I AM NOT COMPLAINING..PROPS TO THE HEAT FOR GETTING THIS DONE…
with that said...THIS WAS PLANNED A LONG TIME AGO !!!
1) Exhibit A
Bill Simmons column:
Please read paragraphs 1 thru 8...its too long to post here...but heres first paragraph:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st ... ons/100708
1. A few weeks after the 2008 Summer Olympics, Someone Who Knows Things told me the following rumor: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Chris Paul became such good friends during the 2007 Olympic trials, and then during their 2008 Olympics excursion in Beijing, that they actually made a pact in China to play together. You know, like one of those pacts in a chick flick where two friends agree to get married if both of them are single when they turn 40.
As the rumor went, the 2010 free agents (LeBron, Wade and Bosh) would sign with the same team (at that point the Knicks if they created enough cap room), then Paul would join them in 2012 (or sooner). I thought this was the craziest thing I had ever heard -- so crazy, I only mentioned it once (in a November '08 column). It reminded me of being in my mid-20s in Las Vegas, gambling in the wee hours with my single high school buddies, then all of us drunkenly saying, "We should all pick one city and live there, we'd just go out and kill it every night!" Then you wake up the next morning and forget it was ever discussed. So even if the China rumor was true, that didn't mean it was actually going to happen. Or so I thought.
2) Exhibit B: Dan Lebatard quote
I got this from realcavs forum earlier today:
http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread. ... 29&page=41
Dan LeBatard dropping a bombshell on WKNR (local radio in cleveland) right now...
Saying basically that these 3 guys had agreed a month ago to play together in Miami, that tampering no doubt took place, and the only way to make it less obvious was that Wade was doing Riley's dirty work for him. However, the entire free agency process was a total charade, and no other teams but Miami (and Cleveland for LBJ) were ever really in play.
3) Exhibit C Sam Amico (Cavs writer)
http://theclevelandfan.com/index.php?op ... e&Itemid=5
According to the source, the three stars had planned for thefree-agent drama to unfold exactly as it has -- with Bosh and Wade announcing their plans on Wednesday afternoon, and James following by making his own intentions known on a television program Thursday evening. Once the plans were finalized, LeBron's marketing team arranged for the show, which will be broadcast on ESPN tonight at 9.
4) Exhibit D: Random FA notes
Does anyone remember when Bosh posted this:
"It feels like someone is missing"
THEY HAVE BEEN TEASING US AND PLAYING THE MEDIA THE ENTIRE TIME
THEY ALL KNEW THIS AND PLANNED THIS
They did it to avoid tampering or even the slightest suspicion of it
5) Exhibit E: Anyone remember that Wade tweet about starting a site called "what little do they know"
He did this during the rumors of him going to the Bulls after the 2nd interview:
http://twitter.com/dwadeofficial/status/17601845613
Imma start a website called What little do they know.com..l2ms
and finally...
6) Exhibit F: Also the quote from a Riley staff member "The media has no idea whats going on"
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-0 ... -process/2
In the current vacuum, it is the background chatter that has drawn the focus, with one member of Riley's staff insisting, "The media has no idea what's going on."
Do you guys agree with me or Am I crazy ???
