The sports world had to sit through weeks of “experts” spouting off their theories about King James. Sports talk shows were drawn to it and so were the sheeple. He’s going home! He is going to Chicago! He is going to New Jersey or New York or Miami. And the reasons for their beliefs were, well, down right stupid. We had to listen to Mariotti, Stephen A. Smith and some other hack sports journalists tell us why it would be one city and not another. What started as an exciting free agent process with a lot of really good players like LeBron, Wade, Boozer, Bosh and Nowitzki turned into an avalanche of greed and self-importance.
LeBron announced he would meet these teams on his own terms and then have a one hour special announcing his decision. Really? All the great players of ALL TIME in every major sport and this guy needs a show. I surprised LJ didn’t contact USA Network have Jeffery Donovan fired, King James would be the new lead and rename the show Lebron Notice. No wonder the Cavs owner felt the way he did.
The Cavs are the home town team. All heart strings are pulling Lebron back but it isn’t about home being where the heart is. It certainly wasn’t about building a championship with a great young team like Chicago. If that had been a priority than Chicago would have made the most sense. Newly signed Carlos Boozer, Noah, Deng and super point guard Derrick Rose would have made for an excellent starting 5. But, he wasn’t interested in a great sports city like Chicago. Or maybe he just didn’t have the balls to come to the team that Michael Jordan built.
What was important was greed. What was important was playing ball with his homies Bosh and DWade. What was important were beaches, clubs, babes and no state income tax. After the decision it just made the whole one hour announcement a contrived dramedy. It wasn’t as hard of a decision as he played it. It was about image and getting to hang out in South Beach with his “Rat Pack” for 5 years.
Will they win a championship? It is possible if all three ball studs stay healthy and play 45 minutes a night for 82 games. The Heat bench will be unimpressive overall and they won’t be able to make any moves during the trade deadlines. It is the Three Amigos or BUST! And, keeping this team under the cap will be an amazing feat of accounting skills worthy of a one hour special but I have a feeling the Heat won’t have enough left over to support the Boys and Girls Club. Well, the team won’t but I bet Wade, Bosh and Lebron have a few extra shekels to spare.
King James is all yours South Beach. Enjoy! I don’t think you guys have a court big enough for those egos.
