Bristol...

didn't know....thanks!:up

 

[salsadancer7]

IMO, an excellent read:

LeBron James has gone about NBA free agency all wrong - Michael Rosenberg - SI.com

Your was good, but this was even better.....WOW!!

State of LeBron: Live at 9, from his ego - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Your was good, but this was even better.....WOW!!

State of LeBron: Live at 9, from his ego - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

You may be right!

My favorite part:

Team LeBron is having the time of its life, but has no idea the repercussions of what it’s done here. All that comes to James now is the biggest burden to win a championship that sports has ever seen. They aren’t making James a bigger star with this big-top, but a bigger target.

 

[salsadancer7]

You may be right!

My favorite part:

I thought this part to be VERY TRUE:

David Stern has long pushed the individual over team, marketed showy over substance, and LeBron James represents the manifestation of it all.

 

[meStevo]

Going to be quite the spectacle tomorrow, going to be hilarious reading some of the meltdowns on other forums and columns, no matter what his decision is. Will he return to his team after not being able to bring it a championship, his final game being among the worst of his career and as a loser, or snub his hometown on the biggest stage he could find by announcing he's not returning and going elsewhere.

 

[salsadancer7]

According to ESPN's Chris Broussard.....Lebron will sign with the Miami Heat! WOW...can it be true?!

 

[SabresRule]

Of the four teams leading the LeBron Derby, here's what I have come up with:

If he stays in Cleveland, he's going with loyalty

if he chooses New York, he wants fame and money

if he chooses Miami, he wants a title

if he chooses Chicago, he wants to 'fill the shoes.'

 

[Lkr]

His ego can't take Miami. He will be second fiddle to Wade, something he won't put up with.

 

[Lkr]

James' family and friends are divided over his decision to play in Miami, according to sources. Opinions range from understanding his desire to play with All-Star teammates, to feelings that he is selling himself short by joining "Wade's team,'' to concerns that by playing on such a power-packed squad he will hurt his brand even if he wins championships.

2010 NBA free agency: Sources: LeBron James leaning toward joining Miami Heat - ESPN
Quite the ego for this generation's Karl Malone

 

[Lkr]

While sources close to James insist that his heart is in Cleveland and that remaining with the Cavaliers was his preferred choice, they say he had concerns about signing a six-year deal there and ending up "31 years old, with bad knees and no title."

2010 NBA free agency: Sources: LeBron James leaning toward joining Miami Heat - ESPN

Story keeps getting better and better

 

[SabresRule]

I won't believe anything I hear until I hear the word from LeBron

 

[Jimbo]

His ego can't take Miami. He will be second fiddle to Wade, something he won't put up with.

Hmmmm,
Shaq and Kobe seemed to work it out OK.

 

[Jimbo]

Of the four teams leading the LeBron Derby, here's what I have come up with:

If he stays in Cleveland, he's going with loyalty

if he chooses New York, he wants fame and money

Already has that, ever since HS.

if he chooses Miami, he wants a title

On an All Star team, does LeBron even get credit if they do win ?

if he chooses Chicago, he wants to 'fill the shoes.'

I don't see this happening.

 

[Jimbo]

I'm wondering if ......

He's wanting to stay in Cleveland and is expecting the owner/GM to add a large piece of the puzzle shortly after, or even at the same Show that he announces his choice.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

I'm wondering if ......

He's wanting to stay in Cleveland and is expecting the owner/GM to add a large piece of the puzzle shortly after, or even at the same Show that he announces his choice.

The problem is, currently they don't have a lot of cap space....

 

[Jimbo]

The problem is, currently they don't have a lot of cap space....

Hmmm, that doesn't help now

Do players give back money to make offers to other players in the NBA, like they often do in the NFL ?