Go to ESPN.com, click on the NBA, and scroll down about half the page. There you will see the Lebron tracker, which is a countdown to July 1st when he becomes a free agent. Am I the only NBA fan who is still watching the conference finals? How does Lebron talk a month in a half before he is even eligible for free agency outweigh the playoffs? I think the playoffs have been great, even without a lot of the matchups being very competitive. We saw the emergence of the Thunder and Durant, who will without question be making noise in the west for years. We have seen the domination of the Lakers front line and Kobe not missing a beat despite his age. And possibly the most intriguing part of the playoffs has been the Celtics turning on the light switch in beating the Cavs and taking the first 2 in Orlando. So stop reading every article on where Lebron might land, and start getting ready for a matchup of the last 2 NBA champs, and one of the most storied rivalries in sports. Lebron's decision will shift the balance of power in the league for the next 10 years, but lets look at that in late June after the finals. I am not downplaying the relevancy of Lebron's free agency, but rather concentrating on whats going on now in the NBA that is clearly more intriguing.
YESSSSSS finally! I have been saying this for months now. ESPN is ridiculous with their coverage of this. Add Lebron to the list of ESPN's favorites which includes: Farve, Tiger, Barry Bonds, Tim Tebow and TO.
ReplyDeleteThis season more than any Lebron's every move has been magnified more than any sports icon EVER. We might even get an article about which hand James wipes his ass with and how that is connected to him going to New York.
It just proves despite the NBA/ESPN's emphasis on superstars throughout the regular season the real TEAMS are still alive and dominating. The Cleveland Lebron James' got ousted by a team effort in Boston. The NBA finals should be great
Great post Kev
First off i just wanna say the blog looks great kev, and the title is pretty damm good too if i must say so myself. I am glad u brought this topic up because it is something that has been on my mind for some time now.
ReplyDeleteBeing from New York, and a big Knicks fan, i know i should be the first one screamin bring King James to NY, but Im not. I am trying to be realistic about the possibilities that Lebron might not come to NY, and for some reason, nobody in NY is even considering that as an option. It all started two years ago when the rumors of a free agent Lebron in 2010 was coming to the Knicks. At first, il admit it was fun to think about it, and visualize him playing at the Garden, but thats all it was, a thought, it wasnt reality. Yet once it was brought up, in typical NY Media fashion, they beat the concept of him becoming a Knick into the ground. When the Cavs would come to Madison Square Garden, they would hand out Lebron 2010 t-shirts, the crowd would cheer when he would dunk or drop 50 on us like it was nothing, totally negating the fact that the hometown team that they were "supposedly" rooting for, was getting crushed.
Now Between ESPN covering lebron daily, on second thought, hourly, and all the other talks from every other New Yorker in this city, that it is a sure thing, i would just like to remind them, it aint. The New York Post, arguably New York's biggest newspaper has even had a countdown to Lebron, ever since the Cavaliers got bounced out of the playoffs. To all my fellow New Yorkers out there, let me just say pump the breaks, hes not here yet, and there are other suitors out there that lebron is most definitely interested in. Everybody is psyching themselves up so much to the point that if he chooses not to come to NY, this entire city will despise him.
That being said, I do feel NY is the perfect destination for Lebron. This is a man who wants to be known as the greatest basketball player to ever play the game. He doesnt want to be the next Michael Jordan, he wants to be better than Jordan (still not sure if that is even possible). So going to Chicago would be somewhat pointless. Jordan in Chicago is a God amongst men, someone who is unanimously associated with the Windy City, and anything lebron would do as a Bull, would always be second tier to MJ. Other possible points of interest would be major cities such as Los Angeles, Miami, and Brooklyn, yet in LA, the Lakers got Kobe, so any talks of lebron going to the lakers would be erroneous. I doubt Lebron would want to go to the Clippers, which isnt even the premiere team in the city of LA. Now Lebron does not strike me as a patient guy, so i doubt he would want to come to the Nets, spend a couple years in New Jersey, and wait for the team to build around him in Brooklyn, even with his high profile Co-Owner and close friend Mr. Sean Carter aka The greatest rapper alive, Jay-Z. As for miami, it is very possible that lebron could choose south beach over south street.
The fact of the matter is, no matter what anybody says about NY, it is the biggest stage in the world, and that is not an opinion. If Lebon James came to New York, he would instantly return the Knicks to greatness, a team who has been in the dumps for years now. He would a center focal point in the capital of the world. King James truly would be a King in NY, yet, until that happens, as New Yorkers, and Knick fans, we need to stop living in a fantasy world. Only Lebron James knows what he is going to do, so rather than get our hopes up, I am going to do what K-Rob does oo so well, and that is stay pessimistic about the whole situation, until it actually happens, because if something sounds too good to be true, well than unfortunately, it probably is.
And i apologize for the length of this post, but this really grinds my gears.
Great comments guys, glad you understand where im coming from on this one. Lavino its good to hear your not like the rest of the knick fans who think he is automatically going to the garden. But yes I do agree that if he were to go there and turn the franchise around, that would ultimately meet his goals of being the biggest global icon in the world, and that can definetely be done on the New York stage.
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