IF U WERE LEBRON WHAT WOULD U DO

Also: does anyone else find it kind of weird that Calipari is seen as this huge draw? He has coached one full NBA season and then gotten fired after starting the next one 3-15?

i think calipari is only a huge draw for lebron because they have a personal relationship

i think it would almost be more beneficial for the cavs to semi-tank 2010 & get a high pick & try and sign a 2011 FA

i love how shameless (and otm) espn is being re this whole thing

The conference finals are under way, but let's be honest: The biggest story in the NBA is LeBron James' upcoming free-agency tour. Nothing less than the future of the league is at stake. OK, that might be a bit extreme, but you can argue that a player of his stature has never been available at such a young age. With that in mind, Insider brings you LeBron Week, a five-part look at every aspect of James' decision.

At least one of the conf finals series is gonna have to be fantastic for the focus to shift back to, y'know, dudes playing basketball.

i mean if you're a casual nba fan not in bos/orl/la/phx you probably find the lebron story more interesting

hollinger's algorithm says that the players most suited for lebron are good shooting 4s i.e. bosh & nowitzki & to a lesser extent david lee, amare & boozer

i find the lebron story way more interesting

I'm surprised how relatively unfucked the cavs are if Lebron walks - I mean paying 46m for a 30-win team is painful and all but I had the idea it was a lot worse, especially with the jamison deal?

http://www.shamsports.com/content/pages/data/salaries/cavaliers.jsp

the vast majority of teams have their books p clean past 2011 (lakers kind of an exception)

well, tbh they would be pretty fucked -- aside what lebron leaving would do to them in terms of economics and morale, they would have a bottom 5 pick in the draft this year, and probably a low lottery pick next year, and they'd have a bunch of cap room but they'd have to convince a free agent to come there and they have no pitch aside from "lebron used to play here!" which isn't really an equation imo for ascending anywhere near the heights of where they have been in the past 3-4 years -- not to mention that if lebron stays in the eastern conference, & bosh and wade team up then they're really gonna be behind the 8 ball

Jordan if u were Lebron what would you do?

Oh wait you have already said bulls! M bison what would u do? Go to SA for min money?

i would join the relief effort in haiti full time

tbrr tho go to chi with bosh and try to pry philjax out of LA

Does anyone have any links that shed light on what Bosh actually is looking for? Like, is he a chip-at-all-costs guy? Would he like being a #2 or #3 option? I feel I have no idea what he wants besides attention.

he just wants 2 b loved

and well-paid, but i don't think he's a gotta be #1 guy tbh

i think he wants to escape canada

i think everyone assumes he's a miami lock? altho i guess a lebron sign & trade with chi would open the door for him going to the bulls? but more realistically the heat

iirc the Cavs don't have any picks in this years draft

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I wasn't buying it but did Delonte West really Smash LeBron's mom? Factual info only Please and Thanx.

yeah, i heard he did. twice.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/05/white-sox-beat-indians-ozzie-guillen-writes-bye-bye-lebron-on-autograph.html.php

http://silebronwatch.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/ozzie-lebron-duo22.jpg?w=590&h=214

obama's on it: http://www.theonion.com/articles/president-obama-mentions-hed-like-to-see-lebron-ja,17512/

heh, that's pretty much exactly what I thought when I heard about O recommending chicago

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i would insist on a sign-and-trade with the minnesota timberwolves.

I just wish he would confide in Dan Gilbert and say, "Look, don't tell anyone, but I'm signing with Chicago (or whoever) next year." That way, at least the Cavs could prepare for a LeBron-less future. As it is now, they're completely stuck in the dark and have no way to rebuild the team. Plus, there's the whole thing about how he's selfishly doing this all for his ego, and to be honest he's really pissing me off.

Yeah, I don't think LeBron is coming off very well this summer.

i think he will get over it by taking a bath in ben franklins

Yeah, I don't think LeBron is coming off very well this summer.

better now than if he did a "tour" of the cities with teams wooing him.

see i don't see what's wrong with doing a tour of such cities -- it would be pretty pointless since he's been to all these places, but if anything i think it's more self-centered to be like "NO YOU COME TO ME"

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otm

wait, which two of you would join the clippers if you were lebron?

i am worried about your well-being.

OH FIVE PEOPLE GOT IT RIGHT

voted 4 miami, riles was the tie-breaker w chi

first of all

pros: best city with an nba team

i mean... lol. just.... laughing out loud.

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funny thread

none of us knew how the heat would fit three max guys!

yeah their roster at that point would be

wade
bosh
lebron/stoudemire etc
mario chalmers
dequan cook

& that's it

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― contl;drizer (J0rdan S.), Friday, May 14, 2010 2:10 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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none of us knew how the heat would fit three max guys!

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yeah i was legit stumped by the presence of james jones. i guess they bought him out? i don't even remember.

i guess the one thing we didn't know is that they all would end up giving up some money

yeah that seems like the key

record a rap song w/KD

https://soundcloud.com/frankywahoo1400/labron-kd-it-aint-easy-produced-by-franky-wahoo-stewbillionaire

Anyone watching The Shop on HBO?

not super groundbreaking or anything, but it's really engaging, Lebron is a cool guy. Mo Bamba and Victor Oladipo seem really nice, Ben Simmons seemed ok

the drake part was pretty good i thought

it's fun to hear lebron curse

Drake part was prob my least fav but obv the most noteworthy. I just like seeing the dudes shoot the breeze. First ep was more natural imo.