Source: LeBron starts process of evaluating suitors

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

He should just change the game and sign nothing but 1 year contracts so he can go to the most stacked team every year, be a free agent every summer, and skate the moment it appears things aren't ridiculously stacked in his favor...this whole "team" concept could be an outdated relic like the album in these itunes singles driven days...it'd be like a fantasy draft every year...he'd be such a revolutionary and a civil rights pioneer

Lol, the problem is this would only work for him.

Everybody else needs that security of a long term deal. They could turn into Rashard Lewis after that ink dries.

 

[FAH1223]

As a Kobe stan and a 80s baby and someone who just grew up with Jordan basically ruining every other star player's legacy with complete domination and the attitude that he'd do it with or without his teammates, I started off looking at Lebron in a negative light, as this bytch made chip chaser but more and more I'm wondering if we're all looking at it the wrong way especially in the era of free agency where it's tough to keep teams together? Maybe he's ahead of his time.......Maybe he sees it differently, the right way and we're wrong?

We've always held superstar athletes to the standard that they should be loyal to a specific team and city regardless of how much the team upholds their end of the bargain in terms of putting them in the best position to win. I've watched Billy King waste Allen Iverson's entire career in Philly doing shyt like drafting Larry Hughes over Dirk and Paul Pierce. No matter how much the 76ers disappointed it was all good because Allen put asses in the seats......We all saw what happened to Kevin Garnett in Minnesota.

Lebron or any superstar playing a team substantially increases the valuation of a franchise and automatically makes any team in the league a contender, yet his legacy alone is hurt by losing......in addition to being underpaid in terms of being the best basketball player in the world & keeping the league afloat........He's taking the ball and putting it on his court and honestly as a guy who defends players over billionaire owners I'm starting to respect the fukk out of this. He's singlehandedly changing the rules...It's almost like Suge when he first started Death Row, he wasn't taking shyt from these Labels, he wanted his masters, Interscope gave him his masters, aight we can do business......or No Limit/Cash Money saying fukk your imprint deal, just distribute us and give us that 85/15 split nikka......Players are now exercising the little power they have. No longer can a team sit up here and hire incompetent gms and coaches, not make the right moves, mess up drafts and free agent signings for years upon because the valuation of the your franchise is in jeopardy when your star players leaves and throws you in the bushes just as you would a player who can't play. Seems like some bytch made chip chasing stack the deck create whole team of players with all 99s video game shyt but he's loyal to HIMSELF and winning and I've come to respect that. He doesn't owe loyalty to a team he singlehandedly makes better and increases the valuation of.......The rules have changed.

At the end of the day, bringing 3 different teams to an NBA finals isn't shyt to sneeze at......It sounds easy with a stacked roster but you still have to do the work, fight through the regular season, avoid injuries, have good chemistry and make the shyt happen. We all can name plenty of teams in every sport that seemed stacked that didn't. So fukk it, go to Cleveland, Phoenix, LA Clippers, whatever.......he gets them another chip and the Heat fall off like Cleveland did when he left or Orlando did when Shaq left.....and his legacy doesn't change for me. He's a great player that singlehandedly makes teams contenders that changed the way we look at how players should provide service/loyalty towards teams. We all knew it was a business when it came to gms/owners trading players (which involves them changing their living situation at the drop of a fukking dime), cutting players (players losing their job) now the shoe is on the other foot.

Great post

 

[RubioTheCruel]

no way he does that. I'd lose all respect for him if he did. After what Gilbert did and how the cac fans reacted, there is no way he goes back. maybe if Gilbert sold the team there would be a chance, but there is no way a man with an ounce of self-respect would put himself back in a situation like that after the way they treated him for doing something he had a right to do.

Bron is either going to the Clips, Rockets, or Lakers.

http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/gilbert_letter_100708.html

If I'm Lebron there's no way I'm going back to play for a man that would do that.

 

[cook]

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/20...20101104_1_lebron-james-chris-paul-friendship

EW ORLEANS — Chris Paul was at the hospital for the birth of LeBron James' two children.

When Paul's son, Chris Jr., had his first birthday party, James was one of the guests. The two NBA superstars have been friends for almost eight years,



Our friendship has grown over the years," James said. "We both respect what we do on the court, but it goes way beyond that. It's kind of hard to talk about, because I know how close we are. I support everything that he [does]."


The relationship strengthened when they played together in the 2003 McDonald's All-American game. James went off to the NBA, with Paul joining him two years later after a couple of seasons at Wake Forest. Now, they are both considered among the league's elite players.

Paul did not speak with reporters after Thursday's practice, but recently discussed his relationship with James with the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

"We both played in that McDonald's All-American Game, and we've been tight ever since," Paul said.

So tight, Paul, 25, was likely one of the few to know of James' free-agency plans before it was announced on national television. He hinted toward it, saying he and James talk all the time, when asked of "The Decision." Paul even switched agents last summer, joining the Estabrook Group, the same firm that represents James.

"The friendship has definitely grown," James said. "He was present at both of my childs' birth, both of 'em. And I was there at his son's first birthday party and things like that. So it's deep. It's beyond basketball."

articles from 2010 now?

take the rest of the day off and when you come back stop spamming

 

[Danie84]

Before Bron comes back home, he's going to leave Riley with a buckeye

 

[Swagnificent]

http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/gilbert_letter_100708.html

If I'm Lebron there's no way I'm going back to play for a man that would do that.

co-sign. it would be the equivalent of signing with the Clips if Sterling was still owner. LeBron will not degrade himself in that manner. its either Miami or somewhere other than cleveland. Cleveland as long as Gilbert is there has no chance.

 

[Danie84]

How is Bron playing for the KKKlippers, if Sterlynch still owns his planation

 

[Surreal]

Before Bron comes back home, he's going to leave Riley with a buckeye

What happened to your Coli Cash?
Must've bet on the Heat

 

[Da King]

How is Bron playing for the KKKlippers, if Sterlynch still owns his planation

 

[NatiboyB]

Who are some realistic Lebron suitors

 

[Jplaya2023]

Who are some realistic Lebron suitors

Miami and teams with tons of capspace.

Lebron want's to go to a ready made title contender

 

[john goodman]

Who are some realistic Lebron suitors

Clippers
houston
philly
miami

 

[AntoineWalkerShimmy]

Who are some realistic Lebron suitors

Clippers, Lakers, Houston, Miami, Chicago.

Basically Melo sweepstakes and then some.

 

[cornercommission2k12]

Clippers
houston
philly
miami

Can we guess which one of these teams don't fit boys and girls.....

 

[cornercommission2k12]

Clippers, Lakers, Houston, Miami, Chicago.

Basically Melo sweepstakes and then some.

Please take Chicago off that list

Thank you