LeBron, so you don't have the guts to do something on your own, huh? You proved to be the gutless wonder you showed in Game 5 of your last playoff series for your hometown team; your last game in Cleveland as a Cav! This was truly THE weakest cop out he could have ever made. While all the "experts" knew he would go to Miami, EVERY one of them felt Chicago was the best fit and best chance to win now yet LeBron went with the chicken s**t path instead. Does he really think this team won't have the most pressure EVER to win a championship THIS year? Does he really think that pressure will fall on anyone but him? Wade has his ring and nobody thinks Bosh is a superstar except his banker when he deposits his checks. It will all fall squarely on HIS shoulders.
So much for the King James moniker, huh? Going to play on Dywane Wade's team makes him more like Queen James, doesn't it? Is he going to change his Twitter account name? He really should...who is going to take the last shot in a close game? Wade! Yet James will have all the pressure and yet not much of the control. And who will be the biggest target on every teams' schedule and the team everyone will be gunning to beat?
I guess the added pressure of being the NBA's all-time leading scorer was too much for Queen James too. ESPN was running a line on their ticker that LeBron was on pace to become the all-time leading scorer at age 36. Of course that was assuming he'd still be scoring all those points. Now that he has to share the ball with Wade and Bosh (how long until he's whining about not getting the ball enough?), his scoring average certainly isn't going to remain as high as it has. His assists may go up, but his points will surely go down although he still gets 4 games with the Knicks and their lack of defense getting "better" with Amare not covering anyone either.
Wow - the two biggest global athletic icons in this generation have made two of the worst mistakes ever just a few months apart. OK, so Tiger's transgression started long before LeBron made this dreadful decision but which person's decision hurt more people? The people in Cleveland, who are in desperate need of SOME kind of championship (last major sports championship was the 1964 Browns and that was 3 years BEFORE the Super Bowl) must be absolutely devastated. They've had to live with The Drive, The Shot, The Fumble, The Move, and now The Decision. To top it off, this circus has now added Chicago and NY to the list of not so happy people. Doesn't this guy count on selling things to make most of his money? Aren't NY and Chicago the 1st and 3rd biggest markets in the nation? Does Nike expect to sell a single pair of Lebron shoes in either of those markets? The people in Miami don't even wear gym shoes; just flip flops for the beach. Maybe they'll come up with a new line of flip flops...
Now the question is how are they going to fill out the rest of their roster? These guys are good, but the three of them can't play 5 positions for 48 minutes so they need to get 7 more guys counting the other two knuckleheads already on the Heat roster that not even Toronto wanted - Chalmers and Beasley. If the rest of the league does NOT help them (and God knows they certainly shouldn't), do they seriously think they're going to pull in enough of the pieces with willing to take the minimum just to have a chance at winning the East? Remember, these three guys have combined for just one more ring than you or I in 21 combined seasons and last I checked, the Lakers were still the defending champs. We've seen stupid GMs either inadvertently or for other reasons make horrible decisions that allow other teams to win championships - the two most recent instances were Pau Gasol as a generous donation from Jerry West's then Memphis Grizzlies to his former Laker team and Kevin McHale gift-wrapping KG for former teammate Danny Ainge and his former Celtics team.
God help us if some GM steps in to help Pat Riley get his 8th ring!
So who are the biggest losers in all of this?
1. Cleveland - may end up as the worst team in NBA history after being completely and outwardly shunned by LeBron and Bosh
2. NJ - who is Jay Z going to recruit next?
3. NY - they still have a shot at Carmelo next year as he would be a PERFECT fit there
4. Clippers - nearly forgot about them; they didn't really lose anything other than airfare and a couple days in Cleveland but they still have Donald Sterling as the owner
5. Chicago - would have been a nice jump start but they'll be pretty darn good this year anyway; certainly MUCH better than 1-4 above
The last question about these egotistical, selfish maniacs is what does their agreeing to sign for lower than max salaries do to their NBA Players Union brethren at the bargaining table as they negotiate the new CBA which starts up next season? Sure, these three guys will get the endorsement dollars (although how does LeBron's not go WAY down after this?) to make up for their lower salaries...what about the rest of the NBA players? At least something for the owners to bring up..."well, if LeBron can play for $15 million, that must be the new max".
GO BULLS!!! BEAT THE HEAT!!!
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