lake_show wrote:It's all hype. The same reason there is so much talk about analytics this year is the same reason there was a ton of "no one wants to play with Kobe" talk last year.
Because it generates clicks and it sells papers.
Some of those articles were actually using the fact that Lebron signed with the Cav's as their justification.
No Lebron signed with CLE because he wasn't going to sign with anyone else aside from MIA
If the Lakers don't sign LMA this year, they'll use analytics as their proof. It makes a ton of money, and generates a ton of clicks. Doesn't have to be right, just has to be successful.
He isn't signing with us cuz we suck and there are much better opportunities for him. Doesn't change the fact that our analytics department has been potentially exposed, which is the point of this thread