Mr. James coming here depends entirely on...

[old skool]

And Cleveland can't really pay him more money, they can only sign him to one extra year.

If I understand the cba accurately, Cleveland can sign Lebron for 6 years (compared to 5 for any other team) and they can give him a 10.5% annual raise (compared to a maximum raise of 8% for any other team).

Thus, assuming a $10-million first year to make the math easy, Lebron could sign a six year $75.75-million deal with the Cavs and a five year $58-million contract with anyone else. Cleveland could pay Lebron $2.5-million more than any other team over the first five years of the contract.

Unless, of course, the new cba changes things.

oLd sKool

[vincecarter4pres]

they can give him a 10.5% annual raise (compared to a maximum raise of 8% for any other team).

Honestly I was unaware of this.

I just thought they could give him an extra year.

That definitley helps the stay in Cleveland theory.